1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS- Original; Numbers Matching; Rotisserie Restoration

The car looksand smells as it didwhen it rolled out of the factory in, et so much more amazingly spectacular!!!

1969 Camaro SS 350 - Original, umbers matching car

350/300HP with Muncie 4speed

Rare Fold-Down Seat

A painstaking rotisserie, ut & bolt restoration to factory original was completed in June 2010. Less than 120 miles have been put on the car since completion.

This car was purchased new at Goode Chevrolet in Napa, alifornia in 1969. It stayed in Napa until June 2010 when it moved with me to Sacramento. The second owner purchased the car in 1978 and sold it to me (third owner) in 1998. It sat in my garage until 2008 when I finally began the restoration.

Tank sticker (included) was removed by me. It is crinkled and has some tears. Much of it is illegible. It was placed in a plastic Ziploc and hasn't been touched since I removed it from the gas tank.

Odometer: 33,063

Over 100 pictures of the restoration including pictures of original part numbers & date codes. Also, picture of the VIN number on the body, akenwhile on the rotisserie.

The original engine block was cracked and replaced with a donor block from a 1969 Camaro SS Indy Pace Car.

Car retains all the original sheet metal except the hood

Everything works, ncluding the clock, hich was converted to Quartz.

This beauty has won several awards including Best in Class at the Ironstone Concours in Murphys and the Serrano Concours in El Dorado in 2011.

It was on display and featured in the California Automobile Museum in Sacramento, A

The Numbers Decoded:

VIN Number: 124379L518165

1 = Chevrolet

2 = Camaro

4 = 8 Cylinder

37 = Coupe

9 = 1969 Model Year

L = Los Angeles

518165 = Production number (Beginning serial number was 500001)

Options:

A67 - Seats, ear folding (4,397)

D55 - Console (156,225)

L48 - Engine, 50 ci300hp Turbo Fire V8 (22,339)

M20 - Transmission, -speed wide range (37,816)

U17 - Special Instruments (requires V8 and console) (29,524)

U63 - Radio, M pushbutton (206,598)

V32 - Guards, ear bumper (12,369)

ZJ7 - Wheels, ally (48,735)

Z27 - Super Sport (SS) Package (34,932) - included power disc front brakes, span> special hood, uspension and trim, ood insulation, 70X14 white letter tires, 4X7 wheels, lack painted body sill, simulated rear fender louvers, S emblems)

Firewall Tag:

ST 69 12437 VN 244903 BDY

TR 711 71 71 PNT

1C M503

ST = Body Style

69 = Model Year

12437 = 12 = Model/ 4 = has no meaning/ 37 = Coupe

VN = Los Angeles (Van Nuys)

244903 = Fisher Body Number Sequence (number is different than the VIN number. It was assigned when the order was accepted, ot when the body was built

TR = Trim (interior)

711 = Standard Bucket - Black

71 = Lemans Blue (Stamped twice. Otherwise would denote convertible or vinyl top)

1C = Assembly started in the 3rd week of January (of the model year, ot calendar year)

M503 = Unknown for sure but appears to be: M is 13th production day of the month (which would be Tuesday of the third week) and 503 is the 503rd body started on that 13th day of production

Note: X codes were not used in Van Nuys

X codes were a mid-1969 addition starting with the 12B build week (2nd week of December)

The Restoration:

Paint & Body: Altissimo Restoration Napa, A

Engine: Long Block Blueprinted & Balanced: TEM Machine Shop Napa, A

Original Restored Parts Include:

Heads, ntake Manifold

Carburetor: Restored by Jerry MacNeish

Smog Equipment: Restored by Jerry MacNeish

Manual Steering Box & Pitman Arm: Restored by Jerry MacNeish

Radiator

Muncie M20 4-Speed Transmission: Restored by Tony, apa

Flywheel & Bell Housing

Rear End including: Axle, ousing, nd 3.31 Gears

Brake Booster: Restored by Jerry MacNeish

Glass (except front windshield)

Bumpers: Restored by West Coast Chrome

Window Trim: Restored by Altissimo

Seat Belts: Restored by Charlie Santorelli

Gauges: Restored by Gentry Zentmeyer Auto Instruments

AM Radio & Speaker: Restored by Vintage Radio Restoration

Original parts/Part numbers documented by pictures during restoration:

Original Rear End:

Rear Axle Number: BM010G1

BM = 3.31 Ratio

01 = January

0 = 10th day of the month

G = Detroit Gear and Axle Plant

1 = Shift code (first shift)

Rear Axle Housing:

