1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 302 V8 Four Speed

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I thought you might like a look at this awesome 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z28. It's powered by the famous, high-winding 302 V8, backed by a four-speed Muncie transmission. All the power is being sent back to a 12 Bolt rear with 3.42 gears with Posi. It's painted in the original Burnished brown with white stripes and the interior is in black vinyl. It's riding on the correct rally wheels with some white letter tires. This car fires right up and sounds mean. I hope you find it interesting, thanks for taking a look!
Filmed at Gateway Classic Cars near St Louis, MO
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Genre: Blues
Length: 3:15
Instruments: Guitar, Bass, Kit, Organ, EP
Tempo: 90
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Bouncy, Grooving 2010

[@billparker5457]

In the summer of 1971 I graduated high school, my dad was a senior master sergeant stationed at Robins AFB in Warner Robins Georgia. There was a local car owned by an airman stationed at the base. That summer he was ending his tour of service and put his 69 Z28 up for sale. I saw it at the barracks with a for sale sign on it, took my dad to look at it. It was parked alone under a light, someone yelled at us, "hey get away from my car". He approached us and my dad introduced himself and his rank, I remember his name was Joe, he was from NYC and was returning home. Then he told my dad everything about the car and engine. It had been rebuilt by a specialty builder in Atlanta, balanced and blue printed and tested on a dyno registering 520 horsepower at 7200 rpm. The builder was W.L. Kitchens. Joe popped out all the stats on the engine like he had studied it and memorized it like his abc's. Hooker headers, pop up pistons with 12.5 to 1 compression ration, racing cam, traction bars, high rise manifold with a single barrel Holly carb. He changed the oil and filter every 2k miles and he kept it tuned at the base hobbyshop , it only ran on Amoco white gas or Sunoco 260. After we left I knew my dad (an aircraft mech by training) would never let me have that car. BUT, he said to me, you've got the money saved and if you resave it and go to college, you can buy the car. I bought it the next day. The car was a beast and had been babied for 20,000 miles. It was Burnished Brown with white racing stripes, plus it had the Rallye Sport options, hide away headlights and a rubber Endura bumper that matched the color of the car. It had the Z28 cowl induction, and just for looks non functioning corvette side pipes. No vinyl top. I had the car for a year and a half, my freshman year at Mercer University I felt like I couldn't afford the car and a private school, gas had gone to 40 cents a gallon so I sold the car of my life to a friend, without a doubt the biggest regret of my life. My friends name was Roy Veronee, and he sold the car to another young man from WR named C. W. Wortham. That was the last I knew of what happened to my Z. I think Claude moved to Virginia and later to New Mexico, I haven't been able to locate him to find out the later history of the car, but all my other memories of the car are nothing but Good. I have made a lot of mistakes in my life, but buying that car was certainly not one of them, selling it was.

[@jacobreed93]

the six people that dislike this video are just freaking jealous because they cannot have a beautiful car like that

[@pjblakeii]

I disagree... the dislikes may be related to the narration... which in my opinion was poorly done..."...nice chrome bumper on the front"... "..there's the 302 sticker..." . Really?? Maybe next time, have a car guy to the narration, with a bit more information, that would interest...ya know...CAR GUYS !@!!

[@RamblinAround]

It really does sound great...but I think I'd still have to throw some headers on there. Thanks for checking it out Matt!

[@RamblinAround]

I've seen a lot of numbers batted around, but one thing is for sure, they were making a lot more than 290 HP. Set of gears, decent tires, and headers and you end up with a real beast on your hands.

[@davegeisler7802]

Around 380 hp

[@jeffstewart3614]

Absolutely the best color as far as I'm concerned. Very rare

[@williammorgan8786]

i like the color also, a friend had a copo this color but this car has wrong tail pipes, very incorrect trunk striping, air cleaner top should be black color, not chrome, shift knob should be chrome because car has console and i guess they decided to paint the dipstick orange, should be natural metal color. just saying.

[@melissaporri1158]

Beautiful car! Had a new '69 Z/28 back in the day that was british racing green with white stripes. Incredible car to drive!

[@TurboPumperX]

Stripes should not continue on to the trunk lip if equipped with D80 spoiler option .

