1969 Chevelle SS396 4-Speed: Chevy's Magical Midsize

[@matrox]

69 Chevelle was my favorite sports coupe when it came out in 69'. Though the first car I ever bought after HS was a 69' Ply Road Runner around 1975.

[@DPapas]

My buddy had a Cortez Silver 1969 Chevelle SS, 396, with a 4sp. Great looking car.

[@musclecarcampy9922]

Sharp in silver.

[@davidbreen4353]

YEAH BUDDY!! the 69 Chevelle SS is my No. 2 dream car. it's beautiful to the eye's, sounds great, pure Chevy muscle!! I have to say though, my No. 1 is the 63 split window corvette!

[@Red-rl1xx]

Super nice! I think it would look great in black!

[@musclecarcampy9922]

Very unusual in black in ‘69.

[@matrox]

I like that color, reminds of the old 69 Pontiac GTO Judges that ran the streets back in the day.

[@chucke756]

Beautiful car!! Enjoy!!

[@SD70ACE-]

Beautiful ride indeed..

[@larryblack1944]

I agree, the 69 Chevelle is the most beautiful design of all Chevelles and to me of all cars. I do like the 1960 Impala, if I had a second classic car. I also have a 69 SS396, very similar to the one here. It is Dusk Blue, has the L78 375HP engine with headers also. I too like to stay basic stock. The headers were on it when I got it, as well as electronic ignition. These both were good updates. The transmission is the Muncie M20 and the differential is 4.11/1. I would rather it would have been 3.31 for cruising. I treat it nicely and drive gently like my main car, a 2018 Honda Civic Si. My first car back in 1976 was a 69 Malibu. I do think the Malibu is more beautiful than the SS in its body trim. I was a senior in high school when these cars were built. The 60's was a great decade! Enjoy your car!

[@musclecarcampy9922]

Great color and the top engine. Enjoy it.

[@gteefxr3094]

I agree about the '69 being the best looking year. I had '69 SS-396 El Camino and later a '69 Chevelle SS clone with a a stroker small block. I never cared for the '70's "squared off" nose, or ' the '68's grill.

[@martin2560]

American muscle car beauty, a legendary all around great car.

[@musclecarcampy9922]

100 percent correct.

[@RonaldLewis-py6yt]

Kudos ,you know what a job really is to restore one of these cars, i did a frame off on my 69 Chevelle its not a SS but still a cool piece of history, i grew up with the mid 60,s and 70,s cars!@😊😊

[@ncbbq1]

Beautiful 69, and I agree...with right stance & color, it can look sharper than the wildly popular 70' Chevelle....maybe a little wider tires on the back for that staggered look...my preferred color would be Lemans blue with a white longitudinal stripe...

[@G77799]

The Jets & Mets. Comment priceless CAMPY😂. U R the MAN ‼️. ✝️🇺🇸

[@musclecarcampy9922]

I couldn’t resist!

[@bruceh92]

It's a winner alright. Thanks for sharing.

[@musclecarcampy9922]

Thanks for watching.

[@Bbbbad724]

I am aFord guy, but my favorite Chevys were the 68-69 Chevelle 300 with the 427-4 speed or the 402-4speed and the 68-69 Chevy I I SS396 4speed. Both in grey 2 dr post. Just neat!

[@donhathaway3234]

I, too prefer the 69 over the 70. Only in blue with white interior and some white decals on the outside.

[@mudnducs]

68-69 Chevelles are beautiful but I have a real soft spot for the 67’s.

[@leewaken5059]

Man on the moon, the Jets, the Mets. Important happenings of 1969 must also include, The Woodstock Festival.🎼 The complete automotive world in "69" was basically "epic" as well.🏁

[@musclecarcampy9922]

Absolutely.

[@jamesdavis6036]

Best looking year, I agree. Sophisticated, sleek, classy. A bit of a sleeper.

[@johnnytyler5685]

Man, it takes balls or...something...to paint a factory black car orange (or ANY other color). Black was BY FAR the rarest factory color on 1969 Chevelles outside of Hugger/Monaco Orange (paint code 72) and Daytona Yellow (paint code 76), the two of which were only available on Super Sport Chevelles (although you actually could order Hugger Orange or Daytona Yellow on a 1969 non-SS Malibu, but doing so was considered a "special order" paint color and therefore the cars were not coded as having paint code 72 or 76). As a side note, that is a 1970 Chevelle steering wheel.

