My Grandmother recently passed away and I am the executor of her estate. With it came a Camaro my grandfather bought new in 69. It's been in his garage since he passed in the 80's. I do not know a lot about these cars or cars in general and found this site. What is this kind of car worth? It is yellow inside and out and says "SS" on it. Says 396 on fenders & the top of the motor says has a /375 on it? We did a little searching and found his original paperwork when he bought it. Looks like he special ordered it. Cost about $4,500.00 new. He was quite the racer. Looks nice but is dusty. I think it would clean up okay. Odometer says 63,531. Any idea?

If you are serious, that car is worth a lot of money, at least 10-15 times (maybe more) what he paid for it, depending on condition and especially with that kind of documentation. Don't get hustled out of that car until you have researched it completely. These guys here know their stuff and will steer you straight. Be patient, let the experienced guys on here answer.

Oh my that was a fast response - my sister has a dealer coming over to look at it tomorrow - he said maybe 15 or 20 over the phone but wanted to see it. Thank you.

Like I said, be patient, do your research, and don't get hustled. A 69 big block(396), with documentation is a gold mine if it is in decent shape and original. Can you get any pictures posted? Are the headlights covered or enclosed, or open like on a regular car? Can you post the info off the tag that is on the firewall just behind the master cylinder. Open the hood, look on the firewall right in front of where the driver sits. Right down the numbers and post them. That will tell this group what the car actually is. Also, what part of the US are you in?

Thank you. I will try. The car is quite aways from me. The interior is actually black I thought I remember it being yellow but I just called my sister and she says its black. Also, there is a big rip in the convertible top over the drivers seat. I think someone broke into it a while back. I do not recall seeing light covers but the garage is dark?

Thank you and i will get back to you soon.

With it being a convertible, the value just went up. Those numbers, all the numbers, on the cowl tag from the firewall are important. Please get them posted as soon as you can, and tell your sister not to let that car dealer hustle her.

Welcome to Team Camaro, by the way...

I just wanted to add that my heart jumped when I saw "rip in the convertible top". A 396/375 HP convertible was a very special car in its day, and with the market being what it is right now, can bring a very sizable sum.

If you are not familiar with where various numbers are located on the car, you may want to head over to www.camaros.org and look at the decoding and 69 tabs. The RPO (regular production option) number for the 375 HP engine is L78 with iron heads and L89 with aluminum.

There is a flat pad in front of the passenger side cylinder head, under the alternator. In this pad is stamped the engine assembly code, which should be Txxxxyy, where xxxx is four numbers (sometimes "I" instead of "1") and yy is two letters. If the car is an automatic, the yy should be JL or JM, and for a manual the yy will be JH or JJ.

A documented L78 or L89 vert in need of full restoration will bring $20 to 30K right now. If it's a solid survivor, it would be many times more than that. Don't give her away....

Thanks Eric, I am still learning this stuff and was trying to keep him from getting hustled until someone with more knowledge joined in.

Please post pics and details of the trim tag and you will get an honest evalution at this site. If you decide to sell, post it here and you will find a good home for it with someone that really cares to return it to it's former glory.
I, for one, would be interested in getting in the bidding battle if this is truly what you say it is. Don't even wash it !

I'm sure other members here are wondering if you are pulling our leg on this car? What you are describing could be worth as much as 100k depending on condition and originality. If you are not just having some fun my advice would be to have it appraised.

I am also sceptical.

Since you are not near the car, scan the paperwork you have and post links to it here.

Don't let these guys fool you, the car is worth nothing. In fact, its really just an eye sore... So in that case you should sell it too me for a nominal sum :D .

I'm just kidding, you have received what many of us would deem as the Holy Grail of camaros. An original 69, big block, convertible, SS... If its all real all I can say is WOW!

I'm sure other members here are wondering if you are pulling our leg on this car? What you are describing could be worth as much as 100k depending on condition and originality. If you are not just having some fun my advice would be to have it appraised.
This was my first thought, too... Come on, a newbie who knows nothing about cars wanders in here having come into ownership of an L78 vert?

Kinda sounds like KZ? John, u funnin with us? Slow day in Texas?

