The 1969 Camaro is Collector Car Perfection
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- Full review and test drive of a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Sport Coupe
Review by Bill of Curious Cars
Vehicle owned by private collector and will be sold by online auction
Videos referenced during this review:
1967 Camaro Release Video:
• First Chevy Camaro Com...
Bill is the car reviewer other TH-camrs aspire to be. You get a weather report, an employee/family update, a time capsule of the news for the year the reviewed car was built, and a detailed car review. Add in the occasional attack rabbit spotting and coronavirus tonic recommendation and you have some quirks and features those other guys can’t touch.
And a "snowflake nephew" even!!
We need him to do some nature documentaries. "These little bastards will take you down and eat your brain out before you even know what hit you." (And it's probably a couple of lambs or something.)
@@teds7379didn't we have someone named Turtle Man who had a TV Series....🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢
@@johnj3281 No idea who that is.
Bill the type of guy who will do 10 minutes about the weather, 12 minutes about animal sightings and 31 minutes on a car review and still get hundreds of views.
Thousands* 💯
This '69 reminds me of a neighbor who took an identical Camaro that was a basket case & spent 2 years restoring it to showroom condition. It was a labor of love & he was bound & determined to save it from the crusher. RIP Jimmie, you did a great resto on that Camaro.
Awesome story thanks robert
We need an AMC Javelin on the Curious Cars channel! Thank you, bill.
An AMX yes
Along with a RebelMachine,J10 or J20,Wagoneer or Cherokee,Gremlin, and an Eagle Wagon. Thanks Bill always enjoy your stuff Happy New Year!
@waggitnshaggit6592
4x4 Eagle Wagon yes 👍🏼
We need a 1970 chrysler 300 tnt❤🎉
A Comanche.
Dad had a '69 Camaro SS that he bought as a dealer demo, with like a thousand miles on it. It was actually fairly stripped down, though it did have the two chrome air vents in the hood that were pretty cool. It had a 350 with a column shifted THM350, and just the little dog dish hub caps. To those of us that knew him, it was such a weird purchase for him; he was not a car guy by any stretch of the imagination. It was his daily driver back and forth to the firehouse and nothing more to him. He even used to let me drive it to school in '82-'84 from time to time, and I was the most popular kid in the place on those days. Apparently, none of us were aware of it's true worth, and he ended up selling it in '98 for like $2,000, with still only about 80k miles on it, and still completely original and in good shape. It was a very fun car to drive, especially as a high school kid, and I always loved the sound of that quadrajet opening up. Now at 57, it would probably scare the crap out of me to drive something so old school with leaf springs, but it was sure a blast back then. Anyway, thanks for the ride down memory lane, Bill. Enjoy the hell out of the cool weather. We're supposed to have a low of 10 F tonight here in Denver, and a high of 13 F on Saturday. Keep the shiny side up and have a shot of coronavirus whiskey on the rest of us. I'm gonna go outside to freeze my ass off and have a smoke.
My first serious girlfriend's grandfather had a 69 Camaro convertible. It was pale yellow with white top and interior. He let me drive it a couple times. Great memories.
Good day, Bill. I hope you've been keeping well, glad to have you back.
Bill the kind of guy who buys alcohol and cigarettes for high schoolers as long as they have a cool car.
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Unless they're snowflakes; all bets are off!
LOL!!!😂
Lol..... he's a piece of work! ❤
Pall Malls.
That body/interior color scheme is incredible. Never been big on any shade of green, when it comes to anything automotive, but this one is the exception.
Good evening Bill from Ron in a very cold Manchester it is minus 5 here just your kind of weather. Fantastic video of an amazing car.
So great to see a 60s classic wearing its proper correct wheels, not some awful modern abominations. Thanks again Bill!
The only legitimate reason for a change in wheel style/size would be if one fed it real brakes... otherwise stock is the shit.
Best! What a great muscle car from an era we’ll never see the likes of again.
Bill is a throwback to my generation….thank you for speaking the truth.
This is more than a car but a time machine.
Just the happenings of 1969 as described by Bill ... plus you have the 69 Camaro ... simply wow 🤩
As Bill said "every once in a while ... something all comes together just right ..."
