This 1969 Camaro wears its original paint, but it has undergone a few mechanical upgrades. The majority of these changes could be reversed without any real drama, or you could leave the car as it is and just enjoy it. Located in Lumberton, North Carolina, you will find the Camaro listed for sale here on eBay.
The owner claims that the Camaro still wears its original paint, which is a nice color called Fathom Green. The white vinyl top looks like it is in pretty good condition. There is some minor rust present in the bottoms of the quarter panels, but this should be able to be fixed with some simple patch panels which the owner will supply with the car. There are also a couple of faded spots in the paint, and a couple of areas that are in primer, so these will need to be investigated, and any repair work completed.
Apart from a seam separation on the driver’s seat, what we can see of the rest of the interior looks quite good, and it may well respond to a really thorough clean. The owner has new houndstooth covers for the seats, but personally, I would probably be a bit hesitant to use them at this stage. The owner does indicate that the seat upholstery is leather, so I would be inclined to see if a competent upholsterer could fix that seam, and then clean and condition the seats. It would be nice to retain the leather if possible. The car is also fitted with an aftermarket CD player, but we don’t get a shot of that or any indication of where speakers have been fitted to the car.
There are no engine photos, but we do get some information about the mechanical aspects of the car. The engine is a 350ci V8, but it isn’t the original engine. The car is also fitted with an automatic transmission and working air conditioning. If you are not fixed on the concept of returning the car to its original state, then the fact that it has been fitted with 4-wheel power disc brakes is probably quite appealing and is also a pretty sensible modification. The car has also been fitted with rally wheels and white letter tires, which look quite good on the car.
This Camaro could be returned to its original specifications, but it will not be a numbers-matching car. It is a solid car that has undergone some mechanical mods and upgrades and would make a great project car for someone. It appears to be a solid car with only minor, easily repaired rust. The owner has set the BIN price at $20,500. If you bought this one, would you return it to standard, or make some further changes to it?
Nightwatch Green. No that’s not the name of the color, I’m just referring to the conditions in which they shot the photographs.
Weird to see Craig’s List quality photography on an E-Bay auction.
BIN of $20,000 and supposedly has four wheel disc brakes. I doubt it.
I don’t think they’re claiming the 4 wheel disc brakes as the factory RPOJL8 option, sounds like an aftermarket add on.
“The owner does indicate that the seat upholstery is leather…”
The owner doesn’t know leather from vinyl? Which this obviously is….
I think Lumberton was under water during the storm in 2018, hope the car was not involved, be careful with cars posted after floods, not to say this one was, but I would be very careful, do a personal inspection and take or pay a competent set of second objective eyes along.
An archived ad for this car indicated a prior owner believed it had one repaint.
http://www.autoquid.com/car-detail/camaro/1969-Chevrolet-Camaro-1969-Chevrolet-Camaro-Sport_263571631275.html
Yea Doug if it had factory rear disc it would be super rare, as I believe that only made a couple thousand with 4 wheel disc. Correct me on the number. aside from that, rusty quarters, non orig mill, but it will still bring 20 large. And like Jeff said, beware of flood damage, Good luck to the new owner.
Cheers
GPC
There have been inexpensive rear disc brake conversions available since the 1990’s, the seller/dealer never claims they are original to the car. I wish sellers would stop calling vinyl upholstery leather.
Steve R
Its pleather from plastic cows dontcha no…
i believe 206 cars made with factory 4 wheels disc brakes, and i have seen one of these 206 on a 6 cyl car!
never any leather from factory – all vinyl
NO 69 Camaro came with leather interior… lots of question marks with this car…
How many Naughas gave their lives for that interior .
Lotsa Naughas there little guys ya know…
I guess I have the only 1969 Camaro in the land with vinyl because most have LEATHER hhmmm I don’t think so
No claims of a factory disk brake car – just said it had 4 wheel disk along with the other modifications….
If you’re too lazy to roll it out of the garage and snap some pics in the light then I have zero faith that anything in this ad is genuine.