1969 Chevy SS 396 Camaro
by John Telfer
Title
1969 Chevy SS 396 Camaro
Artist
John Telfer
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Photograph - Photograph
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I went to my first Classic Car Show of 2014 in April at Belmont Racetrack, located in Elmont, New York on Long Island. Each year Belmont Racetrack sponsors 3 classic car shows starting with this one in April, then one in August and closes out the Classic Car Shows with one in October. All of these shows attract well over 500 cars easily, and the years of the cars range from the 1920's to the present. As I arrived at the show I had already photographed several cars when I came across one of my personal favorites, this mint conditioned 1969 Chevy SS 396 Camaro done in a remarkable black paint job. I took this front and side view shot as I felt it really showed off all of the great features of the car and while I prefer to photograph a lot of my cars with the hood closed, with the hood opened on this car it just seem to give this "Black Beauty" that extra edge. For more information on the 1969 Chevy SS 396 Camaro please feel free to read the information below and I hope you enjoy this photo as much as I did taking it;
First-generation Camaro debuted in September 1966, for the 1967 model year, up to 1969 on a new rear-wheel drive GM F-body platform and was available as a 2-door coup� or convertible with 2+2 seating, and a choice of 230 cu in (3.8 L), 250 cu in (4.1 L) inline-6 or 302 cu in (4.9 L), 307 cu in (5.0 L), 327 cu in (5.4 L), 350 cu in (5.7 L), 396 cu in (6.5 L) 427 cu in (7.0 L) V8 powerplants. Concerned with the runaway success of the Ford Mustang, Chevrolet executives realized that their compact sporty car, the Corvair, would not be able to generate the sales volume of the Mustang due to its rear-engine design, as well as declining sales, partly due to the negative publicity from Ralph Nader's book, Unsafe at Any Speed. Therefore, the Camaro was touted as having the same conventional rear-drive, front-engine configuration as Mustang and Chevy II Nova. In addition, the Camaro was designed to fit a variety of power plants in the engine bay. The first-generation Camaro would last until the 1969 model year and would eventually inspire the design of the new retro fifth-generation Camaro.
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