Admittedly, Bill Dicicco is a Mopar guy, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t appreciate classic muscle of other makes, so when a Camaro came into his life, it was a welcome surprise. As Bill told us, “Last year, a secretary in the office where I’m Facilities Manager told me that she knows I like old cars and that she wanted to sell her old high school ride. I said that I’d be glad to help her, that I would come pick it up with my trailer, bring it home, and see what kind of condition it was in after 30-plus years in a shed.”

The ride turned out to be a 1968 Camaro that had been stuffed into a damp shed for the last three decades. It wasn’t in the best shape, but it was all there and, aside from some rust in the quarters and a sizable dent in the passenger side, it was pretty solid.

The car came with a vinyl top, which thankfully had been removed—it would have been the perfect breeding ground for roof rust. Somebody had fun with it before it was parked, as it has a 1966 327 small-block (with a column-shifted Powerglide) under the hood with retro-licious finned valve covers and the hood pins every self-respecting hot-rodder just had to have. Apart from power brakes, there are not many options to be found here. It might have been a factory big-block car, since we spy a big-block heater box and core, but then again it has a 10-bolt, so maybe someone was bored and changed out the heater box. Half the fun of these barn finds is figuring out the car’s backstory.

Given where the car was stored, Bill used his wife’s four-wheel drive Lincoln Navigator as a tow vehicle, which meant that his wife tagged along for the adventure. She ended up wanting the Camaro for herself, so a deal was struck, and the car was brought to Bill’s backyard. “Not two hours later, Donny Brass contacted us about displaying the car at the Musclecar and Corvette Nationals show in Chicago. Sadly, Covid put a stop to that event, and the expense of the restoration of the car is more than my wife and her body man thought was worth it,” recalled Bill. As we said, the Camaro was a bit rough and not particularly rare, but still worth saving, so Bill put a price of $4,500 on the 1st-gen and is looking for a new owner willing to invest the cash and sweat to get her on the road again. As for Bill, he’s still hunting for a project for his wife, and running his 11-second Road Runner at the track. If you really need a new project Camaro you can hit up Bill at [email protected], but don’t be shocked if it’s already found a new home. –Photos By Bill Dicicco

On episode 66 of Roadkill, David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan head to Colorado Auto & Parts, a giant you-pull-it yard with heritage back to 1959—with a good stash of vintage cars that have been there for decades. One of them was a 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 that had been melting into the ground since 1980. But 37 years of neglect are not daunting to Roadkill, so the guys figure out how to get it running and driving. First, they’ve got to deal with 37 years of raccoon poop, which is just part of bringing the Disgustang into the Roadkill fleet of project cars. Sign up for a free trial to MotorTrend+ and start watching every episode of Roadkill today!