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A Dark Shadow Gray 1969 Chevrolet Camaro coupe built around a supercharged LSA V8 and a Tremec six-speed manual is currently bidding on Bring a Trailer, where the price has already climbed to $60,000 with days still left on the clock. The Ontario-based build pairs a modern chassis and a Cadillac-sourced power plant with Ringbrothers and Forgeline hardware, turning a first-generation pony car into something that only looks stock from a distance.
According to the auction listing, the coupe began as a reproduction Dynacorn body shell mounted on a Roadster Shop SPEC chassis, a combination that swaps in adjustable coilovers, a rear four-link setup, reinforced front control arms, and power rack-and-pinion steering. Power comes from a supercharged 6.2-liter LSA V8 sourced from a Cadillac, fitted with a Katech throttle body, a custom air intake, billet hood hinges, and a PWR aluminum radiator with dual electric fans. The engine routes through a Tremec T56 six-speed manual gearbox and a fabricated 9-inch rear axle, with a stainless dual exhaust system finishing off the drivetrain.
The body wears GM Dark Shadow Gray metallic paint over smoothed, color-matched bumpers, an RS-style grille with hideaway headlamps, Ringbrothers door mirrors, and front and rear spoilers. Stopping power comes from power-assisted four-wheel discs, with Baer six-piston calipers up front and C7 Corvette-sourced calipers out back, clamping down over drilled and slotted rotors. The look is finished off with 18-inch Forgeline wheels wrapped in Continental ExtremeContact tires, sized 245/40 up front and 335/30 in the rear.
Inside, Recaro front bucket seats and a custom rear bench are trimmed in black leather with suede-style inserts, joined by a Billet Specialties steering wheel, a Hurst shifter, Vintage Air climate control, Dakota Digital instrumentation, and a Bluetooth-capable stereo running through Focal speakers. The build was completed in 2023 and shows only 50 miles since, with the seller offering the coupe on consignment through a BaT Local Partner dealership in Woodbridge, Ontario.
Because this Camaro has been reengineered so far past factory specification, it will not track neatly against a numbers-matching price guide, but Hagerty's Valuation Tools still offer useful context for where the model sits today. Hagerty currently prices a numbers-matching 1969 Camaro SS coupe with the 350 cid/300 hp L48 engine in number-3, or "Good," condition at roughly $44,400, up 9.1 percent over the past year even after a slight quarterly pullback. Zooming out to the broader first-generation market, Hagerty's 12-month sales data shows 676 examples of the 1967-1969 Camaro changing hands for a combined $60.2 million, an average of about $89,000 per car. Builds like this one, with a documented Roadster Shop chassis and a supercharged LS-family engine, tend to trade closer to or above that average once bidders account for the cost of replicating the fabrication work from scratch.
Bidding remains open on Bring a Trailer, with the auction scheduled to end on September 13. Curious how the 1969 Camaro stacks up against its siblings? Motorious took a closer look at the model's specs and history, and rounded up the broader Camaro story across every generation. Fans of other high-dollar restomods and BaT specials can also check out this Dodge Challenger Trans Am TA2 race car that recently landed on the site.
