This rare AACA Senior Award winning Camaro Dana 88 is one of very few 1969 Dana cars known to exist and it's the perfect ride for someone who wants a unique, high performance muscle car. Dana Chevrolet was owned by former Shelby employ Peyton Cramer and managed by a well-known SCCA racer name... More

This rare AACA Senior Award winning Camaro Dana 88 is one of very few 1969 Dana cars known to exist and it's the perfect ride for someone who wants a unique, high performance muscle car. Dana Chevrolet was owned by former Shelby employ Peyton Cramer and managed by a well-known SCCA racer named Dick Guldstrand. Guldstrand and Cramer started offering a host of aftermarket conversions and performance accessories through their dealership. Customers could purchase a first generation Camaro anywhere and send it to Dana Chevrolet to be equipped with an upgraded suspension, a 3x2 carburetor set up, headers, an open element air cleaner, ignition upgrades, a custom fabricated cowl induction hood and even an L-72 or L-88 427 crate motor. In 1969 Robert Watts purchased the Camaro pictured here and sent it to Dana Chevrolet for the L-88 427 conversion and an original Doug Nash 5-speed transmission. In 1973 Mr. Watts returned the car to Dana Chevrolet for the addition of an Auburn Gear Locker, a Corvette HEI ignition and a 15 inch Rallye wheel upgrade. However, in 1974, the car was seized by the EPA when they took over Dana Chevrolet and was held in storage at the LA County Sheriffs impound lot until it was auctioned off. At auction, the car was purchased by Topper Ferrar, the son of Dana Chevrolet employee Manny Ferrar. This '69 Camaro is a true California black plate 61,000 mile car. It retains all original sheetmetal and is painted in its original rare GM code 55 Azure Turquoise. It is finished to the highest standards throughout with door jam, trunk jam and engine compartment detailing that looks great. Unlike Baldwin and Yenko, Danas tradition was to remove all extraneous ornamentation from the car and add some form of dealership identification. Some cars had small chrome Dana emblems on their rear valence and some cars, as was the case of this '69 Camaro, received chrome Dana tag brackets. Today, the only identification on this car is it's like new basic Camaro fender script and a header panel emblem that looks as good as when the car left the factory. While the original 427 has been lost to history, sitting in its place is a correct era 454 V8. Notice the late '68 style brackets and aluminum Corvette water pump. A Holley carburetor sucks air through a correct air cleaner that seals into a functional cowl induction hood. Correct Packard plug wires run from a correct HEI distributor to heat shielded spark plugs. New chrome valve covers feature a correct Tonawanda factory engine decal. Every detail is correct, from the shift markings on the firewall, to the belts, hoses and clamps. And all of the proper tags are in place and every finish was exactly duplicated from the alternator case to the Chevy Orange on the engine block. This 1969 Camaros detailed chassis and satin black floor pans are in great shape. The Doug Nash 5-speed transmission sends power to a detailed 12 bolt rear end that houses the 1973 Auburn Locker. Up front, a detailed suspension includes factory option power steering and power disc brakes while detailed and tagged leaf springs in the rear and correct gray shocks all around finish things off. The reproduction exhaust system sounds great and correct lines and hoses are in excellent shape. Connecting the car to the ground is 15 inch Azure Turquoise Rallye wheels which feature Chevrolet dog dish center caps and ride on F70-15 Goodyear Polyglas tires. Open the door and make yourself comfortable in the 90% original interior. The original dash houses a speedometer, a fuel gauge and an optional factory tachometer. An aluminum Rallye steering wheel looks awesome against the black interior. To your right, an optional push button factory AM radio and heater/defroster add a bit of luxury and a simple Hurst shifter springs up from where the long console usually sits. In front of the Hurst shifter, new Sunpro temperature and oil pressure gauges have been installed in a simple chrome housing to keep an accurate eye on the big block mill. If you've been looking for a rare specialty Camaro that uses performance instead of stripes to back up its bad ass swagger, your award winning '69 Camaro Dana 88 is waiting at RK Motors Charlotte. Call today! Less

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Added Oct 12, 2011  

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