Question about a 69 Camaro on ebay

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Derek,

-------Whats your spending limit? I heard about a 69 375/396 69 today. Supposed to be ultra-original. Priced around 40ish. I know very few details other than color and very broad statement about quality,but can put you in touch with the principals involved..........Bill S

[69LM1]

"This is a FIRST-RATE, comprehensive, ALL-METAL FRAME-OFF restoration of an ORIGINAL SS 350 (x11 code) '69 Camaro"

From the first line in the ebay ad (Bold added by me).

[Racefan]

Please refer back to my post of his email where he not only still attests to the fact that it IS an SS-350 but that the VIN tag was switched with a 6cyl. What a quality individual!
I went out on a limb and did something I probably will get into trouble for, but I emailed every recent bidder and sent them a link to this thread so they could make an informed decision. I want to turn this guy in soooooo bad!

[Kurt S]

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I believe that it is the original VIN, and that's just his BS story to explain it away.

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That is correct. That tag matches that VIN, VERY low (read none) likelihood it was swapped.
Yes Virginia, there is such a thing as an L6 X11 car, and it ain't an SS.

[Derek]

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Derek,

-------Whats your spending limit? I heard about a 69 375/396 69 today. Supposed to be ultra-original. Priced around 40ish.

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Bill, I appreciate your willingness to help me but $40K is a bit steep for me. Especially since I'm intending to spend a chunk of money building a BB to put it the car. There's no reason for me to buy a car with an original engine, rare engine, or one with an engine that is already built up for horsepower. I would love to start with a shell and restore a car from the ground up, but I know I just do not have the time for that. I have learned this lesson from my dad and the on again off again 20 year long relationship he has had with an old '59 Chevy Truck. I keep thinking one of these days he's gonna finish her! There's just too many other things going on in my life to tackle such a time consuming project. Therefore I'm looking for a car that has been very recently completely restored but with nothing special for an engine. (That way the fun part is left to me!) That's a tall order, because I've found that the highest quality restorations for some reason chose not to start with a 6 cylinder car... go figure!

Thank you all for the suggestions. I will place a wanted ad on this site that's a bit more specific as to what I'm looking for and also visit the other websites y'all recommended. Maybe there'll be some good car shows and drive-ins in my area soon (DFW area) and I'll look there as well. I'll just have to be patient till the right one comes along!

p.s. About this crook selling the camaro on ebay, I definitely believe ebay needs to be notified. I think they might take it more seriously if they heard from Phil (Racefan) since he's the one who received that incredible email admitting to swapping VIN's.

[jg95z28]

I know that. But my point was an X11 car is not an SS... which is what the seller is suggesting.

[DarrenX33]

X11 does include SS350 and can be identified based on how the car is equipped and if the #'s match. But in the sellers case he has just created Camaro chop-suey.

[jg95z28]

My mistake then. I thought it just stood for the style trim group. Perhaps I should just stick with 67's.

[Derek]

The idiot seller (broker) has just willingly added to the description at the bottom of the auction the BS story about the VIN swapping. I think he's just shot himself in the foot. I'm notifying ebay and we'll see if they do anything about it. At least all of our emails about this issue has caused him to acknowledge that there's major trouble concerning the numbers on this car and bidders will be aware (provided they notice that tiny bit of text at the bottom of the page).

[Belair62]

If this is made out of a 6cyl...which it probably is...it would fit your bill perfectly...especially if you are not worried about numbers..too bad it didn't work out..