my first thirdgen was an 86 Z28 305 5spd. Sold it to attend collage. Felt so lost with out a car to wrench on. A couple of years later started looking for a thirdgen... took me like 6 months to find one that was in good enough shape. Its a 91 GTA L98 bone stock picked it up.

It was my daily driver 6 months of the year, (live in Winnipeg) nice hot summers but cold winters! Paint is about 10 years old ive waxed and hand washed this car from day 1. Otherwise the paint would not look the way it does. 190,000kms motors never been opened up but ive rebuild most of the car. breaks... tranny... lots of little fix it projects. Man these cars are so needy! lol. Theres always something to fix on these cars. But i truely love seeing these cars in such good shape. Where i live theres just not that many thirdgens in good shape.

My car has been keyed dented attempted theft... I pulled it out of storage and my alarm would not work one year picked up a flowmaster cat back kit, stuffed it in my car... that day car was parked at work... GOT JACKED big time. stereo exaust sub amp column smashed. These losers could not even finish the job... they wanted the car but were not able to drive it away. anti theft device nice to have... saved the T/A. Insurance covered all the damage. Everything was replacable.

This was my turning point with it being a daily driver. From that day forward i alway have my beater registered... People like this will take all the fun out of these cars. Now i have a new alarm and dont take my car anywhere shady.

Put on 3,000kms this year and its parked indoors for the winter. SAFE!

PROTECT YOUR THIRDGEN!

 

my 86 started out as a 305TPI/automatic. Now its a 383/TKO600 combo. Been my spring/summer/fall daily driver for 10 years now. For the last 2 summers I've driven 80miles per day commuting to work in it. The 383 gets 22-23mpg average.

here i am with my race slicks on.


Here is my most recent photos from a few weeks ago.

 

1MEANZ Whays up with the license plat under the front of your car on the air dam?Is it a bandaid for the air dam?

 

iv seen a few people to that because they dont like the look of the front plate on the car but dont feel like geting a ticket so they mount it on the air dam cause u can onley really see it from a distance so it still looks good but cops cant bitch as much

 

Does this car look like something i'd put a 'bandaid' on? I think not. The plate is there because the liscense plate looks terrible in the stock location.

 

Sorry,didnt mean to insult you.And no it doesnt look like something you would put a bandaid on its a very nice car.I just couldnt imagine that would be considered good enough,by the law,For a place to mount the tag.I cant believe thats considered ok or legal is all.You would have to be waaaaaaaayyyyyy out in front to see the air dam and it would still be somewhat obstructed or too far away to accuratly read.I mean why even have a front tag if you can barely see it.Oh,and Everybody needs a bandaid once in a while.

 

I like it, I don't know that much about them, I've actually never tried to figure out how many MPG I get, probably like 10 - 12.

 

I still haven't decided if I am going to use the stock wheels (the ones on the front) or the old pontiac mags. If I go with the pontiac mags I have to find one more, 3 of them are the same, the 4th one has different back spacing, I didn't notice it when I got them.

 

Any of the times I've been pulled over the officer gets a chuckle out of the plate location. They say I need to move it up on the nose, but I really don't want to do that. The fact is, I'm displaying a front plate, and it is visible much of the time if you're sitting in another vehicle. I suppose if an officer wanted to be a complete jerk he could cite me. So far the officers have just given me an A for effort and ask me to move it. Its been there for 10 years now...

 

One each, my V6 daily driver on the right and a project of sorts on the left.

 

WOW your car is AWSOME!! I Love it and the motor is very cool. I like the true duals too, must sound great! But you have 2 third break lights!!
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Wasnt supposed to be a daily driver, But I find myself driving it to school everyday... and where ever I go, I dont drive in rain if i dont have to to, The tires dont have much left lol. But it Will NOT be drivin in winter as I have a Jimmy for that!

86 iroc, 305 TPI, 70,000 miles





old pic... looks bad



I need updated pics..

 

RK82: that sounds good man

That is a bad car 1MEANZ i like the plate mounting BTW. That car looks killer. Whats up with the third break lights tho?

Im really loving this everyone. These cars are INCREDIBLE some projects some show cars either way. We are keeping third gens alive lol

 

I`m liking that white and gold z.Mine was red and gold but I didnt like the gold on my rims with a red car but I like it with white.

