1969 Chevrolet Camaro

I recently purchased this Camaro from a local car collector. I've decided to build a convertible instead so I'm selling this coupe project. I will do my best to describe it as accurately as I can. Car was owned by the same owner for about 46 years and spent its life in the dry desert region of Eastern Washington State. A bit neglected here and there but it's a pretty unmolested original car. It's a 307 cubic inch V-8 engine (original matching numbers motor) with a console shifted Powerglide automatic transmission and 10 bolt rear end.It's a Norwood, Ohio built car. Trim tag info: Original body color was Dover White (Code 50), Dark blue vinyl top (Code “C” after paint code) with Dark Blue standard seats/ interior (Code 715). The body was built the first week of September 1969 (Code 09A). The model year production typically ended in July but a rare exception happened and the production for the '69 Camaro was extended from July '69 to November 1969 because the 1970 Camaro was not ready for release. This is one of those Camaro's that was built during the extended production time. Pretty cool. Car is also an X44 code Norwood car, and you guys know that's the code Chevrolet used for the COPO cars so here's the body for your 427 COPO clone if that suits you.It starts right up and runs decent. Has dual exhaust, one of the tailpipes after the muffler is missing but the car isn't obnoxiously loud. Transmission shifts good, doesn't slip or anything- works fine. Has power steering, works good. Front end a little sloppy but goes down the road ok, nothing weird. It stops on a dime- so long as you know the dime is fifty feet ahead of you when braking- it's got four wheel drum brakes. Just joking about the brakes it stops OK for drum brakes. What can ya say, it's a 52 year old car.Engine stamp code is TO7IIDC, decodes as 200HP 307 c.i. with Powerglide trans, Tonowanda, NY engine plant, July 11th.. The VIN is stamped on the block and I have confirmed the match to the car, as can be seen in photo provided. I haven't crawled back under the car to confirm whether the trans or rear end is original. (I believe they most likely are).All the important electrical stuff works, like the wipers, headlights/highbeams, turn signals, brake lights, heater/defrost/AC fan. (the horn and dome light don't work). The green dash lights work, gas gauge and speedo work. It's got an old school Audivox AM/FM cassette player in it lol, and it works. The Camaro's original radio came with the car so you get that too. The glove box door is missing the little chrome knob. I haven't been able to take the time to mess around getting the glove box open so when you do, any treasure you may find is yours. BODY/ CHASSIS: It may look rough in the photos but it's not too bad if you look past the ugly, in my opinion. (My opinion is based off my experience owning/driving classic cars/ Camaro's etc and my experience/ opinion may differ from yours) From best I can tell it looks like one repaint over the original Dover White. Whoever/whenever the repaint was done (looks like it was done many years ago) it does not look like they did paint prep very well as the paint has lifted/ chipped/ cracked all over. Definitely looks like it was one of those old Earl Scheib cheapo paint jobs. There's lots of areas where the paint is thin from weathering in the Sun, chipping off and stuff. “Patina” as it's called today.I believe it to be all original sheetmetal, fenders/hood/doors/rear quarters/trunk lid etc. Body panel gaps look good. Doors open and shut good. Has some small rust areas in typical places- lower front fenders, a small, teeny, tiny spot on the driver's side panel seam below the rear window, a couple little spots in the lower part of the rear outer wheel houses. The rear quarters have a little wavy gravy and sanding marks I can tell looks like body filler near the body line area but from inside the trunk it does not look like the quarters have been replaced- and the seams where the trunk/ rear body panel meet the quarters looks to be clean and original. Weird thing (to me) is the upper dash sheetmetal has rust at the base where it meets the bottom of the windshield. (See photo). I've never owned an A/C car so I'm wondering if A/C caused some kind of condensation over the years or? Just seems odd that it's rusty there. The cowl is not rusty, just the sheetmetal upper dash. There's a couple cracks in what looks to be some body filler on the roof (See close up photos). This was a vinyl top car and at some point it was obviously taken off. The car needs bodywork and paint but the original floor pans are solid, original trunk pan is solid (factory jack & lug wrench still in the trunk too), rocker panels solid and straight, frame rails really solid, shock towers really solid, cowl is solid, the body needs what I consider to be somewhat mild metal/ rust fixes and basically all the important structural stuff is in good condition and a solid foundation. You could drive this car while fixing it up & restoring it. Or heck, leave the patina and stuff in your 632 c.i. twin turbo big block for the ultimate Camaro “sleeper” lol- whatever floats your boat. The car is currently licensed and tabbed/tagged. I drove it up town to put gas in it and I got several thumbs up. One guy asked me what the car was and told me it was “Gorgeous”- obviously not a car guy but that's a statement to the look of the 1969 Camaro- even in its rough patina'd shape a non car person thought it was cool as heck. Although it needs work and is definitely a project, overall it is a fairly rust free and original car. Car has a free and clear WA State title.What you see in the photos is what you get. There is one plastic bin included with the car that has some of the random parts that came with the car when I bought it. No extra parts other than that. Please only bid or click the “Buy It Now” if you can follow through with full payment. It costs money to place the auction and if I have to relist I have to pay Ebay again. Please ask questions if you have any. Don't assume anything. ***Ebay limits the amount of photos I can post. I do not claim to be an expert, I do have experience owning '69 Camaro's and will give you my best answer and opinion (if so warranted) on the car to answer any questions you may have. You are welcome to come personally look the car over or have a professional agent or representative come look at the car. I like to buy muscle car parts etc on Ebay, I have a great rating, I want to keep it that way and I want you to be happy about your purchase. Something to think about: You can buy a “new” reproduction body made overseas with no parts on it, basically a “roller” once you assemble it for the cost of over $25,000.00 USD. Then there will be just as much, if not a lot more work on the reproduction body, plus buying all the additional parts on top of that. Nothing beats OEM. In addition, when you build/ restore an OEM car as this one is you end up with a legitimate, unquestionable title and an original VIN on the car.I am happy to work with you and your shipper to make sure your car is picked up/ loaded etc in a timely manner. With that being said, I am willing to keep the car stored for a maximum of two weeks. (I need to make space in case I find the convertible I want). If longer than two weeks I will need to charge for storage (we can discuss monetary amount/ time).I have mentioned to a couple of my car buddies I'm selling this car and I reserve the right to end this auction at any time if a local buyer wants it.PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS $500.00 Down payment Due within 24 hours of auction end or “Buy It Now”. Deposit may be done via PayPal. Remainder of payment due within 5 business days. Payment made via direct/ wire transfer or cash in person. Contact me to arrange payment. Thank you!!!*Side note- I'm going to remove and keep the “USA-1” plate that's on the front of the car.

On Sep-02-21 at 10:20:16 PDT, seller added the following information:

***Special Note to Legitimate Bidders/Buyers: On Thursday September 2nd I asked bidder "aurabuild" to retract their bid as looking at their bidder history I found numerous complaints about them bidding/sniping/winning auctions on multiple vehicles and not following through with payment. This is why you will see the bid retraction and may have noticed a change in the bidding. I am doing my best to go through my Ebay settings to block people with poor history etc. Please contact me directly through Ebay messaging if you have any questions and happy bidding!!!***

On Sep-03-21 at 13:55:12 PDT, seller added the following information:

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