It's hard to believe that car is 50+ years old...Applause to the people(person) that have kept it so well. Thanks for showing it to us Pat.

It's really nice to see rare cars that are not in a field for 50 years.

Awesome. Try the radio. I bet you can pick up foghat or maybe ted Nugent. Lol. Nice find !!

My brother had a jade green '69 SS 396 back in 1970. I don't think there was anything rare about it, but it was a 4 speed. He built the engine to the MAX with a nasty sounding cam and a tunnel ram intake. I rode in it one time with him driving, and that was enough for me.....every shift, it sounded like, and felt like it was on ice.....Keystone Classics all around, that was a beautiful car..

I'd suggest a good tuneup and new fluids,tires. Drive it just like that. That represents a great time in America that we'll never see again! Nice video Patrick👍

@mindeloman

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like valves are in desperate need of being lashed.

@paxhumana2015

3 жыл бұрын

@Donald Snell, elitist much? Also, the car could use some small repairs and some rust removal.

@tornadoalleystudios2283

3 жыл бұрын

@@paxhumana2015Do you even know what an Elitist is?!? You mean 'Purist'. A person who insists on absolute adherence to traditional rules, structures or artforms

@6door6four96

3 жыл бұрын

No this car should be given the most basic restoration to bring it back to stock complete restoration keeping as much original as possible and add the emblems back you don't want to leave this car alone and let it start to rot its potentially 1 of a kind

@lw7238

3 жыл бұрын

Probably needs new gas tank, lines, radiator, hoses, brake lines, brakes if you want to drive it.

ALL your viewers love it when you start a car!!! Thanks!

Not only do I love these videos for the cars that you find, but also because of the fact that you are so courteous towards your audience. That goes a long way with me as well.

@terrycarthy4433

Жыл бұрын

He's very obliging, courteous, knowledgeable and - really - a joy to listen to. He loves his subject and so do I !

I have always remembered the "Astro Ventilation" system in the 1968 or '69 cars. My grandmother's neighbor bought a '69 Malibu, which was the first one I had ever seen. I have never seen this color before. It would not have been a color I would have chosen, but it's a piece of history. Thanks for sharing this, Patrick.

How does a car like that sit for 44 years??? I would not be able to ignore it for more than 6 months at a time.

Yes!! Just saw your post on Facebook, glad you’re back! Love the videos!!

My father passed away and left a 69 chevelle SS396 Daytona Yellow L78 4 speed close ratio trans with original motor. He garage kept it and took excellent care of it. He often said it was rare but we didn't appreciate that until we saw this video. We have the same original invoice you showed and compared most of the list as matching yours. Except it was purchased April of 69. We were contemplating selling it and saw your video.

Man I love that paint job and such. I can appreciate perfectly restored cars but seeing one as this that has been customized from back in the day is super cool. I'd clean it and maintain it and wouldn't change a thing.

Patrick this is maybe at least for me the best Chevelle you have posted on KZread! Even the paint just as it is warts and all is pretty dam cool & reminds me of paint jobs I used to see here back in the day on local muscle cars!

Patrick That is a real beauty in rare Daytona Yellow!

Truly appreciate your time and work finding these gems! I enjoy your videos and cannot wait for the next one!!!

Thanks, Patrick Always glad to hear from you and get some knowledge. Central California Watching

Wow, that is an AWESOME find! I've never seen any L89 option engines before in my lifetime. The owner must be thrilled to death about having possibly only 1 or 5 left in existence. And to top it all off all the numbers are matching. I'm JEALOUS!!!

@michaelraddish7898

2 жыл бұрын

Aluminium heads were accepted by nhra at the 1968 nationals for the 68 chevys. I ran both versions steel and alum. Grumpy jenkins prepped both heads.

@remo1366

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelraddish7898 wicked,those heads should be in a museum

This is a really great find. I’m glad to have found this channel. You really know your cars.

On a side-note, this vid shows that the ideal conditions to take outdoor photos/videos is on an overcast day. No shadows, consistent light all around.