[@RamblinAround]

I'm glad you seeing the muscle cars. I'll definitely have many more videos coming up. Thank you for watching Ivan!

[@bg147]

Not sure if I have ever seen this Chevy color before. The 302 is my favorite Chevy motor, probably not the best for the drag strip but a true race motor.

[@russellking9762]

good daily drive motor….manageable gas mileage provided you don’t go overboard on the cam grind

Great video Jeff. These Camaros with the 302 had a solid lifter cam, 11 to 1 compression ratio, and a seriously down rated 290 hp. It was more like 400. It was down rated for insurance reasons. I love those early Camaros, I think they were beautiful looking. Take care Jeff.

[@RamblinAround]

All it takes to make them really quick is a set of lower gears in the rear and some headers. They really run strong with 4:56 gears out back. They were capable of pulling to 7,000 RPM right from the factory.

[@wtbm123]

I think the 302 was designed for Trans Am Racing. Were not made for low end power but for high rpm numbers. There is a Yellow one over town . Not sure what gear it runs but most of its miles are track miles and it runs pretty well for such a small engine. The brown color is interesting.

[@RamblinAround]

That color is definitely one you don't see very often and I think it looks great on this car. That's great that you had a 69 Chevelle SS...definitely one of my favorites.

[@RamblinAround]

That's cool that you had one. Yeah, headers and some gears and these things are real monsters. Thanks for having a look at this one!

[@encomanenco7347]

Very, very nice. Not picking this car apart at all, but the proper shifter ball on that Hurst shifter was always a chrome metal ball for all 1969 Z/28's. I'm very lucky to have one in Hugger Orange.

[@heychevrolet299]

ENCOMAN ENCO got one in black in white on white

[@blackericdenice]

ENCOMAN ENCO Yet I don’t see a video of the car on your channel. Let me guess. It’s at your grandma house. If we were there. It would be at your grandma house on your Daddy side.

[@everettamador9885]

Around 296hp I have heard and up to about 309 hp standard

[@davegeisler7802]

Try around 375 hp at the crank

[@RamblinAround]

He was a pretty cool roommate to loan you his El Camino SS like that.

[@iannamico]

that color is weird, makes the car look like it is in a BW movie..

[@StevieVman1]

You don't want to ruin the originality of these Camaro's however. they are extremely light. Strengthen the frame. Huge Cam, bigger heads, Custom headers and 4:11 rear end. Even bigger carb set up. Set of huge drag radials and this car will run low 10's all day

[@RamblinAround]

They were definitely built to rev. Thanks for having a look!

[@geraldarcuri9307]

A friend of mine in high school had this exact car, minus the stripes. Nothing could compare... then or now.

[@RamblinAround]

You're definitely right though, the factory rear end ratios made them pretty soft off the line.

[@itacud2]

I'm certain the stock issue rear axle ratio was 3.73. I know you could go up to 4.33? But I don't know if you could option down. I also believe z/28's came with a 160 mph speedo

[@RamblinAround]

It really does sound great...thanks for watching Alberto!

[@martinr1585]

This Z-28 has incorrect stripes on it's rear deck!

[@williammorgan8786]

you are so correct on the stripes plus incorrect tail pipes, wrong shifter knob, should be chrome, and pray tell where is the location of the oil fill cap ? valve covers incorrectly installed for sure, orange dip stick handle, really? tacky. i hate to knock another's car but this car is off a tad would not you say? burnished brown is ok by me, a neighbor had copo burnish brown i jokingly call it U.P.S. brown.

[@ronconrad2615]

Grill should be silver . The black grill came with the rally sport Z/28.

[@RamblinAround]

Glad you like it. Thanks for watching!

[@tomwolak3362]

Z28 is a nice car but give me a 69 RS SS 396 4 speed in burnt orange. Dream Car.

[@RamblinAround]

Thanks for watching George!

[@thetvmn88]

Did they only make that engine for the Z28 Camaro?

[@Rarerat]

Yes

[@aristotlechagares4944]

P0ntiac Lemans in 1965 had the same GM engine. I know since my Dad owned one. Had plenty of power.

