Steve's Camaro Parts - 1969 Camaro Parts and Restoration Specs

The 1969 Camaro marked the last of the first generations and is arguably the most popular. While it shared the same basic body style as its earlier siblings, it featured entirely new, more aggressive looking sheet metal and an entirely revised grille. The familiar coke bottle shape was flatted more to give the 1969 Camaro a lower and wider looking stance. The grille was much more angled and the parking lamps were moved to the lower front valance below the bumper. Other than the roof itself, the 1969 Camaro doesn’t share very much sheet metal with earlier models.

The 1969 Camaro was available in many different configurations. From a plain Jane sport coupe to asphalt eating Super Sport, there was something for everyone! All 1969 Camaros shared the same body unlike the Chevelle and were available in either coupe or convertible. Buyers could choose from the base model Sport Coupe, drag strip ready Super Sport, or road racing Z-28. The Rally Sport option with hidden headlights could be added as a separate packing to any of those models.
Interiors were only available with bucket seats and were available in a variety of colors and styles. Standard interiors were available in Black, Dark Blue, Red, White, Light Green, or Dark Metallic Green. Buyers who ordered a deluxe interior received unique door panels with molded in arm rests and Comfortweave seats with color choices of Black, Dark Blue, Light Green, Dark Metallic Green, or Red. Even rarer was the deluxe Houndstooth interior with unique pleats in Black, Orange, Yellow, or White. A fold down rear seat was available but very rare. An optional console was available with our without gauges. The buyer could have ordered a number of different exterior colors including Tuxedo Black, Butternut Yellow, Dover White, Dusk Blue, Garnet Red, Glacier Blue, Azure Turquoise, Fathom Green, Frost Green, Burnished Brown, Champagne, Olympic Gold, Burgundy, Cortez Silver, LeMans Blue, Hugger Orange, Daytona Yellow, or Rallye Green. Two tone color combinations were available in Glacier Blue/Dover White, Azure Turquoise/Dover White, Glacier Blue/Dusk Blue, Dusk Blue/Glacier Blue, Olympic Gold/Dover White, and Burnished Brown/Champagne.

To complement the wide variety of available colors were the available drive train combinations that could be opted for on the 1969 Camaro. Base power was had by one of two available six cylinder engines. Buyers who wanted more power could opt for aV-8. Manual transmissions were either 3 speeds or 4 speeds. The 2 speed Powerglide was the standard transmission and a 3 speed Turbo Hydramatic was optional.
About 243,000 1969 Camaros were produced.
Model Options:
1969 Camaro

• Models
• 1969 Camaro Standard Sport Coupe
• 1969 Camaro Rally Sport (hidden headlights)
• 1969 Camaro Super Sport
• 1969 Camaro Rally Sport Super Sport (RS/SS)
• 1969 Camaro Z/28
• 1969 Camaro Rally Sport Z/28 (RS/Z/28)
• Body Styles
• 2 Door Coupe
• 2 Door Convertible (except Z/28)

• Engine Options
• 230 cubic inch 140 horsepower 6 cylinder (base)
• 250 cubic inch 155 horsepower 6 cylinder (optional)
• 302 cubic inch 290 horsepower V8 (base Z/28, Z/28 only)
• 307 cubic inch 200 horsepower V8 (base)
• 327 cubic inch 210 horsepower V8 (replaced by 307 January 69’)
• 350 cubic inch 255 horsepower V8 (optional, dropped midway)
• 350 cubic inch 250 horsepower V8 (optional late in the year)
• 350 cubic inch 300 horsepower V8 (base Super Sport, SS only)
• 396 cubic inch 325 horsepower V8 (optional Super Sport, SS only)
• 396 cubic inch 350 horsepower V8 (optional Super Sport, SS only)
• 396 cubic inch 375 horsepower V8 (optional Super Sport, SS only)
• 427 cubic inch 430 horsepower V8 (Central Office Production Order COPO)
• 427 cubic inch 435 horsepower V8 (Central Office Production Order COPO)

Steve's Camaro Parts - 1967 Camaro Paint Codes

Thought you might enjoy looking at the original paint codes

1967

CANADIAN - US, PRODUCTION

PASSENGER

These codes are listed on the Cowl Tag and break down as listed below.
Note: The first letter indicates the lower body color, the second letter indicates the top color.
1 is a white vinyl or convertible top.
2 is a black vinyl or convertible top.
eg: D2 = Nantucket blue with a black top.

     COLOR NAME                          PAINT JOB NO.

     Tuxedo Black                                    AA
     Provincial White                                CC
     Nantucket Blue Met.                             DD
     Deepwater Blue Met.                             EE
     Marina Blue Met.                                FF
     Granada Gold Met.                               GG
     Mountain Green Met.                             HH
     Verde Green Met.                                JJ
     Emerald Turquoise Met.                          KK
     Tahoe Turquoise Met.                            LL
     Plum Mist Met.                                  MM
     Madeira Maroon Met.                             NN
     Silverglaze Met.                                PP
     Bolero Red                                      RR
     Sierra Fawn Met.                                SS
     Capri Cream                                     TT
     Antique Pewter Met.                             VV
     Butternut Yellow                                YY

The  two letters represent Lower and Upper body color.



