Went looking for some 4th gen leathers today came up empty handed but i did manage to get ahold of a new dash pad. Looked into classic for one when i had the bird and found out they wanted like 525 for it. So i threw a dashmat over it the camaros is busted up real bad but the corner is broken off so i really cant put a dashmat on and make it look good. Found one from a 91 formy in perfect shape for 15 bucks.; THe only thing i'm worried about is the littel upper cut deal for the vents in the middle for the camaro but think it will work its the same year.


The current piece of **** in the camaro now.

 

the new one after a meguires wipes wipe down i hate the wipes but it was all i had and its snowwing and i dont want to drive the rs more than i have to

 

Therws just one small crack on the left screw hole where the defroster vent is it cracked when i went to unscrew it but it was also 20 degrees out and snowing so i figure its a little hard. Got it in the basemaent and when it starts warming up i'll put er on. Wow its the second gen spoiler i never got around to molding to the bird. I think i'll just by the ascd one insted of actually doing all the work

 

wow.. good find.

 

aiye carumba! that's incredible! good find!



pssst.... what are you going to do with the old dash mat?

-Jesse

 

pssst i never had one on the camaro it was on the bird that i sold so probaly not i'll sell ya the cracked up dash pad and some beater cloth firebird seats for 50 cents lol

 

Ya know what,

keep the old dash mat and you can practice recovering it in black vynil. Then if you mess up, it's all good cuz you have a good one. Then, if you get it lookin good, you can sell it off and make a profit, or help out another thirdgener.

-Jesse

 

About 11-12 years ago i found one for my (at the time) 83 Trans-Am. $10.

 

wow i thought my aunts dash in her 91 rs was bad, urs takes the cake 15 bucks... awesome steal and it looks really nice all shiney, time to go wash my car! Wait, its about 20 degrees out

Brandon

 

Nice find, I was at a local boneyard last week and found a 91 firebird with excellent seat belts, both headlight motors (working) and pop-up headlights, nice dash with one small crack, full black trim interior, nice but dirty carpet, nice seats with small tear in pass. seat for $150. Rear hatch with defroster and third brake light and good struts, another $20.00. Someones project car they gave up on. ooooohhhh, gotta hate finds like that. Not!!!!!!!!!!!!!


The Trickster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Haha, beat ya all, nabbed a perfect dashpad for $10. It's in the basement as a spare in case my 17 year old original dashpad ever cracks on me.

But that's okay, you guys don't have to worry, I have more rust on my car than any of you will ever have to deal with

 

Here's one for ya: a while ago I found a perfect black headliner and the center overhead console. Got them both for $20....

 

my local junkyard has about 30 thirdgens right now and most of them have verygood/perfect dashpads in them maybe they don't crack as often here in missouri

my best find.....hmmm let me think....free tunnel ram from my buddies dad's JY when he sold it

 

Hmm... I was told that a camaro/firebird dash pads wouldn't interchange... So does it fit?

BTW, my (bastard ) friend picked up a complete TPI setup (intake, plenum, runners, fuel rails, etc) for $75 at a local junkyard... :P

 

I'm pretty sure it will work havent tried it yet its in the warm basement casue its like 30 degrees and snowing here. Wanted to wait till it warms up so it doesnt crack when i'm installing it. All the mount screw spots seem to be the same the only thing i'm worried about is the center where the vents are on the camaro its cut up a little like to let the air blow up and not get blocked by the dash. Worse case scenario i have a perfect dash pad from a 91 firebird for sale but i'm sure that wont be the case. Have to wait and see

 

Hey Ward,

I know that I'm not the one you're referring to, however, I mangaged to scarf up on two complete tpi setups from a local junkyard about 6 months ago for $65.00 each. The guy was about to throw them in a scrapper when I drove up. They are out of a 87 & a 88 Iroc.

The Trickster!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Uh oh, sorry to rain on your parade. But it wont fit, its to narrow from front to back. At least the TA one i tried to put in my 84 Z28 was. It might work in your i dunno. But from the windshield to the seat distance wasnt enough, and in the middle of the dashpad, it doesnt have the indent for the defroster vents Luckily you can ebay for more than 15 bucks, anywhere from 50-120.

