1969 Camaro Z28 - Episode 1 - Sitting for 30 years
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- This is my first edit using Final Cut Pro - mainly filmed this because it's pretty neat to dig out and uncover a 69 Z28 that's just been sitting for so long, and to try out FCPX.
Today my Dad purchased a 1969 Camaro Z28 that hasn't moved or seen daylight in over 30 years from a long time friend of his.
The car was modified into a full blown drag car back in the early 70s, broke a driveshaft racing in the 80s, and has been sitting in the same spot since! It's a real "survivor" like it's been sitting in a time capsule for over 30 years!
We have an original 302 DZ engine we will put into it, fix the car up, and enjoy some cruising! My Dad used to own a 69 Z28 back in the 70s, and has regretted selling it ever since - now he has another one to fix up and enjoy!
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Pics and more info on the Camaro here: www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=14983.0
For a car sitting for 30 years it is pretty clean
Great find man! My old man just picked up a former drag car too. 1969 Camaro Convertible, originally a z11 pace car. We're getting it back on the road right now.
Cars to clean to have been sitting for 30 years covered or not.
Has been sitting since 1986 in the same spot.
it's legit. 1986 was not that long ago for the car to have rusted away into nothing, especially inside a garage. Dust is just Dust. Maybe the previous owner cleaned it 3 years ago so you don't see 30 years worth and can see the Orange color popping out.
ya think that's what the woman in the video was trying to say?
30 years but has wheels from a car made in the 90s, yeah sure bud. I've seen cars that have sat that long, this thing is way too clean. Maybe 3 years at most lol
Kyle Casanova use your head those tires and wheels was put on there to get it loaded up because the originals would be flat and dry rotted 😂
Love the way the older woman brings in a wood saw for them lol , something my wife would do
Seemed quite clean and dust free, for sitting for 30 years.
I was pretty sure it was his car but once I seen the building and to be honest with you the railroad tracks gave it away 🙂
Nice one brother ... Great to see someone get the old girl out and get some new life into her ....
Just found this video by accident, and I can tell you what I remember. This was my Uncle Larry's car which he bought from a widow who's husband (and friend of my uncle) died when a GTO he was riding in lost control and broad sided a large light pole. It was sitting in his business "Jones Speed Shop" so that's why it's cleaner than a car sitting for 30 years in a barn. I'm pretty sure it was prior to 1986 that the driveshaft broke, because I was still in high school and graduated in 1983, then left the area entering the military. We were at Muncie drag strip and he dumped the clutch with the revs pretty high, guessing 6,500-7,000, the engine had aluminum rods and a large solid roller cam, so revved high. He pulled the wheels quite high, maybe 4 feet or so, then a smaller one when shifting into second. Just after shifting to 4th, not far from the 1/4 mile end, the driveshaft broke and the front half flew out the back and high in the air, back half stayed in the driveshaft loop, we were done. Back at the shop, we looked into the carnage and found that the axle rotated in the u-bolts, straining the driveshaft. Also, 1 ear completing broke off the transmission and another had a crack halfway through. The front Weld Wheels were on the car then, that I can confirm. The rear had slicks at the time, but maybe he sold those prior to this sale...I helped him screw the tire beads to the wheel rims! The car looks pretty much the way it did when he bought it, except had a steel hood that matched the car. I watched all your videos, and think its great what you guys are doing with the car...good luck!
Wow thanks so much for taking the time to give such a detailed reply. Let me know if you'd like to come check out the car how it sits today. It's a pure joy to drive now. Please contact me on here privately and we can arrange it. I'm sure my Dad would love to hear more background on the car, and I will pass this message on to him. Thank you!
Cool cant wait to see it finished 👍🏼
what a find.thats one badass 69..hope u got the pink
Sure did
My 1976 Trans Am has been sitting since late 1986 early 1987 as well. And it looks just as "Too Clean" as the "Car Experts" on here say this '69 Z28 is for it to have been sitting 30 years. Except mine actually sat outside exposed in the backyard, it didn't have a roof over it's head to protect it from rain, sun, humidity, mud, dirt, etc from 30 years worth of California Sun. I know this because it was My Fathers first Car bought in 1977 & he parked it himself in the backyard way back then & forgot about it due to rising gas prices & it's a gas guzzler. it's got a couple quarter sized rust spots on the hood and around the rear window which is typical on these cars, but it's nothing bad. I'm surprised To look at it you'd think it's been sitting for just 10 years it's so rust free compared to how bad your average sitting for 3 decades F-Body has rust everywhere. Now the Hood Bird is Faded because 30 years of Summer baked it up. 30 years of sitting without anybody opening the doors has cooked the seats, they're torn up, so it will need new seats, the Headliner is gone, but the Dash has just ONE single vertical line crack. No rust under the body it's solid. Honestly the worst Rust is on the right side of the trunk lid. The Rust concentrated there & punched a hole through you can see into the trunk. But hey, anybody can replace a '70-'81 Trunk Lid with just a Rachet. There's no rust on the trunk floor, Maybe I got lucky too. :) I'll make videos documenting the restoration on mine when I get a good camera.
