I found a pic of my first car, it was a 1988 iroc-z camaro 5.7

total cost 3,000 dollars, i only had to pay 500 bucks...
i had it for about 5 months on the road then wrecked it..

thats about a 55 mile per hour hit into the back of a van going about 25 - 30 mph

i am still parting it out and have made over 1,500 bucks on it...


like about three months later i got my 1988 formula 350 and believe it or not someone hit me and wrecked that after about 4 months on the road...

now i have my fastest and best thirdgen yet, it has been way over 6 months and still going strong

well just wanted to share my picture with everyone!! later

 

Jesus mother mary an the other guy.. wtf Poor car... Did you get any injuries from it if i saw that in a boneyard i woulda figured the driver dead.

 

That pics actually suggests that the driver would have survived. Despite the damage to the front end take a look at the windshield. Its in perfect shape. If MD had not been wearing a seat belt the wind shield would've been cracked, or gone, and MD would be too.

Even though we know that MD did make it out alive.

 

Yes but if the steering wheel is bent theres a chance the seatbelt didnt tighten up fast enough and he coulda died

I like to play "who died how" at the junkyards gruesome yes but fun nonetheless

 

the windshield cracked alittle bit, the dash pad even had a crack straight through the hole thing..

the t-tops did not crack however the whole roof line moved a tad..

i am alive and i had a sore neck for a week, but no one was injured, the one women had to go to the hosital for a check up but nothing bad at all.. i was real lucky and everyone else involved !!!

i had my grant steering wheel on!! they are tough, did not even bend that..

man thank the Lord for selt belts!!!!

 

I have seen much worse. You ever see what happens to a thirdgen when an 80,000lb trailer tips over on it.

 

............That hurts.....

I've had many close calls............no fun for anyone......

 

Wow, that is one mangled front end

 

I'd have to agree on that one.

 

why are you killing all our cars

 

this is what happens when you do 140+ and spin out: my bro bought this car from the guy who wrecked it. Yes he survived! G0D sure was looking out for this man. We yanked the 350 TPI and put it in his 84 Sport Coupe. Real sleeper!

 

more:

 

guy was thrown out the ttop when it rolled. He woke up soaked in gas under the car in a ditch. G0D is good...can I get a witness?!

 

Wow.


He wasn't doing 140 on that spare, was he....?

 

judging by the carnage, he might have been

but i doubt it, he probably woudl have wiped out before 140 on the spare

 

The car had the 16 inch IROC rims on it during the crash. the wheels you see on there now was to aid in transporting the car around. The IROC wheels were taken off before the pictures and they were put on my brothers Camaro Sport Coupe. The very same car we put the TPI 350 in.

He was flying down the road....slight mist of rain and came up over a small hill in the road. Caught some air and lost control.

 

here is the same IROC all stripped down ready for us to remove the motor. We are carting the ol IROC from the barn to the garage where the motor lift was. Nice kodak moment aint it. Look out cows here we come!

 

nice kodak moment.

 

getting ready to yank the 350. Don't you just love my shorts? Thats me on the right and my twin bro on the left. hes a camaro guy and im a firebird guy. So much for being identical twins.

 

on its way out!

 

Here we're yanking the MPFI 2.8L V6. What a beautiful site.

 

Brother Dan reflecting on a job well done. were goof ***** I know.

 

Here were dropping in the 350. A lot tighter fit than the 6. What a sweet sight to see. Later we got her all hooked up and running! Its a real sleeper.

 

I feel bad for the original car. Something almost evil about having those iroc rims and it's motor/tranny in your car.
Be careful

 

i enjoyed reading that lil story

 

Ya that sorty was fun.

And thoes shorts fu(king rock.

I think I have a pair of those, from 1991....

 

awsome story. Soooo from a 2.8 to a 5.7 ... i have a 3.1 and a 5.0 and that was such an improvement... i cant even imagine Dont have to much fun, and im another firebird guy too, my best friend is the camaro guy. Funny how it works out huh?

 

I still have them too! We did this swap in the summer of 2000. I can't believe its been that long ago.

Anyway, my girlfriend at the time (now my wife) lived 2.5 hours north of us and we went to visit one weekend. Dan, my twin bro, noticed the wrecked IROC sitting on a guys propert along with many other beat up cars. (not an uncommon sight in that town. ) We stopped one day and asked the owner if he would part the wheels out. He said no he wanted to get rid of the whole car. We looked at it and said to ourselves, who would want that heap?!

We asked about the car then and wanted to know what was in it. He said it after he wrecked it his son drove it back up to his house! So he knew it was still running. It is a 350 TPI with automatic. He wanted 1500 for it all.

We left him after hearing his price. Dan and I discussed the possibility with this car. All the parts are there for a motor swap! We wouldn't have to scavenge for parts. We always wanted to work on a project like that and especially have a 350 too.

We went back and offered $1100 for it. (thats all my bro could afford at the time) The owner refused so we left again. About three months later we drove by again and Dan offered cash for the wheels, like he initially wanted. The guy said he was trying to get a hold of us and he accepted our bid. So Dan and I got the money together and purchased the car.

The rest, as they say, is history.

 

now that is a sleeper there Bill. how fast is that thing? any 1/4 mile times on his car?

 

Its my bros car and he doesn't race it. Actually the car is in storage now. He got married last december and he lives in an apartment. He daily drives an s10 now. He couldn't afford the gas money and insurance at the moment. So hes storing it to work on it again later.

I don't know what the quarter times are. Im sure its around what stock would be. We haven't done anything to the motor or tranny. Just a plan jane 350 tpi. It is a screamer though. I wish I had that set up in my firebird.

Here are a few before and after pictures! You wont believe your eyes!

Theres a bunch so hang on tight.

 

this is what the car looked like for months!!!! My mom wasn't a big fan of this. This was in 98 I belive...

 

Sorry some of these pictures are so small. Thats all we have of them....He addes some white 15 camaro wheels. Looks sharp...but sharper after the paint job.

 

The tear down begins.....OH did I mention he bought this car for $350?

 

These doors came off of a 92 Firebird. Yep bolted right on and we even swapped out the bird door panels with his stock camaro panels. Everything lined right up.

 

heres the car with the newer replaced body panels. He drove it like this for about 3 months. Got a lot of stares he told me. ha ha!!

 

All prepped and ready for the $280 Maaco paint job.

 

Back from the paint shop and put back together. The paint job was nice and shiney but you can tell its not the best quality paint up close. It is now showing signs of wear and tear. But black is beautiful!

 

Here i am following my bro in my (former) 91 firebird. I love this picture. here dan has added the Z28 grid taillights. looks sharp with the white rims too.

 

here's the old workhorse. the 2.8

 

here's the Sport Coupe burning rubber with the new 350 in place. I snapped the pic before he really got it rolling. First attempt at capturing a burnout. Little trigger happy.

Not bad for a $350 car huh?

 

you swapped the tranny and rearend before you drove it with the 350 right?

 

its got all IROC drivetrain baby!