290 advertised HP, but in reality more like 375 brake HP, 11 : 1 compression ratio, 800 cfm carburetor. I remember my brother begging my Dad to cosign for a 1969 Z28, it didn't happen. Also he begged my Dad to purchase for himself a 289 Cobra new, I still remember him swearing, "I'm not paying $5000 for a car with no roll up windows". Famous last words.
Amazing story for Glenn to find the exact car he had sold all those years ago. Love the sound it makes, some real American horsepower. You can see the joy it brought Glenn on his face, and some good memories, tickets and all. Great video Jay!
I was able to drive a 69' RS/SS 396 car. It was so much fun. I used to detail this guy's car collection and he'd let me tool around in them. Totally worth it!
I was adopted from a couple of 14 year olds; this was my favourite car as a kid - right down to the colour. I think I first saw it in something like HotRod Magazine. I remember also having built a plastic model of it. Beautiful car.
I briefly owned a Grabber Orange 1969 RS/SS Camaro and people went insane over it. Honestly, people would scream at me on the freeway and on the street to pull over. I'd come out of a store and people would be crawling over it and even trying the door handle to check out the inside. It was crazy. Had to sell it because taking it out was so stressful.
My 2nd car in 1974 was a 69 Z rally sport. Red w/ black stripes. 33 thousand on the clock. Hounds tooth interior. Console w/ gauges. $2199. Swapped the rally wheels right there in the parking lot for the cragars on my chevelle. Turned it into a drag car.
Hi, Jay- great video clip on the 1969 Z/28. Jay sure looks happy LoL! As I guess that car would be responsive- since horsepower really is +100 hp more! Not 290 hp. The 302 had a dual carb setup on a cross-ram option,( which this car has). I would think it also has the solid lifters for + 7,000 rpm shifts. If it has the factory option Trans Am “0ff road, 140 “ cam, then that is even more HP. Back in 1970, I used the “off- road” cam in my ‘67 “350” Camaro engine, with added 12.5:1 pistons, F.I. Heads and headers, and my tach redline was 9300 rpm, on the street.
If I recall correctly, the cross ram was developed by Smokey Yunick for the Trans-Am series. What I don't remember is that aircleaner decal. These were woefully underrated at 290 HP with the single 780cfm 4053 Holley . The 302 had the 4.00 inch bore of the 327 with a 3.00 stroke from the 283. They lacked low end torque but made up for it in the upper rev ranges. The 2.02 large valve heads flowed well however, the bore/stroke/cam combination resulted in relatively poor port velocity. Fitting the cross ram exacerbated the lackluster low end response though more than made up for it above 5500 rpm. It was not unheard of for these heavy breathing, high revving mouse motors to scream into the 400+ HP range particularly when fitted with factory GM p/n 3727140, or '140' solid lifter cam.
I can verify ( as above) back in 1970- since I did use the 140 cam, in my Camaro engine, solids, headers, Holley and Accel dual point, redline was 9300, and was all in a ‘55 Chevy, with 4:56 gears, M21.
*Heal up soon Jay!* This episode is another example of what the hobby is all about - the passion for a car by a good steward of it and especially the *stories* that come along with it are what matter, oftentimes moreso than the particulars on the car itself. Jay understands this and makes note of it often; he knows the difference between simply owning a car and being a good steward of one. - Ed on the Ridge
That's insane that this guy had the car in Maryland, sells it around 1980, then happens to find that very car in person at auction when it could have been sold at that time to someone else - WTF! What are the odds of that!
My first car was a 68 camero rs ss with a lT1 350 out of a 70 corvette. M22 4 spd. Now I own an 84 rabbit gti It is highly modified. Super fun car. The gti used to be owned by Robbie Knievel.
Glad to see the guy thinking he got his old car back, but there was never any mention of matching the vin. And along with way too many cars I grew up with that have been covered here, the exhaust note is totally wrong for all those that were running the streets back then. It may have the chambered exhaust option (which I know could be ordered on the SS cars but not sure about the Z). Which, having been active in the hobby for a long time, makes me think the restoration was an auction special where lots of options get added. The cross ram 2 holley intake was extremely rare but never mentioned, along with the body colored endura bumpers - also pretty uncommon. No doubt it's a real Z28, but seriously doubt it's the same one and carrying the options on the car when he originally owned it. Wouldn't be surprised to learn it has the very rare JL8 4 wheel disc brakes also. Auction cars get loaded up to pad the value.
