{"id":31163,"date":"2020-10-21T13:21:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T17:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/?p=31163"},"modified":"2021-02-19T10:32:11","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T15:32:11","slug":"michael-ds-1969-camaro-ss-396","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/michael-ds-1969-camaro-ss-396\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael D&#8217;s 1969 Camaro SS396 L78"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Michael D\u2019s hunt for a 1969 Camaro SS396 began in 1989, which spanned a period of 6 months before he located this example about an hour away, being sold by the original owner. After about 3 years of owning the Camaro, he noticed some rust starting to creep through the edge of the driver\u2019s door.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Camaro was brought to a local restoration shop for inspection. The entire car was stripped to bare metal, and luckily the rust on the driver door was the only trouble spot on the whole body. A used (and rust free) door was sourced as the replacement for the original door. Michael also took the opportunity to swap the original header panel with a brand new GM replacement, as they were still being produced by GM at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It retains the original numbers matching 396\/375hp engine mated to a Muncie M20 4 speed which also still has the original round stick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/category\/camaro-hurst.html\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Hurst<\/a> Competition Plus shifter handle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Michael was a teenager, he worked at a gas station near a drive-in where all the car guys used to hang out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8221;My car has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/category\/camaro-oemstyleexhaustsystems.html\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Stainless Chambered Exhaust System<\/a>. Whenever I start it up it makes me think of that drive in and all the Hot Rods that used to be there.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Michael<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael D\u2019s hunt for a 1969 Camaro SS396 began in 1989, which spanned a period of 6 months before he located this example about an hour away, being sold by the original owner. After about 3 years of owning the Camaro, he noticed some rust starting to creep through the edge of the driver\u2019s door. 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