'69 Camaro, Hugger Orange Arizona Car, off the road since '74

[scuncio]

Looks pretty solid, but the driver's rear quarter is definitely holding a good bit of bondo.

Link to 1969 Camaro auction (https://ebay.to/311qLrS)

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[X66 714]

Every time I see this car, something is different or missing...Joe

[NorCam]

Wasn't this in Mike Kaisers yard just a year or two back. If the same car it was sitting in an old abandoned speed shop building in AZ for decades. Looks like the same car to me?

[X66 714]

That's the one....Joe

[NorCam]

It didn't have a motor or trans with it when Mike sent me some info on it in 2017. In the trunk was a 427 block that was being marketed separately, and Mike told me the channels for both the front and rear windows had a fair amount of condensation rot from sitting inside a building with the windows rolled up for decades. Thought it had a bullet hole somewhere too?

He was asking 18K for it back in 2017

[X66 714]

That car sat outside for as long as I can remember. Frank Townsend was going to use that car to rebody a crunched Z/28 that sat in the rear part of that yard. I knew a guy who had the born with engine from the Z/28. Frank wouldn't buy the engine nor would he sell the Z/28. Townsend's Racing world was a little different place...Joe

[lbnaz]

Mexican ZL-1

TucsonTed
Jan 28, 2018 at 9:27am
Barn find? I don’t think so… It was located @ 1180 W. Glenn St in Tucson AZ
(Google earth/map it) you’ll see it in the middle, back of the lot in front of the big shed. It has sat outside in the weather for the last 30+ years. It was a part of Frank Townsends estate and car collection, along with two other 69 Camaros and quite a few early GTO’s we saw. There was (NO) ZL-1 in the trunk of this car when we looked at it ? But we did find some rust from a leaky back glass. They were asking $5000 for it, was told the car actually sold for around $9,000 to some investors from Cave Creek. And don’t forget the finders fee! Good chance the engine came out of the shop, there looked to be 50+ BBC’s in there. Cool fake story though.

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[NorCam]

Always nice to hear the real deal from someone in the know. Thanks for setting the story straight. Personally, I'd like to find a clean builder body that looks weathered and faded like this one. Something clean to build a nice street machine out of. Faded paint and all, but something with very little rust.

[427TJ]

Mexican ZL-1

TucsonTed
Jan 28, 2018 at 9:27am
Barn find? I don’t think so… It was located @ 1180 W. Glenn St in Tucson AZ
(Google earth/map it) you’ll see it in the middle, back of the lot in front of the big shed. It has sat outside in the weather for the last 30+ years. It was a part of Frank Townsends estate and car collection, along with two other 69 Camaros and quite a few early GTO’s we saw. There was (NO) ZL-1 in the trunk of this car when we looked at it ? But we did find some rust from a leaky back glass. They were asking $5000 for it, was told the car actually sold for around $9,000 to some investors from Cave Creek. And don’t forget the finders fee! Good chance the engine came out of the shop, there looked to be 50+ BBC’s in there. Cool fake story though.

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Yep, there it is in November 2015.

[lbnaz]

The Z is just to the right of the middle of the big tree. Just to the south of the partial semi trailer you can see. I had posted a photo back then of the original spare in the trunk. The car is in phoenix now and the original motor is long gone now its in another local Z with numbers matching motor now. (decked and restamp) There was a lot of history in that yard for sure. Larry

[Stefano]

Always nice to hear the real deal from someone in the know. Thanks for setting the story straight. Personally, I'd like to find a clean builder body that looks weathered and faded like this one. Something clean to build a nice street machine out of. Faded paint and all, but something with very little rust.

You are in good company, only approx 1,000,000 other enthusiasts searching along with you ; )