69 Camaro. What's it worth?

[Johnny Horsepower]

Hi guys, have a friend looking for a driver. He likes this car so I am looking for opinions. Also he would like to have someone look at it and will pay them for their time.
I believe the car is in Tenn.



ebay car (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150439825596&ssPageNam e=ADME:X:RTQ:MOTORS:1123)

thanks in advance,

John

[travlnz28]

Nice looking car. I am not an expert on trim tags but the non-original motor and 10 bolt rear would raise some questions about it being a real X22 car. I would check the date code on the axle housing and see if it matches the car.

[Ngtflyr]

It kills me when someone does a color change to an awesome color like Hugger Orange, and I love Black. My first car was a 69 Chevelle that was originally Monaco Orange, changed to black, so I have been there. There are a lot of Camaros out there that warrent a color change, a code 72 car is not one of them. Pretty car with a lot of detractors, I will throw out the first wag, $35-40K. Tell your friend to consider resale down the road.

[William]

The ad reads:

“Superb car that received an extensive restoration in 2004 and has been rarely driven since. A large folder of receipts is present documenting the restoration.”

In reality it was probably a parts car that was heavily schmutzed in 2004.

Undercarriage: missing parts, dirt, grease, bashed oil pan and crossmember. Heavy under coating makes me wonder what is under it. Cheap tires & exhaust system. What about the 10 bolt axle with ho-made brake lines?

Engine bay: same story. Missing splash shields, RS washer solenoid [!] & reserve tank, wrong master & PS pump. Aftermarket parts everywhere. Flat black slobbered over the master & booster.

Body: close up of the wavy rear body panel shows poor paint finish. Why not fix the rusty trunk floor? Crumbling quarter glass seals. Don’t care for bad Z/28 striping with SS hood but that’s me. Tag looks ok and lines up with VIN, probably real.

Interior: presentable. Busted heater control, cut-up kick panels, aftermarket sound system. Missing front seatbelt retractors. Could have vacuumed for the photos.

Based on what I can see I would be very concerned about the quality of the workmanship.

IF it runs and drives ok, trunk floor isn’t too bad and rest is structurally sound, already at full price. Probably needs work and money to make it roadworthy. Fixing everything almost out of the question.

[MosportGreen66]

Look at this one...

http://www.camaros.net/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=41605

[Johnny Horsepower]

Thanks for your help all. Car sold for 28, I think it was not that great ........as comments here have said as well.
He is still in search of an honest real car that is a driver but does not have to have the orignal motor.

thanks again,

John

[William]

Interesting car; probably built the 1st day of full production at Norwood.