So I was playing around on craigslist and came across an 87 camaro in town. Price said a $1 but its never true lol. While working hard at work in the break room, I found out the location of the camaro was behind a firestone...Behind my house. Called up my brother and told him to scope it out! (Still at work). He said it was good, so i checked her out after work. Kept talking with the guy and he said he'd take $300 for it. Runs, Drives, Clean title in my hand. DONE DEAL. Here's my 1987 Chevy Camaro sport coupe. 164,000 miles. Runs really good actualy. Shifts good too. Needs interior work, only missing door panels and a headliner. seats trashed as well as the dash pad. Needs tires. The P/O had only water in it which explained the overheating... fixed that. No more overheating! Body needs just a small bit of work. My 91 is teal with black stripes. This one will become black with teal stripes. Ill take better pictures later.



My brothers 87 300ZX in the background.

 

Sweet deal man! I never find the good scores like that around here. In fact around here that would be a $1500 asking price all day long.

 

This was just stupid luck that I found her. Im always on craigslist looking at them tho. Didnt have the intention to buy anything but $300 is a damn good deal.

 

Yeah I'm always looking too and here in NE ohio everyone thinks used cars are gold mines. It's not even 3rd gens-every used car is high priced it seems and beat to death.

 

Time to move, the deals are here in dallas. haha.

 

good deal! mu first camaro was sold to me by a co worker she said it was sitting at her mechanics for the last 6 months . it was blowing sterters alts and the bat was "eexpanding " mechanic could not find out why so she got tired of replacinc parts every 2 weeks . so I bought it for $60 bucks yes sixty . took it home mechanic said alt was bad so i removed it , and as I removed the plug it felt like jelly but looked fine. so i started playing with it and pulled it a little and the plug streached from the wire .... 25 cents later it was good to go! that was my best deal ! it was an 86 iroc Z with hard top and mint interior Except the drivers seat where i peed a little .

 

I hate you LOL! Yeah I would love to move, but Job, house and fam is keeping me here for awhile longer. I have got some good deals on car's, but that was back in the day. I mean I did not get a bad deal on my 3rd gens, but not like a smoking deal.

 

Wow - did you step in something ? LOL, great deal.

I just saw a GTA locally for $1500, I could prob get for $1K, but my wife would probably wring my neck.

 

Very good that another Camaro will be saved and treated like she should be.

 

WOW, great deal.

TMI on the peeing part...

 

Nice deal! Hope to get something like this next summer!

 

Wow nice score! I got my 91 firebird for $400 and it didn't run and I thought I got a good deal! But I guess I could have done worse....

 

Thanks everyone. Yeah, She was a steal! Here shortly I'm picking up gray cloth 4th gen seats in really good shape, door panels and 3 15ich Z28 wheels. just gotta find the 4th one. When I buy some tires, I'll throw them on. The drivers door does not close all the way, could either be the hinge or the door, door has alittle damage so Im just going to replace the door and hinge.

 

Tried to make some copy's of the key tonight at both my local lowes and home depot with no success. I don't like having one key to the car.

So people know what the 91' looks like and so the will know what to expect...

 

Its been raining here but here is a day time pic of the car.

Not going to get to work on her today as I have to help my 90 year old great aunt move...

 

my 91 was 750 and i had a destroyed transmissission good deal!

 

My 82 TA was a 1000 bucks and it was all good! I still tore it apart but it was a clean & running car. There are good deals out there.

 

Not bad at all. You got a lot better deal than I did. I paid $900 for my 87 Sport Coupe that had hit a deer.

 

I love that 91 Vert. If you have the SC half as nice it will still be a cool car. Yeah bad weather and working on cars outside sucks-that is why my RS is still under the cover in the drive way with the same issues unfixed.

 

Thanks everybody, yea the weather has sucked. My good days have been dedicated to helping my great aunt move. I wish I had a garage, no driveway either. House backs up to creek so all I have is a circle drive. It sucks, not car guy friendly. I love my 91, she was my first car ever. Didn't look as bad as my 87 but she needed help. Fixed her up in high school. I'll have to make a thread on her some day. 107,000 miles.

