1970 CAMARO SS W/ RS COPO & L78 OPTIONS (396, 4 SPD, 12BOLT, PARTIAL BUILDSHEET)

1970 Chevrolet Camaro SS RS COPO 396 L78 (FACTORY SHEET METAL / GLASS) Description

Just finishing up an extensive 6-month long improvement project on this special 1970 true RS SS car presently optioned with 1970 date coded L78 solid lifter engine, WB code M20 4speed Muncie trans, and correct casting #341 12 bolt Posi rear end, along with RS and COPO RPO #9697 optioning. Beautiful example of a rare optioned car. Appears to be an all original sheet metal car, never having any rust repair or replacement panels. This includes all factory floors and trunk pans in exceptional condition.GM stamping and date coding present on the cars sheet metal. The window glass in the car appears to be original dated glass in excellent condition. The chrome bumpers appear to be GM not reproduction that were re-chromed. The front RS grill chrome trim appears to be GM and is made of the correct pot metal. I am told the reproductions are made of plastic. This Camaro also has date coded GM "Guide" light lens. All door rubbers, felts were replaced during the painting of this car along with the new vinyl top. The F70 -14 Good Year tires are not reproduction and are exactly what GM installed on the 1970 Camaro in 1970. These F70 non-reproduction tires are almost extinct and almost impossible to find. They are in excellent condition! If you find a set of the F70 -14 originals, be prepared to pay a small fortuneto obtain them. Fortunately for the buyer of this car, they are included with the sale of the car. The Dog Dish wheel caps also appear to be Genuine GM, not reproduction! This car retains the GM spiral shocks. The front disc brake calipers appear to be original in good working order! The body panel fitment of this car is the best I have ever seen on a 2nd Gen Camaro. I attribute this to the car's retention of the GM body plant adjustments that have never been monkeyed with. The current odometer reading on this car is 75,986 miles. The fitment of the front RS nose pad is excellent!

This car was delivered new to Steakley Chevrolet in Texas (one of the dealers listed in the official High Performance Dealer Index along with Gibb, Motion, Yenko, Ewing, Berger, and Nickey Chevrolet) and later spent until recently the remainderof its time in California garaged indoors, thus the exceptional condition of the metal on the car. This car was being assembled by GM's Van Nuys plant and delivered to Texas as a new car right around the same time (late March 1st week April) that Vince Piggins of Chevrolet had just completed a new tall prototype spoiler design for the Camaro in which Chevrolet intended to use at the upcoming SCCA Trans Am race scheduled to be held at Dallas International Speedway on April 26th 1970. At this time, Vince Piggins ordered several dozen sets of 3-piece "COPO 9796" spoilers be sent to Texas dealers in the Dallas area to be immediately installed on 1970 Camaros to combat a complaint by Penske that the spoiler designed by Chevrolet was not a production RPO that could be ordered or dealer installed on Camaos bought and sold to the general public, and therefore Penske argued use of the spoiler would be illegal to be used in the upcoming SCCA race.
Ironically, the spoiler was approved for the race due to Piggin's fast acting to equip common Camaro's with the spoiler, but the April 26th race was cancelled due to rain. It would not be until several months later at Lime Rock Raceway in CT that Chevrolet would race with the new design spoiler taking 2nd place at this event. With this said, the COPO spoiler on this Camaro is very fitting to this car's history! Dan Steakley Chevrolet (to where this car was delivered new by GM in 1970) and the Steakley Brothers who owned a series of Chevrolet dealerships in the Dallas Texas and surroundingareas sponsored some very known special race cars from the red 1967 Z/28 RS now listed in the national Z/28 registry as car #184 of the 602 produced in 1967to many other special late 1960's and early 1970s muscle cars the Steakley Brothers were involved with. The Dan Steakley dealership has a reputation for not only racing and racing sponsorship but taking delivery of some very special Camaros such as one of the two 1969 ZL1 Camaros delivered to Texas in 1969 of the only 69 produced.
The car is painted to the original color Daytona Yellow w/ black vinyl top just as it was built by GM as substantiated by its trim tag. Still retains what is believed to be factory original headliner, seat belts, 1970 dated fuel tank, factory steering wheel, factory original Hurst shifter in additional to its original sheet metal. "WB" original ink stamping still present/legible on the factory GM assembled and VIN stamped Muncie M20 transmission, along with factory drive shaft striping still present and legible. The fuel tank was removed in the beginning of 2019 and a partial build sheet was found substantiatingthis car to be a true 12 bolt dual option SS RS car. Certain significant RPO Codes can still be made out on the partial build sheet which appear as RPOs: C24 ( RS/Rally Sport specific option, i.e hide-away windshieldwipers) F41 (special high performance suspension front and rear) G80 (Posi rear axle/limited slip). There is also an RPO visible on the partial build-sheet/tank sticker that appears to be G96. This camaro also has RPO D35 mirror option that includes dual bullet mirrors with remote driver's mirror. This Camaro also has power brakes and appears was originallyequipped with a center console according to the buildsheet.

