This 1969 Camaro in West Creek, New Jersey appears to have suffered sub-optimal storage for years, probably within earshot of the repeated phrase “I need to restore that old Camaro some day” and other well-meaning promises. Now it’s offered here on eBay where it WILL sell to the high bidder in a No Reserve auction. No evidence suggests this is an actual Z/28, but the new owner can decide whether to continue that largely harmless hoax or not.
The five-slot rally wheels appear to be a later addition, and look great on this Camaro. Black coating on the right rear quarter may indicate it was replaced at some point, or simply that a crappy black paint job preceded the crappy blue one. The deterioration of the roof metal likely resulted from water trapped under the original vinyl roof.
New floor panels are set in place but need to be welded. The Rosewood dash adds a touch of class to the all-business black interior. The front seats and other bits are gone, and the seller reports this is a factory V8 four-speed car. The mono-leaf rear springs suggest it began life with a 307 or 327 cid V8 as all 350 and Z/28 cars (anything with a 12-bolt rear end) received multi-leaf rear springs according to chevytalk.org.
The raised-cowl hood evidently came from a red donor car. It’s interesting to see manual disc brakes, but that would be my choice for stopping power and communication of lock-up threshold. The body tag decoder at chevy-camaro.com indicates this classic became more than the sum of its parts during the fourth week of January, 1969 at the Norwood, Ohio assembly plant wearing Frost Green paint, an uusual Green vinyl top, and a Black Standard interior. What would you give for a chance to make a car out of this chunk of too-long-abandoned parts?
With the holes in the roof and need floor pans plus all other bodywork and paint then buying almost everything to put it together, better have a fat wallet. Pass !!!
Such a gr8 deal!
The lil rust hole in roof can grow into a sunroof too!
Bargain day!
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My next car will be a tree growing no floor board or roof
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Love this line: needs fenders rocker work roof needs a little love etc
It doesn’t need a little love, it needs a lot of parts and a fat wallet. The ad should read “Z/28 emblems with a body attached”. No one would buy this other than as a labor of love unless they happen to have a parts car along with all the parts and can put it back together themselves. That’s my opinion.
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$7,500+ for a RUSTY roller SHELL??………PASS!
You can tell that its not a real Z/28. Real ones had motors.
Nope. Not even gonna comment. It is still hard for me to understand why a lot of folks think they can sell something in this condition for such a high price.
I am not sure how you are blaming the seller for the current high bid price. The seller started the auction at $1969.00, the bidders are the ones who have driven the price up to 8K.
I can’t believe the bidding has gotten that high! It’s all been said, so I’ll just say I agree with the others. This is crazy 😝
What’s that old saying? There’s a As$ for every seat! She’s gonna need a LOT of work, far from a “TLC” classification!
A zero feedback buyer is shilling this one up to crazy land.
W.C. Fields coined the phrase There’s a sucker born every minute. . . Who’s the highest bidder?