'69 Camaro Update

Follow Along as H&H Builds a Neat Camaro Giveaway

The late ’60s was a good time for automobile enthusiasts everywhere. For Chevrolet specifically, it remains a time when the company produced vehicles that are among the favorites of Bow Tie aficionados. Who wouldn’t want a ’67-’69 Chevy Chevelle, Nova or, of course, the ever-popular Camaro? The design of these vehicles, and many others from that era, has stood the test of time, and car manufacturers today are even reverting back to the styling cues of these classics when designing modern production cars.

At the end of the ’60s, the basic look of the aforementioned Chevys didn’t change radically, other than the typical design elements that are updated from model year to model year, such as grilles, marker lights and interior options, some fender and body treatments and engine, suspension and braking options that complete the stories from one model to another. Even though the general look of the cars might be considered the same to the casual observer, anyone who builds these cars will tell you that from ’67, ’68 and ’69, cars like the Camaro are very, very different. Which is the most popular of all Camaros is anyone’s guess, but our guess would be the ’69. With the right trim package, matching numbers and the appropriate restoration and/or customization, they can warrant a price tag well into the six-figure range! Not bad for a car that originally sold new for around $3000.

The Air Ride Technologies kit for the front of the car is pretty simple. Providing all you need to “bag” your Camaro, it comes with upper and lower adapter sleeves and a pair of shortened shock absorbers with relocation brackets to mount them outside the lower control arm, plus all the necessary hardware. Thanks to the simple design of the Camaro’s front suspension, this setup is pretty easy to install.

But why spend that kind of money for a car already built when you can build your own? Well, maybe you have more money than time, but for those of us who enjoy such things, and with more realistic budgets, we thrive on the process. So here’s one more great example of taking a previously reworked ’69 Camaro and turning it into a great street machine, as we follow H&H Trailer Company’s ’69 Camaro project.

Once this project car is finished H&H will it give away, so in a series of articles over the next few issues we will be documenting its construction and what H&H has decided makes a modern Camaro–wrapped in ’60s sheetmetal. Why would a trailer company build and give away a classic Camaro? It’s to make a difference and to give something back. H&H was started by a trio of brothers with nothing more than a loan, a prayer and the knowledge that they could build the best trailers in the world. Whether it’s a tilt-back flatbed for hauling your latest project car from shop to shop or a custom-built, 30-foot-plus enclosed model for transporting your completed ride from show to show, H&H builds a great trailer. Thanks to their success, the brothers are now able to pursue their personal interests, one of which is restoring and customizing classic cars and trucks. They will be giving away this ’69 Camaro and a matching ’68 Chevy truck.

For this particular project, the brothers started with a partially restored Camaro that they had picked up for about $10,000. It already had decent paint and interior, and it ran. Of course, all that meant to them was a good starting point. They wanted to update this car with superior braking, upsized rolling stock and air suspension, just for starters. See just what it takes to update your Camaro, regardless of whether it’s a ’67 or a ’69.