The car was assembled in April of 1970 by GM as verified by both the trim tag (which I am highly confident has never been off the car) and GM/NCRS records. Presently here in August 2019 the engine block and many other engine parts, transmission, and rear axle are all date coded within a few weeks to not more than 3 months preceding the official production date of the car, as they should be. The car was just completely repainted here in 2019 in correct code 51 Daytona Yellow, and received a new black vinyl top just as it was born from GM in 1970. The car retains all GM 1970 vinyl top and window glass trim, none of it is reproduction. The trim tag decodes this car was originallyDaytona Yellow and that it was born with a black Vinyl top.

The L78 solid lifter engine received boring .030 over from a virgin standard bore along with torque plate honing of the cylinders in a Sunnen automatic hone and final finish honing with Sunnen JHU818 ultra fine stones to suit the plasma moly ring set that was used in the assembly of the engine. The engine assembly is just being completed here in August of 2019. The engine received a correct regrind of the origional GM L78 camshaft and new solid mechancial lifters. New TRW style Seal power .030 over pistons with correct 11.0:1 closed chamber domes were used along with true double roller timing chain set, new high performance bi -metal bearings, and new moly rings as already mentioned. The engine was machined, balanced, and assembled by an engine builder with more than 25 years experience! The correct #6223 forged crankshaft was freshly turned and micro polished, along with being digitally balanced on a Winona Van Norman digital balance machine. The correct "dimpled" forged correcting rods were balanced within 2 grams of each other and the correct long slot "L" rocker arms were used. The oil pan is a true GM L78 Camaro oil pan, not a reproduction as is the 1970 dated GM timing cover for the 8" special high performance harmonic balancer. Attention to detail was observed during final assembly of this engine from the correct "A" marking intake bolts for the 1970 date coded Winters GM #569 L78 intake manifold to the correct #660 water neck with the correct "TR" marking water neck bolts, etc! The L78 engine is equippedwith all three of the special high performance deep groove pulleys!
PART NUMBER AND DATE CODE INFORMATION:THIS CARS OFFICIAL PRODUCTION DATE PER GM/NCRS RECORDS:APRIL 7TH, 1970
ENGINE BLOCK: GM #3969854 4-BOLT MAIN ENGINE BLOCK, DATED C 5 70, MARCH 5TH 1970 CASTING DATE ENGINE BLOCK JUST BORE .030 OVER FROM VIRGIN STANDARD BORE (NO SLEEVES OR WELD REPAIRS)CORRECT TRW STYLE SEAL POWER 11.0:1 COMPRESSION RATIO CLOSED CHAMBER DOME FORGED PISTONSCORRECT #6223 FORGED CRANKSHAFT 3.766 STROKE
CORRECT GM FORGED DIMPLED CONNECTING RODS (BALANCED WITHIN 2 GRAMS AND RESIZED)
ENGINE BLOCK ASSEMBLY DATE MARCH 12TH, 1970 BLOCK PAD STAMPING (TO312TKO)ENGINE BLOCK SUFFIX "TKO" 1970 CAMARO L78 375HP W/ MANUAL TRANSMISSIONCYLINDER HEADS GM #3964291 DATED C 2 70 OR MARCH 2ND 1970 (MATCHED PAIR/SAME DATE ON EACH HEAD!)CORRECT LONG SLOT "L" MARKED ROCKER ARMSINTAKE MANIFOLD GM #3963561 DATED 1 9 70 OR JANUARY 9TH 1970WATER PUMP GM #3969811 DATED C 2 70 OR MARCH 2ND 1970TIMING COVER GM DATED "3 70" CORRECT 8" BALANCER COVER WITH CORRECT "AOR" WELDED ON TIMING TABCORRECT GM TRUE L78 CAMARO OIL PAN WITH CORRECT TIE ROD INDENTION AND 1970 STYLE INDENTATIONS8" SPECIAL HIGH PERFORMANCE HARMONIC BALANCER780 CFM DUAL FEED HOLLEY CARBURETOR DATED 024 OR FEBURARY 4TH 1970DUAL SNORKEL L78 AIR CLEANER WITH CHROME LID AND 396/375HP DECALSCHROME VALVE COVERS WITH TONAWANDA DECAL
DISTRIBUTOR STAMPING 1112000 0 C 10 OR MARCH 10TH 1970ALTERNATOR STAMPING 1100837 0 B 13 OR FEBURARY 13TH 1970 WITH SPECIAL HIGH PERFORMANCE DEEP GROOVE PULLEY AND "SHARK FAN"
STARTER STAMPING 1108418 0 C 19 OR MARCH 19TH 1970
3877660 WATER NECK3955291AB CRANK PULLEY (SPECIAL HIGH PERFORMANCE DEEP GROOVE)3976060AP WATER PUMP PULLEY (SPECIAL HIGH PERFORMANCE DEEP GROOVE)COOLING FAN WITH 4-CORE RADIATOR GM #3947772 (SPECIAL HIGH PERFORMANCE 7 -BLADE CLUTCH FAN)MOTOR MOUNTS #3962307 AND #3964886GM 3899621 BELL HOUSING (NOT A REPRODUCTION)AC DELCO FUEL PUMP #40727AC DELCO DISTRIBUTOR CAPAC DELCO PLUG WIRESAC DELCO SPARK PLUGS