[@kensalazar5066]

The 302 engine was designed and produced the the 1st generation Camaros. It did NOT come from the factory in ANY OTHER CAR. If your dad had a 302 in his car , it would have been taken from a z28 Camaro n installed in his 65...I have a friend who has a 63 chevy with a 302 motor that came from a 69z28

[@lawrencegreen6540]

67 to 69 Z/28's only. No other GM car... @@aristotlechagares4944

[@KohalaIronWorksCase]

I HAD THE 327 HI PERF'S FOR THESE CARS...LAST 5 DIGITS IN THE CASTING# 30010 = 4 BOLT MAINS & STEEL CRANK...

[@everettamador9885]

I hear around 9800rpm? Or is this still too high?

[@jordanrennison3736]

My absolute dream car !!! But in blue and white !!! XD hope to own one some day !

[@Kris-zc7vu]

I'd give my left you know what 4 it!!

[@erictalkington5674]

Incredible! Love the color!

[@Kris-zc7vu]

How much I'll offer 35000 firm

[@rrevved]

Oops, 1973 not 1873. I'm real old, but not THAT old!!

[@garyjones1287]

Powerful cars in Powerful Year's

[@erictalkington5674]

Dude that is so beautiful. For some reason I have loved the 67-73 Camaros, but until recently I did NOT like the 69. Just something about them I didn't like and I think after lots of looking at the first 3 years and I think it was the crease down the sides on the 69. However, I have fallen in love with the 69 and ironically it's my favorite year for the Camaro now, go figure. I saw one with side pipes and it looked amazing. I think any of these {and especially this one in burnished brown} would look so cool with nice shiny polished chrome side pipes on them. They look great as they are but one day I'm gonna have a few of them and one has to have the side pipes. You find some really nice cars man, love it. If I could make one friendly suggestion, could you possibly show the entire car zoomed out and do a walk around to see them at all different angles? That would be awesome. Still, great job and thanks for making these. I also never liked the 69 Firebird either. Love the 67 and 68 and 70-73, but not the 69. I have found a couple that I like, but I'm still not a fan of that year in the Firebird, but the 69 Camaro is incredible!

[@neorev01]

The air cleaner to hood seal is on wrong!

[@SF80CAMARO]

That color messes with my eyes....weird.

[@california_rust]

Scott F we have a Camaro this color in the family and my dad thought it was green

[@steveprentice4513]

A real car, unlike to today.

[@capecodcuda]

the color is different ... my brother has an expresso brown 1969 firebird with gold interior and black cordova top 350 4 speed manual with four wheel disc brakes ... he ordered the PHS documents ... i told him i remember 1969 DZ302 camaro's had those same disc brake setup ... he wants a 1969 firebird 400. because, our dad had a green convertible 400 when we were kids ... i told him his car has to be pretty rare with those options ... color and those four wheel JL8 disc brakes

[@tombankwel4822]

The sound of the motor is like music color beautyfull havent seen this color before z 28 so beautyfull and Nice always USA thanks jeff and Jordan again for great cars and great videos

[@olskool3967]

I remembered when they roamed the earth. and they were a dime a dozen. my daddy sold them brand new then in the 70s he had a couple of used car lots and they were plentiful. and every other hot rod. I grew up working on them and driving the all. the 302 was a great motor. they were basically a 327 with a 283 crank. the fastested car I ever rode in and including big blocks of the era, was my buddy's 69 SS396 Chevelle with a 327 with power pack heads. stock motor, it would fly!

[@kawtriples]

The 2nd car I ever owned was a 69 Z-28 in blue with white stripes. I had Hooker headers on mine and just ran header pipes for the exhaust with no tail pipes. I changed the gearing to 4.11 gears. It was a monster car. The mechanic that used to work on it still says to this day that it was the hottest street car that he ever drove.

[@randycorreia349]

Wow I’ve only seen 2 in the brown. The silver with black stripes is my fav. Is the back trunk look rust free?

[@soulbrother3299]

My uncle has this car rotten away but want sale it for poop..guy offered 35k years ago..sad

[@papachuck63]

When I was in college I totaled my car with my room mate in it when a guy ran us off the road. He flew back home to pick up his red 69 Z28 so he could lend me his 72 black El Camino SS. Both cars were very nice.

