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Chevrolet Camaro 396SS Convertible 1969

The Chevrolet Camaro was General Motors was created in response to the highly successful Ford Mustang pony car. The Camaro first appeared on sale in September 1966 was a 2+2 two door available with a coupe or convertible body, sharing the chassis and many other parts from the Pontiac Firebird.  A wide range of engine options included six and eight cylinder derivatives, from the  base model 230ci straight six to the 427ci V8 big block. With a staggering fourteen different power plants available, buyers were not short of choice when selecting their engine!. The Camaro had sold well after its introduction and by 1969 was extremely popular, with revised styling the car looked meaner than the earlier models with an aggressive grille, slightly squarer body panels, and squared-off rear wheel arches. The nose was restyled utilizing the Rally Sport grille package, with partially see through headlight covers that rotated to reveal the headlights, the rear of the car used new multi-sectioned tail lights . The interior was similar to the 1967/68 models but featured a new dashboard fitted with square-shaped instruments. The console remained the same as 1968 but it received a redesigned main instrument panel with two main pods as before, but squared off instead of rounded as in earlier models. If a tachometer was purchased separately, the fuel gauge was relocated to the small centre dash pod normally reserved for the clock, the first time this option was available on a Camaro.