I had a 67 and 69 in Alaska in 1984. I wish I had kept them. Hard keeping two classics for a girl with no property.
i busted out laughing when the lady came in swinging the saw hahaha
ahah same here
Around 1983 I saw a white 69 Z-28 torn apart mostly covered with leaves in a backyard of a house. I asked if it was for sale but the owner said NO! He planed on restoring it one day.I went back there about two years later and was told it had been SCRAPPED.
Being around cars are fun until any lady comes around poking here nose giving unnecessary opinions and just spoiling everyone's day
Wow look at the hole in the trans tunnel wtf!! I thought mine was bad😲
Haha yeah this was a full blown drag car in the 70s and 80s if you couldn't tell so just make a big hole to get access to the trans lol. It's not finished yet either obviously.
Any sell this car
As Far as Paint Quality being "too nice" for sitting 30 years goes, when the car sits in a garage, there's no sun to eat up the clearcoat and dull/fade the paint. Dust for 30 years won't do it. it just washes off with soapy water and a sponge. But Exposed sitting outside in the Sun for 30 years will eat up the clearcoat.
Oh sure it's all legit but I can tell you 69 Camaros never had clear coat
I’d keep all the racing decals on it.
Dana 60 rear end, probably missing the original 302 ci engine.
lol the old lady shows up with a saw
Lol yeah
don't know if this car came from the factory with that rear spoiler or not but that's a 67/68 spoiler. the factory did install the early style on '69s, but very very rare to find one.
Been setting 30 days in the same spot!
Nice , what kind of a deal did your Dad get on that car if you don't mind me asking, and what were the build codes for this car ?
Vinyl tops and SS's don't mix. Nice car for it's age.
it's not an SS it's a Z28
This one does
where is the multi leaf springs.
Well they're back on it now!
how much did you buy it for?
That was first time old lady with the saw has been outside for thirty years
Do you know anything about finding Camaros through their VINs?
why are there SOOO many muscle cars sitting in garages for 30 years? ....1)insurance is high ....2)parts are high ....3) its become an "investment" ....it gets to the point the car needs "restoration" & they can't afford it
Looking inside I see deluxe door panels and I’m guessing that someone
how has it sat 30 years and still have an armorall shine on the dash?
did they wash and wax everything monthly?
It had a bunch of stuff laying on it. I'm not sure why it's not more dusty. Maybe it's a testament to Armor All products. You can go here to see how it was kept for the 30 years. www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=14983.0
Great find! Try to keep it as it is and just clean it up and get it running then you have a great time capsule for years to come! Maybe you'll have to paint the hood but keep it, just my personal opinion! :)
Yeah that's what he is considering. Just get it running good, and cleaned up, and enjoy! He's thinking about a tunnel ram intake manifold and just running no hood for the meantime. Haha. We've got it just about ready to fire up!
Aah, thought it was your car?! :)Tunnel ram sounds great but I would surely keep that cool hood, its a real eye catcher on the streets!Keep the vids coming, I'm curious! ;)
hgger69 It's my Dad's car!
Ok, great for you! :) ....someday it maybe yours! :)
I'm just thankful to be able to be a part of stuff like this! The next installment of this Camaro saga is up now on my channel! Check'er out!
Stripes over the rear spoiler are not supposed to continue onto the trunk lid.
Yeah we know. That's all been corrected now. Just haven't done another video.
you and i both know what happened, spoiler added later and painted ( after car was originally built,) in addition the spoiler on this car is for a '67,'68 camaro, short spoiler, not wide enough, i have seen one original '69 with the short spoiler and have since read that the factory did put the short spoiler on a handful of 69s.
cragar drag lites were not around 30yrs ago and the car is to clean. more like 10-20yrs max.
They're Weld Wheels and Weld Wheels has been around since 1967.
Branden McNamee lmao he busted your big mouth running ass
slowmanEF 1981 the draglites came out.
Branden McNamee lmao 💀
hmmm... 2016 minus 1981... that would be over 30 years to me.
Uh. Draglights were out by 1986 for sure so do the math
what state was the car found
IN
hasn't moved in 30 years.... but has wheels that look like they're from at least the 90s lol
Jaysson Tansey Well yeah we had to put wheels on the back to move the car on to a trailer. You wanted us to go out and find some period correct wheels just to move it on a trailer? Lmao.
Duh, those are not even Camaro wheels. The car needed a set of wheels, You expect them to make the car Roll out of the garage without a set of wheels?
cool car too bad the 12 bolt is missing, is that a B body dana? looks like typical drag changes we did in the late 70's 80's cool find
Yes it was a Dana rear end in it. Now back to factory Z28! And Muncie 4 speed is back in too!
@@slowmanEF why does it have a 67 or 68 rear spoiler , instead of the correct width spoiler that a 1969 should have ...
Richard Ellis it was a very early ‘69 build and they actually used ‘68 spoiler on those from factory. A lot of people don’t know that, I didn’t either. But it’s all mentioned and gone over in the link I have pinned.
is that a dana 60 rear end?