Casting Date: A79

A = January

7 = 7th day of the month

9 = 1969

Casting Foundry Conveyor #1 = CON1

Part # 3894860 = 12 Bolt

12345/67890 = Test Marks

3.31 Gears: GM 3862689 13 43 12 68

12 = December

68 = 1968

Correct Reproduction Master Cylinder: Part # 5468309

Original Brake Booster:

9204 = Power assisted

3 = 3rd day of 1969

Rear Brake Drums:

3841177/W-23

3841177/W-3X

Original Disc Brakes Parts:

5463496L/D4885

3951976 GM 28 KH

5463497R/?M116

3954874 GM 4 KH

Brake Calipers:

5463633/633 CFO/305

5463633/633 CFO/292

Original Transmission:

Muncie M20 built November 27, 968

GM part # 3857584

3925660

P9S27A:

P = 4 Speed Muncie

9 = 1969 (Denoted model year; not production year)

S = November

27 = 27th Day of the Month

A = M20

1L9518165: VIN # stamped on transmission

Original Flywheel:

Part # 3789733

L = December

4 = 4th day of the month

8 = 1968

Original Bell Housing:

GM part # 3899621

Original Manual Steering Box:

Part # 5679142

365 = 365th day of the year

Original Pitman Arm:

Part # 3953219 5.25"

Original Radiator:

Left side: 1H = Small block

Right side CB = Small block manual

L = December production month

NOS Fan Shroud: GM part #3938615

Radiator Fan: Part # 3927791

Fan Spacer: Part # 3927792

Donor Engine Block (from a 1969 Camaro SS Indy Pace Car):

Block Casting Number: 3932388

Block Casting Date: - C 18 9

C = March

18 = 18th day of the month

9 = 1969

Pad Stamp: T0320HA

T = Tonawanda (NY Engine Plant)

03 = March

20 = 20th day of the month

HA = 350ci/300HP L48 - Manual Transmission

Original Heads:

3947041 A 29

A = January

2 = 2nd day of the month

9 = 1969

3947041 K 18

K = November

1 = 1st day of the month

8 = 1968

Original Water Pump Pulley:

Part # 3932402

Correct Rebuilt Water Pump:

Part # 3927170

A 8 9

A = January

8 = 8th day of the month

9 = 1969

All Original Smog Equipment

Smog Pump Pulley:

Part # 3927116

Smog Pump:

31981S = 319th day of 1968 at the Saginaw Plant

(the meaning of the second digit "1" is unknown)

Part # 7801149

Fuel Mixture Control Valve:

29295 = Last 5 digits were stamped for part # 7029295

GF = Broadcast Code

Diverter Valve Extension: Part # 3942533

Windows:

Original Front: CX-10 AS2

M71

Original Quarter: NV-10 AS2

M72

Original Rear Window: VX-10 AS2

M72

AXX = Rating

MXX = Model

XX = Month/Year

10 = Factory (Lathrope, A)

VX = December 1968

NV = January 1969

CX = November 1968

AS2 M71 = 1/4 tempered float - no tint

AS2 M72 = 3/16 tempered float - no tint

Original Seatbelts:

Irvin - Supplier Plant

Model 29XX

2 = Standard Belt

9 = May have denoted the first model year this coding was used

04 = Front, ucket seat / 50 = Front shoulder / 10 = Rear lap

49-A-68

49 = 49th production week

A = Irvin (Supplier Plant)

68 = Year of Production

51-A-68

51 = 51st production week

A = Irvin (Supplier Plant)

68 = Year of Production

Correct Reproduction Exhaust Manifolds:

GM Part # 3942527 LH

GM Part # 3946826 RH

Date code E288

E = May

28 = 28th day of the month

8 = 1968

Rally Wheels:

K 19 9 5 YJ

K = Kelsey Hayes

1 = Romulus, I Wheel Plant

9 = 1969

9 = September

5 = 5th day of the month

YJ = Disc brakes for SS Cars

Other Parts:

Original SS Hood Springs:

Part # 3848272

Original Headrests:

Dated 12 19 68eadrest

Original Carburetor: Carter QuadraJet

Part # 7029203

M8 DY

M = December

8 = 1968

DY = Broadcast code (the two letter designation that was used as "shorthand" for the complete part number by the assembly plant)

Original Alternator Rebuilt:

Part # 110834

8L27

8 = 1968

L = December

27 = 27th day of the month

Correct Reproduction AC Delco Shocks:

Front: Part # 3192477

Rear: Part # 3192832

Original Crank Pulley: Part # 3956664

Original Motor Mounts: GM part # 3945508