miketa95
03-31-2009, 09:06 PM
My first car was this 88 Camaro 2.8Lv6 auto hardtop. It was in really nice shape, fresh paint and all, and that's when the inevitable happened, someone ran a light and totaled it...
Before..
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo281/MikeTA95/The%20Camaro/036.jpg
After...
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo281/MikeTA95/The%20Camaro/037.jpg
Because it was totaled by the insurance company, and I found the LT1 Trans Am I had anyway, I gave it away to my neighbor who owns a junkyard for free (after selling the torque thrust rims). His plans were to drop in the engine from a silverado 454ss that they had on the lot, and take the front clip from a berlinetta they had also. Well, a few years later all he managed was to remove the front clip and engine/drivetrain from my camaro and it ended there. He recently sold the 454ss and now the car just sits.
My plan is to talk him into giving me the car back. He did get it from me for free, and he obviously has lost interest. It's not like he would make any money off it anyway. That car was awesome and I have a lot of memories in it. I wanted to buy it back and put a lt1 or ls1 with a t56. I don't know if it's worth trying, or waiting a year or two and just buying another fourth gen down the road. What advice can you guys give me? I kinda want a project car for a learning opportunity, but if it would be hugely expensive or complicated it wouldn't make any sense.
Before..
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo281/MikeTA95/The%20Camaro/036.jpg
After...
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo281/MikeTA95/The%20Camaro/037.jpg
Because it was totaled by the insurance company, and I found the LT1 Trans Am I had anyway, I gave it away to my neighbor who owns a junkyard for free (after selling the torque thrust rims). His plans were to drop in the engine from a silverado 454ss that they had on the lot, and take the front clip from a berlinetta they had also. Well, a few years later all he managed was to remove the front clip and engine/drivetrain from my camaro and it ended there. He recently sold the 454ss and now the car just sits.
My plan is to talk him into giving me the car back. He did get it from me for free, and he obviously has lost interest. It's not like he would make any money off it anyway. That car was awesome and I have a lot of memories in it. I wanted to buy it back and put a lt1 or ls1 with a t56. I don't know if it's worth trying, or waiting a year or two and just buying another fourth gen down the road. What advice can you guys give me? I kinda want a project car for a learning opportunity, but if it would be hugely expensive or complicated it wouldn't make any sense.