its a 350 been sitting all winter so its a bit dirty but starts and runs with no problems all i did was drive it up the street and $hit it scared the he11 out of me... the guy built this car for power the engine has been bored and rebuilt and the tranny is some new performance tranny it has all the mods includeing and all the paper work to prove it!! i am gunna be finding out all the specs tomorrow when i get the paperwork. the carb on it i never seen before anyideas? and the headers has suface rust on it is that a problem?

 

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the carb is a holley (im pretty sure on that) and surface rust on non-coated headers is normal, if i were u, id take them out send them to jethot and have them coated enless theres something wrong with the headers you have now.

 

congrats on a good buy. doesn't look too bad either.

what did you pay for it?

 

doesn't look too bad? It may be a fast mover, but let's face it: The car looks like a piece of junk

 

Not really a piece of junk. There is not rigged up stuff that I can see, the stuff just looks like it really needs a good cleaning.

 

Man, you need to keep your opinions to yourself! That really pisses me off when someone calls a car (or says it looks like) a piece of junk, just because the paint is not perfect, or the engine is dirty.....

BTW, that is a Holley carb....

 

congrats on a good buy. doesn't look too bad either.

what did you pay for it?

I am also interested in how much you paid.
Doesn't look too bad just give it a nice wash and wax!

 

not a bad buy, good luck with it.

 

I would rather have a bad paint job with a good strong fast engine than a good looking exterior, I think getting a good paint job is easier than getting a great engine.
I know from experiance, I have a great exterior but only a V6. Nothing against my V6 it runs more like a V7 but a 350 engine .... please.

 

Take my car for example! Although we will be repainting it soon.....

 

i only paid 1000 canadian for it but only because hes a friend of a friend and he wants it to have a good home (he has no time for it so it just sitting there and people pick at it thats why it dont have a passanger window and missing some interior pices). and the paint is only a year old it look really nice when u look at it, its just dirty and it a cheap digi cam i took the pic with. but the fender has a dent in it and the back bumper is pealing. not bad at all though.

 

here is the pic of the damage on the fender and noes. got a question i dont like the why this front looks i want it to look like the one in this pic do i need a whole front noes or just the bottom part?

 

fender damage and front

 

Looks like a good buy, it looks like it could use a cleaning but I like it.

 

Good score on the camaro. I dont think the car looks bad she may need to be cleaned but what can you expect for a car that has sit for a year?
Lol I need to take a pic of my car, its black underneath the brown dirt job :sillylol: freakin dirt roads

 

That green one is a late third gen..and all you need is the ground effect (the bottom part)..im sure there's plenty of them in the scrap yards, shouldnt be too hard to find

 

You need to get a 85-92 front bumper they are all the same and accept either the 85-90 style front spoiler, or 91-92 front spoiler. You will also need to cut the honeycomb absorber on the impact absorber or get a 85-92 one. The bumper will bolt right up to your fenders, you will need to make the slits for the lower spoiler in the bottom of the fender to allow the sides of the spoiler to be bolted up to the side of the fenders.

 

nice find......id look at the wires and maybe see about getting some angle boots for them they look kinda close to the headers to me....but other wise nice car a lil tlc and shell be good as new

 

actually after looking at it again .... it has angled plug wires on it but you probably need header plugs...(there shorter)

 

thanks for all the comp people i cant wate to get her on the road, i did not tell none of my friends i have this car yet in one month i am just gunna freak the hell out of them no more callin me firechecken!!!! i am sure i will smoke all of there a$$es now lol. this thing is scary fast! k i got some stupid questions> by lookin at the pics can u guys tell if i have the smog stuff? and i dont have an air filter should i get the 2 snorkel or open one?

 

An open element is going to be cheaper so I would go with one of those first. DO NOT DRIVE THE CAR ANY MORE UNTIL YOU GET AN AIR FILTER. Also i don't see any smog equipment on that car. Those plug wires look like 45 degree boots, pretty weird. I would get some spark plug wires with 90 degree boots that are cut to fit so they will not be too long. -John

 

fast83camaro,
i don't know, but i think a car with a dirty engine, smashed fender, paint/clearcoat coming off, missing pieces etc. deserves to be called "looks like a piece of junk". Note, i wrote "Looks" and not "IS", because i haven't seen it in person. Posting pictures of a car in here, means that you get reactions and opinions from other people about/to it. If you can't handle a critic input, don't do it.I would be glad to write :"Man, that car is hot like texas sand!" But obviousely that would not be the proper description for this car. I
The truth can be a bitter pill, but it sure tastes better than bull****t.

 

Yes, thats right. Only good opinions on these boards. If you have a bad opinion, your opinion is incorrect.