"Oooooooooooo..... The 60's and 70's THE GOOD OLD DAYS!!!! Never gonna happen again!!! EVER!!! My brothers both had Plymouth's 1963 and 64 SPORT FURY'S with a 383's in em. Older Brother had a 1970 Plymouth DUSTER with a 340 4 spd (what a Screamer that was)! Then my High school buddy had One these Camaro Z28's. He Sold it for $4700.00 back in the 70's and Kicks himself for it Today. Nice Car right there. LOVE it. ME... I had a 1930 Model A FORD (STOCK), a 1939 FORD Tudoo Deluxe Sedan (STOCK) FLATHEAD V8. Today, I own a 1965 PONTIAC GTO Convertible TRI POWER 4 SPEED. Sit's in the Garage and Looks Pretty. 😂🥴😳🤷♂..... Great Video JAY.
I had a jeep yj that I had redone when I was 18. Unfortunately I sold it when I had a child at 22..... Sold it way too cheap, and regretted it ever since.. if I ever see it, I will buy it again!
I took my 1968 Dodge Charger to my youngest brother who inherited the maternal grandparents farm, barn, machine shed and 77 acres. He said the last stall of 5 is yours. Up on blocks, run until gas was empty, took battery, empty tires and papers. Place tags, title, registration in glove box and covered it with a military tarp. 7 years later, I go back to get it, he says what car? The one I spent four hours on storage. He told me that I must have been tripping and ask me to leave. He said he would call the cops, he didn’t. I filed a police report to tie the VIN to the county’s DMV, never tagged in that county! Gone. I had just bought an almost new 280Z from a news anchor lady on local tv. Drove it for 7 years and my high school car is gone or moved to other storage, or sold out of state. He added on his house, hot tub, newer Kabota bucket tractor. Hummm? Sad! 😢😢😢
I think everybody has a story about an old muscle car. I traded my 68 SS396 Camaro, L78, 4-speed, M22, 12bolt, for a 1969 Datsun 1200 when I enlisted in the Air Force in 1975. Had to drive from Maryland to Arizona and knew that Camaro was going to eat me alive at the gas pump.
I still own my rally green 69 Z 2/8 I purchased in 1972. Paid $2275 and it needed tires. It’s setting in my barn and hasn’t been driven in over 25 years.
Had a 1969 Camaro SS 350. Had it for 12 years and sold it 30 years ago. Only had one speeding ticket (lucky I didn't have more). Certainly miss it. My favorite body style.
Back in 1973 when I was a senior in high school a buddy who had parents with money had a 1968 Z28 and a 1967 SS 396 Camaro. Both were quick but the SS was faster in the quarter mile but the Z28 was the one you wanted to play "Bullet" with because it was so much nimbler in the curves.
Driving these cars is what makes them special. Make sure you children and grandchildren have the experience you had then. Nobody fights for Dad’s old car in the garage but everyone fights for the car they drove 1st or took to prom or drove on their wedding day. Take the grandkids to get ice cream on weekends or to the drive-in. My 5 year old grandson claims my Wife’s red Mustang GT convertible as his car from the moment he seen it in the driveway when we brought it home.
Piggins and Chevrolet blatantly “underrated” the 302’s horsepower at just 290 and torque at an equally absurd 290 lbs.-ft. In reality, the production engines generated over 375 horsepower, with power coming on strong from 3500 to 6500 revs and still pulling at 7000rpm.
Single Quad 302 was rated at 290 Horsepower. Looks like he has the Cross Ram Dual Quad manifold. It was never rated with the Dual Quad manifold but knowledgeable people have said it pulled 390 Horsepower at 7,000 RPM 🤔
Wish I could have heard the Chevy starter. My high school math teacher bought one of these in '86 (1968 non-RS Z/28, with the single 4-bbl 302, dark green with white stripes, manual steering, manual brakes) and paid $6,500 for it. The car was an absolute beast. It lurched and stumbled when he got off the clutch, but once it got above 2,000 rpm, it just exploded with acceleration. I never heard it above about 4800 rpm, but it sounded incredible.
Totally get the stories here, I’ve finally got my dream Mustang GT (2011, fully loaded, 5.0 litre, 6 speed). I’m now 71 but it always puts a smile on my face when it hooks up !!
