The 1969 Corvette has made a few notable film appearances. Who
could forget the gold convertible that ended up in a lake in 1971's
Billy Jack? The original Gone in 60 Seconds, (1974), featured one
among the stolen cars. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood's opening
scene features a '69 coupe in front of the Playboy mansion, not
unironically. Finally, 2001's Pootie Tang's most memorable feature
might be the '69 Vette.
For consignment, a 1969 Chevrolet Corvette coupe showing 89,865
miles, but the true miles are unknown. This one checks all the
boxes for a cool '69 and comes to you with detailed documentation
of the engine build and restoration. It retains its numbers
matching transmission.
Exterior
Two stage Marlboro Maroon covers this curvaceous Corvette with
conviction and objectively, it's a great color! It reflects
surrounding light like a disco ball and contrasts key features of
the car with clarity, including the legendary side gills and their
polished inserts, the finned side pipes, and the contouring chrome
bumpers. The 15-inch Chevrolet Rally wheels look just right with a
slight stagger to the tire width, providing a sporty stance. The
rear view is considered one of the best Vette tails in their
history with flying buttresses creating a cove for the rear window,
a smooth and slight lift of the rear wing, and that flat rear
fascia with, of course, round tail lights in a set of four. Body
colored T-tops sit poised ready to be removed for some Corvette
Summer fun and the paint, body, and trim is in excellent shape.
Imperfections include an area with inclusions on rear fender, a
bubble on the front, off color touched up chips on the door, some
chipped fiberglass as the body curves under, and some bubbling on a
front fender.
Interior
Sweeping contours greet you on the black door panels which both
present cleanly, leading to tall black vinyl bucket seats with rib
textured inserts and we have no complaints here either. A three
spoke steering wheel fronts two big gauges housed in canted coves
and the speedometer notably goes to 160. The cockpit-like center
stack displays five gauges and a period AM/FM radio over the triple
light indicator panel with some of the silver writing showing some
typical fading. From there, the thumb wheel vent controls and a
polished ball shifter and epic spec plate and additional indicator
lights, all in very good condition. Black looped carpet is clean
and flows all the way back to the cargo area while black vinyl
dresses the T-tops and surrounding headliner. All super clean and
show worthy.
Drivetrain
The bay is clean with some driver quality elements like surface
rust on the master cylinder, but certainly worthy of popping the
hood at the next car show! Here we have a 350ci V8 from 1978 with
GMPP aluminum heads and a Holley 4-barrel carburetor. It's mated to
the numbers matching Muncie M20 4-speed manual transmission which
routes power to the rear axle housing 3.36 gears and
Positraction.
Undercarriage
With a uniform coat of black, the underside presents cleanly and
features dual exhaust coming from headers, then turning east and
west to exit as side pipes. Disc brakes are at all four wheels and
suspension includes coil springs up front and a frame anchored
differential unit, tubular axle drive shafts, transverse strut rods
and transverse leaf springs out back.
Drive-Ability
Side pipes are good for at least two things; looking great and
sounding great, and our examples do just that as we prime the pump
and turn the key. Wide and low, this Stingray glides onto the black
top and demonstrates good power, shifting, and throttle response.
Of course, it handles like a train on rails and braking is on
point. We note the horn, radio, and heater blower are not working
but all other functional items work as they should. While Classic
Auto Mall represents that these functions were working at the time
of our test drive, we cannot guarantee these functions will be
working at the time of your purchase.
There are very few of us who don't have these early C3's on our
list of all time favorite cars. Before the 70's applied a rear
naked choke with emissions, stout street machines like this one
were roaming the streets, waiting for their next victim. This is a
very nice example in a color we don't see often. Cast your line for
this Stingray and let it slide into your garage!
194379S717351
1-Chevrolet
94-Corvette
37-Coupe
9-1969
S-St. Louis, MO Assy Plant
717351-Sequential Unit Number
TRIM TAG
G25-February 25th
TRIM ZQ4-Black Vinyl
PAINT 980-Riverside Gold
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