I bought a really rough 1984 Z28 back in October. I've been digging through salvage yards and pouring over Craigslist ever since trying to build a nice car without turning it into a money pit.
Two days ago at one of my favorite salvage yards I ran across a 1989 GTA. The disc brake rear was already hacked up, but would have been more than I could afford this trip anyway. What I did find was an aluminum driveshaft ($15), both sway bars with what looks to be new endlinks ($30), and steering box with pitman arm ($36). Plus a set of new looking KYB GR-2 struts ($40) on a Camaro I'd had to leave behind back in December because I hadn't brought a big enough socket.
Back in December at a different yard I found Eibach Pro rear springs ($22) laying by a 4th gen that had the rear end pulled.
I just wanted to share my excitement with someone and my friends aren't really car guys. I've been reading threads on here since I got the car and you've all been a great inspiration. My car will never be a car of the month nominee, but it's improved alot with the tips and ideas I've gotten here.
Look for a build thread from me around April if all goes well. I've taken tons of pics.

 

thats amazing, great finds, keep up the good work

 

man those are some sweet deals you found

 

I've cobbled together this car from at least 14 others so far. I couldn't have afforded to buy the car this one will become. My long term budget for what started as a $600 Z28 has grown from $2,000 to $3,500 after spending hours on here looking at pieces of rolling art. It's a challenge to build a nice car for less than the labor of some of the paint jobs. That's also alot of the fun though.
I plan to keep the car as my daily driver so it won't need extreme acceleration or massive brakes, but I' d like it to feel solid on the road so I do have plans for subframe connectors, replaceing the lca's, panhard bar, KYB shocks, new upper strut mounts and some decent tires when I can get a cheap set of the single line style Iroc wheels. I'm sure the whole front end will need freshening up as well. I know it sounds like alot, but I'm still confident.

 

That's how I started my car from getting parts here and there from TGO and other places...

With those upgrades u will fill a different car that's what I did and notice a difference on my car