Ain't that the truth!👌
All were spot on choices. I LOL'd when I saw which image he selected for the Statue of Liberty. 😄
The reference was PERFECTLY selected and timeline appropriate for the Camaro's release in 1968 as a '69 but I wasn't expecting it at all.
Great reference, Bill!👍🏻
I live in central Florida and the weather has been good. I tell all the people living up in the cold north that our winter is our driving season. Too miserable in July and August to enjoy driving an older car.
Really like the green, exterior and interior
When I was in middle school, in the early 80s, my friend's older brother had a camaro like this. One night driving drunk he crashed into a tree a mile from his house and was killed instantly when his head came off. The tree stopped the car from going through the house on the corner. I'll never forget riding my bike past the scene the next day and seeing the imprint on the house from one of the wheels that came off the car. The scars on the tree haunted me for years as I thought of the violent final act. Years later, his younger brother died a slow lingering death by cancer. Pick your poison
nice to see a stock 69 Camaro not. a slaped together fake SS CLONE
"We've got the Sons of Anarchy here on the right, they're gonna carjack me and run a train on my lady." That is the funniest thing he's said to date!
love that green color...no stripes, no sunroof, no spoiler, auto, nice 327...no big block....nice, suttle, great camaro! this is what i would have bought in 1969...great job
Just some auto trivia...and I worked in GM color for 8-yrs., but the "Chevy Orange" of the valve covers/etc. was called "Vermillion", internally among color reference, as there could have been any number of orange shades of paint used by Chevy at any given point.
Happy new year, Bill. This sick Camaro is an awesome way to kick of 2024. Thank you ever so much.
Dude I love how you show the dashboards lights. Thats the coolest thang ever on any car is the dash lights.
This 327 was the 210 horsepower option and was a leftover '68 engine. Basically the base V8 until later in '69 when the 307 took it's place as the base V8.
They should kept the 327 and forgot those lame 305 and 307's. Awful engines
@jcraig1848 I agree. They could've just detuned the 327 to get what they required from a 307/305. Now junk yards are filled with V8's that no one wants.
All I can say is, I see the Doug demuro fans here, and welcome, it’s a great channel that deserves your support. You should also tell a friend. I would, but I don’t have any. I’m more Bill than Doug, but can appreciate any entertaining car guy.
Bill the type of guy who will do a car review but have to take breaks to get his shit together.
Nice ride , colors awesome my favorite green hunter or so , an those rally wheels an the best looking white letter tires ever made , just a fantastic ride Bill
Stunning car, a timeless classic, thanks for sharing 💫
Beautiful car, thanks, Bill! All the best to you and your watchers this new year🎉
There truly is nothing like a '69 Camaro..... even if it is a base model. Love them ALL!!!
mhhmm yep, whatever I was doing can wait, hanging out with Bill.
I hear so many people complaing about the cold in Florida 😂 I'm with you Bill sounds pretty nice there right about now! 50° is T Shirt weather for me!
Bill, your videos are meant to be enjoyed with a good bourbon and a cigar, and that's precisely what I did just now while watching your ode to the Camaro. Absolutely fantastic! Your storytelling talent, enthusiasm, and personality make us viewers feel like we're standing right next to you, immersed in the experience. Thanks to you, the world is undeniably a better place when you are talking about cars. Keep the passion alive!
I was 13 in '69 and hung out at a popular "Phillips 66" gas station and that's when I got hooked on raw HP. Seeing high school age teenagers with SS's and Z28's Camaro's, Chevelle's, GTO's, Boss 302's and 429's, 442's was awesome. That lead to going to the drag strip every weekend in the summer and the sweet smell of a nitro burner funny car was heaven. I started my career in 79' as a test cell engineer load testing large reciprocating engines, mostly diesels, 100-3500BHP "balls-to-the-walls" as they say. Taking an engine to its highest point possible before it collapsed was exhilarating to say the least. Great memories
Glad to see a new video, Bill. Nice Camaro
Stunning vehicle! However, that exhaust system is killing it.
Sounds cheap. Too noisy. That things got a loose belt or something too on rev.
That is a sweet ride. Glad to see it's not all tricked out with stupid aftermarket wheels.
What a kick ass way to kick off this new year!