The 302 first gen Zs are just something else. Going to the Corvette sourced solid lifter LT1 350 for 1970 may have been a hotter pill but, it doesn't top this package of both image and performance.
Beautiful car and rare with the crossram. The reason it feels so powerful for 290 hp is because it was way underrated by Chevrolet. That's pretty well known. It's probably north of 400 hp with the dual 4s on it.
In 1968 I purchased a used 1967 Chevelle SS 396 350 HP 4 speed with 410 gears from a late teenager who was forced to sell it by his mother who held the title because he lost his license from street racing. I was 18 at the time and paid $2200 for the car. The car was VERY fast and I raced it at Englishtown Raceway Park in Englishtown NJ up to 1971. The best ET was 12.56 @ 108.xx MPH. I was getting married in 1971 and my soon to be father-in-law told me If I wanted to marry his daughter I'd have to sell my car. I sold it to a butcher from Staten Island NY for $1800. I cried when that car left the driveway.
NICE !!! A 69 RS Z-28 with the very rare Dual Four Barrel Induction. I can't believe that Jay didn't comment on the fact that the car has the Dual 4 Barrel Carbs 😟... If the dual fours are original to the car, this is almost a Holy Grail Z-28. The only things that would make it even better is if it has the very rare rear disc brake option, and factory headers... That's an absolutely beautiful car. I have never seen that color combination before. The 302 was factory advertised as 290 hp, but in reality they were dynoed by several people back in the day, and were actually over 350 hp. Obviously the dual four barrels increased the horsepower, but I can't remember off the top of my head what they were rated at. It's funny to remember that back in the day you could buy a new car that had a camshaft that you could actually hear. The 302's 30-30 camshafts sound really nice...
That is such a good looking and sounding car. It’s easily as good if not better than anything coming out of Italy. American car design was stunning in the 60s.
Who out there don't have that one big regret for saleing that special car. Mine I had to after an accident and she saved me from bankruptcy but unfortunately I was never able to buy her back before she was totalled 😢
Great Re-find! 53 customline, 69 stout w/ bed cap, 71 Hilux, several 80's solid axle 1st Gen 4x4 Toyota's & a 🦊 body almost all dragged out of AZ yards rust free decades ago for pennies relative to today. Everything except the memories are lost to time & we're alot 😎 for having them! What's the succession plan for Mr Leno considering how things are going lately?
Great story so glad to see him get is back after all those years, i am a bit of a hoarder so kept all my first car and motorbike :), Still looking for my dads old Triumph Bonneville hoping its out there somewhere.
My pappy still has both his 69 Z28s. He got them in high school 70-71. Still in beautiful condition. Started often and they get driven at least one time a year. If he was to ever sale them he'd never get his money back from the cost of owning them! Could have bought a house just from insurance costs! ... So needless to say, they will stay in the family forever Lol
Jay, amazing story for an amazing Z28. 1 of my favorive Camaros(Built a model back in the day). I don't own 1 but have some nice classic Chevrolets that are fun to tinker on and drive. Thanks for sharing this very interesting story. I can still say I have my 1st car. 1956 Chevy 210 2 Dr hdtp. Came with a 235 6 cyl. I couldn't race anyone when I was 16 in 73. In 2008, I dropped a 283, which is a screemer. I really like the 302s that Chevy produced. Has the 283 crank & 327 block. Keep the stories coming. 😊
Looking at the engine it had the two four barrel cross ram manifold.That was an extra dealer installed option.That means the engine had closer to 400 hundred hp than 300.
In 1979 I was 17 and bought a 69 Z/28 Camaro. I'm 61 now and still got it.
Lucy you, congrats!
290 advertised HP, but in reality more like 375 brake HP, 11 : 1 compression ratio, 800 cfm carburetor. I remember my brother begging my Dad to cosign for a 1969 Z28, it didn't happen. Also he begged my Dad to purchase for himself a 289 Cobra new, I still remember him swearing, "I'm not paying $5000 for a car with no roll up windows". Famous last words.
Kinda like me not buying Bitcoin when it was it at $200 bucks.
Amazing story for Glenn to find the exact car he had sold all those years ago. Love the sound it makes, some real American horsepower. You can see the joy it brought Glenn on his face, and some good memories, tickets and all. Great video Jay!
