The Surprising Secrets About 1969 Camaro Big Blocks Nobody Tells You
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- Опубліковано 15 січ 2025
- Go to drinkag1.com/b... to save $20 off your first subscription of AG1! Thanks to AG1 for sponsoring today's video! The 1969 Big Block Camaro is an American muscle car icon that has captured the hearts of car enthusiasts for decades. But what makes it so special? Join me as I dive into the challenge of uncovering whether this 1969 Camaro is really a Big Block monster or just a myth!
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Would you Change the Color or Leave it Yellow?
Yellow!
Yellow 💛
Or black with yellow stripe would be cool too but if yellow is original I would keep yellow
Yellow!!
Well if you are restoring it back to factory specs then back to original color
Keep it orginal and please dont put big gay wheels on it
I agree! Leave it alone!!
man as rotted as that car is it really deserves a proper restoration but kept as original
Yes no gay wheels
😂 gay wheels😊
@@taylorebenguard6998 Ain't nobody gonna spend the required amount of money on a 'proper resoration' for this one without the original drivetrain in it especially with that trim tag and no original documentation.
When I see perfect cars today I remember this is what they looked after ten Chicago winters
Ten? More like 5 lol
Just prepping brisket and taking in the knowledge 👏 Great video
Sounds like a great time!
@@backyardbarnfinds indeed it was. Great informative video
Ah, Its so nice to have a clear definition of what does and does not have a blacked out tail pan!! As a Chevelle guy if you want to start a fight bring that subject up with the 66-67 Chevelle with some experts. I am of the opinion that some plants painted them and some didn't...Its kinda like when you find SS emblems on the door cards. I have seen a few cars optioned the same exact way with and without the emblems from the factory...You have a good channel Parker...keep the hobby alive
I heard 64, 65, z16 Malibu SS if the tail panel was painted black, it was a 375 horse big block 396. Is that not true? Not sure about 66 and 67 Chevelle super sports or the Camaros.
@@johnboy007 I am not sure on the 64-65 those z16s were such a limited run...I believe they were only really released for promotion....like you had to be someone to get one...like people that could promote within the industry
I love seeing a 100 thousand dollar 66 chevelle ss with a blacked out tail panel. Like what were they thinking.
Only year for the z16 is 1965 first year for the 396 engine is 1965
Never seen a '66 with a blacked out tail panel.
Mine never had it,but I have seen blacked out panels on '67's
She’s all there and looks like an easy resto pretty solid all in all
Great video, very informative. 👍
Thank you, I did not know half of that!!!
You are good at finding out what’s up with Camaro’s . When you get old you will be one of them guys. Your name will be in books
Books are all but gone already
Very informative video. Thank you for sharing.
Rear axle code will also have an E stamped below the axle code for Eaton posi unit for factory posi axle housings
and the fill plug is different to hold the red positraction tag
That is not a small block radiator for the 69 camaro. The 69 Camaro small block radiator was a crossflow, not a downflow.
nice video...most informative
Thanks Steve!
@@backyardbarnfinds i have 1968 SS 396--had it since 1977 and it has been garaged the whole time--you should check it out🙂
Great job on the car!💯Great video.. keep it up!👍
Merry Christmas Parker!
It looks like it has an 837 big pulley alternator... which would be correct for an L78. ALSO check the tune up emissions decal - a CH is the 375. ALL SS's got black rockers, gill trim, headlamp trim, and vertical stick tail lamp trim.
Being an early car it would have the longer stripe onto the fender extension...
Also the painted stripe used a 2 piece template - the templates were never positioned perfect so there is a slight offset or mismatch about 4 inches behind the vertical area where the 396 emblem is. The original templates also had ticks holding the stickers correctly instead of being completely cut for layout, when the template was pulled the template paper ripped slightly causing a visible tick along the edge of the stripe. The ticks usually show every 4-6 inches.
One low mile early built SS had a horribly mismatched template, the stripe came to a visible V - about 12" from the front of the fender.
X2 - Big block with style trim.
Firstgenaddict
I guess the Ziebart protection did not work!
Parker great job!
I have a friend that has a big block, 4 speed 69 Camaro. Original green car with air. Fairly rare car. He's restoring it back to numbers matching correct. Its taken him years to research and aquire all the correct parts.
If your ever in SOCAL I have a 69 Camaro convertible that I would love for you to look at. I've been told early SS and LM1 but no one can tell me really what it is. Thank you and LOVE THE SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The car is unrestored and in good shape
Maybe proportioning valve is there because of the front disk brakes?
It may be rare,but not ultra rare, it would need to be a 69 Z28, that deserves that fine line of Ultra!
Big project, but worth saving and putting back on the road. Maybe someone with the vision and resources can give it a new life. 👍
To me, it looks like something a dealer would have specked out that would have attracted attention sitting on the lot & have no problem selling.
They are all beautiful just the way they are.
would love to see some 68/72 elcamino videos,have my oldmans 71 ss he bought brand new,happy new year....
