The Barn Find 1969 Z/28 SCCA Camaro Rescue! - The Auto Archaeologist
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- This is the documentation of the removal and rescue of an original 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 SCCA racer that had been sitting in a barn for just over 40 years. Once raced by Ken Stoddard just about everywhere east of the Mississippi. It had all the documentation, including the original factory diagrams to convert the car to SCCA racer.
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good news, they just made room for that old 86ish trans-am to be stored for 40 years.
lol
Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of 2 tail lights, a deck lid, rear bumper, and a possibly bent front subframe...
Hahahahaha and a VIN number worth about 12 grand.
It actually wasn't as bad as it seemed. It needs quarters and some front sheet metal, but floors, doors, roof, most of the firewall is ok.
Not liking a VanGogh does no lower the value .
the only thing that matters is that it has the proper VIN. win win!
i agree
It's a good thing we have people who collect and store things away else there would be no exciting finds today. Car eminently restorable and comes with history and provenance. A truly worthy project and a future show stopper in full SCCA guise. Great work guys!
Yup! Being fully restored as of right now!
Auto Archaeology would you be able to put up any footage of restoration or maybe some pictures,love to follow progress. It is like a sort of closure on an amazing project!
I am no where near it sadly. If I get to Ohio I'll try to do an update.
I agree. Without morons like this I would have find a real job.
nothin a hundred grand can't fix ;)
It's bad, not that bad.
Depends, if you do everything yourself, you'll be looking at like 20-30k on parts including a new engine/trans and a full year of work. If you let some shop do it for you, you'll be looking at 100/130 k.
I agree, If the work is done by the owner, he will be looking at about 1.25 per hour, BUT, the car will be worth it if he keeps it
It is being restored not by the owner.
Like my dad always said, "speed cost money, so how fast do you want to go?" He road raced for 30 years out or Portland Ore. I have been working on race cars for 30 years my self. Yep! speed costs $$$.
I bought a 67 that had been sitting for over 35 yrs , it needed everything. But my wife and I had more fun bringing it back to life. It's not about the money it's about the experience and enjoying it afterwards.
Awesome!
After reading the comments one could always tell who has restored restored cars, trucks, motorcycles, ect. The ones who haven't have no vision. They don't realize the love and enjoyment that one gets from bringing something back to life. Nothing is to old or raggidy to a restorer. I've been restoring for close to 50 years and to this day when I look at a car like this one, I see how it will look when finished. It just comes natural. So for those of you who think this restoration is foolish, go watch Barret Jackson on TV. But remember some of those care looked like this car, they also had a good vin plate of a valuable car.
Yup!
JOSEPH JAKUBEC I have a feeling this guy was more excited about rescuing the car than what to do with it. I would have that car on the road ASAP I already have a motor and trans. Some fabrication work along with a front clip and new suspension. I make it a daily driver.
Well done for saving a historic race care. Good luck with the rebuild.
Not me doing it, but the owner is doing it now.
Great job! You salvaged some real road racing history. I hope to see it run at Road America some day. SCCA log books, chassis plate, and documentation, boom vintage race car.
It should someday!
You really have to want something pretty bad to even consider this worth the effort but I'm glad that someone does and will hopefully restore this back to its original condition.
Being restored as we speak.
Will there be any updates on it?
I bought my car on a pallet. If your good you can build anything regardless of how it looks
oh and it doesn't need to cost a hundred grand.
Great video.
I love old road race cars.
Very cool piece of history.
RESPECT!
Thanks!
Always nice to see a car being rescued.
Indeed!
That pulling-it-out-of-the-barn operation looked like a big ole who-shot-Rufus.
You're such a underestimated youtuber, I love the videos you make and hope for many more keep up the awesome videos and work👍👍👍
Thank you, it is appreciated. More cool stuff coming down the pipeline
Really enjoyed this video. Thanks for posting!
Thanks for watching!
That Camaro really had it's heels stiff in the sand. Thanks for sharing this!
Thanks for watching!
Awesome piece of history
Love the look of the camero , hope they get her running soon
amazing find wow.
Neat piece of racing history
Yes sir!
Wow....i would return it back to factory nice find!!
It is being restored to as raced 69/70
gorgeous piece of history!
It is cool
Nice automotive history!
It is sweet!