The best looking Camaro ever made.
Conversation in the Chevy boardroom:
Okay, guys, we've got this sporty performance car with a high revving 327 V8. What should we use for a transmission?
GOT IT! Let's use a two speed Powerglide. That'll be PERFECT!
Excellent. We don't want to confuse our customers by giving them three or maybe even four gears. Let's go with the Powerslide.
They built these in Norwood Ohio just north of downtown cincinnati. I remember being a kid and seeing all the camaros lined up waiting to be shipped out. They closed the plant in the late 80's and now Norwood is just another dump.
How's it hanging Jeff
@@paulie-Gualtieri.
Long and lean 😈
Thank you for bringing back the dashboard lights😊
Paradise....
Golly, I love that green! I sure miss the Florida winters. I live in Indiana now so I have to put my 69 Camaro away in the winter. It’s yellow 350/power glide.
Powerglide, two speed slip and slide. Was the transmission used for drag racing back-in-the-day.
Long before the 7 speed dual clutchs of today, which shifts faster than you can blink. The
Powerglide was the next best thing, needing only one shift to propel your vehicle through the
1/4 mile.
I have owned "only" 4 Camaros in my time. Starting in 1975, a "68" RS 4 speed 327. In 1976, a "70"
RS automatic 350. In 1981, a "79" Z28 automatic 350. Lastly in 1999, a "99" SS 6 speed LS convertible.
I once raced a '79 Camaro equipped with a 350 4bbl and 4-speed manual with my 3-speed automatic V6 '77 Volvo and kicked his butt! Man, his car was gutless! I hope yours was better.
Love the color on what I would call a "gentlemen spec" Camaro. Big fan of the 327; great little small block. What I don't love about this car is the exhaust. Hope whomever buys this corrects that as it deserves a much better set up than what it now has.
That 327 had so many upgrades you could get...I mean, even Corvette sported a few iterations of this very reliable, flexible, and powerful engine.
Breathtaking Car Thank you Bill, So Little Effort Going down the highway looks so smooth at Higher Speed 💪 Muscle Baby 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I had a RS Camaro with that same engine and it was a red one with a black interior and black rag top. I was in my senior year of high school in 1976 and I remember buying it in the winter in Michigan and all the foxie ladies at school would pile into that car and demand that I put the top down as I drove them around town making all the un cool guys jealous. I even got pulled over by a cop that was extreamly jealous and tried to detain us for no reason. Those were epic days to be young and free in America.
These old school cars are so much more visceral than modern cars. I love the lopey idle and brash exhaust note. I've always thought that the 69 Camaro was the most beautiful of all Camaros. Also, a set of BF Goodrich Radial T/A's always looks fantastic on a car like this!
always good to see a cool 69. 1 year only made it special
Beautiful car, and the 327 was the best of the Chevy small blocks.
I was going to say the 350 was the best.
I agree! My dad had a Chevy 327 4bbl in his '66 Pontiac. Great engine!
@@johna.4334 hard to argue which one is better, all of the small blocks were great. My dad always preferred the 327 over all of them.
The styling for the '69 is even more iconic because it fine-tuned the original styling to perfection, but for one year only. And then was gone by 1970 in favor of the 2nd gen F-body that would last 11 years. It's instructive that when Chevy rebooted the Camaro in the late 2000s, they chose the '69 as the basis for the retro design.
327 was rare for 1969 .It was only offered in 2 bbl. The low $ performance moter was 350/255.They did not offer 275 hp 327 ci in 69.
My dad had the 275 hp 327 4bbl in his '66 Pontiac. Great engine!
When are you gonna do a review of that (Austrian army?) Mercedes G Class in the background? 😎 edit: I see that Peter's kid finally finished pressure-washing *part* of that wall. Weiter so! 🤣👍🏻
Driving these was like going into battle, creeky, rude, and visceral. I had one of these new, ran on Woodward in the day, what a time that has passed us by.
Burt Reynolds drove a fake SS in the Cop and a half film.
Dang look forward to seeing your uploads and ramblings ♥️🔥👍🏽🍻
Such a beauty! Love that Green! I’m partial to this body style bc my mom had a 67 Firebird when I was little. I fell in love with cars because of that one. Thanks for sharing this one and the wealth of knowledge you always bestow upon us Uncle Bill!
