Well, I wanted to post a few preview pics of the T/A -- painted it last week and still waiting on some details (like the new top), but here's a sneak peek...visit my cardomain site for "before" pics.



What do you guys think of this one?

 

Patriotism is a good thing! As long as you like it, we like it. At least you have the moxy to get your car painted. If mine doesn't come that way, it ususally doesn't get it.

I like the "dare to be different" philosophy better, anyway!

 

hmmm i see red x's???

 

Huh?
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there FINALLY the pics came up.TGO has been giving me problems for some reason.

anyway looks good Laurie!

 

Well, thanks for the comments. I'm hoping she's road worthy this weekend so I can head to OC -- Steve, if we head that way we'll give you a holler!

 

ok.


your 'maro = incredible


your bird =


i like the gold...but the flag and what not....eh.



but its cool if you like it.

 

stellar, looks great, another cool custom camaro

 

only made by Pontiac.

 

All I see are the prpl camaro pics in you signature.

 

looks nice laurie.... new paint job on both...whats next? new interior and sound system? lol

 

Yea, Im not getting the pictures either, but I really would like to see it.

 

right made by pontiac of course, I knew that

 

Visit my cardomain site -- page two if you can't see the pics on this site.

No need for new interior on Camaro -- just replaced everything in that one with overhaul. That car is pretty much brand new now except for the frame, lol.

The T/A is going to be my daily driver, so I'm not spending the time or $$$ to make this one perfect. Little things here and there I'll do to get it back to stock and have good pieces where things are broken, but all in all it's in pretty good shape. The hardest part is that some of the body needs to be replaced (bondo'd right now) but there aren't any parts out there for these convertibles...it's driving me quite crazy. Everytime I open the trunk it takes a chunk of paint out where the trunk lid meets the convertible top cover...urgh!

 

i knew you did --

 

Wanna double your money on tha 'vert? LOL

Heckuvadeal, did it come with a motor and tranny?

 

cant you just ajust the truck lid?

 

No, the trunk lid is bent (think center up, sides down) and there's bondo to even it all out. We've adjusted all we can. Because I can't replace the trunk lid with a new one or straighten out the old one I'm a bit stuck. It's hard to get parts for a car that's more than 10 years old and only five or six hundred were even made. I can't find any trunk shocks either -- plenty of hatch shocks and hood shocks, but no trunk shocks...guess I'll have to get in touch with the after-market group that made the cars.

 

Yep, an LB9 under the hood -- not LT1 as previously posted. I finally got to see under the hood this weekend. Tranny is 700R4 -- right now original, but am replacing this week with a tranny out of a '93 Camaro with only 45k on it. The vert has 140k on it. I drove it all weekend -- drives like a dream. Thank goodness it didn't rain though -- I would've gotten very wet.

 

Sweet deal and car. I can't believe you got it for $100.....

 

$100!! Sheesh! I guess you would double your money. by the way, if you're looking to avoid the rain, OC may not be the best place right now Laurie, we've had some lovely tourist weather these past wekends. And I thought it was a 350? Or is that your other 92 TA 'vert? Oh well, buying F-bodies is a lot like buying shoes, it's always better to buy two. I know I did.

 

Steve, LB9(der) is a 305 ...and the other has a Corvette 350, rebuilt to 355 -- I guess that's just from the rebuild, little extra bore. Now, I'm confused -- the RPO Code says LB9, under the hood says 5.7 TPI -- since it's a convertible maybe when it was altered by ASC they swapped engines? Weird.

And -- this weekend for OC (Aug 13-14) how's it looking for tourists?

 

Mine's an LB9 305, I thought the L98's were the 350's. But this isn't a tech thread. As for this weekend, i don't know, we've had sporadic rain all so far, maybe it'll clear up....yeah...it'll clear up, this weekend is nothing but sunshine, perfect weather for cruisin'.

 

sweet maro and crazy bird,in a good way