Absolutely beautiful
Thank you
thanks for posting :-)
Yup!
I myself just found a sweet little gem of a 73 dodge dart swinger that currently belongs to my neighbor once I buy it from him I'm going to start my own youtube Channel of my adventures fixing it up I'm really excited about getting it it's sad that the young generation doesn't appreciate old cars for the few of us that do it's a dying art that we need to hold on to
Very cool!
The car has IMSA Camel GT stickers along with the SCCA stickers on it. racingsportscars should have a picture of it if it was ever raced in IMSA Camel GT.
Yup, we have a few pictures of it from back then. Here's the whole story! www.hotrod.com/articles/watch-while-we-rescue-a-real-deal-1969-chevrolet-camaro-z28-trans-am-race-car/
motor trend channel is the best than all of shows
It would be, "The Motor Trend Channel is BETTER than all of your shows". And you're right, they have money and people that know how to record and edit video properly.
those massively wide tires and hacked away fenders are definitely not from the SCCA Trans-Am days. Perhaps it was later used as a late model dirt track car?
It was in the process of being converted when the last owner saved it.
cool find
Thanks!
Nice find. Build you a set of wooden supports with wheels on them. One under each tire and it will make a job like this much easier
That's a good idea for the shop.
Auto Archaeology I've worked around a lot of junk yards and that made it easier to move whole cars
It's thankfully just about done being restored. But good idea for the next one.
thats a cool car! now if i may to help u with future videos do a little bit of voice overs about the cars past and leave us on a cliff hanger so where anticipating the next video, big fan -pat
Sounds good, thanks for the heads up.
I'm curious, what happened to this car after it was pulled out? I always hoped for a follow up video, but never saw anything
I'll have an update here in the next few months. But it was fully restored.
@@AutoArchaeology Awesome, cannot wait to see it
This thing looks so gnarly... I'm 3 minutes in and I'm in love! In my mind I see a cheap flip forward flip front end and just the bare essentials to get it running and road worthy. Rust in peace would be my moto for this thing... Provided there wasn't a race car heritage. I love the width of the wheels... what are the specs on the drivers side? I subbed and can't wait to see her restored! Sick!
It's being fully restored right now to as raced 69/70. Has quite the racing heritage.
Also it would be neat to see it race back in the day , and then see it when you get it finished. Do you think that old guy might have footage or pictures. It would be a great story for the car
There are pictures of it racing in the description.
Any there pictures of this car from its prime, would be interesting to see what it looked like in its hay day. Great work and thanks.
There are a few in the article here. And the owner just uncovered a few more recently. www.hotrod.com/articles/watch-while-we-rescue-a-real-deal-1969-chevrolet-camaro-z28-trans-am-race-car/
Nice one, cheers
is there any photographs of the car as raced .for a guide line for restoration.
Yeah, there's a bunch they have found. You can see a few here. www.hotrod.com/articles/watch-while-we-rescue-a-real-deal-1969-chevrolet-camaro-z28-trans-am-race-car/
I've so been there - using a $200 truck to haul a thousands of dollar car.... pretty cool guys.
Sweet!
is the restoration goung to be filmed or been filmed it would be nice to see episodes of it getting done and watching the progress
Sadly not, I'm 10 hours away from the restoration. If i get out there again, I'll get an update.
Wow, Glad to see this piece of history being pulled out! The 69 is my favorite year Camaro. Are you going to fix this or is there another owner?
It is currently being restored by the owner who pulled it out.
Auto Archaeology Thanks for telling me. I hope he can get it back to its former shape. That's a real gem, Thumbs Up!
It is neat!
Auto Archaeology Hahaha, It Sure Is! It'd be Great to see this ol car do a lap... *Thanks* For Uploading!!!
that used to look like my yard, old 60s, 70s, 80s camaros, firebirds, trucks etc, then i seen some of the cars had ohio tags, i had to take a second look to see if i knew them :) i grew up in ohio, lived in the country in the southern parts where i know a guy who has a 69 z28 big block 4 speed car sitting in weeds , along with some other goodies.
Sweet!
What ever happened to the car. I would like a update on the car
Fully restored!
@11:47 not pushing at all just hanging off the trunk! LOL!!!
guess which tire is the drive tire
Will there be a restoration video of the camaro?
I'll try to get one, but it's many hours away.