 

So I have to buy a new battery because someone needed it more than me apparently...

 

how did they get your hood up?

 

The drivers door doesn't have a lock in it. Not yet atleast.

 

So today I bought the seats, door panels and 3 wheels from Mark (58Mark). Couldnt wait to put them in but I had todo somethings for mom first before I could work on the car. Finished that up and went to town!
Old Seats

new seats

went for a drive...

Over heated...

 

Found out how im going to build my motor! This car is a budget build. I want 400hp from her. http://www.superchevy.com/technical/...d/viewall.html

 

Not a bad way to spend a grand. I'm planning on getting a junkyard vortech 350 for mine come tax time just to have a v8 in it. Future plan is a 6.0lsx.

 

I want to lsx swap my 91 to make it a nice driver and easier to work on. But that's far down the road lol.

 

Nice man! I love the SC camaros! I really like your taste in color combinations haha!

 

Thanks man, is yours black and teal? If so post some pics so I can see what it'll look like!

 

The one in my sig is.

 

Lovin it, exactly how i want mine, my stripes will be alittle different style but I love it!

 

The sport coupe front end is really starting to grow on me! Great project dude

 

Awesome project!

and nice VERT!

will you be making it down to the Thirdgen Round Up?

Would love to see the vert in person.

 

Thanks guys!
yes the vert will be down at Third gen round up! maybe the 87. will see!

 

So I was looking at her tonight, The upper radiator hose gets real hot while the lower doesnt get hot at all... A mechanic from work told me that it is most likely the thermostat or water pump. I will start with the thermostat. I hope thats it!

 

Sounds like a T-stat to me.

 

I'm hoping so. Lol

 

So tonight I went out to pull the thermostat and let it run to see if that was the issue. Well... you cant pull a part that doesnt exsist on the car... Lol. Im guessing its the water pump then.

 

electric fan or the one mounted to the front of the water pump?

can you tell if the fan clutch is working? I have a feeling it's not your water pump

 

it an electric fan. it turns on, I dont know if its coming on at the right time.

 

I got a deal on 2 new fenders and a drivers door with hinge and lock and key for $150, picking it up tomorrow! Most likely will have everything installed tomorrow...In the dark... again. Lol. Unfortunately thats been the only time I ever get towork on the old girl.

 

good deal man i bought my 91 firebird for $450 cause it had a bad water pump other then that it was perfect only had 142k on her

 

So I bought 2 new used fenders and a drivers door. I also bought a new water pump for it, My brother, good friend and I yesterday put everything on. I havent tested to see if she still over heats yet because we finished at 11PM and were wiped. low on coolant too.

 

She is now running good, no more over heating. Did some road testing and all. I need to finish up the body work and get her painted. Im at the point now where I dont know what todo next, Build the motor or swap in a 5 speed?
I did take her to a local third gen camaro meet (NTTGA) and showered her off as well as my '91.

The old girl and I.

 

Its getting there... That car is gonna look pretty damn nice all gloss black.

 

She is coming along good, wish mine was LOL. can't wait to see her done. What color is she going to be?

 

Thanks guys. The door and fenders I bought off a guy parting out a camaro the caught fire. Picked them up for $150 with all the locks and a key. I want to paint her gloss black with teal stripes to go with my teal with gloss black striped 91' camaro. Heres the deal tho, my brother is in the paint and body program at school and is finishing up his 87' Nissan 300ZX. If he finishes, he can move on the the race car. Id like to pick up a cowl hood first tho.

 

Sounds like it's going to be a nice color combo and I cowl hood would look nice as long as you don't go too tall with it.

 

5.3 with a carb for under 1000 slow and steady will get you there keep up the good work

 

Man I wish the pictures would load, I would love to see pictures of this old car that I used to have.