That car is a heartbreaker!!!!! Very nice Jay.
I was able to drive a 69' RS/SS 396 car. It was so much fun. I used to detail this guy's car collection and he'd let me tool around in them. Totally worth it!
I have a 396/375 SS-RS origional owner azure turquoise, beautiful car.
I was adopted from a couple of 14 year olds; this was my favourite car as a kid - right down to the colour. I think I first saw it in something like HotRod Magazine. I remember also having built a plastic model of it.
Beautiful car.
What a classy car, nobody can deny the 69 Z-28... Excellent
I briefly owned a Grabber Orange 1969 RS/SS Camaro and people went insane over it. Honestly, people would scream at me on the freeway and on the street to pull over. I'd come out of a store and people would be crawling over it and even trying the door handle to check out the inside. It was crazy. Had to sell it because taking it out was so stressful.
I Almost bought a 69 396 rs ss.
Same color. White stripes.
My 2nd car in 1974 was a 69 Z rally sport. Red w/ black stripes. 33 thousand on the clock. Hounds tooth interior. Console w/ gauges. $2199. Swapped the rally wheels right there in the parking lot for the cragars on my chevelle. Turned it into a drag car.
OMG!!!
1984 a friend of mine hd one of these with a Hurst shifter. Candy Apple Red with the white stripes.
That thing Roared!!!
'69 had the Hurst w/about 350hp in real life. 8k rpm
Man how fun that would have been!
Had a friend also back in the 80s with a hugger orange and his brother had a dark green one. . ...both legit Z)28 302 dz . awesome car
Hi, Jay- great video clip on the 1969 Z/28. Jay sure looks happy LoL! As I guess that car would be responsive- since horsepower really is +100 hp more! Not 290 hp. The 302 had a dual carb setup on a cross-ram option,( which this car has). I would think it also has the solid lifters for + 7,000 rpm shifts. If it has the factory option Trans Am “0ff road, 140 “ cam, then that is even more HP. Back in 1970, I used the “off- road” cam in my ‘67 “350” Camaro engine, with added 12.5:1 pistons, F.I. Heads and headers, and my tach redline was 9300 rpm, on the street.
If I recall correctly, the cross ram was developed by Smokey Yunick for the Trans-Am series. What I don't remember is that aircleaner decal. These were woefully underrated at 290 HP with the single 780cfm 4053 Holley . The 302 had the 4.00 inch bore of the 327 with a 3.00 stroke from the 283. They lacked low end torque but made up for it in the upper rev ranges. The 2.02 large valve heads flowed well however, the bore/stroke/cam combination resulted in relatively poor port velocity. Fitting the cross ram exacerbated the lackluster low end response though more than made up for it above 5500 rpm. It was not unheard of for these heavy breathing, high revving mouse motors to scream into the 400+ HP range particularly when fitted with factory GM p/n 3727140, or '140' solid lifter cam.
I can verify ( as above) back in 1970- since I did use the 140 cam, in my Camaro engine, solids, headers, Holley and Accel dual point, redline was 9300, and was all in a ‘55 Chevy, with 4:56 gears, M21.
*Heal up soon Jay!*
This episode is another example of what the hobby is all about - the passion for a car by
a good steward of it and especially the *stories* that come along with it are what matter,
oftentimes moreso than the particulars on the car itself.
Jay understands this and makes note of it often; he knows the difference between simply
owning a car and being a good steward of one.
- Ed on the Ridge
Jay is an interesting celebrity. Stays at the Hampton Inn and walks by himself to dinner down a bluff. Who else in Hollywood does that?
That's insane that this guy had the car in Maryland, sells it around 1980, then happens to find that very car in person at auction when it could have been sold at that time to someone else - WTF! What are the odds of that!
My first car was a 68 camero rs ss
with a lT1 350 out of a 70 corvette.
M22 4 spd.
Now I own an 84 rabbit gti
It is highly modified. Super fun car.
The gti used to be owned by
Robbie Knievel.
