Early69 RS SS 396 Camaro with goofy hubcaps

[x44d80]

Awesome car and thread. I wonder about the owner paying 35.00 which today is 265.00 in today's dollars and knowing what Ralley wheels look like and getting those wheels. Wheels and tire always are the most important asset that either makes or breaks a car's visual impact.

[William]

Originally Posted by markjohnson

Somebody please correct me if I’m wrong but I vaguely remember the Lemans Blue 1969 ZL1 having silver-painted XT’s for many years. Am I remembering that correctly?

No.

There were 12 Le Mans blue ZL-1s built, none having silver XT wheels.

XT wheels were painted to match the car if wheel covers were not ordered, black if they were. It is noted on both BCs. Camaros built with the P06 trim ring option had body color wheels. The paint used was enamel, not lacquer as used on the body.

[Charley Lillard]

The 5 rims are orig. paint silver. So It seems to me in William’s train of thought there must have been a Silver SS on the lot that had these on it but the buyer wanted the Rally’s that were on this car so they swapped them and then went thru the work to add trim rings and modify the center caps perfectly just to make the silver car buyer happy. Why not just cobble the wheels that were already on the silver car ?

[markjohnson]

Originally Posted by William

No.

There were 12 Le Mans blue ZL-1s built, none having silver XT wheels.

XT wheels were painted to match the car if wheel covers were not ordered, black if they were. It is noted on both BCs. Camaros built with the P06 trim ring option had body color wheels. The paint used was enamel, not lacquer as used on the body.

This was the car I’m thinking of I just forgot to mention RS. It even looks to have trim rings.

[DW31S]

Originally Posted by Charley Lillard

The 5 rims are orig. paint silver. So It seems to me in William’s train of thought there must have been a Silver SS on the lot that had these on it but the buyer wanted the Rally’s that were on this car so they swapped them and then went thru the work to add trim rings and modify the center caps perfectly just to make the silver car buyer happy. Why not just cobble the wheels that were already on the silver car ?

That’s not how I interpreted what he wrote…I gathered from his remarks that he thinks the Rallies that were originally on the Blue car were stolen and the XTs from a Silver stock unit were taken off the Silver car and then installed on the Blue car and made to look like the Rally wheels that were missing from the Blue car.

[Charley Lillard]

Your right. I forgot about the stolen theory.

[Steve Shauger]

To add to the mystery, Gerry's (OO) father inlaw was a salesman/manager at the dealership. Gerry was in Vietnam when the car was ordered. He was a tech controller and had the ability to communicate with his father inlaw directly. What he said was upon the cars arrival the car was placed indoors and covered in a building at the dealership. Anything is possible, but how plausible???

This was a small dealership not known as a high-performance dealer and someone went to great lengths to somewhat convert the XT's to Rallys.

As noted when I originally posted this anomaly, Gerry was not pleased and switched to the slots.

The mystery continues....

[x33rs]

I think it's neat. If it were mine I'd put the original wheels back on the car and let the people talk

I have 14x7 rallys stored in the shed. Now you have me curious, I'll have to dig them out and check dates.

[Charley Lillard]

I was gonna put them on but they just look too stupid so I will just keep a hubcap in the trunk.

[x33rs]

lol