1969 Pace Cars

[Bill Howell]

I need this information and know no other place with more informed people so here goes. I own a decent 69 396/325 mn car and presently concidering a new project. I have found a 69 bb pace car that does not have a engine. I have a couple 69 referance books but can not find out what engines came in the bb cars. Were all(325,350,375 hp)three offered? Just curious. This will not be a concours type restro but I like to keep it as close as possible.
Thanks,

[William]

Pace Cars had the same bb engine availability as any Camaro SS. The most common would be the L35 325hp (19.3% of SS) L34 350hp is the rarest (5.8%) and the L78 (14%). 311 L78s also had L89 aluminum heads.

If your car has dual fuel lines or A/C it could not have had an L78 engine.

A popular Camaro fairy tale is that only 34 Z11s had 396 engines. 39% of Camaro SS had 396 engines. Allowing for a wide margin for error certainly 1,000 Z11s or more had 396 engines.

[JChlupsa]

Heres some good reading frm the Camaro Research Group pages:
http://www.camaros.org/geninfo.shtml#PaceCar

Some more info I thought you might like to read as well.

[Bill Howell]

Thanks guys!!!

[rpoz11]

February 4'th, 1969
RPOZ11 to be comprised of:
"Exterior body color, Dover White, Code 911"
Really!??

[rpoz11]

Dover White, Code 911
Where did they get that # from; an earlier Camaro or Corvette??

[rpoz11]

From that dot.org Camaro site this bulletin is in;
"Shortly after the Z11 was produced there was also a special run of '69 Camaros called the Z10, which is believed to be a regional promotional item for certain southwestern and mid-western states"
I do recall a friend here locally who had copies of pictures from the press releases showing the Z10's actually at Indy!
I will try to get ahold of him and see if he kept these after he sold off his collection several years ago....

[JChlupsa]

Check out the CRG chart. The Dover white color numbers all relate to each other across the board
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Window Sticker RPO Code
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Body Color 1967 1968 1969
----------- ------ ------ ------
A or 10 5900AA 5900AA 5910AA
B or 69 -- -- 5912BB
C or 50 5900CC 5900CC 5911CC

[Bill Howell]

I got the vin on the car.124679N618023.Plate shows it to be a Z-11 built 03D. Present owner said it was a 325hp car.Had a muncie but it is gone too.The paint code is 50A though not 911. It is nothing special but would make good driver. Thanks again for the help.

[rpoz11]

Hhmmmm...Mine is a VN "L52xxxx" 03B build and a 325/396 #'s car with a Muncie. Interesting how close/far apart the numbers are between plants.... As for Mr. Hawaiian Camaro, I dont keep specific records on the relative paint coincidences but what is odd to me is that the "911" code was in that 1969 Document...