Yes it is. Probably out of a Mopar.
So whats the plan? Resto.....resot mod.......mod?!!!!!!!
A lot of progress has been made. Need to do some more vids. It's got complete interior now, an original 1969 DZ302 (not the one from this car) rebuilt by BES Engines, new rear end, transmission, original cowl hood, etc... it has came a long way and is very fun to drive and runs great!
Owner wants to keep it looking like this though for now with the decals from the 70s down the sides.
we need a updated video!
I’ll never get rid of my SS lol
It's amazing how one wheel can make a car so ugly.
Shame they cannibalized it for racing.
calling bs 30 years...
I love how everyone thinks they know more about this car than the person who bought it!
In 30 years (if you live that long) you'll be saying ; Holy-shit, where did they go , Ha,ha,ha !!!
Gotta love keyboard experts on every topic which they have no Fk'in clue , Ha,ha,ha !!!
Rims don't look like they are 30 years old.
Rear wheels were from my 95 240SX we put on to load it on the trailer.
slowmanEF That explains it. I have a 73 z28 that sat for about ten years and boy was it a bugger to get going. Right now i got the engine running and i am working on the brake lines.
worst thing I ever did was sell mine back in 1977
Same here, sold mine in 78, biggest regret in my life
Rey Rendon keep your hopes up. Might get another one again if you try
Sorry to hear.. at least you sold it at own will... my pal went to his parents home, where he had his camaro stored for years, only to find out that his pops had sold his car " because they needed the space". Imagine what he went through..
Yep , if hindsight were foresight we'd all be billionaires , lol !
@@arodderz that's a nightmare.
Why not just buy roller jacks to move the car if you can afford a car like that fake
I myself was in doubt upon seeing the "bumping" looking wheels on the rear. Then to verify my own suspicions as to a claim of untouched for 30 years.To reinforce my suspicions someone one else below listed in the comments stated of the mfg and time period of the front set of wheels not being manufacturerd as yet for several years to come. If your going to do videos at least be ready to defend your claims of the authenticity of the historic "barn find " event you are recording. This is just another fantastic tale of a old hotrods rediscovery
that are likely real finds that have been exaggerated or embilshed to make it so much better that the end result becomes worse. To the extent of being a total lie or better said "bearer of false witness, unbecoming of a teller of any truth". Another examle of I believe is called "click bait "therefore I won't watch the second episode of this ignorant telling of a fantastic archeological find of such amazing proportions that just stuns the entire world of fantasy.
Dennis Hale there is nothing exaggerated in the claim or video. It’s a car that has been sitting on jack stands for 30 years. Don’t look too deep into it thinking it’s more than that. The previous owner sold the rear wheels/slick setup and we brought some wheels out of our garage to put on to get the Camaro on the trailer. I don't know why this is a hard concept for folks to understand. Also the front wheels were no doubt available in the 80s when the car was last out at the track. I advise you look at my replies and pinned comment if you’d like to learn more. Thanks for your comment and have a better day.
@@slowmanEF Sorry for my comments about the authenticity of your enviable aquisition of such a now near impossible feat that's generally a impossible event in anyone's live today. I consider it very close to discovering buried pirate treasure or finding and developing a gold claim that makes a fortune. The last one I happened on to was a 1971 Mustang Mach 1 in very good original shape. The guy who had it was a old school hotrodder who was a lot like all of us were in those days. We weren't carbon copies of the same design that seems to infect the very soul of America. Individuals who are no more individual in thinking or actions or abilities than a row of Campbells tomato soup cans on a shelf that to the trick of the minds eye appear to dissappear into infinty. As your own eyes become blurry as you watch these millenials and other types we call human beings go about there day in a kind of drone like method. Excuse my political retoric. I have a bad habit of expressing my political views and ideologies these days and have been doing a bit of creative political writing lately in our current crisis at every level of Government. I bet you can guess who i vote for and who I have no respect for in any way of shape or form they might appear. Anyway good luck with the Z .My younger brother who was born in august of 1969 would love to have it. He was fortunate to have had a 1969 SS-350 California black plate original purchased by mommy and daddy that I said at the time you guys are making a mistake. I by my own decision never wanted to be gifted of a first car. For various reasons mostly because it would really be mine to to be used as a control as some parents seem to do. Amyway that nice camaro lasted all of 6 months and ended up destroyed in the typical fubar fasion. Enough said,I will continue to follow your progress on your redo on possibly the most coveted of all American iron,everything included. Even the overrestored eletist trash thats pedeled of such tv unreality shows like Barret Jackass & Sons,or that horrible AssMonkey Carnage garage. Disgusting people who create such things and call it either entertainment or informative. Not for me, apalling shows that have driven the price of anything automotive ,even the most rusted and ruined to ridiculous values of impossible amounts. Despicable as the duck would say. Later. ...
Has moved for 30 yrs but has 15 yr old rims
We put the rear wheels on there to be able to move the car onto the trailer. They're from a 1995 240SX. Whatever rear wheels he had on the car were missing.
Was that a truck rear end like a later model.. ? Wasnt a regular 10or 12 bolt