I agree with what Graboid said. If people post pics of their cars, they can't expect everyone to be like MdFormula and say "looks good"

 

LOL, i like his other choice phrases

1. looks good

2. i totally agree

3. i agree with him

4. i think you will win

I am just messing with him.

BTW, looks loke a solid find, clean her up and take some more pics

 

a can of engine degreaser is what u need, looks good tho.

 

Get some engine degreaser on that engine and it will help a lot. My 84 Berlinetta had been sitting up for two years or so and after getting it washed and waxed real good and degreasing the engine it looked alot better. I think your car will be the same way just needs some tlc.

 

LOL

 

Hey...don't forget. He only paid $1000 Canadian for it. So that's like what..... $150 US?

Seriously thou...stop driving it without an air cleaner, before you damage the engine, and lift up that carpet and let it dry out if its been sitting there without any side window, before it starts to rust underneath....

 

get that beast runnin and then give us some pics.Looks like you have some work ahead of you . have fun will your working on it and take your time and you will be happy with the results.

 

k well i dont need a air cleaner anymore i found it in the trunk its a holly. there is some round thig with a cable that runs to it under my dash that says holly on it does any one know what the heck it is?

 

Submit a pic of it and we'll tell you what it is.

 

oh and one more thing i found out new> it has true dual on it! man i really cant wate to see what time i get on this baby!

 

i will try to get a pic tomorrow but its like a round **** that u turn or pull and it says holly on it

 

Sounds like a choke cable....

Good buy! Looks like it will make a great project!

 

thats the beauty of bulletin boards.. everything is an opinion whether it is favored or not. It is the individuals responsibility to deal with it.

 

what is its perpus to controll the choke?

 

You gotta start somewhere...Not everyone goes out and buys a showroom condition car. People on these boards try to help you get your car the way you like it. If all they get is critisism they are gonna scrap the project.... When I got my car it had been wrecked into a ditch @ 100 mph and had no nose, no fender, no hood, no hatch and had been sitting in a barn for 3 years. Now its been coverted to 89 GFX and painted and looks awesome. Thats like someone calling a Yenko that needs restoration a peice of junk!

 

maybe you could state you opinion in a not so Harsh way... constructive critisism...
but if it does have true duals, nice engine, cheap,lots of potential and a good owner... then i'm sure he'll get that thing looking good in no time... Maybe he could make it a sleeper... nos it up and such then pull up to graboid at a light.,.. and smoke him!!

But opinions are opinions and thats what makes our cars intresting... some look nice some dont but there all thirdgen's that we love and Even though my car is in desperate need of a paint job... someone scratches it they get the crap beat out of them.

i'm sure everyone feel the same
rock on F-BODY

 

looks like you got a good deal...clean up under the hood and get some new valve covers...

 

Not everyone goes out and buys a POS, either. I never heard anyone say that the car will always be a POS, or isn't worth fixing up, or anything of the like. Truth is, right now, that car is a POS. Hands down.

Cheap is relative. He got screwed.

Please tell me you didn't just say "nos it up"

:lala:

 

ok since this post seems to be just on how it looks like a pice of junk let me tell u something i spent 5 hours today working on it engine looks amazing after 2 hours cleaning it and i got a new window and replaced all the part that is missing, interior is mint, and the paint look like new other then the fender and bumper but just give me 2 weeks and that will change. trust me its in no why a pice of junk!

 

My car was a POS when I got it, But now it looks awesome...and I've still only spent $850 including the price of the car....Someone is gonna have a hard time finding a car in my car's condition for $850...Thats why people buy fixer cars...I personally like to make my car what it is...Not just take over someone elses work!

 

Icebird - don't worry about what other people think of your ride. I'd much rather by a car for as little cash as possible that needs a little work and care. This way, I can completely go through it and rebuild / restore it my way. So I say, "good find"! Just take your time and restore her the way you'd like.

It's taken me close to 4 years to restore / build my ride. It was a pile when I took her home. Now, it dust's Z06's and turns alot of heads at the carshows!

Here's a link to my ride:

My pics

 

thanks people.... i agree that building the cars up to your taste is the why to go i did it with my bird and look at it everyone who use to call it junk now begs me to use it.

 

i agree with 1bad91Z. that's a nice find. some time and TLC she'll look/run good.

 

figure i give a up date i cleaned out the engine not done yet got red wire covers i am gunna be putting on and a new fan and i just got a new cover pice that goes over the rad and fan, should be done by the weekend.

 

keep it up....looks awesome....reminds me of last summer....before last summer i never had even changed oil.....by x-mas time i did a cam swap all by myself

 

it looks like a solid project. good find. give it some tlc, and see what leads from there.