i had the 91 RS sold it about 4 months ago car gave me nothing but problems...it was a 3.1/auto ran like crap leaked just about everything and the trans slipped horribly



after dabbeling back into the wonderful world of honda i decided to try to find another american car....i REALLY wanted another foxbody but for the prices people want i passed so driving home today i passed this...its in decent shape for the year dude fired it up runs great

2.8 auto t top car (wanted badly) its got its rust but my big thing is no ground fx like my old RS and its got a carb (HAAATEE fuel injection) what do you guys think? if i do buy it he only wants $800 car runs drives awesome just needs tires and a tune up

 

Sounds like a great deal if it is in good running and driving condition.

 

Looks like he put a Z28 nose on it.

 

it obviously needs a bit of work but my big thing is it runs and drives and the floors are good.....idk whats up with the t tops tho....are the weatherstrip kits expensive?

 

ok, based on the cars you are looking at, I can see why you had so many problems with the other car. You can't really expect much from a car when you're paying so little for it. You would rather have a mustang but they want too much for them? Once again, the really cheapness of the 3rd gen owners rears it's ugly head.

Oh, fixing the ttops might cost you more than the car is worth.

 

im actually looking for a Fairmont not a mustang...thats where the price issue comes from they are all pretty much granny owned so they havent been beaten to death but that makes em more money....

like i said it runs and drives great it needs a good bath for the most part...this one is defanety in better shape than my 91 thats also pretty sad

 

That car has a Z28 nose and hood on it. An $800.00 car is just that-cheap, beat and needs alot of work. I mean if you want to put the time and money in it, then it might not be bad for $800 as $800 buys nothing nowa days.

 

well i bought it.....kid gave me a stack of recepts of stuff thats been taken care of on it....its been pretty well maintained rides good has new shocks and stuff underneath carb has been rebuilt, interior is in good shape and he gave me the weatherstrip kit for the roof

im gonna be throwing an old set of crager S/S wheels on it that have good tires the body is fine like i said it has its rust but seriously nothing major

owner is goin away to college out of state thats why he sold it so cheap he is actually a friend of a friend and im hearing nothing but good things and as for the nose swap i like that nose a bit more and i probably would have tried finding it anyway

 

Good luck with the car and I agree that the Z28 nose and hood looks better as since you are not going for a stock restore than it's a none issues. A friend of mine has an 82 Firebird 2.8 auto and that has to be one of the slowest cars I have ever been in.

 

im not realy looking for a race car so this should keep me out of trouble lol need to give my license a break anyway lol

 

defanetly needs a good bath so tomorrow im gonna be going to town on it drove it to philly tonight(from trenton) runs cool shifts perfect does get out of its own way its got 124k miles on it all the gauges work accept the temp gauge but its got an aftermarket one in it and the door handle is snapped off on the inside haha so i will be going junkyard diving tomorrow along with doing a tune up and some touch up paint...so far im lloving it its in WAYYYY better shape than the 91 i had

better pix of the car before i got it home....

 

car cleaned up AMAZING obviously gonna need a carpet and i wil be putting seats in it.....t tops DONT leak after all....so im puzzled by why the PO siliconed them shut..... the origonal rims are in decent shape but i got vette rims from my dad (they were on his 71 El Camino)
only got the rears on now the rear rims are obviously wider than the fronts will be



but here are good pix of it



its gonna have the 67 and older center caps not the 68-up

are those plates supposed to be white? they look like crap i think im just gonna go with black ones



and here is the under side...NO rust just on the rear quarters

 

Congrats on the "new" ride ! $800 is a great price for ANY car with an inspection sticker in the window these days. It will cost $3-400 just in taxes here in RI to buy/register a thirdgen here in RI.... That's ON TOP the 60 registration fee. (They call it a tax on "special interest" vehicles. )

Since your "new" ride is not a rust bucket, has got full a full gauge package, & T-Tops ( AWESOME ! ) you made a pretty sweet deal !

Is the hood steel or fiberglass ??

 

Better looking car than I thought at first. I kinda like the looks of the black fats in the rear and stocks up front-kinda LOL! No someone painted thoes parts white and if i were you I would at least paint them black for the time being.

 

Not too bad of deal for the price.. Why are you so against Fuel Injection?

 

its a steel hood


i figured that...i scrubbed em down with burple power yesterday and repainted em....the P.O. was defanetly a heavy smoker (i smoke too but not in my car) i wipe things down and its just a nasty yellow-brown

every car ive ever owned with it gave me problems...first was an 96 Monte (first car) than i had 2 swapped Civics (B series) than my 91 RS...literaly every sensor has to be replaced and it still didnt run right...plus my dad raised me on carbs i just find em easier to work on


here is a pik of the interior now that the console and gauges are black....

and a close up


and i cleaned up the engine bay a tiny bit gonna get a scrub brush and go to town...car show is comming up on the 13th and my dad wants me to put it in the show along side his 71 El Camino



dads camino..just because

if you were wondering where i got the idea for the rear tires...mine are off his car...we went fatter with a better tire im gonna do matching front rims but with the 67 style center caps

 

got a random call from the dude i bought it from....gave me tons of extra parts....
t top bag,gts headlight and taillight covers,tail lights,console armwrest,radio and gauge trim and a break booster/master cylinder


Should i use em or no? my buddy said they are too white trash

 

The car is looking better. I'm differant- I love FI and everything I own that has an engine besides my lawnmower is FI. I say no on the light covers.

 

is there anyway this thread can be moved to the "Members camaro" section of the forum id like to use it as my build thread...



and as the build goes havent done much aside from getting a new carpet but not putting that in until i get the rear and front seats.....doing a leather black rear and summit racing buckets up front like i had in my mustang


also painted my headlight buckets black...looks wayyyy better IMO also need the covers that go in the front bumpers where the fogs would go
before:

after



gotta touch up the front bumper...someone scratched "5.0" in the front bumper...