When is there going to be an update on the car and what's been done to it or plans for it? Would be an interesting series to watch if rebuilding it.
Being restored as we speak, but it is 8 hours from me. So I can't get to it easily.
Thank you for the update on it. It's going to look good once it's done. Hopefully they are taking pictures for you on it. Can't wait for it to be done and see the next video of the car.
Should be ready for MCACN next year!
custom fender flares ala tin snips ....
Basically
you take the cowl or switch the tags with any other same year.there ya go
That's a federal crime.
Auto Archaeology and nobody will ever know... that "car" is just piece of shit. No repairable
You a narch boy ?
I like that sunoco 260 sticker onthe right rear corner of the deck lid
All the stickers were neat.
is there any way you could keep us updated on this car? Really interesting find and would love to see what they do with it.
Love the vids, keep up the good work
-Damon
Thanks, I'm going to try, but unfortunately it is a nearly 12 hour drive from me.
No worries buddy. Thanks for the video :)
Yup!
Omg I want all the classic cars I. The world
Awesome
That's cool
Any new updates?
Fully restored!
is it a x44 car?of it is it's worth a full restore, cost was painful. but now I have a all # matching car, and have the motor to you need for it
Don't know, I didn't check. It's entire history is well documented and full race pedigree documented.
Awsome! Someone has to restore the one that not a soul would touch! Great so how about you stick to the perfect restorations! The best ride from the best state,climate,one car owner. Sounds to me that either we had or have actually picked some friends along the way! Hopefully your right hand partners particularly the one that would scout out theis #1 off the showroom floor. Oh and a maybe send this one out for body fab and especially paint. We will never hear the end of the filler and paint work from your magical body gooru! You understand the 2 reds that would make this possible! They both happen to be ripping their one off track car #1 rolled off the assembly line classics, up or around the old race track! Possibly seen it brought back to life at the old stinky beer bowl they grew up at! By the way forget about the truck and placement of weight and wet muck it had to go thru. Probably could order all the parts necessary to build it brand new anymore! Crew to do the new work will be easier to convince of a new build/clone! Ha! I just remembered the low pro wide Hoosier 410 extra grooved m/t's. Should go on the ditch side or inside if you only turn one way😄
Shire could use some old innerwebing coldy assistance's to find you some of that! Draged around some wicha ditga drink for 40 plus year's! Send that so called piece of swiss cheese out of the pre Madonna shop for sure. Or I would love to have a classic. I will take it!🙌 Thank you Richy Rich!
Yeppers
Oooo quick change rear end at 7:22
There was a few dozen in there.
Nice find. What do you plan on doing with it.
It's being fully restored right now.
Any updates on the restoration
As soon as I can get to Ohio I'll get some updated info.
It's been 3 years since i put my 2 cents worth in and have restored 2 cars myself as a one man team in the mean time and this summer i am starting on a new project. I was just wondering if it is coming alone or not because i can not find any updates and wonder if it is just parked in another place with dreams of one day getting worked on or not?
It has been fully restored and was debuted at MCACN 2019. As soon as I can get to Ohio, I'll do a follow up video.
@@AutoArchaeology cool looking forward to it and maybe find out what it took and how much etc.
that car will be need lot work amazing in that Barn is lot of stuff
Yes it will!
love that Amazon plug at the end...
That's TH-cam
Any updates on this car?
Being restored in Ohio
Is it being restored to a boring stock camaro or back to the way it was when it was a serious badass race car
Wow!!! I hope they are going t restore it- I'm sure that's the plan, hence all the effort
Being restored as we speak.
There aint enough of that car left to even worry about.
Nah, plenty there.
wow, talk about a find
Wasn't a bad day.
What is going on with this car now?
Being fully restored
gonna restore back to race car?
Yup, back to as-raced 69/70-ish
can we get an update video I need to see the progress!!
I'll try when I get out there again.
What is the fate of this car now? will it be restored to run a day at SCCA again? Really cool find!
Yup, being restored to as raced in 69-70 condition. With some minor safety updates.
Auto Archaeology That's great! Hope we can see video of the restoration process
If I can, I'll post updates!
Cool
restore photo's or video ???
