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yeah Its already sanded down and im ready to put on some rust inhibitor then shoot a little paint......arggg!!! this is THE LAST winter this camaro ever sees
wow....3 days in a row i have had the t tops off i cant belive the looks i get hahaha...wow... i hope this weather stays....and go cruising with that camaro club
So i was out paintballing (rampage) and the place has a pretty big dip to get out of the parking lot. As Im leaving I slowly go down, hear a THUD.....oh ****.....didt sound good. So me and my friends all park at Mcdonalds and I get out to look if i scraped my bumper or exhaust tip. Nothing. BUT, as we walk into Mcdonalds..... everyones worst nightmare......rust. So i drown my sorrows in a rootbeer. Then say good night to my friends and head home. WELL. Next morning Im curious about this phantom "rust" that just pooped up. So i go outside.....AND HOOOOLY ****. The rust gods visited me the previous night. Not like huge spots, but some hairline surface and then a finger nail size buldge and another surface spot on the fender. IM ****ING PISSED. Calgary = gay .....if it snows again Im seriously going to cry.
I think i need a winter beater from now on.......
anyone else with this kinda gay problem?? arrrggg..... winter sucks
thats not that bad, consider youself luck. Some guys have taken there car into get repainted and find that half there car is rusted out. Just take her in get her sanded down and spray some fresh paint on it.
Yup,what he said above.A simple paint job on these cars can result in a ground up restoration.What you decribed is typical of a third gen car.I have lived in many provinces in Canada and Calgary tends to be fairly gentle on our cars.
You haven't seen rust until you sit in my friends 91 project GTA.When he pulled the carpet out of the car he found holes the size of dinner plates in the floor boards.We are still not sure how he managed to drive the damn thing home without falling thru.It was driven in Nova Scotia for a few years until he purchased it here for 1000 bux.Oh and I wont even mention the issues once the ground effects were removed.....
Originally posted by TA gal Yup,what he said above.A simple paint job on these cars can result in a ground up restoration.What you decribed is typical of a third gen car.I have lived in many provinces in Canada and Calgary tends to be fairly gentle on our cars.
You haven't seen rust until you sit in my friends 91 project GTA.When he pulled the carpet out of the car he found holes the size of dinner plates in the floor boards.We are still not sure how he managed to drive the damn thing home without falling thru.It was driven in Nova Scotia for a few years until he purchased it here for 1000 bux.Oh and I wont even mention the issues once the ground effects were removed.....
Originally posted by 83_Camaro_83 notice me, im bored....lol
Me too.
I just let my friend test drive the 87. And he did a third gear to reverse shift. Thankfully the synchros wouldnt hear of it, and he realized what he did before he released the clutch. Then I drove the rest of the way.
OH! AND! Installed my trans cooler today. Wow. Awesome difference. Harder shifts. Also bought a new fuel pump to install son. But I am sort of afraid. And I still have to finish my rockers.
Think I should put my summer rims/tires on? I hate those steelies I have right now...
oh its mr never on msn....lol..... i see your name is "gt4 is awsome" i cant stop playing it hahaha, wow, first car i tried to win was the IROC.....got it
BUt yeah, your friends an idiot....haha jk.....well maybe..... I let one of my budies drive mine in the snow, when it was nice out so we had the t tops off so we were getting alot of looks, and genious goes "watch me show these guys how to tail whip" next thing i know we are on the sidewalk......Im like....get out.....
Mr big big spender, I really need a job.... But yea, I dunno if it worth it to put summer rims on yet, its supposed to snow again sometime...
And yeah, my friend is a dumbass. He said it was because he was used to pulling it all the way over to the right to get it into fourth gear. I told dumbass that fourth was always directly back from third. Oi.
And the trans cooler was only ten bucks anyway.
As for tires, well it cant snow so much that I would need my winter ones for anything more than a day, an it?
Heh I did a burnout in my shop a while ago. We had a really dumb sub that day. She came into the shop to see what all the noise was, we said we didnt know, then she looks around and goes "wow, smokey..." and walk away.
Anyhow, the trans cooler is like another radiator. See, there is one already inside your radiator that does an ok job at cooling your transmission. But if you keep it cooler, it will last longer and shift harder. So I went to the yard and got one from a truck (you also need one of you're towing) and cleaned it out and slapped 'er on. I spliced into the return line to the trans so the fluid would already be somewhat cooled from the radiator, and then ran some high pressure hose out in front of the rad to the cooler that I mounted on those 2 metal bars that form an X about 4" forward of the rad. So now I have 2 trans coolers, and though I dont haul cargo or anything, I do haul ***, and now my trans is better protected against overheating in 'extreme driving conditions.'
Originally posted by 305q_ta86 , and now my trans is better protected against overheating in 'extreme driving conditions.'
Sheesus, you remind me of an oil commercial hahaha
Mr fix it and his splicing into lines and ****.....wow, i would just give it to someone and say "do this" and slip them a bill. Im not lazy, but i just wouldnt wanna
Seeing as you were at "the yard" im thinking you meant pick your part?? if so....did you see and camaros with the 86+ GFX ?? cause i need a damn nose then i have them all.
Man i was just outside fixing some of the rust and wow.....its so nice out!.....If it snows, im going to cry. And for the past 2 days I havent had to scrape my windows of frost in the morning, i almost threw a party
Last time i was at PYP there were only 3 Camaros, 2 Berlinetta's and one Z28, but it had front damage so it wouldn't help you out, but then again that was probably 2-3 weeks ago now, there probably have one or 2 new ones atleast.
Last time I was at PYP was yesterday. Yeah, there was one car with the GFX you need, but the front had been completely PWNED. But yeah I meant pick your part anyway.
I also saw a late 70's TA go in there the other day. I think it was the 400, because it had a shaker hood. Man I wanted to get at that thing, but when I asked about it inside the guy said that he had already claimed dibs on it. Apparently employees get first pick. That's why there is NEVER ANYTHING GOOD IN THERE.
Yeah. Actually, the red one had a front bumper still. And I dont remember about the engine. I think that was one that I wanted the radiator out of. Then I found it under the car, holding the transmission up.
Well if I see any front GFX I will grab 'em. Heh, and if you see any 85-90 TA front GFX, the small part on the driver side, grab it, eh? Mine got raped by a parking block.
lol dude, now thats its called "pick and pull" they jacked up all the prices, the front peice is 40 bucks But man, a while back i got my steering column out of an 88 TA, good condition too. Of course its gone now But yeah, Im thinking of hittin up PAP (pick and pull ) this weekend so i will keep an eye out. Lol , gotta watch those parking blocks, they jump out at ya
I'll take GFX aswell but I got no cash righ tnow, but if someone sees some and wants money later, please grab them, I'll pay more then what they charged you when I got the next pay cheque
i cant belive the looks i get hahaha...wow... i hope this weather stays....and go cruising with that camaro club 
im ever so pissed 
notice me, im bored....lol 