Fireball, if this is for real, that could be a VERY valuable car. You could let some dealer lowball you and be done, or you could offer it to someone here, I'm sure there are many who would jump at it. Heck, if my wife would let me, I'd jump at it.

The collector car market is VERY hot these days. If your family is interested in getting the maximum return on it, it's gonna take some work cleaning her up, and taking and posting some pics. If you don't wanna hassle with it, sell it to someone here. We love these cars.

curious to see the outcome on this one!

This is a test and only a test and you all passed with flying colors. It is nice to see people who care ad are willing to help someone like this. Congratulations to DanW for sniffing this one out for what it is.

Wasn't me Jim, but thanks for your consideration! :D:D:D

This will be interesting. :)

HA! Jim hasn't gotten it yet! hold on wait... *click* the light should go on now. Fireball2 is yankin our chains... Wanted to make sure we were stand up folks.

What a cruel, cruel thing to do :D

David

dang you click you edited your post. Ha

Hey, wait a minute. Look at my first post, and my first words. "If you are serious........... Now, who sniffed it out, huh????????? I realize I am fairly new here, but...................

Who passed, and what do they get? :)

dang you click you edited your post. Ha


Just goes to show what a trusting guy Jim is (I read his post). Then there's there's the smart (I just wised up) Jim. Can't say how many times that has happened to me over the years on this site. :)

Damn,

I was all excited for a minute. That bites.

I still gotta hold out hope somebody may get a 'gift' like that someday. LOL.

hmmmm, so if it's not KZ, then "Who is Fireball?"

hmmmm, so if it's not KZ, then "Who is Fireball?"

I don't know, but heck, if ya'll are going to suspect me of such shenanigans, I might as well start planning a good one! ;)

My Heart, My Heart. I Think This The Big One!!!!!:D
That was mean. Good, but mean:thumbsup:

I don't know, but heck, if ya'll are going to suspect me of such shenanigans, I might as well start planning a good one! ;)

I didn't know you plan these things John, I always thought you shoot from the hip so to speak.....:thumbsup:

This is a test and only a test and you all passed with flying colors. It is nice to see people who care ad are willing to help someone like this. Congratulations to DanW for sniffing this one out for what it is.

Fireball,
Is this your idea of entertainment??

Oh noooo.....I already hocked the wife's jewelry and got that home equity loan all fired up.
I thought the great "barn find" had come to us.

That was damn funny..........damn cold but funny!!

editing is fun :thumbsup:

Hi Folks: I had a dream the other day I found a car like this and said what if... So I thought I would throw it up here to see what would happen. The challenge was to sound not very knowledgeable yet give enough clues as to what the car may be. It was nice to see everyone who responded was very concerned I may be taken. It speaks well of this community and hopefuly you were entertained - I know I was.

By the way - I do own an L-78 vert, but without paperwork on a 68 all I have is a realy neat car and a story.

At leats you got the best year :thumbsup:

Awww... darn.... there goes a good deal :)

I was all prepared to reply "Don't let that dealer come over and buy that car!!" But I was a little suspicious, especially strange was when you said "it says 'SS' on it"!!! That's like finding a bag of gold coins and saying, gee it says $100,000 on the outside of the bag!!

The really good one was when he said about the rip in the convertible top. The mark of a good con is to reel them in, then give them a little more unexpectedly. I wouldn't want to play poker with fireball, but do love to dream about an L78 or L89 convertible, even if it is a clone.:hurray:

So Fireball, do you go by another handle??
Now that you have destroyed all our dreams:angry:
Cough up and tell us who you are.

I think that this whole post is stupid. anyone that hangs out here and still feels that they have to test the other members honesty doesn't need to be here. There is no one on this site as a regular that would mislead a person asking for value information. Kind of a slap in the face to test other members honesty isn't it???
This is only my opinion, feel free to disagree.

Geex phel - relax - don't get upset because I did not respond to your PM lowball offer. With 916 posts you need step away from your computer and get some air.

With 916 posts you need step away from your computer and get some air.
ROTFLMFAO!!!!

What advise do you have for the ten thousand plus crowd?

You're a funny guy, a jerk but a funny guy.

Geex phel - relax - don't get upset because I did not respond to your PM lowball offer. With 916 posts you need step away from your computer and get some air.


LOL is all I have to say about that!

