Time to once again take a look at another of the 243K Camaros produced by Chevrolet in the model year 1969. This Camaro is a project car with a story that goes back a few years, so let’s go through it. Located in Mount Kisco, New York, this Camaro is available, here on eBay for a current bid of $8,500, fifteen bids tendered so far.

There were three different flavors of Camaro in 1969, a base Sports Coupe, the performance-oriented Super Sport (SS), and the road racer Z28. On top of all three was the Rally-Sport option which was mostly an appearance package. Our subject car is identified as a basic Sports Coupe that has had some performance enhancements added as well as its share of extensive bodywork attempts.

Off the road since 1998, this Chevy has had floor, fender, and quarter panel work. Among the body’s foibles are needs including “a new trunk floor, passenger rear side floor, fuel tank, possible passenger and / driver side rocker panel eventually. The driver side rocker panel has some rust toward the front…” Supposedly the fenders have some waviness near the door’s leading edges but the images aren’t too clear. The description regarding the rear quarter panel replacement is a bit confusing but it sounds as if the passenger side work was a bit of a hatchet job. The turquoise finish and American Racing wheels look pretty good but it sounds as if this car is a twenty footer, at the very least, and the seller admits this Chevy could use a repaint. Of note, this Camaro has an RS style front grille and hide-away headlights but it is a shade tree modification as this car was not originally equipped with the RS option. Finally, the engine compartment is capped off with the ubiquitous ZL2 cowl induction hood.

The interior is a bit of a mess. The rear floor pan has been replaced with a door skin from a ’58 Chevy(!?) The seller states that he has the seats and door panels “but they need cleanup or to be reupholstered”. The dash and instrument panel are a bit rough looking and some components look chewed upon. And actually, that’s what happened as the seller allows “An animal nested inside, so (it) needs a good rebuild”.

For power, this Camaro is sporting the all too common 350 CI V8 engine of unknown provenance. The Sport Coupe employed either the 255 HP LMI V8 for the first half of the ’69 model year or the 250 HP L65 version which brought up the second half of the year. This engine, a product of Racing Head Service, is identified as a non-original motor so it’s one of the millions of 350s that have been produced over the decades. It is equipped with headers and an electronic ignition system, but an alternator bracket would be a welcomed addition too. The seller claims that this Camaro runs well and employes a leaky three-speed automatic transmission.

The seller is quite open and detailed regarding this “Summer Driver”, and his frankness is appreciated, but this car is a dog’s breakfast of problems. It is not a specifically valuable or collectible ’69 example. The final caveat is telling too, “It is a project car. I take no responsibility for forgetting any details since I haven’t worked on it in a long time. AS IS for a project. There is a lot of work, including metalwork and bodywork”. Finally, there is a New York State transferable registration that accompanies this Chevy. It’s not a title and the seller claims this is customary for NY cars registered in the ’90s. Anyone with New York DMV historical knowledge would be welcomed to comment on this matter. Back to that 243K total production number for ’69 Camaros, I’d pass on this example and go for one of the thousands of others that are out and about, how about you?