One of the most enjoyable episodes glad he got the car back I had a similar situation and got mine back so I can appreciate the feeling
Glad to see the guy thinking he got his old car back, but there was never any mention of matching the vin. And along with way too many cars I grew up with that have been covered here, the exhaust note is totally wrong for all those that were running the streets back then. It may have the chambered exhaust option (which I know could be ordered on the SS cars but not sure about the Z). Which, having been active in the hobby for a long time, makes me think the restoration was an auction special where lots of options get added. The cross ram 2 holley intake was extremely rare but never mentioned, along with the body colored endura bumpers - also pretty uncommon. No doubt it's a real Z28, but seriously doubt it's the same one and carrying the options on the car when he originally owned it. Wouldn't be surprised to learn it has the very rare JL8 4 wheel disc brakes also. Auction cars get loaded up to pad the value.
All looks yellow to the jaundiced eyes my friend, he spoke of the car being verified.
@@timothydraper3687 Exactly, and Jay apologized for the sound in the video and said that the muffler was broke...
All the best Mr. Jay , hope you will feel better soon , take care buddy 👍
"Oooooooooooo..... The 60's and 70's THE GOOD OLD DAYS!!!! Never gonna happen again!!! EVER!!! My brothers both had Plymouth's 1963 and 64 SPORT FURY'S with a 383's in em. Older Brother had a 1970 Plymouth DUSTER with a 340 4 spd (what a Screamer that was)! Then my High school buddy had One these Camaro Z28's. He Sold it for $4700.00 back in the 70's and Kicks himself for it Today. Nice Car right there. LOVE it. ME... I had a 1930 Model A FORD (STOCK), a 1939 FORD Tudoo Deluxe Sedan (STOCK) FLATHEAD V8. Today, I own a 1965 PONTIAC GTO Convertible TRI POWER 4 SPEED. Sit's in the Garage and Looks Pretty. 😂🥴😳🤷♂..... Great Video JAY.
I'm still looking for my 1966 Corvette I'll find it someday.
I had a jeep yj that I had redone when I was 18. Unfortunately I sold it when I had a child at 22..... Sold it way too cheap, and regretted it ever since.. if I ever see it, I will buy it again!
I took my 1968 Dodge Charger to my youngest brother who inherited the maternal grandparents farm, barn, machine shed and 77 acres. He said the last stall of 5 is yours. Up on blocks, run until gas was empty, took battery, empty tires and papers. Place tags, title, registration in glove box and covered it with a military tarp. 7 years later, I go back to get it, he says what car? The one I spent four hours on storage. He told me that I must have been tripping and ask me to leave. He said he would call the cops, he didn’t. I filed a police report to tie the VIN to the county’s DMV, never tagged in that county! Gone. I had just bought an almost new 280Z from a news anchor lady on local tv. Drove it for 7 years and my high school car is gone or moved to other storage, or sold out of state. He added on his house, hot tub, newer Kabota bucket tractor. Hummm? Sad! 😢😢😢
Does bring back memories - my buddy Philip had one of these - back in 71. His was a 69, white, orange stripes, convertible. A real beast!
There were no convertible 1969 Z28's.
Jay Leno & Reggie Jackson own the biggest and best car collection in the universe
I can't wait for him to get into traffic, or third in line at a stop light! "It handles really well." So cool.
I think everybody has a story about an old muscle car. I traded my 68 SS396 Camaro, L78, 4-speed, M22, 12bolt, for a 1969 Datsun 1200 when I enlisted in the Air Force in 1975. Had to drive from Maryland to Arizona and knew that Camaro was going to eat me alive at the gas pump.
Talk about the stars aligning. Destiny, happenstance, then the means to make it happen.
I still own my rally green 69 Z 2/8 I purchased in 1972. Paid $2275 and it needed tires. It’s setting in my barn and hasn’t been driven in over 25 years.
Had a 1969 Camaro SS 350. Had it for 12 years and sold it 30 years ago. Only had one speeding ticket (lucky I didn't have more). Certainly miss it. My favorite body style.
Beautiful car. A great story too! What's not to like.......
Back in 1973 when I was a senior in high school a buddy who had parents with money had a 1968 Z28 and a 1967 SS 396 Camaro. Both were quick but the SS was faster in the quarter mile but the Z28 was the one you wanted to play "Bullet" with because it was so much nimbler in the curves.
Glenn has lived an interesting life.
Great episode with Hoovies grandpa 🙂
Im so sorry when I heard about your fall. Please heal quickly
He needs to pay the gambling debt, even if he has to sell most of his cars. It's not going to end well otherwise.
@@Kenjh71 the hell are you talking about??!!