Is it April already :confused:

I'd better go cal the Tax guy, I didn't get any forms ...

Come to think of it, I don't think I got anything for Christmas - again ...

Snikes!! That's a lot of posts.

I just can't believe anyone thought it was for real to start with. I started to reply to it after the 1st reply with a capital "BS"

and hopefuly you were entertained - I know I was.


FireBall2,
Your idea of entertainment and mine are polar opposites. I'm glad someone enjoyed it.....

HMMMMM, let's see, 1018 posts minus 916 = 102. That's about how many post ago you should have taken in some fresh air.

As for the 10,000 plus guy, god bless you for the shear volume, I would recommend an intervention.:)

hmmm... Fireball needs to fess up here. If he's someone we know pulling chains, we can accept that. A stranger on the other hand...

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hmmm... Fireball needs to fess up here. If he's someone we know pulling chains, we can accept that. A stranger on the other hand...

Agreed.

Who here at Team Camaro owns or works here that is on this site?

www.fireballgraphix.com

Who here at Team Camaro owns or works here that is on this site?

www.fireballgraphix.com

??? Al McKenzie owns the site, and a few of us volunteer mods help out as best we can.

Jim: thats the site where FireBall's email is hosted.

I'm Sorry that I didn't explain myself clearly. The profile of Fireball2 has an email address of "info@fireballgraphix.com" which is the same email address of the site www.fireballgraphix.com, so what I am sayng it either Fireball2 owns or works at Fireball graphix in Woburn, MA

Hmmmm - someone seems to be cruisin for a wood shampoo ... :rolleyes:

Probably just some dumb kid playin on dad's computer* :sad:




(* - I'll add later...)

OK, I confess, it was me. Can we close this thread now? :clonk:

OK, I confess, it was me ... :clonk:

We'd 'get a rope' - but everyone knows there's no trees in Texas, so we're gonna sentence you to two weeks of PM's from "ky67..." :D

We'd 'get a rope' - but everyone knows there's no trees in Texas, so we're gonna sentence you to two weeks of PM's from "ky67..." :D

LMAO!

HMMMMM, let's see, 1018 posts minus 916 = 102. That's about how many post ago you should have taken in some fresh air.

As for the 10,000 plus guy, god bless you for the shear volume, I would recommend an intervention.:)

Hey , I'm tired of your rude remarks. This site is for information and enjoyment, not cutting comments. Time for the moderators to hit the delete button.

unfortunately Doug, while this post is kinda borderline with the potential to explode violently, the language you used is WAY over the line. I'd suggest you edit your post while you can and correct it ASAP.

As for mods "stepping in" this is djd's forum, I can guarantee he's watching it, and has not seen a need to step in. your post above, if seen as is, will fulfill that need.

Thanks Doug. Always best to stay on the high road.

doug,

I agree with you about this twit but it isn't worth getting the mods upset over. I usually scrape stuff like him off of the bottom of my shoe with a stick.

We'd 'get a rope' - but everyone knows there's no trees in Texas, so we're gonna sentence you to two weeks of PM's from "ky67..." :D

Given that choice, I say HANG ME, please!!!! :D:D:D

... I say HANG ME, please!!!! :D:D:D

From the Sub-frame of the nearest Camaro :confused:

From the Sub-frame of the nearest Camaro :confused:

Better be up at least 10 feet on a rack! :clonk:

Come on guys. Let Doug off the hook. He just got provoked and that was really out of character for him.:beers:

I like the comment about PM's from ky67 roflmao!!!! where can I sign up to get some of those!

Umm yeagh... I was replacing my gas tank last weekend, and I noticed a sort of dirty and crinkly piece of paper stuck to the top of the tank. I think the the gal who owned the car before me was named "Nickey", cause that's what was all over the paperwork... Funny thing is...the "K" is backwards for some strange reason. Huh go figure :clonk:
Dano

Maybe she is a blonde. ;-))))))))

Funny you mention that, Dano. Similar situation, except the lady I bought my car from must've been named Dana :D

only read long enough to find out another fake.

Lame.

I think the whole thing is pretty funny, everyone needs to lighten up a bit and stop taking ourselves so seriously. This is supposed to be fun right? If you got duped, don't worry, at least you didn't send money via Western Union. Just a thought..........