After spending 28 years in the desolate climate of Alaska a 1969 Camaro SS has risen from the dead. After sitting for 28 long years this 69 Camaro RS/SS has fired back to life. Originally Daytona Yellow with a big block car tied to a Muncie 4 Speed. Sometime in the early 80’s the big block was replaced with a 327 and the car was painted white. Z/28 badges and a Budweiser sticker were also added to the exterior. The current owner of the Camaro is the father of Matthew, who shot the video. His father acquired the car back in 1984.

The Camaro had been sitting for because during the Alaskan winter of 84 water got into the cooling system and cracked the 327’s block. Frustrated the owner put the car aside for another day and neglected it for 28 long years. Now he has repaired the block with Silver solder brazing and has decided to fire the car up. The 327 has some goodies such as a .525 lift cam, Crane gold ratio rockers, dual valve springs, hardened push rods, and a Holley 650 double pumper. Despite sitting for 28 years the 327 still turned over before any work was done to it. When it came to start the car up Matthew and his father gave the car a new battery, put on a clean carburetor and put headers on the engine. They didn’t hook up the radiator as this was just going to be a quick start to see if it will run.

During the first attempt of trying to get the motor to start it kept turning over before it died and the throttle stuck to the floor. On the second attempt as the motor was turning over it did fire to life for about 10 seconds until it died. While it ran, the Camaro shot peanut shells out of it’s exhaust (seriously).

On the very next try with one flick of the key the Camaro roar to life. After a little bit of throttle the 327 stayed running after. As it ran more peanut shells continued to fire out of the exhaust. Being from So-Cal we aren’t experts on winterizing cars but we’re pretty sure peanuts aren’t part of the process.

After a few more adjustments Matthew and his dad took the car for a test drive down the quiet back roads of Alaska. They plan on replacing the 327 with a big block and return the paint to the original Daytona Yellow as well as replace the Z/28 badges with rightful SS ones.