Surviving Six Cylinder 1969 Camaros

[crossboss]

I paid 4,500 for mine back in 86. Look to your left, I still have it.

That seems a bit pricey...for 1986. Two years earlier ('84), I bought my 1970 GT-500 for $6,000 from the original owner, and drove it home. Maybe I got a deal?

[David K]

Original owner, fully documented, new rebuilt transmission, tune up, easy on gas, easy to, work on, convertible, RS, AC, Power top, more. Needed a car.

[MO]

I paid 4,500 for mine back in 86. Look to your left, I still have it.

That seems a bit pricey...for 1986. Two years earlier ('84), I bought my 1970 GT-500 for $6,000 from the original owner, and drove it home. Maybe I got a deal?

Hard to compare Shelby pricing. They have had a premium as long as I can remember. The average high performance (for lack of a better term} Ford/Chev/Pontiac in 84 was probably 8k? So 6k for a 14 year old car was steep, unless it was a Shelby....even a 70. So yes, 4,500 for a 17 year old low performance car seems like a lot, but what a great buy that was! As was the Shelby!

[crossboss]

For me, during the years of 1982-1987-ish, most Muscle Cars, eg: Chevelles, El Caminos, Camaros, Mustangs, Buicks, and Olds 442s were selling for around $500 (beaters, etc)-$3,500 (very nice and clean/original) all day. The AMC AMX/Javelin models, and Mopars were even cheaper. At least in LA, Ca. they were. Those were the prices I remember back then. Heck, I bought a clean original 1970 AMX (390/auto) for $600 bucks, a 1969 Mach-1 (351W, 4 speed) also for $600 bucks. Yeh, I know, should have kept them!