This
page will document my project from beginning to end, with details
and photos.
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Here's how it all started,
on jack stands, in a driveway, behind a house in
Odessa, TX. |
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what I'm shooting for. |
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My buddy,
Bill, spotted this car for sale near his work. It had sat there
for a few years, but was someone else's project and couldn't be
bought.
After
a divorce, Ron McGraw, the cousin of Tim McGraw, was forced to
get the car off the ex's property and had no place to move it, so
he finally put it up for sale. I went to look at it and talked
him down to $4,500 cash. It was a done deal and I towed her home.
The body was very straight and had new quarters. The pans were in
very good shape and look original, except for the front, which
look to have been patched at one time, but done fairly well. The
front fenders had some rust creeping in at the lower rear corner
of each, but a perfect replacement RH fender came with the car,
so I only needed to find the LH to have an almost flawless body.
About a week before I bought the car, a kid had thrown a rock at
the windshield and busted it badly, but the windshield was the
only glass I needed.
The interior was only missing 1 door panel, 1 rear panel,
console, carpet & dash pad.
The original
motor was missing, but with the purchase, I received a complete,
but disassembled '67 327 with the engine stand it was on and a
complete 350 from an '82 Vette with the engine hoist Ron had it
hanging from.
He
was apparently getting ready to drop the 350 in the Camaro. Since
this was an original SS with it's original 4 speed and 12 bolt
still in the car, I decided to find a #s matching motor to
complete the package. I stored both the motors in my backyard
with little intention of using them since they were not #s
matching for this car.
1969 Chevrolet
Camaro SS 350
This
was originally an SS in Glacier Blue with a dark blue vinyl top,
black stripes, a dark blue interior, 300HP 350, 4 speed manual
transmission and 12 bolt posi rear end. It will be going back to
the original specs with the exception of the vinyl top and the
shade of the blue paint.
Original Sticker Price:
A base 1969 Camaro SS was $3,026.
Production
#s:
34,932 SS Camaros were produced in 1969.
Average Value:
Hagerty
Price Guide Value
COMPLETE #s
and date matching motor. (full details coming soon)
Goodmark cowl induction hood.
Console, new carpet & dash pad.
New emblems.
Temporary windshield & exhaust.
LH
Fender
New interior panels, headliner.
She's coming
together and now has a temporary 350 installed, the one that came
with the purchase, mated up to the original 4 speed, so I can
drive the car for now, instead of pushing it around. I'm getting
ready to finish off the body and get her painted, then drop in
the freshly rebuilt complete #s matching motor and new interior
package.
Purchased: 05/08/2004
Corvette 350 installed: 04/10/07
