Well here it goes. The complaining stops here.
This winter every person on the board is obligated to do two things.
Clean out your ashtray, mason jar, and change bucket and buy that rusty piece of crap everyone sees rolling around their town. Next grab your tools and chop it up. Don't feel sorry for it at all, if we didn't do it the scrap yard would, and make a profit. This is the only way to eliminate the bad rap our cars have been dealt. If people only see quality thirds our cars will be seen for what they are really worth.
This winter we and I say we are going to clean up the image of the thirdgen.

I want a total commitment here brothers!

 

but seeing those cars just makes me appreciate the work Ive done all the more

 

I can understand what you're trying to say, but theres actually quite a few nicely done thirdgens around here. Never really see any beat to hell ones..Might have to do with the fact that we don't experience winter though.

 

Every town has at least one eating at the bottom of the food chain. You have seen it and thought to yourself... I will chop that car 4 1/2 minutes after I buy it.

 

same.

 

next time someone offers to give one to me or sell it for a buck - I'll take 'em up on it. It'll be fun - I can raise money for more mods by selling timeslips to beat the junker with a sledge hammer

 

i don't know...i kinda like saving them
when i bought it for less than i'm allowed to talk about:



now:

 

Looks really nice. Those wheels make the biggest difference.

 

Is that a harwood 3" bolt on hood?

 

not enough money around here could buy them all....

 

the hood is put out by Champion Fiberglass and is about a 3" cowl...it best mimics the cervini's hood but is a bit cheaper.

the wheels have been sold, but a set of Rodlites will be replacing them soon...for now the factory 15x7 z28's will do.

 

mw66nova Thanks for the heads up on that hood. Def cheaper than harwood. I will be ordering that one. THX again. Looks great.

 

C'mon dude, I don't live that far from you and I see more than a few crappy looking thirdgens almost daily. Yes, I see plenty of really sweet rides too, but there are a lot of POS thirdgens running around SoCal. I should know, ours used to be one of them!!

But now she's all fixed up and looking real pretty.....so does that mean I've already done my part?????

 

my winter plans are maby acctually get my car finished in time for next years race season

 

well according to people out here in colorado i have "single handely raised the value of the camaro"

For winter i have
Airride-about to be installed
big brakes
18's
one piece headlights
smoothed radiator support area

 

my winter project consists of Getting my block dipped, bored out, painted, and start buying parts for it. By mid January, I hope to have heads, cam, and lifters, then income tax time will spend more.

 

my project consists of saving money so i can have a thirdgen again i would love to be able to buy a vert but will see

 

dittio, but i think i have found one. not sure.

Sometimes those rusted old clunkers of f-bodys can be saved, which is what should happen. So if it can be saved, save it.

 

Swapped in a lt1 cam, all new gaskets, painted her up, now swappin the lt1 intake on. Backed by a 700r4 with a shift kit. Alittle something for now as i build up my 350 in the garage.

 

my winter project will constist of:

cleaning/hiding wiring in engine bay
new accessory brackets and pulleys
9 inch rear
new wheels/tires
getting my harwood hood to fit alot better(hopefully)
maybe a big brake upgrade

this is all providing if my wallet can keep up with me

 

install an 8pt roll bar, a pair of corbeau seats and hook up the snow perf. meth/water injection kit and shoot for 18psi!

 

Did you find the DeLorean with the Mr. Fusion on the back ? Otherwise, good luck changing the stigma of a 3rdgen.

That's on par with trying to restore pintos to remove the joke about a rear end collision and explosions...

Of course.. that's just my opinoin... I could easily be wrong.

 

hopefully the "pieces of crap" cars will disappear. Look at the 2nd gens for example, I dont see too many junky 2nd gens. They either got recycled or restored.

I think thirdgens are the best f-bodies. I think in time, more and more people will see their advantages and potentials, thus, hopefully minimizing the pieces of crap.

 

jeez...junky second gens are where it's at here in middle GA.

 

mine's in my topic called "added another to the garage"


it's an '89 Iroc coupe

 

I'm hoping to restore and install a set of GTA door panels into my IROC, as well as get my component speaker/kick panel combo sounding way better than it does currently. I'd really like to get my car in good enough shape to bring it to the GM Nationals at Carlisle next year.

But, since my garage isn't heated, most of this probably won't happen.

 

Ahhh...I have such a long winter project. And it WILL be finished sooner or later or I WILL hurt someone, Knowing the fact that Im a teenager, It's a little hard on me with my budget. But hopefully this winter I'll get my new 350 running along with all the new parts I have sitting in my bedroom

 

As soon as i get my new trans built to handle my motor and more ill prob get a holley stealth ram. also, once it moves i can finally start the body work and paint. that will be fun, but ill probably keep it the same color after getting yelled out for wanting to change a fairly rare color/color combo. i might grab this cowl hood too

As for the junk third gens, maybe people are planning to build them up, and want to so badly that they cant use any of the money to buy another car.

 

What color?

 

you can see it in my little profile thing on the left. its gunmetal gray, with charcoal gfx. i see gunmetal every once in a while and sometimes with silver gfx. but never with charcoal. ive seen one on these boards before.

 

Wow, I love that color...I need to paint mine soon, just cant make up my mind on which color, and I have a pretty love budget.

 

Love=low, damn typo

 

not thirdgen related but its topic related..here is my winter project, Trying to store my firebird away so i can work on it, want to make this regal my daily but i cant just reseal everything i have to beef this small LG4 up a bit also.

 

why cant i upload more pictures? .saids the file is to big, same size as pic number 1

 

some day, when i have a house built... it will have a heated garage. a heated 3 car (at least) garage. one for my car, one for the wifes car (if i can actualy con somone into getting wed) and one for the project..... some day.

for now i have a carport in an apartment complex. which means unless it's short, and generaly interior related, i am waiting till summer. right now my radio pod is out and being JBwealded back together. (they all break in the same place, bolthole on the top right) i am also doing a general car audio re-wire. baisicaly fixing the mistakes of prior owner(s) and shody "better then free instalation" car audi places. slowly.. she gets closer and closer to perfect.

 

Winter projects are all in the photo. Finish Jap hood ( it's in the back of the photo), wiring up a tpi for the evo 1 (it's in the left side all the way in the back)and supercharging the 92 Z it should be here Wednesday . Then come spring when its warmer finish up the body work on the 92 and paint her.

 

My winter project is getting mine into shape. A year up here in Pa has kinda wore mine down, espeically with the lack of funds and time of a college student...All bodywork is gettin redone, including some nice custom stuff, new heads on motor, and everything fixed...Then Im back to modding again!