So i bought my camaro back in late october to early novemeber. A guy that i worked with in a haunted hayride here in pa was selling it and i had just sold a 1970 buick electra 225. so i jumped at the deal.without realizing it, i learned that i was following in my 3 brothers footsteps. They all had camaro's as their first cars. so lets see what have i found on the maro that wasnt bad but needed work. THIS IS NOT ORGANIZED

-right off the back i noticed it has 4 different brand tires, not a problem just really funny.
-1 of the lug stud is broken.
-no compartment cover
-dead radio, with backstreet boys cd stuck in it(lol). o the 90's were fun
-shifter **** just pops off.
-amp wire coming from battery, across fender, through pass door, under dash (can see it hanging), and finally under center console to driver seat.
-nasty dent on hood which someone tried to pop out with screw driver, no even worse cuz now its about 4 dents in the same spot. also riveted cowl is braking off.
-rear driver quarter has dent and scratch, guess someone back up too close to something with an edge.
-front pass fender dent over wheel, hit a boat trailer.
-passenger door interior handle broken, guy had a bad mechanic cuz the plastic trim is all cracked up. guess they didnt know about the fake screws lol
-no blinkers.
-no front chin spoiler
-grill dry rotted
-pass front turn signal lens GONE
-fenders unaligned.
-coil just sitting on top of engine lol.

i think thats about it with the problems i found

all the problems but i still in love with this car

the link is to pictures and a video of her.
http://s153.photobucket.com/albums/s229/benjy6_2007/

couple things i did so far were

-found center console lid
-changed seat covers
-got a 87 hood with no dents
-changed radio
-changed shifter ****
-fix turn signals
-ordered new turn signal lens

 

Not bad at all for 900. Good luck with it

 

I pretty much started with the same thing. But mine is a 89. I paid $900 for mine also. Good luck with it man!

 

I will be updating as i go along with it. hope to have her in somewhat better shape physically by the end of summer

thanks guys

 

My 89 was also $900, but i was a 5 speed. Don't guess the AC works, does it?

Car looks nice, enjoy fixing it up!

 

lol no it doesnt, but heat is great, who needs ac anyway, wanna have the windows open in the summer the hear the girls getting all googley eyes over it, HAHA. JK

 

well for those of us living in Texas, AC isn't an option. Good luck with your project, post more pics when you get stuff done!

 

Well - all I can say is good luck - hope you have time and money available, and more than anything else - patience!

I too bought mine for $900, 5 years ago - it was in better shape than yours - I was told all kinds of problems, I towed a car trailer from NC to DC to get it - turns out all it needed was a battery. My interior was good, exterior good except paint, motor was fine.

5 years later, there's not a part I haven't touched on the car, and I'm now at $15k spent and counting (I still have things to do), but have loved every minute of it, and I love nothing better than driver her around.

 

i have nothing but time and love for this car. the money is an issue but ill find the money. not really in a rush, in time she will come along

 

Same with me, but I got auto. But my A/C doesn't work.
Same here man.

 

update on camaro, put 87 hood on today, and got door panel off, GOD I HATE THE PREVIOUS OWNER, instead of taking time to proporly take panel of door, the rip it from under the trim underneath window will post pictures tomorrow, worked into the night and forgot to take pics

 

update: got new pass inner door handle riveted on and now passengers can get out on their own

 

pics! without pics, it didn't happen

 

lols, pictures coming dont worry

 

ok heres a video for an update

pretty much just talking bout my camaro and what i did and gonna do

p.s. video ended because my belt broke and pants fell off HAHA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQQ3pLnMbC8

 

i love camping hahaha

leave the i love camping and get rid of that phillies air freshener. haha.

 

That has an 88 sport coupe spoiler and rear bumper emblem. Early in the 88 model year the "rs" was a sport coupe, until they changed the badging to read "rs" and dropped that spoiler in favor of the three piece lip design found on IROCs. Might be a sport coupe cause switching to that spoiler from an rs lip spoiler would have left mouting holes in your rear fenders for the side spoiler pieces. Exactly the same as an rs, just different badging and spoiler. Also on a sport coupe, the rocker emblems would read camaro, instead of rs. I could be wrong, but the rear of that car looks identical to my car and I'd guess, not many people try to clone 88 coupes. Personally, I think thats the best looking spoiler but not everyone cares for it. Good luck with the car and keep the spoiler!

 

good luck... looks like most of the things u listed that need attention are fairly easy to handle... in 88 it was a 'sport coupe' they werent badged as 'RS' until 89

 

update- got camaro runnng thanks to haynes manual, changed front bumper and now car is on the road and driving. running a little ruff and still needs odds and ends but all in all she is coming along nicely, will have update pictures and video soon

 

BEN! u d*ck lol hit me up threw aim, did u ever put the bumper i sold you on it???

 

yes its on, and i learned they are a BITCH to put on, atleast i got yoga excercise

 

here are some update photos for you guys
u can see from what the car use to be to now and where im at with working on her

http://s153.photobucket.com/albums/s229/benjy6_2007/