The first-generation Chevrolet Camaro was built on General Motors’ F-body platform.
Chevrolet introduced the Camaro for the 1967 model year as its answer to the growing pony-car market. The F-body architecture used a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout and was shared with the Pontiac Firebird, which debuted alongside it.
The platform designation is easy to confuse with GM’s many other lettered architectures. A-body was associated with midsize cars such as the Chevelle, while the F-body specifically identified the compact sporty-car structure used by Camaro and Firebird.
The first-generation Camaro ran from 1967 through 1969. Buyers could choose coupe or convertible body styles, with engines ranging from six-cylinder units to powerful small-block and big-block V8s. Performance packages included the Z/28 and SS.