[@musclecarcampy9922]

To be fair, it was red when he bought it.

[@neverendingmods]

Seats aren't 69 I don't think. My friend had the swivel out, side exit buckets in his 69.

[@musclecarcampy9922]

@@neverendingmods Swivel seats were not available in 1969.

[@GoodOlRoll]

@@neverendingmods swivel seats weren't available until circa 1973

[@DanEBoyd]

I always thought that the Chevelle was almost too big and formal for the Hugger Orange, but it still looks good. However, Tuxedo Black is best - you don't see black on these cars much, and I'm guessing that it would add a premium to the car's value, being original. I'm guessing that everyone told him, "you don't want a black car," when he was painting it, or he already held that belief himself. Retrofitting factory AC won't hurt it much, being a 325 horse. That Carousel Red sure worked on The Judge though.

[@musclecarcampy9922]

As soon as I saw it at the show, I knew I had to shoot it. The Hugger Orange makes the car, in my opinion.

[@DanEBoyd]

@@musclecarcampy9922 I never appreciated black on a Chevelle until I saw that beautiful LS6 in Dazed and Confused. It's almost more impressive on a '68-'69, with their more low-key stripe schemes. Thanks for making these videos!!!

[@musclecarcampy9922]

@@DanEBoyd I'll keep making them if you'll keep watching them! I love the cars and the owners are usually very cool, too.

[@neverendingmods]

Black is a great color and well sought after in all muscle cars. Once the body is laser straight bringing it back to black would be a good choice. No stripes, solid black.

[@matrox]

C&D tested the bottom of the line SS 396 which was 325hp. Could have ordered a 360hp or 375hp version.

[@chucke756]

That’s my dream car. But please paint it blue with black racing stripes. 😊

[@musclecarcampy9922]

You can always paint yours that color. LOL.

[@manher4335]

I love it. I would love a Hugger Orange Chevelle, Camaro & Vette. Or Rally Green lol really.

[@w41duvernay]

I wonder hwo many people with this car were trying to by from Yenko a 427 BB to drop in this.

[@jeffkeni]

Men walked on the moon??

[@musclecarcampy9922]

I saw it on Tv as it happened.

[@natew8882]

The 69 is a far better looking car than the 70. No comparison. You might say I am partial. Not to detract from how nice this car is, but he should put the right grille in it. It has a 300 Deluxe grille.

[@M21L35]

This is NOT Hugger Orange. On a Chevelle, this code 72 paint is Monaco Orange.

[@keithmedovich6889]

Same formula in the paint though

[@hotwheel6663]

I love black '69 Chevelles sorry 😄

[@musclecarcampy9922]

They are beautiful and unusual.

[@Bbbbad724]

I still loved the dressed down 300 2 dr post with the 427 4/speed There were a few running around my hometown back in the day and they were the heavy hitters. The 68 Nova SS 396 that usually had a 427 swapped in as we had a lot of engine builders around, and the grey Silver was just “don’t mess with me…”

[@musclecarcampy9922]

@@Bbbbad724 427 swapped Chevelles were everywhere way back when. 300 was a rare animal.

[@jamesdavis6036]

ITS NOT HUGGER ORANGE! ITS "MONOCO ORANGE"

[@musclecarcampy9922]

My bad.

[@jamesdavis6036]

@@musclecarcampy9922 No biggie! I just don't want a 69 Chevelle confused with a Camaro!!!

[@musclecarcampy9922]

@@jamesdavis6036 I always think of Monaco Orange as a ‘69 Corvette color. Shows you where my head is.

[@jamesdavis6036]

@@musclecarcampy9922 My awful story. 7 years ago I won the Ebay bid $27,000 for a 69 Chevelle SS 4-speed Monoco Orange, White Vinyl Top, Parchment interior. Factory white stripe on the sides. Beautiful color combo! The only thing he took out the 396 & put in a 454. I live in NJ so I flew to Naples Fla. to look it over. In his description he said laser straight. Hood/trunk perfect looking down both sides waves. I test drove it & it & it had slight vibration coming from center console otherwise it was fine. I figured to block & paint the sides would of been another $5,000 so I didn't buy it. What a mistake.