Caveat Emptor...another repro window sticker

[william]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1969-Chevrolet-Camaro-SS-/322567773387?hash=item4b1a899ccb:g:3t8AAOSw~XpZT4Lh&vxp=mtr

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Another repro window sticker presented as real. Looks convincing but has several clumsy errors.

[ko-lek-tor]

Clumsy errors dually noted. Why would someone order such a highly optioned car and put a 3 speed behind a bb? I 'm not buying it.

[JKZ27]

Is there anything else known about this car? Meaning, is there any indicators as to whether it is a real BB with it's original Muncie 3 speed, regardless of the fake doc? I don't see the disc brake emblem on the pedal.

Why would someone order such a highly optioned car and put a 3 speed behind a bb? I 'm not buying it.

Doesn't make much sense today but it probably happened once or twice. And, do you mean "leave the 3 speed behind it"? Because it came that way unless you upgraded.

[william]

The repro w/s means the entire car could be fake.

[jdv69z]

The shifter threw me initially, but I guess 3 speeds had a Muncie shifter in 69. I was thinking Hurst.

[ko-lek-tor]

Is there anything else known about this car? Meaning, is there any indicators as to whether it is a real BB with it's original Muncie 3 speed, regardless of the fake doc? I don't see the disc brake emblem on the pedal.

Why would someone order such a highly optioned car and put a 3 speed behind a bb? I 'm not buying it.

Doesn't make much sense today but it probably happened once or twice. And, do you mean "leave the 3 speed behind it"? Because it came that way unless you upgraded.

To clarify: If a car was a plain jane, no frills type car, I could see it having a 3 speed. And even a BB SS car, if that were the only options it had or it had a very short option list. That is the way I have seen them, both Chevelle and Camaro. But I have never heard or seen a car that had several luxury, decked out type options and, yet, left a 3 speed. I realize it is possible, but I cannot fathom a car ordered that way back then? If you had the money for a rear defrost, rosewood, deluxe interior, remote mirror and on and on, you had 4 speed money, IMO.  Brake pedal is dead giveaway. Even if it was the real deal, I would pass just on that brake pedal. If they can't get that right, then what else is wrong?

[william]

Having grown up back in the day, there was another good reason to get a 3-speed in a HP car-insurance. I recall the question-"Does the car have a 4-speed transmission" on the application. For a younger driver, a 4-speed in a HP car meant at least a surcharge. Some companies wouldn't take you.

Insurance killed muscle cars starting around 1970. They became difficult to sell, dealers wouldn't trade them in. A bud paid $2000 for a completely original Yenko Camaro in 1972. Took about 3 months to tire of the insurance and 5 mpg; had a very hard time getting rid of it.

[bcmiller]

I sent the seller a message about the window sticker. A 3 speed behind an L34 is very unlikely, but possible.

[Mike S]

 Wasn't there a 3-speed HD T-16 option available with 396? It was in 67.

Mike

[william]

I believe the HD 3-speed GM used 67-68 was made by Ford.

For '69 Muncie supplied the HD 3-speed, standard equipment on Camaro SS. It was only optional with the LM1 350, dropped when the LM1 was discontinued December '68. It was supplied with a Muncie shifter. The standard 3-speed was a Saginaw, column shift unless D55 or M11 was ordered.

[JKZ27]

I believe the HD 3-speed GM used 67-68 was made by Ford.

I thought it was a Borg Warner T16. Here is one at an awesome price. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Borg-Warner-T-16-Special-3-speed-transmission-goes-with-L48-L78-L89-M13-option-/172666641927?hash=item2833bbde07:g:V3cAAOSwAANY6Qnt&vxp=mtr

The 3 speed in my SS is still the thing that throws everyone when they realize its there. 99% of the time I have to tell someone its NOT a 4 speed.

[fsc66]

In 1967 for the 396 325 HP motor there were 63 HD 3-spds produced.

Paul

[HustleRussell]

Can anyone tell if it has a Muncie speedo piercing?