I hope to see it again here this year or next.
each of those guys could have pitched in $20 and hired a flat bed tow truck to exhume that thing from the barn instead of breaking their backs pushing and pulling. lol :D
Sadly there wasn't enough room for a rollback to get down the narrow path. We tried.
I don't get it, why did they not hook the truck up closer to the car thus transfering more weight to the truck for more traction.
Cause the grass was to wet closer to the barn.
akpd1 because nobody watches tractor pulls and sees how good of an idea that is!
The only thing I don't understand is why no one had the foresight to get in the back of the truck so it could get more traction?
There was weight back there already. The grass just sucked.
90% of the rescues I have helped with needed 4-wheel drive. even this one, it would have been nice to have.
If it was an option, we would have used it.
The ranger doesn't have lockers. Drape rags and towels over the tow strap/chain it takes the energy out of it so it doesn't kill you when it snaps. You're welcome.
And you all seem like the type to not cross your safety tow chains on a trailer, the whole point, their only purpose, is to land the trailer on the chain "X" if the ball fails. If they're not crossed you're just dragging suicide when the ball fails.
Yup
i hope the new owner was paid well to take it.
Don't know. I know it is being restored.
What ever happened to the car?
Being fully restored.
@@AutoArchaeology Awsome please show when finished. Thanks friend.
Oooooooooo!!!!!! Did someone say SCCA Trans Am!!!????
Oh yeah!
an entire video of dragging half a car up a driveway with a piece of shit truck...im overwhelmed with joy
Thanks!
whear are yal at
I'm based out of Chicago.
C'est ça qu'on appelle un pont auto-bloquant?
Esta re bueno
Is that car rare
Just a bit.
on that yard was so much cars
There was a few!
Any thing can be fixed, but damn !!
Being fully restored as we speak.
I hope you share it with us when it’s done just to show everyone a turd can be polished. I did an old ford truck like that once an every body told me I was crazy, but now everyone wants it . Once you’re told that you got to finish what you started, it took me three years. It’s going to take you a while to my friend. Have fun at it
Sadly it is in Ohio, but when I get out there again, I will get an update.
I can't believe that 4 liter Ford could pull that... Those things are turds!!!
It wasn't easy, but it did it.
Why would someone have the sense to back a roll back in ?
Couldn't fit it down the narrow path.
Auto Archaeology bh
Rip cars
Nah
so a ford cant even pull a gutted shell with no motor.. good to know
lol
that lil ranger is struggling
Yeah, heavy car with a locked up rear axle and wet grass, and weight in the bed didn't help.
Hey Folks !!
This was made, for racing..Not your Average parking Lot fluff pot Z/28..
It was bought new, prepared for the track, and used what it was originally built for!!..to restore this to factory specs, would ruin it!!..
IT NEVER WAS A STREET CAR!!!
Would any of you- restore a 1965 Shelby GT 350R,, Into A concourse Street Car, bumpers, interior, and all??
I think Not!!...This historical RACE CAR deserves to be restored as a RACE CAR...
Yup! That'a what is happening!
Custom is a term I would use loosely
lol
y like this car but im french so y dont know de story of de cammaro
Thanks!
So the car was only driven for 8 years then put away in a barn
That's just about what we've uncovered. Roughly 7-8 years.
Dump the clutch and drive it out! Chevy power son!
lol
It's good for yard art.
Being fully restored!
Not much of original Z/28 left
More than you would think.
That’s entirely too much time & work to invest in that car - if it can still even be called a car. The trunk & roof panels look like they might be salvageable, but that’s about it. You can see that the front sub-frame is bent, the doors have been butchered, the back bumper is twisted, and GOOD LORD - THOSE QUARTER PANELS!!! No engine, trans, front clip, or interior, and if it has a 12-bolt rear-end, it’s probably gonna need some work, and it probably had something like 4.50 gears in it since it was used as a race car. If it’s going to be a parts car, I hope the buyer got it for next-to-nothing. Personally, I wouldn’t have given that shell a second look, and I’m used to restoring Pennsylvania cars that have been salt-rotted up to the windows. Good luck!
Thankfully it wasn't as bad as it looked, and is nearing the end of it's restoration here shortly.
Why complain about the value to reatore ect. When you can just imagine the history it had. Of any vehicle like this thats found and uncovered and began restorations
That is true!
The find is awesome! But when they just jaw you death the rest of the time.
lol