Right again, sir. My dad's '69 Camaro Pacecar is miserable to drive. It stops, but only because its got nice discs all the way around. It goes, but its got a 402 with gobzzzzz of torque. But other than that, it is miserably uncomfortable to drive. Plus he's been working on it for 25 years, doing all the work you mentioned above. (I'll spare the list.)
The one thing that it has that my fox doesn't is the lines in the body. First gen camaro lines are iconic IMO. I looove the big ass on the Galaxie. My fox is light, but that's all I can say about the body that I like, other than its a notch.
I agree on the bodywork thing,Some of the 60's cars are amazing to behold visually....a 69 mach1 for me has lines that equate to car sex.
Hell, when I had the stiffy for the 69 mach1 I bought as a kid, I carried around an old motor trend mag where they did a review of the 5 currently available pony cars in 1969. ( Article was called 5 car stud) They reviewed #1 69 mach 1(351); #2 69 Cougar (351); #3AMC Javelin (343); #4Pontiac Firebird Formula (350); and #5 a Camaro RS (350). The Camaro came in dead last in ride, stopping, and creature comfort. Yet to the Chevy boys, they obviously didn't care That there were no options available, or that it rode like sh it, and took the state of Kansas to get it to stop. It went fast, and it was a............. Camaro.
Are you still on the boat? Isn't it bedtime?