Nice!!! That car could hold it,s own back in the day with any Muscle car of 68 and 9..being a small big block.Glad she is still around.

Amazing, 50 year old car. How unmolested the car is.... and with original documentation is very impressive. Thanks for sharing

Great piece of muscle car history. My friend Jeff who currently owns an original 70 Chevelle LS6 with a 71 replacement block owned a 68 L89 Corvette coupe in British Green. Love the early aluminum head cars.

Fabulous find Patrick! Thank you for sharing! 👍💖

Thank you so much for the details you share. I never knew how much there was to know, JUST on the OUTSIDE. Good eye, Sir.

Excellent Video Patrick. Thank You.

My buddy had one when we were like 17 18. 19 we drove it all over Awesome ride

Such a cool find! Everyone flocks to a copo or Yenko. But to see factory options done in such rare form is a real oddity! I love this video and I love that car!

Thank you for sharing with us a awesome ss chevelle. You rock Patrick

Very nice find. I remember seeing those cars just like that roaming the streets as a young child

Very very cool Patrick! Love the paint scheme on this Chevelle.

Daytona Yellow was an SS exclusive color. If you had a Daytona yellow paint code or Monaco orange code, your 69 Chevelle was assuredly born an SS396. Great find 👏

54 dislikes? The hell is wrong with people, this thing is crazy!

@gristlepounder

3 жыл бұрын

54 Prius owners! Would totally leave this car as is.

@jamessveinsson6006

3 жыл бұрын

302 boss fans

@thomasshutt5016

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamessveinsson6006 me

@pleasegrowabrain

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe because it isn't running well at all. It might have been a good idea to service it.

@ironknife1

3 жыл бұрын

The dislikes are because of the way he filmed it and he sounds like he’s Jizzing his pants. Rare!

I love it when I have the captions on and you start up the car.... the caption is music!

I can only hope that paint stays untouched just cleaned up. That car is perfect

@frankdodson3534

3 жыл бұрын

Most definitely do not touch that paint clean it spick and span and apply several applications of a good ceramic coating. Steam clean her belly and apply a good undercoat.

@bobmarleystoe

3 жыл бұрын

and furry dice 👍

@thomasroquemore8351

3 жыл бұрын

@@bobmarleystoe c

@chrisrojice7475

3 жыл бұрын

What about clear coating ?

@frankdodson3534

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrisrojice7475 no your protecting the original paint you don't want to wet sand and do all that work to properly apply a clear coat just a good scrubbing hand wash and apply a good wipe and wash on ceramic like teach shine lots of good products on the market today

Unbelievable!! I love it!! I ve owned 2 Chevelles and I ve never ever seen or heard of another one like this in the middle Tennessee area.

Hey Patrick!! Incredible find.

That Chevelle is beautiful! Thank you for your lesson!

What a freaking find 👌 Piece of preserved history

Rare car. Great find. Nice video. Thnx for sharing.

The interior is awesome indeed. Very very nice example.

This is a great example of why you film something after you have calmed down.

Wow...that paint job is a flash back ...great car ...thx

Very cool. Just got inside from working on my 70 Torino. Car was in horrible shape and had really ugly heavy duty vinyl covers on the seats. Cut them back to recover and found brand new seats. Still had ford plastic on headrest. Some of the seams pulled apart from drying damage. Seats look exactly as they did off the assembly line. Blew my mind

I truly miss your videos! Good to see a new one

You are the best Pat, keep'em coming..🇺🇸

Heck yeah brother, my second favorite chevelle. I need to come see that next time I’m up your way!!!

Hi Patrick. I love your Chevelle Videos. I have a 69 Chevelle Butternut Yellow with black vinyl top and black Interior. It is a 307, but I wish it had the 396 big block. It is an Atlanta built Chevelle and was purchased new at Hall Chevrolet in Cleveland, TN. It is almost all original paint car with very little rust. I know you are a big block Chevelle guy, but if you are ever in Ohio, I love for you to see it. Great video on the Daytona yellow 396/375.

Great to see you back.

