Stolen 1969 Camaro RS/SS 396 - All I Have Left

I had this 1969 Camaro a year and a half. Just finished the complete restoration when it was stolen out of my driveway one Friday night. While Kirbee the Wonder Dog slept.

The car is obviously an RS/SS clone with the wrong badging - I would have fixed that. When I got the car, it had a turbo 400 slush-o-matic which I yanked out and converted the car to a Richmond 6 speed manual. Much better!

The engine was a correct vintage 396 built to exact 375hp spec's. Correct cast iron heads, intake, pistons, solid cam, exhaust manifolds, etc. Old style hose clamps, Delco battery, anodized brake booster, color coded vacuum lines. Everything was perfect.

I threw a killer stereo in the trunk. The interior was white with black houndstooth in a black and white car.

It was an absolutely beatiful and virtually perfect 69 Camaro RS/SS clone, when it was stolen. I miss this car!

I replaced it with red 69 Camaro in my other videos. Now I don't miss it quite so much.

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Trooper: Raise a Little Hell

Raise a little Hell, raise a little Hell, raise a little Hell
Raise a little Hell, raise a little Hell, raise a little Hell
Raise a little Hell, raise a little Hell, raise a little Hell

If you don't like
What you got
Why don't you change it
If your world is all screwed up
Rearrange it

Raise a little Hell ...

If you don't like what you see
Why don't you fight it
If you know there's something wrong
Why don't you right it

Raise a little Hell ...

In the end it comes down to your thinking
And there's really nobody to blame
When it feels like your ship is sinking
And you're too tired to play the game

Nobody's going to help you
You've just got to stand up alone
And dig in your heels
And see how it feels
To raise a little Hell of your own

Raise a little Hell ...

If you don't like
What you got
Why don't you change it
If your world is all screwed up
Rearrange it

Raise a little Hell ...

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• 375hp
• muscle
• car
• 396
• 427
• 454
• 540
• 572
• big
• block
• bigblock
• Canadian
• c3
• 69
• 70
• first
• generation
• rat

[DoubleDave80]

No offence dude but why would you leave this car in your driveway overnight? Seriously, you can steal these cars with a butter knife. What was in your garage that night?

[540merlin]

@DoubleDave80 My wifes 99 Mustang GT convertible. We just had it detailed and were trying to sell the Mustang and wanted it to stay clean. Ultimately that mistake cost me $27,000. Should have let the mustang get dusty...

[WPWRKlan]

nice camaro mines a 69 rs convertible , Candy apple red with black racing stripes , just got it back from being restored a few weeks ago

[540merlin]

@WPWRKlan Post some vid!

[540merlin]

@Dragoslide2000 I don't want a gallardo.

[darkbanore]

To all the douchebags telling him to get another car... wtf are you doing on his video?, A 1969 rs ss in one fucking rare beast of a car. @540merlin, i feel ya mate, the car was a beautiful classic, sorry for your loss.

[kappagreen71]

NO BODY GET MAD. But I think he is lying why would you leave a fully restored 1969 camaro outside at night. after putting a lot of money in it. I think you put a lot of money it because you completed the restore of the car and thats not cheap not including its a 1969 car.

[badbob406]

I cried at the end.

[killertctma]

damn nice camaro. just look at it this way. everybody else that has a camaro of this body style probably has a part of this one that was stolen. you helped so many people finish there dream. no but really id hunt somebody down if they stole my truck after i had just finished it. way to much time and money.

[JustBeatItNow]

i heard everyone's car gets broken into in vancouver thats why the cops believe the justice system is broken

[WPWRKlan]

i brought my 2002 silverado to the garage to get it inspected and some one stole it from the garage parking lot :(

[grizzleybearz282004]

was it ever found? thats why ever car should have a alarm on it and in your home someware near the front door should have a gun a stun gun and a breaker bar to shot shock and crack the guy head open for trying to steal what not his

[Npena100]

If I Find this car can i steal it back and keep it?

[WPWRKlan]

@540merlin ok ill have to do that lol