1974 saw the Camaro finally bow to federal bumper guidelines. This required
a major facelift on the Camaro. Rather than place an I-beam ram on the front
of the car, Chevy was able to tactfully craft a bumper which met the
requirments and still looked relatively stylish - to some people. In
addition to this, a new, now fiberglass front end nose was required. In the
back, a matching aluminum bumper was used, along with wrap around teardrop
style tail lights. This change required a redesign of the rear quarter panel
and trunk as well.
You might notice a lot of the changes being implemented are due to federal
regulations, some of which were met with severe disgust by the car buying
population. One of these was the ignition interlock system requiring your
seatbelt to be fastened before the car would start. Others were the
increasingly restrictive emissions requirments which caused engine power to
be strangled. In an effort to pass fuel milage requirements, gear ratios
were raised which killed the acceleration potential of the car which was
getting heavier & slower each year.

This is in addition to safety requirments/high Insurance rates, the cost of
gas in an uncertain economy... These are some of the reasons why some people
believe the "real" camaro ended in 1973 (or 1971 depending on how you look
at things), and for many people this era Camaro is often over-looked or
forgotten.

The SS was gone, the pretty RS model had been cancelled at the end of 1973,
and rather than continue to neuter the legendary Z28, chevrolet gracefully
dropped it at the end of 1974. But as General Douglas McArther said - "I
shall return". In the meantime, the 1974 Camaro saw the following additional
changes....

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