Hi Patrick. I enjoy your videos. The correct name of the wheels are American Racing Equipment Type 200S. They are a correct day 2 mod and the original wheels have been discontinued for many years. This car should be in a museum! Please keep the 1969 Chevelle content coming.

Amazing machine. Thank you for sharing.

That is a badass find🤘

My friend in high school had a 69 with a similar paint job. Had 67 vet 427 tri power in it. It didn't last to long got in alot of fun trouble, made him join military.

@bigredc222

3 жыл бұрын

I know a guy that went to jail for a year for drag racing, he chose that over joining the army and ending up in Nam.

@77yogurt

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigredc222 I can't say I'd blame him. I won't be sent to slaughter for my corrupt government either.

My neighbor has a '69 Malibu SS 396 convertible that was made in Canada. Probably the only one left. Ultra rare.

Its Great these finds still exist in 2021😉👍

Awesome find ! Thanks for sharing

Oh that paintjob! Oh them Daisy Mags!

This car doesn't deserve negative comments my brother has a 68 375 hp 4sp he is 3rd owner got it as graduation present awesome car thanks for video

The ride that Aquaman used to cruise on Saturday nights in, back in the 70's.

I had a 68 SS396 and I bought a new set of the Mickey Thompson “super scavenger” headers from Western Auto in Jackson Mississippi. The tubes were equal length inside a long collector which gave it a unique sound. I remember they were painted orange when I bought them.

Wow what a piece of history

Thanks so much for sharing this one, Patrick. Especially love the wild paint job. Reminds me of what was cruising around the streets of Cleveland, when I was growing up. Once again,, we never get to see your pretty face, except in a reflection AND...what's in your garage??? JT: Orlando, FLA

Love that 70s style paint job! 👌

Wow. Awesome Find and Rare Big Block 396 V8's!

Who in the world gave this mans passion a “Thumbs Down?” Do any of these unhappy few realize the extent of work, (time, money) that goes in to this mans love? So many of us followers “THOUGHT” we knew Chevelles until Patrick came along, lol. Swipe Left Patrick, (I’m sure a man of your Faith has forgotten/forgiven any misunderstandings) and thank you for teaching us so much, (as we fight the mid-life crisis urge ;-)!

I love the paint with the effects and a 396 with aluminum heads has to be rare I don't think I have ever seen a 69 396 with factory aluminum heads and then the 4.10 psi that car must haul ass that thing is awesome

Great car and great video, thanks for sharing!

Back in 1968, my dad's friend had a 1968 Chevelle same color two-door just like that with a 327 engine.

@michaelbailey5736

3 жыл бұрын

I had a 68 chevelle 327 4 speed in Matador red with white pin stripe. Beautiful car, lots of fun

Can’t believe how easy it started. WOW !! Super Car

When I was a teen in the 70s we picked these cars up for an average of 1200 bucks. Headers, Hurst shifter, cragers, maybe air shocks on the rear and you were ready to cruise the ones for some red light- green light racing fun :) Paint was also a big deal, my best friend painted his a really dark midnight blue with flames in the front. I wouldn't trade being a teen in the 70s for any other era.

Nice!! I hope that car gets a proper restoration using as much of the original parts as possible, that crazy 70's custom paint is just too weird to leave it as it was found.

This reminds me a little of a C2 Corvette (not sure what year) I saw running around my neighborhood a few times as a little kid in the early '80s. Flared rear wheelwells, Stinger hood, side pipes and it was covered in murals of desert mountains, sunsets, baying coyotes, etc. I think the underlying paint color was a yellow-gold or yellow if I recall. Only saw and heard it rumbling by maybe 2 or 3 times and never encountered it again. Wonder if it's still out there somewhere in the world....maybe it's even languishing in a garage with that same old period custom paint job! There were still plenty of street machines and street freaks done in the '60s and '70s roaming the streets when we Gen Xers were impressionable young'uns.

I dont really much car for old cars. But this is entertaining and informative

Had me, from cover photo. Just something about 70's custom paint jobs.