REAR AXLE INFORMATION:GM #3969341NF 12 BOLT POSI CASTING DATE C 12 0 OR MARCH 12TH, 1970AXLE TUBE STAMPING COX 0323G1 E
AXLE ASSEMBLED BY THE DETROIT GEAR AND AXLE PLANT ON MARCH 23RD 1970 1ST SHIFT, E FOR EATON POSITRACTION DIFFERENTIAL

MUNCIE TRANSMISSION INFORMATIONGM PART NUMBER 3955661 MAIN CASEGM ASSEMBLY DATE 0B13A OR FEBRUARY 13TH 1970.MAIN CASE CASTING DATE JANUARY 1ST WEEK 1970, MOLD #4UNDISTURBED TRANS BELIEVED TO HAVE NEVER BEEN RESTAMPED, VIN ON TRANSMISSION MATCHES THE CAR'S VIN.RETAINS GM "WB" INK STAMP ON CASE IN YELLOW INK THAT DECODES AS M20 WIDE RATIO (BELIEVED TO BE ORIGINAL INK STAMP DONE IN 1970 BY GM)
RETAINS THE ORIGINAL GM METAL TAG "3952659WB"TRANS RETAINS GM SAFETY WIRING UNMOLESTED REQUIRING CLUTCH TO BE PUSHED IN BEFORE CAR WILL START
DRIVE SHAFT INFORMATION:
APPEARS TO BE THE ORIGINAL DRIVE SHAFT INSTALLED BY GM AND THE ORIGINAL STRIPES CORRECT FOR 4SPEED CAR WITH M20, NOT A RESTORED DRIVE SHAFT WITH NEW STRIPES


OTHER INFORMATION:
DELCO BRAKE BOOSTER JULIAN DATE 78TH DAY OF 1970 (APPEARS TO BE ORIGINAL BOOSTER NEVER RE-PLATED W/ GM WHITE INSPECTION DOT STILL PRESENT) MARCH 19TH, 1970GM DELCO 1970 AM RADIO
AS MENTIONED,GM SPIRAL SHOCKS (NOT REPRODUCTION)AS MENTIONED,GM FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS AND BRAKE SHIELDS (APPEAR TO BE ORIGINAL TO CAR)AS MENTIONED,FACTORY 1970 CAMARO HURST SHIFTER AND GATE (ALSO APPEAR TO BE ORIGINALTO CAR)AS MENTIONED,FACTORY SS STEERING WHEEL WITH GM SHROUD & EMBLEM (NO CRACKS FOUND--NO PARTS ON STEERING WHEEL ASSEMBLY BELIEVED TO BE REPRODUCTION)
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