 

im goin to get some beter pics, Thos pics make the gold on the rims ugly imo.. and the car wasnt really clean..... But yeah. I actuly like the red and gold irocs.

 

Well I guess if the car does have a 'bandaid' that 3rd brake lights would be it. We have a 2 post auto lift in my Dad's garage. This spring I forgot the hatch was still up while lifting the car and broke the spoiler off when it hit the ceiling. So I stole the spoiler off my Dad's 88 Camaro, had it painted and put it on. I'm going to replace the hatch with a later one when I repaint the car again down the road. But for now, yes the car has 2 third brake lights. The spoiler was free, so i'm not complaining.

To redeem myself, here is 3 laps of me going around Nelson Ledges a few weeks ago. I'm going about 70% still getting used to the track. I back out around 120mph down the back stretch. the video is taken buy a guy riding shotgun and doesnt really do justice to what's really going on, but at least you can hear the exhaust!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhlMqX4YMF4

 

thats cool man, did you drill other holes for the 88 camaro spoiler? like in the quater? caz the holes didn't work and i am not sure but i think u are using the entire spoiler lol

 

yes i had to re-drill some holes. I am using the later 3 piece spoiler. it won't be an issue once I switch to the later hatch.

 

Driven every day, 35 miles a day. 85 Z28, TPI 305 / 700r4, 4th gen seats.

 

this use to be my daily but now it is more of a weekend toy, but was a few years ago.

 

lookin' good sean! do you happen to have your old airbag steering wheel laying around still?

 

It is a daily driver when I feel like spending 50 dollars in gas every three days. 11.25:1 compression and mid 240's duration cam adds to that. lol


if not Im pimpin this..

 

man... nice set Kat... i like the GTO. That is a killer vert. Anymore pics? -Matt

 

I guess I can toss my beater into the mix for those of you who haven't seen it, if theres still anybody who hasn't seen it out there . and I won't be driving it in the snow... I'm done fixing rot on this one! (hope it doesn't come back!)



and heres when I brought it home from school for the first time after I painted it... I have since cleaned all the overspray.

 

Thanks!



Thats with the old man's 2k Z28 he bought new.

 

Heres my dd....rain, ice, snow, rain, but I keep it cle

 

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/cama...hotoshoot.html

not really a DD in the sense that I drive it to school and stuff, But i drive it more often than the Grand Am so i suppose it is in deed a DD.

 

Very Nice.....

 

it used to be my daily driver but since it got smashed up and i got my truck its turning more into a weekend warrior, btw it looks way different now just check the cardomain links in sig

 

Here's my spring/summer/fall (aslong as its warm as its a sans heater car!)

1989 Camaro iroc-z. LS1/T56

Every Summer its driven, every winter its changed up.

Winter 1: Paint, Built 305, 4th gen dash V.1.0, minor suspension tweaks, Disc rear

Winter 2: Finalized interior, 5.3L/4L65e, Finalized interior(for then), Plastic tank, 4th gen rear, full harness

Winter 3(this winter): 4th Gen dash V2.0, Finalized interior again w/ new dash, Built LS1/T56, S60 rear, Brembo 14" Brakes, Custom engine bay bits, Tubular suspension, Nitrous, RE-paint nose/bumper, paint engine bay

Nest summer, when i finish everything for maybe the final time (other then minor tweaks past that. Im going to take it on a bigass road trip down the east coast. Will be lots of fun!

 

any pics of ur dash??

 

What kind of wheel / tire combo is that in the back? It looks mean

 

Good Looking Car guys.... I have driven every 3rd gen F body I have had daily I love them too much.

Here is my current daily driver its a 1991 RS Vert 355 World Class T5 Trans 342 gears








here is one of my fav 3rd gens I have owned its a 83 Berlinetta Digital dash 383 T56 373 gears

 

i drive this car every day. pictures below

 

this is my daily driver, i live in california. just got the car less than a year ago, the guy who had it before me treated it like **** so its an ongoin project. drive it every day and am happy with it. big plans for this car in the future.

 

Custom built 350 with a corvette t56. drive it everyday, and surprisingly I get about the same gas mileage as I did with the 305 and 5 speed tranny.. if I drive it nice. haha










VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNZUo4Quokg
Second day we got the car going, carb wasnt tuned yet.