@toosunakabooma1213

3 жыл бұрын

From the mind of a "Farmacist " lol.. I'm responsible for thousands of these stencil abominations from 1971 to 1980. I even ghost authored a couple how to books and articles on how to DIY... I humbly ask that you might find compassion and maybe even forgiveness for what equates to a rampant decade of vehicular treason...If it makes any difference, it wasnt intentional.I did it for the insane gobs of quick easy $$$$ MONEY!!!!

@zulumagoo1

3 жыл бұрын

@@toosunakabooma1213 you made eye candy for this sugar junkie. But I do appreciate your humbleness almost as much as I appreciate you pointing yourself out to me. Consider yourself a legend in my mind. If you ever saw : "paint by Dee Hood" on any drag race vehicle. That guy was/is my drag race hero for life. He let me hang in his pit and called me his pit crew. To a kid... That was the tits. He passed away before I was even old enough to drive when 15 was the age. His car was a 2dr 57 chevy Gasser. Hot~n~Heavy. Red fade flames on pearl white. Only moroso square type huge scoop I've seen on a 57. I'm looking for it for his daughter to re own it, if possible. Huge was correct wording. Hopefully you know exactly the scoop I am taking about. They loved to put them on old vettes.

@toosunakabooma1213

3 жыл бұрын

@@zulumagoo1 I grew up in a body shop family in the 1960s. Saw my first ratfink being freehand airbrushed on a t shirt in 1966 at the Michigan state fair..It was like being hit in the head with a bat.. The chopper movement was exploding and Some hippies in California were making drop on bodies for motorcycles.a one piece tank sidepanels rear fender and seat arrangement that was the coolest thing on earth.The paintwork on these bodies looked incredibly complex but it was an illusion.It was a process that used a taped layout multiple times by adding or removing details to mimic depth and dimension to a design and the technique I stole from them made the work move quickly,reduced or eliminated multi tapings and blows me away to this day.The Panel work on the chevy made me recall the sunny and clear Easter holiday in 1973 when the local Dodge dealer had dropped off 4 Tradesman 100s to our shop. I was 14 years old.And I realized I had a license to steal...Notice the shape and size of the fish scales on the car.They are paint strainers held in place and dusted over, probably with a Jam gun..

@zulumagoo1

3 жыл бұрын

@@toosunakabooma1213 I was thinking possibly an old 33 lp. Or even a 78. But I knew they were too big to be a 45rpm. Truly impressed to hear that story from an o.g. paint legend. I totaled a tradesman 200 with my head, in a bell star ll helmet on Nov 11 1983. Old carpet layer turned left just in front of me. My head bent door window frame. Center post and side door window frame. I bled out in the street through artery in right knee. Ambulance driver saved my live that day. With me head Injury I worked best alone in the cab of a truck where I can have my little anger issue outbursts. I'm harmless. Just angry verbage

@turtleatnt

3 жыл бұрын

Vice grip garage

I know a older gentleman here in CA that has a silver with black vinyl top with the factory L89 in it

@robertmetzger1753

3 жыл бұрын

Let's see some Videos !!!!

My dad is original owner of a 1969 SS 396 with 350hp. It is Daytona Yellow with the black stripes. The car was parked in 1976 and we didn't get it running again till 2019 for the 50th anniversary. We determined just yesterday 5/6/2021 that is does not have M22 rock crusher but it does have M21 which was kind of disappointing. It has about 73000 all numbers matching. It does have 4.10 gearing as well.

U have a amazing job. To be so close to so much awesome history must feel amazing

This car takes me back to my high school days. I had a 1968 SS BEST CAR EVER

Thats one awesome paint job..

They just sold a 68 SS396 L89 Chevelle this weekend at Mecum auction. It sold for around $130k.

I'm not a big Chevelle fan but I do love the 69's they look awesome. This is a really nice example of a very rare one.

Awesome find. A piece of history.

I’ve actually seen one locally about twenty Miles north of Seattle about a year or two ago - it was a Malibu, I just looked didn’t know the yellow was so rare. Good lookin car doubt it had been preserved but worth mentioning

What a cool car. Nice find!