@trapin68
There is total rubbish rumour that Jay is in huge Gambling debt. Totally unsubstantiated
@@trapin68 just look at what has happened to him the last years. And look at the circumstances in this last one. Something is not right.
My dad had this exact car bought new in 69, wish he still had it, the best looking Camaro ever produced
God Bless Jay's Simplicity
Oh the memories! Great story! ❤
Jeez! My 'Cuda 340 should have come with the first two speeding tickets. I had em within a month! Nice episode Jay!
Driving these cars is what makes them special. Make sure you children and grandchildren have the experience you had then. Nobody fights for Dad’s old car in the garage but everyone fights for the car they drove 1st or took to prom or drove on their wedding day. Take the grandkids to get ice cream on weekends or to the drive-in. My 5 year old grandson claims my Wife’s red Mustang GT convertible as his car from the moment he seen it in the driveway when we brought it home.
Piggins and Chevrolet blatantly “underrated” the 302’s horsepower at just 290 and torque at an equally absurd 290 lbs.-ft. In reality, the production engines generated over 375 horsepower, with power coming on strong from 3500 to 6500 revs and still pulling at 7000rpm.
I can relate to this story. Sold my LS6-M22 ‘70 Chevelle in 1980 for $2,000 and regretted that decision ever since.
Very cool car and story ! .. thanks for sharing
What a gorgeous car! That is a really great story to go with it, you can see that Jay is just as much into that aspect as the car itself.
Single Quad 302 was rated at 290 Horsepower. Looks like he has the Cross Ram Dual Quad manifold. It was never rated with the Dual Quad manifold but knowledgeable people have said it pulled 390 Horsepower at 7,000 RPM 🤔
Wish I could have heard the Chevy starter. My high school math teacher bought one of these in '86 (1968 non-RS Z/28, with the single 4-bbl 302, dark green with white stripes, manual steering, manual brakes) and paid $6,500 for it. The car was an absolute beast. It lurched and stumbled when he got off the clutch, but once it got above 2,000 rpm, it just exploded with acceleration. I never heard it above about 4800 rpm, but it sounded incredible.
How incredible is this to be reunited with your first car such as this one in great shape some 40 years later?
it was restored
Totally get the stories here, I’ve finally got my dream Mustang GT (2011, fully loaded, 5.0 litre, 6 speed). I’m now 71 but it always puts a smile on my face when it hooks up !!
The official car of every Italian guy growing up in Toronto.
Such a beautiful car. I buy fords but that is a great car. A great story to go with it. Well done.
The 302 first gen Zs are just something else. Going to the Corvette sourced solid lifter LT1 350 for 1970 may have been a hotter pill but, it doesn't top this package of both image and performance.
My all time dream car
Right on Jay, 1969 Camaro is the coolest year made.
Taking a good ride in a favorite car and get a burger can heal and give new ideas .
A friend of mine had one, but deep metallic blue with black trim and a plain R/S with a 350? V8 as I recall. NICE ride.
Steve Buscemi will be playing the older Glenn in the film adaptation of this amazing story
Beautiful car and rare with the crossram. The reason it feels so powerful for 290 hp is because it was way underrated by Chevrolet. That's pretty well known. It's probably north of 400 hp with the dual 4s on it.
In 1968 I purchased a used 1967 Chevelle SS 396 350 HP 4 speed with 410 gears from a late teenager who was forced to sell it by his mother who held the title because he lost his license from street racing. I was 18 at the time and paid $2200 for the car. The car was VERY fast and I raced it at Englishtown Raceway Park in Englishtown NJ up to 1971. The best ET was 12.56 @ 108.xx MPH. I was getting married in 1971 and my soon to be father-in-law told me If I wanted to marry his daughter I'd have to sell my car. I sold it to a butcher from Staten Island NY for $1800. I cried when that car left the driveway.
Still married to that girl?😊
That engine sounds so nice!
Google says that the 290HP was a bit of a fib. It was actually 375 at 7000RPM and the engine could easily spin to 8000 with no issue.
IMO the '69 Camaro Z/28 RS was one of the best looking cars to come out of GM design. This and the C2 Corvettes...
Great car, with a great story.
One of the coolest muscle cars ever made!
The HP was underrated
For and finish looks perfect
What a crazy story!
My favorite year. I have a Hot Wheel. Green convertible.😂 ❤ Hilarious he buys a Rabbit.😅 Great story. He did get that beauty back. Thanks Jay.💙💜
They were actually underated from chevy closer to 400hp with dual quads.