Appreciate the video. Been on craigslist for awhile now. Aint no way that pos is worth $20,000. No matching numbers, no documents, every part is rotted beyond repair. Selling a dream. Not worth restoring without the drivetrain. If he paid more than about $8000 for this 'barn find' then he got hosed. Somebody is looking for another sucker. Skipped over the broken ears on the $50 tranny case by the way.
Looks like the car is an original BB car but the car is too far gone to be worth restoring. Especially without documentation and the original drivetrain.
Original look👍color
Really cool car! You are very knowledgeable in decoding Camaros! I'm buying a barn find 1966 Chevelle L-78 Car in the spring. This car has quite a story and would make a great video!
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Hey Parker, How can I tell if my 69 Camaro is an original Big Block car ... It has a 396 and has the Big Block heater box , it also has the felt under the bonnet , a genuine cowl hood as i learnt from you how to tell .. It was made in the 4th month of Sept of 68 so it is an early car according to the Vin .. But how do i know if it is a real Big Block car.. Oh and i live in Australia ..
Jerry MacNeish is a good friend of mine. You sound like you know your Camaros.
Hello Parker this car was on my UA-cam Channel first at First generation garage
Parker I live in the Northwest, actually Eastern Washington in a semi arid area. I used to find early Camaros that maybe had some pinholes in the trunk or below the rear window a little bit of rust. Vinyl top cars maybe a little extra rust and maybe some bubbling around the rear wheel well area or at the bottom back of the front fenders. However usually the car was savable with some careful metal patches and the car would go on to live a long life. However can this car realistically be saved as an original body car? If you dip it what would be left? Anyhow I am interested to see how your guys deal with that level of rust over there in the North East! How far would you go to bring that car back to life?
The cost would far outweigh the value.
What is the X22 behind the back seat marked with? A yellow grease pencil or a yellow paint pen?
Thanks
On a car like that you either leave it alone or do EVERYTHING. There is no sugar coating this is a VERY rusty car.
I seen that car on Craigslist in Pennsylvania. I was thinking about it but being PreX i passed. Very cool car though. I enjoy the videos Parker
Man that's rough I'm not into rusty unibody cars but cool car all the same
Too far gone or me! Car is going to need a ton of welding, panels, etc
I'm a Ford/Merc guy but I'd do what I could to save any muscle car. That'd include AMC.
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Daytona yellow with a yellow houndstooth interior if fixing it up. Otherwise, patch the rusted out panels and preserve it as is - its cool.
I'd find a 396 & the BB motor mounts. Get rid of that 350-2V motor. The car looks pretty 'gone'. It's going to need more then 'patching'.
@@carmiethompson2676Agree...panels behind the panels hiding under paint that car is a huge project!
Never was a fan of yellow interior yuck.
@@gordocarbo Who said anything about a yellow interior?
Big block 4spd and a 3.08 rear gear? Lmao yeah someone checked the Ricky Bobby option code when they ordered it, burnouts for days and a Cadillac top end speed. "I Wanna Go Fast" 😂
Possibly a car that was driven on the interstate or out west.
I don't know if you'll read this or not but did Chevy Ever make a 69 rs with a 350 3spr and a 12 bolt 3.07:1 gears it was yellow with the rs tail lights and the standard Camaro front sheet metal with lower case rs on them and RS on the rear panel. I don't know if it was a real RS I'd still have it if My mom's name wasn't on the title, she sold it for $2500.00 while I was in the Corp station in the Philippines then Guam then Hawaii then to camp Pendleton Ca. When I finally took leave went home no Camaro broke my heart in two. Well thanks for your love of Camaro's.
Great video.
What is your opinion on putting everything on a new shell?
Depending on who buys the car, rebodying it may be the less-expensive route versus replacing most, if not all, of the sheet metal, rockers, floors, and other body panels. If you have to replace most of the metal work, then a Dynacorn Camaro Coupe body (or equivalent, if one exists) may make sense, as it costs $13,500. This approach may enable you to avoid many of the skilled labor costs of piecing everything together if you cannot do the work yourself. Probably not the ideal solution for many from a pure preservation standpoint, but may be the more economical and practical approach. I do know this car is being sold as a package with several replacement body parts - original fenders and doors from donor cars - as well as a '69 front subframe and actual GM NOS quarters, not Dynacorn or AMD. That leaves the main floor panels and the rockers, and possibly parts of the firewall and dash. (The trunk floor appears to be mostly intact.) I'm sure many will view my answer as provocative - I'm not necessarily sold on the approach, but the economics may be the overriding factor for some.
well she might have some rust but just have fun with it everyone wanna say restore or junk it just do what you think is fun i got a 67 coupe floor pans rotted completely gone quater filled with bondo from a wreck years ago and the driver side of the trunk aint got not a straight spot in it and rust on both corners of the door and one fender infact the lip inside the fender and quaters have been hacked off for bigger wheels and a cowl induction hood but it has a shift kit a custom built windsor and a rear end out of a ford explore straight piped although she might be a heap of hot crap its funner than hell to drive originally in the 90s a well known guy a ways up from me built it for a guy as a street legal drag car not long after that it was hit in the rear quater the guy pulled it and slapped it full of bondo then it say for about 15 years in a barn with a dirt floor which is why the floor pans rotted out i put the rear end it in but that engine starts right up no problem and itll get up go
I have a l34 68 Camaro SS Rs
Go day two look on it.NONE of that oversized tire rim combo bs.
