1969 Camaro Value

[Mike69]

Have a friend who is thinking of selling his 69 Camaro as a Roller. Engine & Trans have been sold already. Car has been sitting there for a few years just collecting rust. All interior is there. Doors open and close really good. Engine compartment and firewall have no rust. Snapped a few quick pics. What do you fellas think it is honestly worth?

[dcs13]

Thats a ton of rust that you can see. And some of it is in odd spots. Its the rust you can't see in the pics that would really scare me. (and I can weld) If I saw those pics on ebay I wouldn't bid more than $600

[Stephen]

Way out of my league

[cool cat]

I'd like to see how much is left after a trip to the sand blaster. At least its a 69 Camaro, and the aftermarket has everything in the world available to repair it.

[46Tbird]

$2500 tops, sorry

Yes I'm aware that a '69 Camaro is about as desirable as a car can be, but that one has serious rust issues that are going to scare away most potential buyers. Every body panel is available to fix the car, but anyone that has done rust repair - or paid for rust repair - knows that it's smarter to just wait for a better one. Looks like a good candidate for a Yello Belly car!

[TRAILBLAZER]

Yuck

[dcs13]

Better deal here:

http://www.restorationperformance.com/1969-camaro-coupe-replacement-body-shell/

[BLAKE]

As others have mentioned, rust is killing that thing. It's likely that pretty much every bit of the interior is shot.

Is the VIN worth anything? How was the car optioned originally? If it started out as a plain Jane 6cyl car, there isn't much value at all.

[BP]

It's all going to depend on that VIN plate and what options it has. Factory big block cars are worth a lot more than 6 cylinder versions.

[Z06killinsbf]

Wow that thing is rough!

[46Tbird]

It's all going to depend on that VIN plate and what options it has. Factory big block cars are worth a lot more than 6 cylinder versions.

It's been a while since I tried to speak Camaroese, but I think the VIN only denotes six-cylinder or V8. And there's some trickiness around whether a V8 car is an SS or not. I think you have to inspect the engine castings, rear end part numbers, and date codes on all of it to determine if a car "conceivably could have been" an SS but even then it's easy to fake. I'm sure MattB knows all that stuff...

[BP]

Cowl tag then, you are correct about the VIN plate.

http://www.camaros.org/numbers.shtml

[snacksnack]

Ive sold rougher for more then mentioned in this thread however I don't know why anyone would spend more when you add up the cost of fixing all the the can see and cant see rust issues. Unless you honestly get it cheap I would look at drivers, you can find them in the 15k range if are patient and fast on the trigger.

[Wanderer]

Cowl tag then, you are correct about the VIN plate.

http://www.camaros.org/numbers.shtml

You can determine what paint code, interior code, and what trim came in the car, but not what engine, trans and rear end the car was delivered with by only going off of the cowl tag.

Unfortunately, you have to have the original build sheet to figure out what engine, trans, rear end, etc. came original in the car from 1968 and up.

For whatever reason, 1967 is the only year that you can determine what options the car had originally.

[SSMAN]

Man, that breaks my heart. Please go shoot him.