NICE !!! A 69 RS Z-28 with the very rare Dual Four Barrel Induction. I can't believe that Jay didn't
comment on the fact that the car has the Dual 4 Barrel Carbs 😟...
If the dual fours are original to the car, this is almost a Holy Grail Z-28. The only things that would
make it even better is if it has the very rare rear disc brake option, and factory headers...
That's an absolutely beautiful car. I have never seen that color combination before.
The 302 was factory advertised as 290 hp, but in reality they were dynoed by several people
back in the day, and were actually over 350 hp. Obviously the dual four barrels increased the
horsepower, but I can't remember off the top of my head what they were rated at.
It's funny to remember that back in the day you could buy a new car that had a camshaft that
you could actually hear. The 302's 30-30 camshafts sound really nice...
302 had 290HP but it was really much more/insurance reasons
That is an eye watering beautiful car from the lines to the paint and everything in between! 😌
Jay heal fast and please take care of yourself. God Bless.
That is such a good looking and sounding car. It’s easily as good if not better than anything coming out of Italy. American car design was stunning in the 60s.
Wow that's very cool 1969 Camaro Z28 Rally! 🏆
Who out there don't have that one big regret for saleing that special car.
Mine I had to after an accident and she saved me from bankruptcy but unfortunately I was never able to buy her back before she was totalled 😢
Sounds GREAT!!
Great Re-find!
53 customline, 69 stout w/ bed cap, 71 Hilux, several 80's solid axle 1st Gen 4x4 Toyota's & a 🦊 body almost all dragged out of AZ yards rust free decades ago for pennies relative to today.
Everything except the memories are lost to time & we're alot 😎 for having them!
What's the succession plan for Mr Leno considering how things are going lately?
Great story and great video. Many thanks
I prefer the 1968 front and rear ends better than the 69
What a dream car.
He paid 150k plus commission
I did a search on it, he never answered the question.
He actually did he sold it for 2500 and he told his friend he had to pay 60 times more for it
He did say that he paid "60 times" as much as the $2,500 he originally had sold it for.
Please ... more cars made of real steal and passion! We need that gas at morning! 😊
🏆Thanks 🍀 Jay 👀✌️
Bro take some rest enjoy those dollars
Why?
He already has don't you see his collection 🤔
He is resting
And all his cars are basically ready to drive, he's done a great thing for everyone in the end, probably the next generation not us haha@@FELIPE1JR
😂😂😂😂 Jay's living his best life! CARS! CARS! CARS!
Great story so glad to see him get is back after all those years, i am a bit of a hoarder so kept all my first car and motorbike :), Still looking for my dads old Triumph Bonneville hoping its out there somewhere.
Beautiful color.
Awesome story!
My pappy still has both his 69 Z28s. He got them in high school 70-71. Still in beautiful condition. Started often and they get driven at least one time a year. If he was to ever sale them he'd never get his money back from the cost of owning them! Could have bought a house just from insurance costs! ... So needless to say, they will stay in the family forever Lol
Great car great Guys great Histories
Glenn is great i wonder if I know any of his books, yea i should read more im sure hes famous😂. Super nice car glad he gets another turn in it
I agree it's the best year Camaro. I had a '69 Firebird 400/400, that was also a handful!
Jay, amazing story for an amazing Z28. 1 of my favorive Camaros(Built a model back in the day). I don't own 1 but have some nice classic Chevrolets that are fun to tinker on and drive. Thanks for sharing this very interesting story. I can still say I have my 1st car. 1956 Chevy 210 2 Dr hdtp. Came with a 235 6 cyl. I couldn't race anyone when I was 16 in 73. In 2008, I dropped a 283, which is a screemer. I really like the 302s that Chevy produced. Has the 283 crank & 327 block. Keep the stories coming. 😊
DZ 302? (I don't see the original 302 badging on the hood cowling?)
That is a great looking color combo. I’ll admit it
sweet ride, im a sucker for the rs light covers
great story and sounds awesome
I agree with Jay.
Super cool story and car
Looking at the engine it had the two four barrel cross ram manifold.That was an extra dealer installed option.That means the engine had closer to 400 hundred hp than 300.
Wow has the dealer option cross ram which was a very rare option that not many bought
Very good 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