Stevescamaroparts.com 1967 Camaro Paint Codes

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1968 Camaro - Steve's Camaro Parts - Rear Deck Lid Spoiler Installation Diagram

Do you want to enhance your current Camaro with a rear deck lid spoiler. Below is an installation diagram for drilling the correct measurements.

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1969 Camaro - Steve's Camaro Parts - Installing a Camaro Front Spoiler

This is a diagram for installing a spoiler on a '69. A '68 install should not be that different.

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Steve's Camaro Parts - Use Factory Assembly Specs

We all know how to spin wrenches, and most of us are convinced we know how to take apart and reassemble our cars blindfolded, but do you really know everything you should?

Unless a factory assembly manual was used to glean techniques, procedures, and specifications, you probably don't. For example, the subframe on an early Camaro is pretty easy to bolt up, but did you know there are alignment holes in the floorpan to help square it up?

Misaligned subframes, either from improper installation or worn-out bushings, are the source of much body-panel-gap frustration. Most factory manuals are reprinted, so see what the guys who built your car the first time had to say about it.

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Camaro Parts - Wheels - Steve's Camaro Parts

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RIM OFFSET DIA.

...One of the most popular questions we have heard here is, " How do I measure a wheel's offset and what is the difference between a wheel's offset and it's backspacing?" At Steves Camaros, we handle a number of different types of wheels and we would like to help clear up any misunderstandings.
A wheel's backspacing refers to the measurement taken perpendicular from the mounting inner face of the wheel (the contact point where the wheel meets the brake rotor or drum) to the inner rim height. 

    A wheel offset refers to the distance between the mounting surface of the wheel and the rim centerline. The offset is positive when the mounting pad is outboard of the rim centerline and negative when inboard of the rim centerline. See Diagram for a complete understanding of these two important concepts.

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1968 Camaro Parts - Rare Options on the Camaro - Steve's Camaro Parts

Camaros were available with a wide range of options, some of which were obscure, or simply not well documented, which cause them to be quite rare. Some examples: 


    * A67 Fold-Down Rear Seat - A common option on today's cars, but quite rare back then. Allows the back seat to fold down for more cargo carrying capacity. First-generation Camaros were notorious for unusually small trunks making this option useful for those that had to carry larger cargo than would fit in the trunk.

    * V75 Liquid Tire "Chain" - An option on '69 Camaros that provided a dispenser with nozzles located in the rear tire wheel wells that would spray a special traction-enhancing liquid on the rear tires to help traction on snow and ice. Quite rare.
    * JL8 4-Wheel Disc Brakes - Available on '69 high- performance Camaros. Installed mostly on Z-28 Camaros, but technically available on any model. 205 known to be produced. A similar Heavy-Duty Service Option disc-brake rear axle was available over-the-counter but differed from JL8 in the details.
    * Factory Headers - Available on Z-28 Camaros as a dealer-installed item. Supplied in 1967-68 from the factory in the trunk of the car for installation by the dealer.

    * U46 'Vigilite' Lamp Monitors - Special fiber-optic head and tail-lamp and directional signal monitors that allowed the driver to determine that all lights were working properly while sitting in the driver's seat.

    * L78 396ci - Iron-head 396ci 375HP big-block. 4-bolt main block (all other Camaro 396s were 2-bolt mains), 11.0:1 compression forged pistons, high-performance large-port heads, heavy duty rods, special solid- lifter camshaft, aluminum intake manifold, and special Holley carburetor. Available and rare all years, quite rare in '67 (1,138 made).

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    * L89 Aluminum Head 396 - Available in '68 and '69. An addition to the L78 that replaced the iron heads with aluminum closed-chamber rectangular port heads. Very rare.
* U17 Tic-Toc-Tach: a dash-mounted tachometer that included a clock on the same dial face. While U17 was available all three years, the Tic-Toc-Tach version was only produced in 1968.
* AL4 Front Bench Seat - Optional front bench seat available in non-console cars (1967-68 only). Not available in convertible.
* Deluxe Houndstooth Interior - Deluxe door panels, with houndstooth cloth seat inserts.
* J52 Front disc brakes - Not very rare, but the 1967-68 calipers are 4-piston units and can be hard to find. The design was changed to a single-piston design in 1969.
* F41 Suspension - upgraded suspension components that allowed better cornering performance.

1969 Camaro Parts - door-Lock Ferrules and Knobs - Steves Camaro Parts

This will seem like a trivial detail, but I have a pet peeve regarding junk door-lock buttons. As small as they are, they're also the most obvious door item, and for some reason, on older cars, they've often been replaced with either the wrong type or universal parts-store wood junk. When the wrong buttons are used, they can bind and rattle in addition to looking lousy. New ones are offered for lots of popular cars all the way back to the '50s, and they can make a big difference in interior feel and function. The lock buttons on this '67 Camaro actually serve to guide the mechanism; new buttons and new ferrules are the best few dollars you can spend

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