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January 2023 COTM "2022 Car of the Year" **Voting Thread**
Auto Detailing and AppearanceShare tips and tricks on how to make your Third Gen shine! Get opinions on products or how something tasteful looks on your Chevrolet Camaro or Pontiac Firebird.
January 2023 COTM "2022 Car of the Year" **Voting Thread**
To close out 2022 and get the new year 2023 off to a great start, the January COTM contest will determine the overall 2022 third gen of the year! This should be a fun look back at some incredible third gens that we honored throughout 2022
We had some awesome winners of COTM throughout 2022, which one is your pick for best of the year!
(January 2022 COTM is omitted from voting as that COTM was the 2021 car of the year)
Re: January 2023 COTM "2022 Car of the Year" **Voting Thread**
I am the 3rd and 6th owner of this 1992 Heritage Edition Z28. Was one of 44 featured 3rd gen f-bodies this past June for the GM Nationals in Carlisle, PA. (Carlisle pics further down in thread)
60k miles. All factory options except CD player and rear louvers.
Brought the Z28 in 2001 with 43k miles and sold it a year later with 49k miles.
Brought it back in August 2019 from 5th owner in Jasper, TX.
How we got it back is wife got an email on December 2018 that they had our old Camaro. I chatted with the 5th owner saying he was going to be in Austin on February 2019 for a car show.
We went to the show and there was the Z28. Wife got emotional.
We invited the owner and his son to our home for dinner that evening. We talked about cars and we then went outside to look at the Z28. I took pics and asked the owner "you know what I am going to ask you" and he said " yeah I know". He said I would have first dibs at buying it back as his wanted a Corvette but it would be a few years and I said that is fine.
Pics from 2-23-2019 after dinner in our culdesac.
Fast forward to June 2019 and I got a text from the owner that he was ready to sell. I asked if I can have about 6 weeks to get the money on the price we agreed to. He said no problem.
Fast forward to 8-19-2019 and my dad, son and I made a trip to Jasper to pick it up.
Pic at lunch break on way home to Pflugerville.
We got lucky in getting the Camaro back.
I have put 1,800 miles in the 37 months since we got it back. Here is all the original paperwork for the last 20 years including all of the owners.
Plan to go all NOS. Brought original rear wing from 5th owner as 4th owner replaced it with aftermarket one. Also brought 4 NOS wheel center caps and heater hoses.
Debate is whether to paint it or keep it original. Interior is original along with dash and carpet and leather.
These pics are from Carlise, PA GM Nationals this past June.
Enjoy the pics. I also have a lot of videos of the Z28 in action. If you want any of the videos, feel free to pm me here.
Re: January 2023 COTM "2022 Car of the Year" **Voting Thread**
Hi, I'm the second owner of a 1987 IROC Z. I do most the restoration myself, with the exception of body and paint and in this case I had the motor professionally rebuilt. My goal was to keep the car mostly stock with a few tasteful improvements,
The details:
original motor bored "thirty" over. New pistons,rings.
Smog and Air delete.
rebuilt 700R4 with mild stall
stainless exhaust
inner and outer frame connectors
rebuilt and powder-coated differential with 3:42 gears
new gas tank, fuel lines and brake lines
some minor suspension upgrades
custom interior
Last edited by rudolphschenker; Feb 6, 2023 at 10:37 AM.
Re: January 2023 COTM "2022 Car of the Year" **Voting Thread**
Some more eye candy of the ZR1 LT5 engine in my white vert. Also just received my T56 back from Tick Performance for a rebuild and perf upgrade. I am upgrading my clutch to a McLeod Super Street Pro. The shifter is Qwik Stik. My winter projects are almost done