What a sweet Camaro this is sir. Very nice
man i love this car it looks great i love the sound it has it's actually my dream car these spec's are my favorite
Happy New Year Bill! Greetz from Holland
Thanks for bringing back some fond memories, Bill. My first car was a 69 Camaro convertible in green with a white top. I had tears in my eyes at several points in the video but particularly when you got behind the wheel and started driving. All of the controls were as I remembered them, along with the view over the hood with those gorgeous fenders subtly sticking up. I can still feel the shape of the steering wheel, the click of the turn signal stalk, the headlamp and wiper control, and the turn of the knobs for the radio. The a-pillars were so thin and offered so much expansive visibility for the driver. 40+ year old memories are as clear as day. I worked in California in 2009 and saw the next-generation Camaro at the LA auto show. I was excited to see this car since it was based on the 69. I was immensely disappointed. Visibility was awful as the roof felt slammed down with massive a and c-pillars. The hood and door belt line felt high as well. I felt I was looking out a tank turret slit. Truly a studio designer car. Maybe I am hopelessly biased, but the 69 Camaro was truly a special car. As you said, I could easily live with it today. Thanks again. Love all of your reviews.
Best camaro ever. I still love relax and smoking gigarettes in my Lincoln. Great video again.
Magnificent car. Kudos for keeping it stock.
Hi Bill, I just love your videos. I drive for my living so I can’t always watch them so I look at what car you’re covering and then I just listen to your voice!! I mean I can listen all day. The bitchin’ about the weather, the wildlife, the snowflakes, the history and the stories and then the coolest cars on the planet , it’s just fantastic. Thanks Bill, you’re the master.
This car and this video brings me back.
My first car, which I had 50 years ago this year, was a 1965 Impala SS convertible with a 327 rated at 300 horsepower and a Powerglide. Same drive train as this Camaro. I was 17 then, in 1974.
Back in 1969, when I was 12, my mom had two '69 Corvettes. The first was a silver convertible with a 350 horsepower 350, and the second was a blue coupe with a 390 horsepower 427.
IIRC, the aluminum block 427, which was called the ZL-1, made its way in exactly two 1969 Corvettes, and exactly 69 ( ha!) '69 Camaros.
I built 1/25th scale models of the 1969 Camaro Indy Pace Car, and the Roger Penske/Mark Donahue Sunoco Camaro.
Tiny point, no doubt whiskey-related: the 283 was of course a V8, not an inline six.
@@willydavid IDGAF troll
Bill, you can't go that long without a video!!!! But it is a great car to see!
Hilarious video as always. Funniest part is you think people landed on the moon! You crack me up Bill! By the way, before you send someone to beat me up, lift the back wheels off the ground on your choice of rear-wheel-drive car and give it gas. When it doesn't go anywhere, don't be surprised. And there you go, hopefully you'll get it.
Amen Bill, to the nice FL winter weather!
Also, sounds like the timing is a bit too advanced on that Camaro.
Need somebody to check that.
Thanks for another great video!
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Bill is the kind of guy to do car reviews as it's on the way to the liquor store 😎
Beautiful original example! I love this!
Hideous exhaust pipes. Great video and commentary.
Another Great video Bill! Thanks for all you do! Please do a video on a 1967 Firebird Convertible if you get a chance. I have a '67 Firebird 326 Convertible with 3 speed manual floor shift which my Dad purchased back in '71. It's been in the family since. Love Camaros and all the pony cars. Keep up the great work. Thanks again Bill.
My brother had a 1969 Camero he tried to make into to a muscle car sadly never had enough money. Had body work paint job hood and wheels and tires never had money from engine and transmission and interior. I loved driving it had got rid of it in 1987 when he bought a small ram 59 pick up after it getting into a accident sold it to a coworker.
The horseshoe shifter is like the Oldsmobile Toronado.
My roommate just bought a 94 E320 daily with much inspiration from Bill. All is good and proper
Bill is clearly drunk which is why he isn’t thinking clearly about history and facts but that’s what makes it funnier.
Bill is the G.O.A.T. Thanks.
