(Updated May 2025)
Been keeping this thread as journal of my Life with my 69 Camaro. One day my kids can look to it to see the history of the car.
Hopefully a lot more good stuff to come.
I've owned this car since I'm 20 years old its been repainted twice.
motor (307 to 350 )
Car was originally I Glacier Blue Poly 2077 ( color change approx 1992 ) 307 Powerglide with steel rims and hub caps. Blue Interior as well.
Transmission ( power glide then th350 now 2004r)
Switched to a big block 4 row radiator sometime in the early 2000s
Rear swapped twice ( 308s to 342s to 355s) out.
93 k miles original but it's actually less because when I did the rear I never changed the cable from the ( since fixed )
TH350 until we installed the 200r4
70 4 bolt main built by Performance Chevy Phoenix AZ 2000 06/06/2000
Holley Sniper EFI
Returnless system
In tank 255 Walbro Pump
MSD ready to run system with MSD Blaster coil
202 fuelie GM reproduction heads
cam lift 465/488 duration 290/300
Hooker Super Comp Long tube headers (now gone)
Now Flowtech Mid length Headers #31108FLT 1/16/25
200r4 Transmission sonax servo heavy duty clutch plates
2400 converter
Addco Front sway
G force cross member
Super Fast ratio steering box (Ground Up Part #: GBK-1SFF)
355 Posi rear
Front Competition Engineering Adjustable drag shocks
Flowmaster exhaust (done approx 2001 )
Energy body bushings
Front disc brake conversion (From Muscle car HQ)
Hotchkis 2 inch Lowering spring (#1907F)
Detroit speed 2 inch rear drop leaf springs (#040101PDS)
Viking rear shocks (B227 x2)
Custom auto sound bluetooth
Houndstooth seats (Done by Sals tops RIP)
Now Flowtech Mid length Headers #31108FLT 1/16/25
New motor mounts and header modified 3/25/25
ARP Part Number #400-1101 Arp stainless Steel Header Bolts
bosch Part #17025 o2 sensor. (bosch 17212 is the same as 17025 o2 sensor except with out the long wire)
Floor pans repair 4-29-25 Parts purchased from Muscle car HQ
(Done By Robs Auto Body Farmingdale NY)
Aluminum Radiator 6-20-25
New water Pump 68 Shroud Water Pump 6-24-25
High Flow 180 degree thermostat Mr gasket #4363 6-24-25
Here is the story of the car relating to my life as a 20 year old and on. From Hemmings Muscle machines letters of the month
When I was 11 years old, my brother came home one day with a 1967 RS/SS 327 Camaro. From that moment on, I loved first-generation Camaros and decided I would have one some day. I've owned my 1969 Camaro for the last 23 years.
I was working at a deli in Bellmore, Long Island, and at the time I was driving another '69 Camaro that I was trying to restore. Its body was a mess but it had a very strong small-block.
A few stores down from the deli there was a kid working at a video store with a real nice black '69 Camaro. After the stores closed at night I used to try to get him to race my ratty looking '69 on our way home but he never bit. He kind of drove it like an old lady, no offense.
Awhile later he came into the deli and informed me that he was selling his '69. We argued over the price a bit, then he agreed to take my offer of $6,000. I spent the rest of the day scraping up every dime I could find to buy my dream car. My brother thought I was nuts for paying that much for it, mostly because I was only 20 years old and really I had no money. We laugh and cry about finding a '69 for $6,000 now.
After dating my girlfriend for awhile, I asked her to go for a drive in the '69. I had had my best friends hang signs on the main road near my house, like the old Burma Shave ads placed about a quarter mile apart. One sign asked her to marry me, and the last sign instructed her to open the glovebox where I'd placed the engagement ring. She said yes.
The ring box is still in the glovebox and will remain there for the rest of our lives. We have two beautiful boys now and we use the car with the family often. The boys help me work on it, too. I'll own this car for the rest of my life and one day my sons will have it.
The car was originally a 307 Power Glide with A/C. The rear end was upgraded to 3.42s from a '79 Z28, the engine was replaced with 375-hp small-block, a Holley 650 and Hooker Super Comps. We ran a TH-350 for awhile until last year when I installed a built 200-4R, which made a huge difference. The car still has its A/C.
Mike C
Massapequa, New York
through the years........
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Been keeping this thread as journal of my Life with my 69 Camaro. One day my kids can look to it to see the history of the car.