Not sure about 1969s, but 1968 BB Chevy cars had smog pumps with manual trannys.
As big block cars rear panel is flat black not gloss. When my buddies new 69 got rear-ended in 1969, the body shop repainted in gloss by mistake
Very cool car, the 2 looks like an 8 lol. Great video 👍
I want to do this stuff so bad, I’m 19 and saving up for a 76 Camaro. I want a 69 but that’s not remotely possible right now
Cool car but man that would be speedy for all the rust and metalwork. I’m glad I bought mine over ten years ago without a ton of rust. Keep up the cool content Parker.
My dad had the same car but small block. Same color and everything. His was an automatic console car. I have been looking for a factory yellow 69 with black vinyl top. Is this one for sale?
Please take a photo of the A post garnishes. The repros are so wrong, they are too short to the windshield and the recessed mounting holes are not in them. What do these originals show?
Wow that's cool as hell yeah man that sounds great to me too lol ❤❤❤❤❤
Original paint amazing but the salt did a number on it
i saw a genuine 427 69 camaro at a car show in kalamazoo michigan a couple of summers ago . bought from berger
Do you go to New Jersey I have a 1969 Camaro big block would like you to look at how much do you charge if anything I'm in South Jersey My name is Joe
Brave man standing under that thing while on the lift with the frame rails, rocker panels, and front subframe being Swiss cheese 😂 will be a great car when it's restored
A lot of work and money
Did ya look in the seat back and bottom to see if there was a build sheet?? Or behind the front seat back?? Above the glove box? Under the carpet? Looks like that car wasn't messed with id check those spots to see if you can find a build sheet. That would tell all, and make it worth alot more
He's going to do what he's going to do, it would be cool to leave a lot of that the same, and fix, what needs to be fixed, keep all the parts on it that are on it that's supposed to be there. But you know it's not our car he can research everything that it's supposed to be. But he wasn't at the assembly plant when that car was being built. So everything that he's saying is irrelevant, to have them good old boys felt that day building that car who knows. Everything does look good. Very cool car God bless you, and family everybody have a wonderful Christmas.
10 Bucks to take hat off...
What are you guys doing on UA-cam passing around the old cars I saw this exact same car on another UA-cam channel
i would take it all apart derust and primer. then rivit and epoxy sheet metal almost everywhere. ...try and get quarters maybe..
maybe if that engine isnt good then i would put a 327 in it thats what mine had. .
I’d put a big block back in it and drive it as it is
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1967 models look better than the 1969 models IMO
It's amazing that some people are saying thats a good car to restore and some are saying it's junk and its easy to tell where these guys live depending on their comment. Us west guys would take the rear and crush it the east guys are saying wow that's a good one lmao.
Truest comment I ever heard lol 😂
I think the car spent most of its life in northern Ohio, West Virginia, and PA - literally the Rust Belt.
Some guys would opt for tubbing it and a 6-71
Not this guy
I would paint it back origina bumblebee yellow
I think this will be the resto trend for 2025,lol
Camera guy needs a light. Cool car.
My 65 imp ss 396 “badged” had a small block. I never did decode it. Buddy had a 66 with a BB. It was sweet. Mine wasn’t.
Could be a Nice car one day . Just like my 68 nova ss factory 4speed small block car, dont have the original engine, but shows All signs of a ss car
Needs a LS and 20s
Poor old girl.
That radiator in the Camaro isn't even a Camaro radiator all first gen Camaro radiators have the tanks on the sides not on the top and bottom !
You know if what ifs were horseshoes I can say hey this is a car or I can say it's hey this is a car.
How much does a car in this shape cost in your part of the country…
thing is probably worth about 5,000 usd
my old roommate had a 69 ,with 302 ,yellow like this one, sold it do to divorce.
GET BACK!!!
Could be a 325 or 350HP car!!!
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Turn it into a race car under 10 seconds with a big fat tires and ladder bars, please
This car is going to take a lot of work to get working 😢
I never liked the 1969 Camaro.
I have owned my 1971 Baldwin -Motion Camaro since 1982, nothing compares to a big block
Can you help me get a 69 project?
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While one could appreciate your enthusiasm again you're spewing all kinds of misinformation. The headrests in that car are not aftermarket. In fact they are factory GM headrests. You just don't know what you're looking at. Just like the Roadrunner that had the Cutlass bucket seats in it and you thought it was a custom interior. You seem to have retained what you've heard and seen but it's obvious you have not done your homework. I really think you should stop making videos until you know full well what you're talking about. For the record that car is good for parts only and not very many parts at that. It's far too rusty to be worth restoring. Unless you just have stupid money.
Or you could just not watch his videos.
Yellow code 76 with black top Very nice !