Looks like a life size Hot Wheels car.

We have an all og 69 L78 in even better shape. Off road since '72. The 410 gears will snap you back in your seat. Great cars and great investments. Son and I are partners on the car. We have all the paper work, pp and found a build sheet. Super cool.

Wow! That's Amazing! I just Subscribed because I absolutely love these cars! 👍

My friend acquired a '69 Malibu ragtop that was " converted " to that colour. It was a stand out for sure. Had the 350 with 4 bolt main and slushbox 400 in it too. I thinkin' 3.23 ratio rear ? We mistreated that car badly but were ripped off when he went to build the engine. Then he lost interest and the car was scrapped. Sad day indeed. Best lookin chevy body style there was.

U still keep this????????wow!!wonderful and the color is good 'n' beautiful,precious!!!!!

I did some googling and I believe another 1969 L78 coupe in Daytona Yellow went through eBay a couple years back as a total project. No engine in it. Was in Illinois. Would be interesting to see where it ended up

These are awesome for sure but I still prefer the look of the ‘68. Almost identical indeed but it just has some little something that was lost in the ‘69.

@stephenr9408

3 жыл бұрын

Great car had one that would pull the left front tire .up an off .but only 4or5 in. Got a pitcher ..know I still have my 65 as 327 4sd I bought it.in76 now.i promised myself that I would do it up rite O boy glad it's still in good shape cause I cant find a dam hood even.. I want to crawl induction it but I dont want to use my factory one ..I am 61 know its knot going as fast as I would like its have to take one apart when it still runs so good but got to make her respectfully we been together a long time if any one has a old groshre getter I could love to have a another one to slam around in while I am working on this I got extra bullets an transmissions just cant find a g n.v j,.just sayin...and I need a 160mph speedo..I am 61 know and its comming slow .it was so hard to take a

Why is Matthew Mcconaughey out searching for Chevelle's in barns?

@caseyhenson6913

3 жыл бұрын

man you don't know how many times i have said that !

@drgonzo767

3 жыл бұрын

If I had his money this is exactly what I would be doing.

Don't think I'd start it again until I found the valve or cam problem. Sounds pretty rough. Thanks for the video, I appreciate these.

@robertdavis8010

3 жыл бұрын

When I start a motor that I know hasn't ran for a long time, I always pull the distributor and prime the oil system for a while. Even then there can be rust on cam lobes.

@ericblom9568

Жыл бұрын

The valve-train noise is a given, not to mention what could be one hell of an exhaust leak! I always like to use the oil-primer tool that spins the oil pump via a drill thru the "lightining-whirler" hole and primes the lifters/pushrods. 5 minutes of time can save 2.5 hours of tear-down & a CHUNK of coin on a rebuild....

Yeah my 69 SS396 has been is storage since 77 also. My grandson is 7... and said I Want That Car... cool Done! It has a New Owner!

@reckemroysrc3764

3 жыл бұрын

You better teach him how to respect it. My kid has a 69 CHEVELLE coming his way too 👍👍😎🤙✌

@jonathanlawson4667

3 жыл бұрын

Tennessee is where he's from

I just fell in love!!! 😍 I think I found what I want for my 59th birthday!!!!!

ONE IN MY TOWN IN STORAGE IS A VERY RARE 69CHEVELLE SS 375 HP BUT ITS A RAGTOP AND A RARE 3 SPEED STANDARD.GREAT SHAPE

I had a 68 chevelle ss 396 4 speed in high school in the 80s...miss that car...sold it in 1995.

Great find. Thank you for this video. What would one do with such an original car except the orange paint over the original yellow? Would you leave it alone, try to remove the orange paint or repaint? Great historical car regardless of one's decision.

Need some black lights and bell bottoms to drive that baby! 😍

Would be a great car for the MCACN show in Chicago if they have it this year. The American wheels were called 200S’s I believe. I liked the way the y removed the badges for a real street fighter look too.

Another great find! looks like there is a 57 next door also