69 Camaro BB w Baldwin Chevy Connection

[scuncio]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: [email protected]</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: scuncio</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Oh you guys. If this had been a member's car we would all be saying what a great survivor it was and fairly priced! ;-) </div></div>

Not sure I would say that Tony. Does not look like alot has survived on that car from here. </div></div>

Just my experience Sam, but I have to disagree. Even in the early 1990s when I was looking for my first car, most of the 1st gen X33/X66 Camaros already had small blocks or incorrect 454s. The fact that this thing has survived in a late-70s time warp with the original motor is pretty amazing IMO. We're talking 35-ish untouched years.

[Salvatore]

In that respect YES. But how much can really be saved as in &quot;survivor&quot; status is questionable. Would not mind having it but I think it would take alot of work to make it a strong #2 car!

[Jack_Tar]

OK, I'm jumping in here on page 11 of this thing. I read the first couple pages so this my be a repeat, I'm not sure. So no docs, what about a build sheet? It may be in a door or under a seat. The paint can be wet sanded and buffed and my detail guy can bring that interior back to the best condition possible considering what is in the car. With no repaint, just restoring the paint that is there and replacing the missing stripe, pull the motor, disassemble and check it. Replace only what it needs (NOS if possible)and reassemble it without repainting it, but cleaning it and the engine bay, service the trans and rear and redoing all of the breaks and making it safe. Your looking at a little more than 5K, but not by a lot. Buy it for $30K if that is THE car you want, possibly find a build sheet in it and be driving it cleaned up, but by no means &quot;Restored&quot; for around or maybe a little less than $40K. If that is worth the investment to you, why not. Drive it for a few years, cruise around town in it and take it to the drag strip and run in the slightly modified class or put the manifolds back on it and run strictly stock. Have fun with it and wait a few years to put the &quot;Restoration&quot; money in it. Depending on how mush sheet metal it will need, you will still have more invested in total that you can sell it for, but you enjoyed it and had fun with it and drove you initial investment out of it so to speak, you had fun with it and so a further big investment won't hurt you feelings so bad. By that time it may be worth more than your total investment anyway, and you had fun in it. If it is the &quot;born with&quot; drive train, it may be a good long term investment if you look at it from a profit standpoint.

[bashton]

Actually, this has already been done at MCACN. The original &quot;barn find&quot; appearance at MCACN was the 1967 427/435 Corvette that we had in the 2011 show. It was shod with whitewall snow tires, exactly as found!

Bashton
MCACN Managing Member

[Smokey]

25k won't buy it.

[Mr70]

He should take that 25K.

[69LM1]

Out of curiosity.... Do many 69 Camaro L78's have their original engines? I ask because many 70 Z28's don't, but have trim tags that denote them as Z28's. When I am looking at a 70Z, I personally value it more if it is an original engine vehicle.

I agree that 25 would be a fair number for this car, but if this was your &quot;dream&quot; car, 30k for a keeper is not that big a difference in the grand scheme of things.

Rich