When I first got into thirdgen's it was purely for the look. I didn't really know anything about them and hardly understood what I do now about the differences in models. Don't get me wrong, I love my RS but only one year and model car makes me whince when I see it, knowing I could've had one. (The $2000 that the car stood above my budget now seems like change.)
:hail: :hail: :hail: SMURFN' Z28 for exactly the car that now haunts me. The 1985 Z28 Camaro Coupe :hail: Anyone else have one that got away?

 

There was a 70,000 mile near mint Black with Red Stripes 1992 Z28, with almost fully loaded. It was about $2,000 out of my budget. If I knew more about cars back then I would have convinced my parents to lend me the extra money I needed.

 

Yeah SMURFN' Z28's Camaro is super nice! He was in the Caravan to Denny's Memorial Day Party (Thirdgen Fest) last year and Mine was parked next to his for the party. I dont know what it is about that car but I really really like it, its one of my favorites on the site (maybe becasue its so clean!) The ride home from Denny's Party was fun with him, Jeff (Jeff1367) and Jim (BronYrAur) too, even though he beat me.

BTW is SMURFN' Z28's car from California??

Kevin

 

Black 92 GTA, t-tops, 350. It was like 5500$, and it was like a few months after I bought my v6, and since I had just got out of high school and was working at Circuit City, so I was lucky to be able to afford the car I had. Add the v8 insurance, I don't think I could've afforded it. Oh well, **** happens I guess!

 

Yeah i have something to add, just check my sig.


When i found this site as i was casually surfing the net 3yrs ago, i knew nothing about thirdgens, even the name "thirdgen" was foriegn to me. As soon as i saw the cars on here i fell in love, worked my *** off for 2 years and finally saved enough money. Another year of searching classified ads and newspapers led me nowhere until i saw the 85 iroc listed on here. 1 week and $700 later i was proud to call myself a thridgen owner. After pulling the motor and trans (junked when i bought it), and meticulously doing all the bodywork, i finally finished my 350 and t-5 swap. The first time i drove that car (or any thirdgen for that matter) i was scared sh*tless. I quickly developed a new respect for the word "TORQUE". Then after all that money, and all that hard work, the car g*ds surprised me with an electrical fire that ruined my engine bay. I wound up pulling the motor and trans, and giving away the body.

I keep in touch with the new owner, and we both know that someday i will buy that car back. He has her all torn down to the frame now, and is doing a full restoration. At least i know shes in good hands.

 

man there was guy down the road had a 92 z28 goldish silver 305 ho and auto and had nothin wrong w/ body no rust anywere and was sharp only thgin wrong had motor bad or was vapor locked like mine when i bought it .
never knew guy had it for sale
til i seen guys lookin at it tryin to get it goin
went down helped em push it on a car dolly guy said gave man 1000 for it!!!!

i about died
i had just had that cash and bought my fourwheeler w/ it

already had a built 350 and 4 speed in a truck that the motor needed to be put in good car n had no idea he was saleing it

so now i got mine for 500 lol wasnt n greatest shape n wasnt into 3 gens that much when i seen the other camaro but after gettin mine i got a lot a hole lot excited about em n now i wished id got the other one

 

Before I bought this car (when i was 17) I saw a beautiful dark blue 1966 GTO with chrome Torq Thrust wheels. It was flawless. I had no idea about the condition of the engine, but it was selling for $6,000. So I got a job and started saving for it, but it was sold before I got the money. Then while working, I saw a beautiful '90 RS that sounded great pull into the parking lot with a For Sale sign in the rear window. So I bought it and have been adding **** to it ever since. Sometimes I love this car, and other times I hate it. But I am almost done now, and when I am finished (yeah right) I am sure I will love it.

 

Got away? Nope! Still got it after 10 years!

 

1992 Heritage Z28 Convertable

Black w/ Red Stripes


ALSO

86fyrbrd's car, Sonar got to it before i could......

 

it wasnt this one specifically but close enough... a mint condition 87 monte SS... i still want one to this day i love a good f-body... but a tubbed G-body just screams hot rod. to me anyways id get another 3rd gen f-body for handling and being sporty

 

well to get away i think you gotta have it and for me it was the 89 Iroc. Probably the dumbest thing i have ever done selling that car... it was great! and if i had it to do over again there would be no question about me keeping it.

 

Funny you should say that.

I sold that very car to smurf on this board. He is very happy with it.

here's a shot of with me the 85 z28 and my Iroc-z when I had them both.

 

opps forgot pic

Also thats a picture I took of the 85.

It's from Wisconsin, well taken care of, no winters alway's garaged

 

Well, I am very pleased to say she is still clean and had no winter driving.(sleeping in a garage) I have been good about miles too! only slighty over 50K now. Well anyways, I never realized anybody thought my car was special. I know it's very clean, and I love it to death, but I never knew anybody else was interested in it. Thank you very much, maybe this will motivate me to get some pics other than the ones taken years ago in wisconsin....lol

 

Here is my old car, a 92 RS.

But I'm glad I let that get away. I'm much more happy with my IROC (350, t-tops, better condition, and I got it for cheaper that I paid for the RS)

 

im another fan of your car smurfn. its a very beautiful car. it looks exactly like my 85 z28. same color pinstripes and engine combo. only difference is mine has t-tops

 

A red '89 GTA just like this:

The bank wouldn't aprove the loan for $6,000 because "its a ten year old car and not worth that much."
A month later I bought the 'bird for half the price.

