hello everybody; I'm new on this site so go easy on me. I'm buying what I believe to be a 69 ss 396 Camaro. Since I would consider myself fairly new to purely original Camaros, What would you be looking for to authenticate this car, keeping in mind that it is an early non x coded car, without any paperwork whatsoever? I have some idea as to what to look for, I just wonder if any of you out there know any other tell tail signs. The car is a project and in original (non restored) condition with non original engine, original Muncie m-20 trans, and 12 bolt. Any help would be appreciated.

First off - WELCOME to Team Camaro graemlins/beers.gif

One of the best features of this site (IMHO) is the "search" function!
Just typing in '1969 SS 396' and doing a search of the "Tag Team" forum will get you 3~4 pages of past posts discussing much of the information you will need to tell your car from a "fake".
Here is just one example of a search result - http://www.camaros.net/forum/ultimatebb.php/topic/6/2894.html#000001 - there are hundreds more.
If you pick the 'Header' title for a group of forums the search will be performed in ALL the listed sub-forums in that header!

Again - welcome to the site and let us know if you run into wierd things during your checking you can't find an answer to.

John

John; thank you for the warm welcome, and the good advice. Ill be doing a search momentarily.

Welcome!
If your Camaro is Canadian then GM of Canada's Vintage Vehicle Services will have all the info that you need to authenticate your car. smile.gif

Check out:
http://www.camaros.net/vvs/

Al

Hi Al; this car is from Texas, so no such luck there.You know, I don't really need to document this car for resale purposes, but to just replace a big block car that I used to own in the past, which has huge sentimental value. I guess just knowing that it originally was a B/B car would be enough. What would you look for? thanks Dom.