PO of my buddie's 85 SC 2.8l removed the AC compressor, smog pump, and EGR INCLUDING THE VALVE ASSEMBLY, and just left the open stand pipe. she also removed EVERY vacuum tube except for the brake booster, so it had close to zero vacuum, also claimed to have the trans rebuilt, but of course 2k later the pump blew apart. I found 35$ in change under my carpet, and a can of chewing tobacco IN my evaporator box.

 

It amazes me how badly some of these cars have been taken care of over the years.

 

jb weld for body filler on a replacement hood on my 85 ta. it was straight and mostly rust free. plus only $50 for the whole front clip.

a 2x4 holding up the gas tank on a dodge k-car.

a 5 inch hose clamp for a cv boot clamp on the k-car.

rtv around the entire trans and oil pans on the k-car.

bungee cord holding down the battery on a 83 dodge truck.

about 10 feet of 3/8ths inch fuel line from tank to fuel pump on the same 83 dodge truck.

toggle switch for a headlight switch on the 83 dodge truck.

a piece of sheet metal in place of a rust hole the size of a man hole cover on the 83 dodge truck.

expandofoam attempting to seal everything on the cab of the 83 dodge truck.

hose clamps for exhaust hangers on a 77 olds holiday 88.

 

Chewing tobacco, very nice. Getting my tranny put in Brandon. I cant wait. Should be ready by Tuesday. Once I get her back, Im gonna take her out for a test drive .

 

When I first got my car the driver side of the frame where the trans crossmember bolts to was being held in by drywall screws. Yeah the prior owner said he replaced the floors with all new metal. LOL what a crock thank god I can weld

 

What's with third gen people and drywall screws?!?!

 

someone had replaced my catalytic converter with a muffler on my 89 ta,had a 77 ta someone had pop-rivited a patch panel and bondoed over the whole rusty thing,my 84 blazer k5 has some rust holes someone just filled in with that expanding foam sealer,my 71 gmc 396 had a chain holding the hood down.good stuff

 

I don't know but a friend of mine found some in his car and I've found them in one of mine.

Makes you go WTF?

 

I also had them holding down in place my sill panels and my kick panels as well. I guess it was an ongoing theme

 

Mostly I found sheet metal screws in odd places in my car. There were a few wood screws here and there which I mentioned earlier. I also had unusually long screws holding the speakers in place. They were over 4 inches long. They looked long enough to go through the side of the car.

 

Previous owner drilled through the back hatch area into the gas tank.

Still can't figure out what for. But I had to plug the holes in the gas tank.

 

Breather hole...haha. Some people...

 

so did i and 2 cigarette lighters for the carsciglighter and a ton of ashes some gum and an old movieticket

 

What was the movie

 

Guess what I did. I cut off one of the metal pipes that come off of the heater core and installed it in place of the pipe that curves out infront of the throttlebody. I did this to re-route the coolant for the coolant by-pass/throttlebody mod. Looks ok though. It hugs the altenator braket and the way the tube is curved, it looks clean. I'll take a picture tomorrow to show what Im talking about.

 

my battery cables were conectted to the terminial with self tapping wood screws, pinched off rear brake line because the guy was to lazy to fix it ( still have to get around to doing lol), and my dash cover was held on with double sided tape

 

Nice.

 

prolly for an external amplifier.

 

Having pulled out the carpet, i think i've found all the interior secrets. i've found enough change to pay back half of the car, screws for everything and more, drywall screws, self tapping screws, 2 movie tickets, condom wrapper, toilet paper tubes, a 6"orbital buffer, the power seat run to wires in the fuse box, ground wires from the park neutral saftey switch run to the tranny pan and thats about it so far. oh, and a 04+ grand prix spoiler on the back.

 

po also drilled a hole through the gas cap. every time i filled up i lost half my gas over the side of my car

 

Victor junior heads, ported and polished, with a itty bitty cam. Starter with no shims, Cam with mismatched (dual) valve springs, non hardened (stock)pushrods with guideplates with said springs, roller tip rockers that didn't clear the wide as hell mismatched springs, stock ecu on top of all that.

 

Okay guys. I got my pictures now. Im gonna paint the tubes but it'll do for now. Oh, I also need to grind down the extra piece of tubing that is soldered/welded too.

 

I don't understand this one at all. can you explain it more?

 

Well my i tore my engine dow to find out it had 7 matching pistons with one oddball and three different types of rod bearings

 

When I bought my '91 RS, there was no head unit installed. The PO gave threw in his aftermarket so I had something. I later re-rewired my speakers due to no sound coming from the rear. The head unit harness was hacked up and the rear speakers were connected with clear home theater speaker wire. The front left speakers positive terminal connection was made up of the wire being stripped bare and looped around the terminal instead of stamping a connector on the wire.

 

??? Makes no sense... Why wouldn't you just buy a new cap? Or is this just your attempt at being humorous? :P

 

Holy crap. That's not the type of thing you want to find when tearing down an engine. Though I guess it beats huge cracks and other problems. Still you've got to wonder what the hell the builder was thinking.

