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Ok I heard a guy on the internet say .... the BE code on a 1969 Camaro rear end has something to do with a person named Bob Edwards. Who is Bob Edwards?

Was the Power steering box on a 1969 camaro, from the factory painted or bare metal?

Here is another trim tag on the market. Posted here for data base. Vince

Hey guys can anyone tell me the date of this box 8BL254.

Can anyone tell me what this GM intake manifold was used on, motor wise? The part number is 346249 with a five under the 6 and 2. the date looks like L 8 10.

Does anyone know what happened to all the cars and thousands of Camaro parts for sale last year in Sol Cal? Rare Camaros for sale Estate. youtube

I want to know if there is a report on all  1969 Camaro factory Tachometer usage for 350 cid and 396 cid motors.

Kurt on the End of Month Monthly VIN report at LOS shows no 1969 camaros produced in May?

Do these rivets look original?

Is it me ....or do the rest of you find a little humor in this ad?

This is one of the best drag racing  You Tube video's I've seen from 1966. It's called ( Dick Harrell never seen before interview 1966 ) I don't know how to link it here, so maybe someone can do it for me. Dick racing in Green Valley Raceway in Texas.

Are these numbers original?

Found some picture's online to share.

A guy in northern Washington State is selling his stash of parts. What do you guys think there worth based on the pictures. I don't need them for a project but if the price is right I might pull the trigger.

Will a 1969 Chevelle 2 door coupe power window wiring harness work on a 69 Camaro?

Here's a few pictures of Camaro's I found on "Just a car guy "

Does anyone know who the "Brothers" are in (Muscle Car of the Week videos). They have videos of '68 Yenko, '69 #1 ZL-1, '69 Yenko Chevelle, '67 Cherokee concept Camaro and 1970 Dick Harrell 454 Camaro, plus many more....

We've all been faced with trying to buy a car at a good price, but what are the costs when rusted out quarter panels and floors are what we have to deal with. What is the price difference? how much less do we offer for the rusted car over the rust free cars? Is there a hard an fast rule % wise? At a shop I know it's time and money an shops charge different rates, but when your standing there looking at the car.... what is going through your mind, quarter panel, minus $3000, floor minus $ 3500. To make an offer or walk away? I know when we can do the work our selves it's mostly about the money, our time is worthless unless we sell the car for a profit .

Do we know when the (NBR) first appeared on the Norwood trim tags ?

Hey guys is this a good pad and numbers ? This is the only picture of the pad.

Does anyone known were I can get  shifter shaft adapter clips for a non stud trans where the linkage bolts up to the side cover for Hurst comp. plus linkage.

Was the tar like undercoating on my 69 L. A. built camaro done at the factory or the dealer?

I want to know what Divsion is the number 3   VIN trans stamp  38Z119411  1= chevy  2= Pontiac   3= ?

Before I tell you about how I found the camaro's original drive train, I want to tell you story of how the original owner and a 69 RS/SS L 78 camaro came together. It was Dec. of 1968 and Bill Floyd was living on the central Oregon coast and looking to buy new tri power Corvette. His dealer was Southwestern motors and they told Bill they couldn't get
him one. After hearing this Bill ask them to get him the "biggest motor he could get in a Camaro". 360 miles away in Burns, Oregon sat a new rallye green 69 Camaro RS/SS 396/375 HP in Ganger & Grover Motors. Southwestern pulled the car for Bill. Years later in 1991 I asked Bill if he knew about the 427's the factory was putting in the camaro's back then, he said if he had known he would have ordered one. Bill named the Camaro " thunder" because of the L 78 running through those chambered exhast. He said he could take out anyone on a rolling start, you see the car only had a non posi BN rear with 3:55.
My involvement with the L 78 camaro started in July of 1990, a co worker owned the camaro and this time the motor and trans had been pulled and sitting on the floor of the garage. I bought the car for $3500. in July 1990. By now the motor and trans were replaced. The camaro had a L78 from a 68 chevelle "EG" the 4 speed replaced with a TH 400. Now began the hunt for original motor and 4 speed. At this point I knew noting about the owners or history of this Camaro.So where to start,I knew the co worker bought it in Beaverton, Oregon. I called the Oregon DMV ( Department of Motor Vehicles) paid them $24 and the cars VIN numbers a week later received all the owners information ie. regstration paper, the dealers transferring the car for Bill and the like. A gold mind of information. This was my starting point for finding the original motor an 4 speed. I wanted to try for the motor first, so I called the owners starting with the last owner and working forward. About the 4th or 5th owner spun the crank shaft on the L 78 and the motor ended up in Roseburg, Oregon in a 69 chevelle. I talked to the guy that fixed the engine and put it in the chevelle. He stated he sold the chevelle to his paper boy some years ago. I asked for the vin or plate number, and proceeded to DMV the chevelle. After receiving  the paper work, I contacted the last owner first. He still had the car, and the engine was sitting in his barn out of the car.We agreed on a price an away I went. This odyssey, time wise was about 4 or 5 months of work with lots of time on the phone.    Now for the 4 speed, since I made lots of connections looking for the motor I used some of the same people on this hunt. Now mind you  this was 15 years after the drive train left the camaro, but I was full of confidence after finding the original engine.The previous owners all lived in small towns and for the most part knew each other so that help a lot. After a few months one of the owners directed me to two brothers that were into off road 4 wheel drive racing or some thing like that. Years ago they ended up with the camaro's  4 speed. I talked to one of the brothers several times over a period of 4 months. At times he he gave me some good information and other times he was to busy to talk and could care less. Think I wore him out and he finally said, if I find out were the trans went what are you going to do for me.... I'll give you $100.00 for information on who has it I said. He said  to give him 2 weeks then call him back. I called 2 weeks later and he had all the information I needed.... phone numbers, address, and names. I asked him where to send the money, he said don't worry about it just keep it. Wow, I caught him on a good day you just never know about some people, but that's how it works. I then called my best new buddy, the owner of the 68 camaro that I think my trans is in. Brenda was the owner name, and she owned a 68 camaro RS/SS 396 car, that may have my 4 speed.I contacted Brenda about the trans in her camaro after a few months of talking I went down there to look at her 68's 4 speed.I ran it up on my ramps  to check the numbers out, what I saw was P9M19 plus the cast numbers, 3925660,3857584,3950306, but no vin stamp. I went home unsure if it was my 4 speed. After 5 months Brenda agreed to having me pay for a replacement 4 speed for her 68 camaro. I would come down (4 hour drive one way ) swap out the 4 speeds and give her $100.00 for the her time. My brother and I went down to Coquille, Oregon pulled the trans out and cleaned off the top and there was my camaros vin stamp on top. After all the trials and tribulations it was all worth it in the end.

Any of you guys going to the Portland, Oregon Swap Meet, April 4th 5th 6th they have 3500 vendor stalls  at the Expo center, plus 5 miles of booths at PIR (Portland International raceway). They say the biggest one on the west coast.