 

Firebird dash pads will not work in a Camaro because of the center dash vents a Camaro has and the Firebird does not. The Camaro Dash pad has a bump up in the underside to accommodate these vents and that’s why the Firebird dash pad will not slide back far enough in a Camaro. Otherwise the dimensions are the same.

www.perrypam.com

 

although not really a junkyard find, i still made out like a bandit on this deal.

the guy that owns the tattoo shop that i work at, also owns a car lot/ body shop. i attended a vehicle auction with him one day, and managed to purchase a wrecked 2002 trans-am ws6 for just under $500 after all the shipping and purchasing fees. hello drivetrain and interior swap!!

peace,
menace

 

I think that My best deal has to have been a wrecked 87 T/A that I found at a shop one time. The guy said that the person that owned it decided to not get it fixed, and hadent picked it up and it had been over a year. I got the tpi including harness (sold for 400), the gfx, hatch(friends car was vandalized and he will now be using that rear hatch glass) tail lights(sold for 60 bucks), dash cover(one of my 2 spares that I have got free), a B&M megashifter, and a couple other odds and ends. I paid 200 and he said I could take anything I wanted. I dont think he really expected that I would take everything though. I basically got paid $260 to put a B&M megashifter in my car and have a few spare parts.

Oh, yeah, I also got the gauge cluster and buffer box which I used in my car to convert from the cable driven 85 speedo to the electric 140. By reading the tech article, I figured I was only going to have to wire the speedo, but they turned out to be pinned differently. Luckily my buddy is the electrical guy at a local body shop so I got the diagrams and made a chart of which wires had to go where, and he repinned them in like a half hour. Works great now. I am also using a T56 and SGI 5 box instead of the factory buffer box. I ended up trading my mega shifter for a b&m ripper shifter from the same guy I bought the 6 speed off of.

The funny thing is that I paid about 40 bucks from a junk yard for a dash pad soon after I got the car, but I have since got 2 extras for free. They are up on a shelf in the garage in case I ever nee them.

I also bought a roller 350 block for 50 bucks. It had 2 burnt pistons, but ended up in my brothers car with new rings, bearings, and 2 pistons.

menace88SC, thats awsome, and now I am going to have to start going to auctions. lol. That would be awsome. I have got lucky on some stuff(plenty more than I mentioned I am sure) but I think that takes the cake.

Ben

 

If we go into non junkyard finds there was a 80Z28 sitting behind my work finally got ahold of the guy the motor and front clip was gone and it was going to be junked he said to take whatever i wanted. Ended up getting the 2gen spoiler i was going to mod to the bird back in the day a dash, tailihgts edelbrock lid, bunch of other little crap and most can go onto my dads 81 if we ever have something happen.isnt free or cheap stuff great

 

I had an aluminum drive shaft SHIPPED to me for $30!

JamesC

 

I HATE YOU!!

 

my best steal was,

2hatch pull down units,
a console lid and pad with good spring and pad,
2 un-cracked door panel tops,
a locked compartment cardboard
2 hatch shocks and 2 hood shocks,
a nice and white dome light cover
some fuses and hex screws and some rear plastic large flat screws
a set of nice front turn park lights
all for 45 bucks (can.) but i had to spend 2hrs in below frezzing temps to remove it all myself. Talk about cold metal in your hands.

ive also snaged some sweet alpine 6x9s for 10bucks (can.) a pair in the local upickit yard

 

beat everyone here.


orignal notchback.

$20.




we had to carry it back wedged into my vert... and could only go 40mph or so on the hwy.... but my friend got a notchback for his black GTA.

 

I picked up a TPI setup, harness, ECM, all the sensors, pair of heads, valve covers, fuel lines, distributor, pushrods, intake duct, and a couple of brackets for $150. Sold the ECM for $60, distributor for $25 and the Maf sensor for $50. Basically, I paid $15 so far for everything else, and I am going to end up selling the harness and injectors too.

Funny thing is, I told the guy I was going to be ripping him off before I ripped him off. All I could afford to give him was $150, and he didn't really have a choice. The car was wrecked so it was gonna be junked. Either he junked it with the stuff still in it for $40, or sold me everything, and then still had to junk it for $40.
Hehehe...

 

what about the rest of the car? Ever get the vin from it--or does the hatch have the vin in it?
Pics?

 

it wasnt the orignal hatch for the car.

it was on a camaro... with some really bad homemade "body kit" stuff...


i should say, "what appears to be a factory notchback" since we're 90% sure it is, but we didnt get it of a orignal car...


anyhoo, i dont have pics, im currently in SC for the holidays, and hes in Dallas, so i havent seen it on the car yet.. been told it looks great though.