Hopefully a lot more good stuff to come.
I've owned this car since I'm 20 years old its been repainted twice.
motor (307 to 350 )
Car was originally I Glacier Blue Poly 2077 ( color change approx 1992 ) 307 Powerglide with steel rims and hub caps. Blue Interior as well.
Transmission ( power glide then th350 now 2004r)
Switched to a big block 4 row radiator sometime in the early 2000s
Rear swapped twice ( 308s to 342s to 355s) out.
93 k miles original but it's actually less because when I did the rear I never changed the cable from the ( since fixed )
TH350 until we installed the 200r4
70 4 bolt main built by Performance Chevy Phoenix AZ 2000 06/06/2000
Holley Sniper EFI
Returnless system
In tank 255 Walbro Pump
MSD ready to run system with MSD Blaster coil
202 fuelie GM reproduction heads
cam lift 465/488 duration 290/300
Hooker Super Comp Long tube headers (now gone)
Now Flowtech Mid length Headers #31108FLT 1/16/25
200r4 Transmission sonax servo heavy duty clutch plates
2400 converter
Addco Front sway
G force cross member
Super Fast ratio steering box (Ground Up Part #: GBK-1SFF)
355 Posi rear
Front Competition Engineering Adjustable drag shocks
Flowmaster exhaust (done approx 2001 )
Energy body bushings
Front disc brake conversion (From Muscle car HQ)
Hotchkis 2 inch Lowering spring (#1907F)
Detroit speed 2 inch rear drop leaf springs (#040101PDS)
Viking rear shocks (B227 x2)
Custom auto sound bluetooth
Houndstooth seats (Done by Sals tops RIP)
Now Flowtech Mid length Headers #31108FLT 1/16/25
New motor mounts and header modified 3/25/25
ARP Part Number #400-1101 Arp stainless Steel Header Bolts
bosch Part #17025 o2 sensor. (bosch 17212 is the same as 17025 o2 sensor except with out the long wire)
Floor pans repair 4-29-25 Parts purchased from Muscle car HQ
(Done By Robs Auto Body Farmingdale NY)
Aluminum Radiator 6-20-25
New water Pump 68 Shroud Water Pump 6-24-25
High Flow 180 degree thermostat Mr gasket #4363 6-24-25
Here is the story of the car relating to my life as a 20 year old and on. From Hemmings Muscle machines letters of the month
When I was 11 years old, my brother came home one day with a 1967 RS/SS 327 Camaro. From that moment on, I loved first-generation Camaros and decided I would have one some day. I've owned my 1969 Camaro for the last 23 years.
I was working at a deli in Bellmore, Long Island, and at the time I was driving another '69 Camaro that I was trying to restore. Its body was a mess but it had a very strong small-block.
A few stores down from the deli there was a kid working at a video store with a real nice black '69 Camaro. After the stores closed at night I used to try to get him to race my ratty looking '69 on our way home but he never bit. He kind of drove it like an old lady, no offense.
Awhile later he came into the deli and informed me that he was selling his '69. We argued over the price a bit, then he agreed to take my offer of $6,000. I spent the rest of the day scraping up every dime I could find to buy my dream car. My brother thought I was nuts for paying that much for it, mostly because I was only 20 years old and really I had no money. We laugh and cry about finding a '69 for $6,000 now.
After dating my girlfriend for awhile, I asked her to go for a drive in the '69. I had had my best friends hang signs on the main road near my house, like the old Burma Shave ads placed about a quarter mile apart. One sign asked her to marry me, and the last sign instructed her to open the glovebox where I'd placed the engagement ring. She said yes.
The ring box is still in the glovebox and will remain there for the rest of our lives. We have two beautiful boys now and we use the car with the family often. The boys help me work on it, too. I'll own this car for the rest of my life and one day my sons will have it.
The car was originally a 307 Power Glide with A/C. The rear end was upgraded to 3.42s from a '79 Z28, the engine was replaced with 375-hp small-block, a Holley 650 and Hooker Super Comps. We ran a TH-350 for awhile until last year when I installed a built 200-4R, which made a huge difference. The car still has its A/C.
Mike C
Massapequa, New York
through the years........
Love the white interior too... Definitely keep it that way. :yes: Good to see another Long Islander on here. I grew up out in Farmingville...:beers: Have fun with it and welcome to the site.
