69 Camaro Questions

[Bill Pritchard]

This is a non-Supercar and non-Musclecar question, but it concerns a 69 Camaro, and I know there's a lot of knowledgeable people here for that subject, so please bear with me....

A friend just dragged home a standard 69 Camaro. It's a real looker - Code 65 Olympic gold with dark green standard interior and green vinyl roof The car is amazingly original and untouched, but is badly rusted. It has the original 255hp 350 engine with smog pump and all tubes, floor mounted 3 speed trans (Muncie shifter still intact ), and 12 bolt rear . Also has factory 8 track player and all speakers, which still work. Engine runs but clutch is gone, so it's not driveable.

The Trim Tag shows an 11D build date. The car has a factory wood steering wheel, which my friend had already removed when I saw the car. Any chance this could be the Walnut or whatever non-Rosewood wheel came on early cars? My knowledge on this is limited to Chevelles, so I apologize if it is not applicable to Camaros.

The car also has a chrome air cleaner lid, with unintelligible remains of a factory engine ID decal on top. It was always my impression that only the SS cars had a chrome air cleaner lid. Any chance that the non-SS 350 69 Camaros got a chrome air cleaner lid?