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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 08:04 PM
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88' camaro 350 project 5yrs in the making!

this is my 88 sport coupe i bought over 5 yrs ago been building it up for the past year at school. just wanted to throw up some pics for ya then in a few weeks it will be finished!!

This one was after the first year at alfred state for auto body tech i painted the quarter panels after repairing them shaved all the emblems except for the nose. and the ground effects were silver.
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 08:08 PM
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sry i couldnt put all the pics in one post!!! i didnt know how too! so heres what it looks like right now and i will just post the pics in new posts below.
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 08:09 PM
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 08:11 PM
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 08:13 PM
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this is a pic of the interrior i removed evrything, im gong to do a complete 4th gen interrior swap!!!
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 08:15 PM
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 08:19 PM
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this is my 350 block getting its final honeing after it was bored .30 over
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 08:26 PM
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engine components pics!!!
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 08:31 PM
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You can only attach 3 pictures per thread, you're gonna have to delete some of those or else a moderator will.
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 08:39 PM
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its sharp, congrats you did good work
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 08:55 PM
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like firebirdjosh said you can olny post 3 pics per thread. if you want to post more you have to host them somewhere else like cardomain or photobucket and post the URLs
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 10:06 PM
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Looks great! I've heard it said before, but it's so true: the vahicle always looks it's worst during prep. It gets looking so much better really quickly, though.
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 01:32 AM
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don't forget to change the heater core seeing that you now have easy access to it!!!
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 08:47 PM
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no need to change the heater core in a street Rod!
i deleted all the heat and A/C. i only drive it about may thru august. i plan to make it a targa top also n put a roll cage in it before i leave school this may. hopefully i can get her into the 13's after i get all my bolt ons now my engine rebuild is done. in a couple weeks she will be two tone black and white. i will keep you posted. that top pic is what it looked like last summer!
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Old Jan 29, 2006 | 09:41 AM
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Looking good so far, what do you plan to do for suspension with it??
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Old Jan 29, 2006 | 06:07 PM
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i wanna see some more pics of when its done. do you have a cardomain? if so put all the pics on there, and then just put the links to them up.
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Old Jan 30, 2006 | 11:50 AM
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targa top!!!

right now im in the process of making a targa top for it. i will post pics up this week on the progress!!
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Old Jan 31, 2006 | 05:54 PM
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the suspension im not sure what to do with yet i need a good set up for street but i wanna hook up mad at the track any ideas?
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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 03:25 PM
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Sexiest beast alive!!!

just finished clear coat, not all assembled but here she is.
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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 03:31 PM
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more pics!!!!!! so sexy!!!!!!!!
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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 04:03 PM
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sweet looking. and you mean so sec"z"
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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 04:53 PM
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yea that too, but its not a z28
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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 06:03 PM
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nice work there
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i should have taken progress photos like that to reflect back on
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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 06:23 PM
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yea, but i pretty much consider camaros, especially looking like that with that kinda motor, a z regardless.
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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 06:33 AM
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yea i know what you mean, it is a Z technically but in 88 they dropped the Z and the sport coupe is the Z for that year basically. thanks for looking guys!
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Old May 7, 2008 | 06:51 PM
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Re: 88' camaro 350 project 5yrs in the making!

the car looks great. did you complete the targa top conversion and did you use glass or steel for the top. how do the seals work if completed.
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