Hi Everyone, I'm new here and I've got a camaro in the garage. Its been in the garage for a long time. It was my grandmas car that she used to daily drive. Grandma likes her cars. I've never gotten around to fixing it since I have other vehicles (2006 gmc sierra 1500 2wd & 93 Jeep YJ) but i have the time, cash, and im clearing the garage.
It is a 1987 Camaro RS automatic, idk the rest. Where do I find the vin or engine and transmission Identification? It's been garage kept and the one thing i know is that the transmission has been rebuilded before but its toast. Since it's all stock should I keep it stock? It' won't be a daily driver but something i want to make it come back to life for road trips. I don't plan on selling it or anything but a cool car to cruise the states one day. P.S. what is post a poll?

 

Howdy, welcome to TGO! The VIN is going to be in a little cutout at the driver's side lower part of the windshield. The 8th digit in your VIN number will tell you what motor it came with; should be S for a 2.8 LB8 V6, H for a carbed 305 LG4 V8, F for a TPI 305 LB9, or 8 for a 350 L98. Being an automatic, your car is going to have a 700R4. You may also have an RPO sticker somewhere (I wanna say an '87 would have it under the center console lid), and this can tell you what options the car came with from the factory. You will have to decode it, but the info is out there and readily available.

As far as what to do with it, that's entirely up to you. A stock car can definitely be driven and enjoyed, though if it doesn't have a "wonderbar" (basically a frame brace that mounts where the front sway bar busings mount to the body), I'd throw one of those on. These cars can get frame cracks by the steering box without them, and they'll tighten up the steering a fair bit too. I always consider the wonderbar pretty much mandatory, especially since they're so cheap ($60-$80 or so). Aside from that, you'll probably want to replace some worn-out bushings, maybe throw some new spark plugs/ wires in, and see how she drives. Best way to figure out how to modify (or leave) a car is to get some seat time, and see how the car drives

 

Welcome aboard! Look for the SPID or RPO sticker looks like this.