I'm surprised there are that many... The operative word here is 'known' (also 'running' but that's another story). Assuming that he means stock with original drive-train intact and that it also means, registered, and/or actively used or shown at mainline shows or local cruises, (Could NOT be talking about driven daily, everybody knows mechanickeith has the only 'known' one of those) I'd bet that number is in the ballpark. Also assuming that he's off by a factor of ten, taking into consideration cars tucked away at present, (although, if there were THAT many, "WE" would have heard of somebody who knows somebody who knows of them) we're looking at maybe a hundred cars or an average of two per state. Doubling THAT number still isn't many and the majority would be cases of "well it ran when it was put it that field..." (10, 20, 30 years ago...).
Lets face it... for the past 30 years these cars were certainly not considered collectible, more like albatrosses (mostly due to the double curse of an Achilles heel drive-train and ‘non-interchangeability’ of parts, but also because the dark art of transaxle maintenance had been lost to following generations). It’s only recently (and because familiarity breeds Camaros,) that the uniqueness and rarity of these cars is being seen in a new light.
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