[@kentkirkpatrick7953]

One of my dads is that color. Never seen the 302 badge on the hood before?

[@ivandominguez6378]

From gear head 83 Hello jeff its me ivan pretty cool camero that's other favorite muscle cars .I was going jeff if could show us more of your muscle cars around your house thanks keep good work

[@2gainesville]

Oh man you don't even know how bad I want one of these beasts!! My dream car and I plan to own one one day!!

[@Anujkumar-fu8lh]

This type of car used in high rated gabru , guru RANDHAWA

[@SuperOv10]

Love tha 302 Small Block over here....Nice Pick Bro....yea, always need more gear ta gitter up an goin...lol !!!!

[@genewhite1359]

Nice car

[@creamofcardstv]

She's a beauty!

[@rrevved]

Gorgeous car, but the paint color gives it away. Maybe it was a US Army Pursuit Rod. ;)

[@mylensview]

Great Camaro video. Thanks for sharing

[@jrzy49]

This ones' definitely a personal favorite, thanks for showing!

[@amandahernandez9093]

I would totaly sell my GT-R for this

[@WildWestFan67]

looks like the un-riced version of the lego one

[@lanasfriendsandmore7850]

That car just screams SEXY!

[@boyzindawoods]

it says 290 hp. at the tires its 210. also that does not look like stock, intake looks like aftermarket.

[@kensalazar5066]

Ok lester, I know this old post, but you SHOULD do your research before you make comments that are completely wrong. These cars were built AS race cars from the factory. Actual HP on a stock 302 with optional headers is 403 HP as per the camaro research group, which has verified same. The intake IS original gm equipment, only used on select hi performance motors, made for GM by winters foundry it bears there famous snowflake symbol. Hi rise/ hi performance aluminum intake with a factory equipped Holly 780 cfm carb....I'm just saying

[@SchwinnXchange]

Not an original Tak and Gage car the clock is part of the gauge package the clock goes between the speedometer and tak where you just have the delete plate. There was a rare option of having a speedometer and tak without console gauges and where the clock goes where you have to delete they added a gas gauge. Tell me if I'm wrong

[@michaeldavis5775]

The clock did not come with the gauge package. You had to order the clock separate for about 29.00.

[@SchwinnXchange]

@@michaeldavis5775 This is true the clock could be ordered For all models with or without a console. But when you ordered the gauge package U17 The clock is part of the package. Just Google U17 Option for Camaro and you will see

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

That color looks awesome!!

[@MrDjh66]

Great color you never see it much

[@garythalmann5005]

Is this still available for sale ?

[@koolkitties8552]

burnished brown? They should have called it hot chocolate lol.

[@buckturgidson6236]

Karo French if it were a Mopar color, they probably would have named it that lol.

[@Trex1268]

What a beauty!

[@Gmar69]

Is your car for sale?

[@canibusnj]

Love the color Jeff.

[@christophergreenfield265]

69 camaro hands down my personal favorite however 53k 69 dz302 should have the rose wood steering wheel just sayin

[@richardholmes7199]

+Christopher Greenfield Back in the ninety, seen a first generation Camaro for sale down in Ogden, 11, 000 plus into the restoration I was told, but just didn't have the 6, 5000 at the time. It was a two tone blue and white Camaro, originally had the 302, but was replaced with a 396. It was a sweet deal for somebody.

[@drpepper350]

+Christopher Greenfield and the clock over stering wheel

[@larrytornetta9764]

Mine has rosewood

[@dubaiwalker5833]

Love it 😍🍒

[@GeneralGHustler]

nice

[@blast4me754]

How can people tell that it's not a clone ?

[@therichandthepoorwilldiesa6564]

i guess this z28 came from the factory 342 gears ????????????

[@joeduece1]

i herd you could rev thous thing to the moon.

[@heychevrolet299]

joeduece1 I believe some came with 455 gears

[@andrewnagy9122]

6500 red line...nice

[@markg1772]

302 had angle plug heads unlike this

[@RamblinAround]

That's incorrect, the DZ 302 had straight plug heads.

[@andrewnagy9122]

It had straight plug heads you don't know what you're talking about