 

Two different sets of wire nuts within 6 inches of each other for the rear speakers. Lame!

 

When I got my IROC I noticed that the emergency brakes barely had any pull at all. Lo and behold when I got it up, the emergency brake cables were actually green weedwhacker line that was attached to the calipers and front cable bracket by knots.

Oh and the PO just couldn't be more proud of how the A/C blows cold in the summer on a 100 degree day. And it did blow cold, until it all leaked out. I don't feel bad though, since by the smell I realized it my A/C was filled with propane.

 

WTF?

 

porpane is good to use in Rvs cheap for a/c. But imagine if it blew up. whats the ratio again 98%air 2%propane for combustion?

 

I found an electric fan wired up without a relay. It was wired to a switch on the dash. luckily one of the wires was pulled off the switch.

 

R-134A is just as explosive, propane will actualy yield colder temps

 

That's one of the many things I found wrong with my 1985 Trans Am. A secondary fan was added as was a transmission oil cooler. The latter was installed with zip ties and the former was bolted in with a piece of metal which was obviously a bracket for something else. It was screwed into the radiator support and the tray in front of it with various sizes of sheet metal screws.

 

I just got this camaro last week.

First thing that stood out when I looked at it was the shifter. I don't know what the hell it is, but it looks like it should be in an airplane. The guy cut the hole for the original shifter bigger to make it fit. I can't tell if I'm in neutral or drive. I just have to hit the gas and see.

My neighbor called the sheriff on me the other day because of me revving the engine in my driveway.

Part of the old shifter is still laying in there. You can see it through the massive hole in the console.


The MSD is bolted to the floor on the passenger side. It has wires hanging off of it, and it looks like it's older than the car.



And here's one that's bugging me right now. One of the louvers is glued on to the hood with liquid nails. The front two-thirds of it is busted off, but the rest of it isn't going anywhere. I just hope the other one isn't in the same condition.

 

I wouldn't have purchased a car like that. Though I do totally understand getting surprised by some of the things you find after the sale. I found tons of hidden rust under my 1987 Trans Am.

 

RUST! Did you remove and replace the floor pans? Or did you do a ghetto job too? I will confess. Due to my wages, I had to do some ghetto stuff to get me by too. I think we all have done something ghetto to our thirdgens. But who's willing to admit it I just admitted. Anyone else?

 

I ripped my v6 out... and replaced all the po's hacked wiring with a complete properly modified dual fan TPI harness.. then a freshly properly rebuilt TPI v8....and a freshly properly rebuilt 700R4.... .. nope nothing ghetto here at all! at least not for my third gen... my DD caddy OTOH... XD

 

Whats up my friend. How she runnin (85 Camaro)?

 

Brandon, I'll get at you tommorrow about my Reman tranny. My wife just kicked me off my computer. She is . But I luv the woman.

 

No, the rust isn't that bad. I'm doing NOTHING ghetto about it. I'm cutting out the old metal and I'll be welding in new metal from a donor car. Actually most of it is in the wheel wells and not so much the floor pan. there is some at the firewall in front of the driver's side sub-frame. The stuff that is in the floor pans is actually fairly small and I can patch that stuff with donor sheet metal from my parts car as well. At least most of it. I'll be grinding down the welds and painting on both sides of the rust or undercoating over it with rust bullet. If I do a good enough job, it should be hard to tell that anything was ever done to it. Everything down to the stereo wiring was done right with this car by the previous owner. I'm not about to make a mess of it now.

I've never had to do anything ghetto to my thirdgens because none of them have ever been my daily drivers.

 

 

Its funny, after we had our conversation I had to do something ghetto to my car. I removed the air cleaner to work on the carb which has loose butterflies and a sticking throttle. When I pulled the air cleaner off, the hose going to it from the valve cover snapped off. So now I've got it repaired with a hose clamp and some duct tape.

Its temporary I assure you.

 

O man that just goes to show even if your trying to be a purest, you'll sooner or later do what we all try to avoid. At least you have the temporary repair material at hand.

 

I plan to ditch that junk Edelbrock carb for a Demon or a Holley. I'll get it straightened out then.

 

Well, I didnt find anything other than this ghetto Camaro out on the web,




I posted these pictures on an other thread but I felt that this Camaro needed a spot here in the "Ghetto" thread.

 

I think you win.

 

Oh man as far as doing ghetto things go I have done my fair share... I try now to avoid all of this though at all costs. I am older and wiser now...

I have repaired exhaust with coat hangers, and or bailing wire. Made cotter pins out of coat hanger. Sadly this actually works pretty good. Used duct tape on almost anything and everything. Used household speaker wire for car audio ((( But really what youngster hasn't?))) I have patched holes with liquid metal, and or jb weld.. Used electric tape instead of connectors like you always should! I could be here forever listing these but I'll keep it short.

Zyd

 

That looks less like a Camaro, and more like a fish.

 

I just vomited in my mouth after seeing that piece of schart.....