 

i almost had a 69 firebird with a 400.....it was a really nice car but was a fixer upper....but then i got my car now....and i am happy with it.....just needs to b faster.....but hopefully i will b able to change that...

 

Mine was the one that got away. I'd seen it in the parking lot at the Safeway near my old house, in probably 1995, because i was still in school (VT), and couldn't afford it. A gorgeous 35k-mile '86 T/A in red over silver. Just what a 19-year-old college kid with no job needs to be driving. I never 'lusted' after a vehicle before that, but that car was all I could think about. Especially when my car was giving me trouble. It was there just about every day for a couple of weeks, and then it dissapeared. I figured it got sold. I didn't have a way to get that kind of money in any amout of time, so I figured I'd missed my chance on that car. I was actually bummed out about it.

Three years later (1998) I was done with school and working, so I could afford a car, but I was still driving my old Safari Wagon. (way too attached to that old clunker) I was heading over to my parent's house, and what do I see at the Safeway, but a Red-over-Silver Trans/Am with a 'For Sale' sign. I stopped, checked it out, and lo and behold, it was the same car. (It had a 'Red Dog' sticker in the back window that I remembered) I wrote down the number, checked with Blue Book (the guy was about $500 lower than KBB) and called the bank.

When I went to the guy's house to check out the car, I learned from him that it was the same car I'd seen years before. He'd had a change of heart, and decided to hang on to the car for a few more years. In those three years, he'd driven it maybe five times, so he decide to sell it.

So now, it's mine. And I'm not selling it. Ever.

 

wow.... whada story

 

that one for the heart!

 

my car wasn't gonna get away, saw my car went and looked at it 10 minutes after i got there 8 people showed up to look i beat em all and got my car

 

my car got away because some dumb old lady pulled out in front of me and totaled it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but i got over a grand more than i paid for the car, drove to ohio and bought my new z28 (man i didnt think a 16 year old, now 18, could love these cars so much). the z was in crappier condition and a year older with more miles HOWEVER it is sooooooo much better now!!!!!...........thank you OLD LADY!

 

i just bought an 85 IROC-Z with a blown auto 700R4 and an iffy interior and a strong running 305 TPI with 93XXX miles on it for 1400$ i know i over paid a bit but i also went over the car for about an hour and a half looking for rust and could not find any at all the car has been sitting for 5 years untouched. and i also said to my self im not going to let this one go.
i have alot of plans for this car.

 

I was looking at 2 Z28's when I found mine...

There were 2 for sale here in town. I found one for 3100. It was a nice blue 87 IROC 5 speed. No T-Tops tho.

I also found a somewhat nice (needed paint) 85 Z28. 15" wheels, drum brakes, auto... Nice car, but wasn't what i wanted.

I finally found my 87 IROC on Ebay. Ttops, TPI, 4 wheel disc, all options...

I'm overall glad I ddint go with the other cars. I saw the 85 smashed up 2 nights ago. It slid into a Jeep. ouch.

 

I lucked out with my first thirdgen, I nearly bought a RS and a couple SC's before I realized I could actually afford a IROC or Z28. My first thirdgen was a MINT 85 IROC with the 305 TPI (and 3.73s already). What a friggin sweet ride. I managed to skip the base model thirdgen step, but neither of my last two have technically been as nice as that 85 IROC... Can't believe I totalled it hitting a deer at 85ish mph.

 

Yeah, my parents helped me get my first 3rd gen on high school. My dad found a mint 89 Formula 350 for $3800. Had low miles and some performance add ons. My dad drove like 2 hours to look at it and came back saying it was ragged out.

About 2 weeks later, I got my 91 RS for $3000. A couple of years later, my dad fessed up that the formula wasn't ragged out; in fact it WAS mint. He said it was way too fast for a high school student. I was pissed but it's ok now. I have my T/A that I always wanted...

 

The one that got away for me was my parents 67 fastback Mustang. they bought brand new in 67. They actually let me drive it quite a bit. Unfortunately we drove it year round and winter is really hard on old mustangs, plus I beat the **** out of it, it had an A code 289, auto, with posi, and disc brakes.

Anyway it was completely trashed by 1976, with only 55,000 on it, (Ford Junk), and we sold it for $125.

The buyer hopfully restored the car.

That is the one car I wish I still had.

 

There was an 87 Formula 350 last Feb on e-bay. It had 20 miles on it and still had the plastic on the seats. :hail:

It was unreal. Did not have 25 grand lying around.

 

1991 Z28 convertible with all of 6000 original miles on it. It was a dealership owned car. it was pristine. The engine was so clean I would eat off of it. oh man I drool at the thought now... I was at the dealership finishing the paperwork to finance it. However, the paperwork had not been finished and a guy came in with a cashiers check and bought it right out from under me... Cash speaks faster than paper (financing)

 

Several years ago when I was on vacation in Florida I was told that we had a Trans Am traded in at our dealer. The salesman told me it was a 1989 and in good shape, but it had a V6 so according to him he thought it was a base V6 car with the badges and GFX. In shock I asked him if it was white with a tan interior and he said yes! Maybe it was, and maybe it wasn't, but I'll always remember that I had the chance of owning a clean TTA for $4000.

Oh, and my 85 Camaro Z28 coupe didn't get away!

 

a yellow 1969 Z/28 Camaro
like this one... and under 4 grand


and just this year, a 89 RS and another 89 RS....
also 93 trans am or i might still buy it.... well see