COLLECTORS EDITION 1969 SS 396 CAMERO DIECAST 1:24

BEAUTIFUL MODEL IN IT'S OWN NAMED DISPLAY BOX.

FROM THE "AUTO SHOP" SERIES OF DIE CAST CARS THIS '69 SS 396 CHEVY CAMARO IS SOMETHING FOR YOU TO MAKE YOURSELF AND THEN DISPLAY. WHEN BUILT YOU CAN ADD THE DETAILS AS YOU REQUIRE TO LOOK LIKE YOUR OWN MOTOR VEHICLE. 

COMES COMPLETE WITH ALL THE NEEDED TOOLS TO ASSEMBLE THE MODEL

• WITH QUALITY DIE-CAST METAL CONSTRUCTION; PRECISION DETAILED PARTS & CUSTOMIZED DECALS.
• "BUILD IT**** DECAL IT**** DRIVE IT!"
• QUALITY DIE-CAST METAL CONSTRUCTION.
• PRECISION DETAIL PARTS.
•  THE TRUNK AND HOOD OPEN AND CLOSE.
• DOORS OPEN AND CLOSE.
• DETAILED ENGINE.
• FIRESTONE NAMED TYRES

AN EXCELLENT LOOKING CAR!!

UNLIKE MOST OF THE OTHER CAR MODELS I HAVE, THIS IS A 1:24th SCALE AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A CAMERO!!! I'VE PICKED UP A FEW DIFFERENT CAR MODELS RECENTLY, AS I THOUGHT THEY WERE SUCH UNUSUAL THINGS...( HOWEVER THIS MUST BE ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN MUSCLE CARS FROM THE MODERN ERA!) (LEFT HAND DRIVE OF COURSE, USA OR EUROPE SPEC). AND IS FINISHED IN BRIGHT WHITE WITH RED SIDE FLASH.

WITHOUT SEEING THE MODEL CLOSE UP, IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THE LEVEL OF DETAIL. I HAVE INCLUDED SEVERAL PICTURES, BUT BELIEVE ME, IT DOES NOT DO IT JUSTICE. THE FINISHED MODEL WILL LOOK LIKE IT HAS JUST PULLED UP AND PARKED ( YOU CAN ALMOST HEAR THE ENGINE COOLING DOWN! )

** NOTE THAT THE DOORS AND THE BONNET (HOOD) OPEN UP, TO REVEAL LOTS OF DETAILS! **

YOU COULD TAKE A PIC OF THIS CAR AND SELL IT AS THE REAL THING IN THE AUTO PAPER!!!!!

MADE IN DIE-CAST METAL BY THE PEACHTREE PLAYTHINGS COMPANY OF ATLANTA GEORGIA (USA) UNDER LICENCE.

THE ITEM WEIGHS APPROX A KILO AS PICTURED, (PLUS ANY REQUIRED PACKING FOR TRANSIT) 

 THE BOX DIMENSIONS ARE APPROX 10 inches X 4 inches X 7 inches.

THIS IS A SEALED BOX SO OBVIOUSLY I HAVE NOT OPENED IT,

NOT A TOY! THIS IS  MODEL CAR FOR COLLECTORS AND AND IS MORE THAN SUITABLE FOR DISPLAY.

•  1969 SS 396 CHEVY CAMERO.
• LAST YEAR FOR THE POPULAR FIRST GENERATION CAMERO.
• HIGHEST PRODUCTION VOLUME OF ANY CAMERO FROM 1967 TO 1978.
• 396 CID TURBO JET V8 ENGINE, PRODUCED A WHOPPING 375 BHP.
• NEW FENDERS, REAR QUARTER PANELS, GRILLS AND TAIL-LIGHTS GAVE A MEANER WIDER LOWER APPEARANCE.

• On occasion, Detroit comes up with a one-year wonder that strikes a chord with its audience. Chevrolet's first facelift of its pony car was one of those chords, and the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS 396 provided the rockin' muscle car backbeat.

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  ©2007 Publications International, Ltd. All-new sheetmetal made for a strikingly different bow tie pony car. The 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS 396 represented the muscle car bloodline. This is one of the few convertibles fitted with the top-drawer version of the 396-cid V-8. See more muscle car pictures.

  A deft revamp of the original 1967-68 body shell created unique styling used for just this season. Good thing the '69s were so interesting. As it turned out, they had to be carried into the '70 model year when production problems delayed introduction of the fully redesigned next-generation Camaro.
  
  The most-popular enthusiast Camaro was again the Super Sport, which added about $300 to a coupe or convertible and included a 300-bhp 350-cid V-8, stiff suspension, and F70x14 tires. Power front disc brakes were now part of the package, as were the nonfunctional hood ports previously exclusive to SS 396s. An extra $79 landed the new cowl-induction hood with its functional rear-facing inlet. The hidden-headlamp Rally Sport option cost $132. The interior was updated, too, and a new $95 gauge pack put a round tach in the instrument pod and auxiliary dials on the centre console.
  

  ©2007 Publications International, Ltd. Top version of the 396 was tagged L78 and rated at 375 bhp. It had solid lifters, big-port heads, and an 800-cfm Holly on a low-rise aluminum manifold.

  Except for rare 427-cid specials, big-cube Camaro muscle was best expressed in the SS 396. The respected engine was back in three basic states of tune: 325 and 350 bhp, and the 375-bhp L78, which cost $316. For $711, Chevy would fit an L78 with aluminum heads. It called these L89s and rated them at 375 bhp; 311 went into Camaros.
  

  ©2007 Publications International, Ltd. The optional Special Interior Group included a simulated woodgrain steering wheel and a Sports console with exta gauges.

  Chevy worked to improve the behavior of the big-block Camaro's rear suspension. But the 396 had so much torque and put so many pounds over the nose -- 59.3 percent of an SS 396's weight was on the front axle -- that the lightly loaded rear axle struggled to get the power down in hole shots. "At the mere suggestion of work, the axle leaps and hops, judders and bucks..." said Road Test. "The rear suspension is (the) weak linkage between axle and car, and it drags the 396 Camaro down to the level of just another Camaro."
  
  Savvy street racers attacked the problem with aftermarket traction kits, which cut ETs significantly. And as time would prove, no '69 was "just another Camaro."
  

  The 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS 396Specifications Wheelbase, inches: 108.1 Weight, lbs: 3,790 Number built: 13,970 Base price: $3,100 Top Available Engine Type: ohv V-8 Displacement, cid: 396 Fuel system: 1 x 4bbl. Compression ratio: 11.0:1 Horsepower @ rpm: 375 @ 5600 Torque @ rpm: 415 @ 4600 Representative Performance 0-60 mph, sec: 6.8 1/4 mile, sec. @ mph: 14.7 @ 98.7

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