Hello all. my name is dan i live in ottawa il. witch is about 2 hours west of chicago il.. i have allways been a fan of camaros and one day would love to have one but for now i got a 1988 gta thats all og sep a few motor mods.. it been stored in a garage for the last 5 years so its only got 80.000 miles on it and could pass for new if it was not for a little paint fade and 2 small dents .. i came across it when looking for a camaro in my price range and came up with nothing and the guy who had the gta just wanted it out of his garage so he could put his 05 mustang in.. so he told me 1000 and i could drive it away.. so here i set with a 1988 gta that i realy dont know much about lol.. i was wondering what the pros and cons to the gta.. thanks for all the help and i cant wait to get to know some of you guy around my way .. o and i will get pics in a few days when the wife will let me have the keys back to it

Welcome to TGO and welcome to the midwest boards! Your GTA was one of the top optioned cars, and depending on its condition and if its original, could be one heck of a neat "survivor."

The GTA is gonna share a ton of features, parts and problems with most of the other camaro's and firebirds of its time period. Details on the specific engines and specific options of the car would help with pointers.

I'd love to see pics of it... sounds like you robbed the guy if its that nice!

hi and thank you .. the car is in killer good shape even underneath .. the only things thats been done to it is headers and cam with new rollers. new msd distributor and coil and a shift kit in the trans ..other then that its all stock even down to the am fm cassette player lol i will deff get pics tomarrow of it and post for you guy its bright red with tan inside

One thing to take a look at is the floor pan. 20 years in the midwest turns these things to putty. Get a good look under there and poke around, hopefully its been garage kept all its life. My floor is more patches than floor at this point I think, lol!

lol na mine is nice it never seen rain or winter the pans are solid .. a few days after i bought the car i took it to my father in laws auto shop to put it on a lift to make sure because thats the one thing i have allways heard is to watch the undernith of these things they go bad fast

here some pics of my gta

why cant deals like this never come my way? Nice ride check out the http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/nw...south-chicago/ boards also we try to get a few things together here and there

cool i will check that out .. trying to load up better pics of it

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Not bad car at all, the only thing is I hear the digi dash tend to have things not work after a while.

THAT is a $1,000 car????? My god you robbed someone! Heck of a steal man, heck of a steal. Keep it just like it is and don't touch a thing. Most 3rd gens in that range barely run and have body damage. That is crazy!

Welcome, I am in Morris and moving soon back to Marseilles. One h*ll of a good deal on that GTA. I would like to get an 87/88 GTA to add to my 91 RS I have. If you need any help let me know!

Dave

Welcome to TGO!!! Your car looks to be in really good condition and it was definitely a steal for $1000.

cool guys thanks for all ++ on my car well all have to get together and cruse one night

WOW, for a 1000????? Be arfull the car may have a hot sheet out on it. Cause you stole it from that dude.

sweet deal my wife's 92 4door grand am with a bashed in rear driver side passenger door would sell for more than 1000$ heh.

That car is complete junk... you should just sell it to me $1001 (see you'll make money) so you don't have to deal with all the issues common with these cars. One such issue has to do with the TPI motor... I don't want you to hurt your neck from the torque. Another is with the aerodynamics... I don't want you to risk hurting yourself when you set new top speed records. Look man, I'm only looking out for you. I care about fellow third gen owners and don't want to see anything "bad" to happen to them.

Welcome aboard! Let the madness begin!!
Mike

sweet deal on that. Can't believe you picked that up for a grand.