I dunno what's more shocking lately; The Pittsburgh Stillers made it into the playoffs, or Bill is actually chipper about the weather. I'll surely enjoy both until misery inevitably returns. Thanks Bill!
I heard that the Pittsburgh Steelers made it into the playoffs, too, Shocking! lol
@@bobjohnson205 I remember when Bill reviewed a white W221 S-Class years ago; opened the back door and said 'you've got enough room back there for the Pittsburgh Steelers.' Love it!
@@egold2071 Lol I thought he would have said 'You've got enough room back there for the Toronto Argonauts." lol
I agree too whenever the weather is like that cool windy somewhat “cold” is way better than humid heat trust me I know Dallas Texas is hell in the summer.
Im GM head as well love these videos !!
In the Antiques business, it’s called an honest piece when someone has let it be what it is and not altered it to be something more special. I can only imagine how real that is in the car world. In the antique furniture world it is highly sought after nobody wants a piece of furniture that someone has re-created to be a better example than what it was.
I love Bill's early morning drives with the dash all lit up. I was really hoping he was gonna light the tires up too!!
Where are you Bill? It's almost 2 weeks now and nothing, we need our fix.
I find the Army green during the height of young guys going to Vietnam slightly painful.
Bill is the kind of guy that loves cars especially collector cars. I could have sworn I saw one like that at Maple Motors in Tennessee this is one is the cleanest Camaro 327 my kind of car... Look like its a official im getting a 1994 4th Gen F-Body Firebird Formula V8 witch means I have to deal with two vehicle hopefully I have to work harder to get my W123 out the shop.. I guess we have to wear mask all the time like 4 years ago. Sometime I wish I had whiskey 🥃 instead of edible candies🍬😱 but I love that year in 1969 especially listening Jimi Hendrix..🎵🎶🥁📻🎸🎉
So glad you finally have a nice weather for a car full review 😄
Hey Bill, this 69 Camaro is spectacular!!! 69 is my favorite year for the Camaro!! I'm sure that a lot of people would be interested in seeing your cavorting around naked in a cool Florida morning!!! Keep up with the coronavirus whiskey!!! You can't be too safe!!! 🥃
you are such a bad ass!! i love your touch
I'm drawing up this exact car for a client right now!!!
Such a great shade of green..
1:17 i can almost smell them old school gas fumes
A REAL car
Well car instruments are sometimes called clocks, but to have an actual clock taking front and center on the dash?!
I owned a 1969 Camaro for about a month, a Colorado car, rust free, I was going to pull the inline six out of it and go the crate motor route, saner heads (at the time) prevailed. But a truly rust free '69, even in the '90s, should've been a good thing.
My Bro changed out his whole dashboard on his 69 Camaro just 2 place A CLOCK right where U described this clock is located....Never could understand why???😮 The good thing is that he still has his 69 Camaro ! Yeah
Green color on a proper muscle car, not the goofy green on today's Mopars. Bring a Trailer is a seller's dream, hoping the price goes north.
The right sort of power and simplicity, leave it as is and enjoy
Wow, just F’n wow. The absolute car of my dreams as a teenager. Having been born in 62 this was always on my top 5 list. Man o man…I’m playing lotto for this one of a kind…
Your nephew may be triggered by Miles not ejecting to death on film, but he probably knows what the Van Allen belt is...... Wait, we can check the tapes.... ooooo yea, right, they got misplaced.... Still that paper mache "lunar" lander would make a good piñata at your next cookout with the in-laws.
The people who believe the moon landing was real are the same ones who believe a flu virus with a 99.98% survival rate was a "pandemic" because the MSM told them so.
I much prefer the styling of these compared to the Mustang of that era.
American car styling was influential at that time with cars like the Ford Cortina III here in the UK adopting stateside coke bottle looks.
Japanese cars in those early days also took cues from US cars, the Celica Liftback taking it a stage further looking like a copy of a fastback Mustang.
Bill,Great Review, I enjoyed it 👍
Please do a Review on the 68 Chevelle that Auto Haus has 😊
Love the seatbelt holders
These things make nice , stable drag strip racers.Still popular at the track. This one is very nice.
Excellent 69 Camaro, Bill, enjoy the ride 👍.
Liquid Tire Chains ... never heard that one .