Ok Its time to pick the best 2nd Gen Camaro
So Lets start the voting for the Oct RTM and see who
comes out a winner
A tough choice as they are all great cars. Good luck to all
Ok guys these are the pics I had to work with, so let me know if you want something else up there..and Lets get this voting in.. I still have no clue who to vote for.
74454bb
09-02-2007, 12:51 AM
Come on guys, lets get some votes in here..I gave mine to rand...love those big block camaros..
Iowa87CamaroRS
09-02-2007, 01:02 AM
I nominated him so i voted for him...give it up for JonJon...i hope i get his vote for 3rd gen
74454bb
09-02-2007, 09:49 AM
Ok we need some votes in here..These are the guys that are going to be answering all your questions, so vote for them and make some friends here.
RatedZ
09-02-2007, 10:55 AM
There's just something about a Hugger Orange 2nd Gen, so I went with Rand's car, but all of them are very nice. I'd be happy to own any of them.
riceeater
09-02-2007, 06:59 PM
thanks for the votes everyone
74454bb
09-02-2007, 09:41 PM
Ok jbf101...we need a pic with the trim around the windsheild....oh yeah and I want your rims.
1990CamaroRS
09-02-2007, 09:49 PM
anyone else notice that Rand and riceeater have the same rims?? jonjon got my vote though
74454bb
09-02-2007, 10:13 PM
Rand has the old Torque thrust D's and rice has the stock camaro Z/28 wheels..
Saint_Ali
09-03-2007, 12:08 AM
voted for riceeater, he has a nice 2nd gen and he is active on this site
1990CamaroRS
09-03-2007, 08:00 AM
ORIGINAL: 74454bb
Rand has the old Torque thrust D's and rice has the stock camaro Z/28 wheels..
well they look the same to me, but what do i know. i'm blind as a bat:D
74454bb
09-03-2007, 08:39 AM
Heres a closer pic of the 2 different wheels..Rice and 80z/28 have the same rims as the blue ones, but are painted different. It is hard to come by the Z/28 wheels...
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k5/neilandsaraht/197120Chevrolet20Camaro20Z28-RS2028.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k5/neilandsaraht/68c0_3.jpg
riceeater
09-03-2007, 09:10 AM
actually now I have cragar s/s wheels with Mickey Thompson tires, old picture. the new wheels are in some pics in the second gen nominations page. those z28 wheels are my winter wheels now
74454bb
09-03-2007, 04:40 PM
I should have goten the SS wheels, I love the thrust's but nothin beats the chrome SS wheels.
lovelacci
09-03-2007, 04:58 PM
I voted for Rand although they are all enviable cars. Nice job everybody.
Puck90a
09-03-2007, 05:30 PM
I nominated 80z/28, but holy cow, Rand, yours is awesome. I love red on camaros.
Wow, That looks great with the SS wheels... This is one of the closest RTM's ever..I think jb101 would have more votes if he had more pics posted..and the chrome trim around the window..as fod 80z..well it is a beautiful car but it is hard to beat an early 2nd gen.
joeyninetoes
09-04-2007, 05:55 PM
i give it to riceeater.
my youngest and i
meticulously looked @ all those rides
we both voted riceeater
oakleys
09-04-2007, 06:30 PM
jonjon for president...and ride of the month
619Camaro
09-04-2007, 06:55 PM
I had to vote for riceeater, but they are all nice rides.
SilverBullet5
09-04-2007, 10:32 PM
Had to pick riceeater, I love blue on camaros and that one looks amazing.
74454bb
09-04-2007, 11:35 PM
Still a 3 way tie...if it helps..rand has a big block.....
jonjon
09-05-2007, 02:48 AM
Thank you for your vote..... How is the The Blue Beastie doing? I come from the motorcycle world too. I had two before I got my camaro... Cars are more work and more $$ but you can take the whole family with you. I have an 18 months old and he loves the car. He can go to sleep even with the engine running...LOL. I couldn't...
Thanks...
74454bb
09-05-2007, 07:26 AM
My kids love to ride in mine..and my 2 yr old girl was fallin asleep in it the other day , the header gasket blew out on 3 ports and was so loud...but it didn't stop her at all.
bowtieguy
09-05-2007, 08:08 AM
i voted for riceeater.i like the color.good luck to everyone.all these cars are winners
Attila
09-05-2007, 12:49 PM
Bowtieguy should have been nominated:D
But it's such a hard choice I love all of these fine Camaros.
oakleys
09-05-2007, 01:47 PM
I am actually going to start tearing the beastie apart this weekend for paint. Transmission is out getting rebuilt...I figured it is about time for snow anyways so I may as well start doing my winter work on the car. After looking at the forecast, I may have it done before snow haha...I can't wait to have it ready, so I don't have to take pictures in the dark anymore haha
MadMikeZ28
09-05-2007, 06:33 PM
These are all nice rides! But I nominated jonjon and he gets my vote. Granted 80Z28 is closer in years my dad had an 81 Z28 that was Charcoal with silver interior and dealer installed Chrome Cragar 5 spokes.
Jonjon needs hubcaps thogh so I deducted 2 points. It would have been 4 but for all I know he has caps on the other side :D
bowtieguy
09-05-2007, 07:12 PM
dustcaps.i got your back mike
Rand
09-05-2007, 09:27 PM
Hey thanks for the votes guys.....got some good looking cars I'm up against.....
My Camaro orginally had Ralley wheels, the mags that are on it now are old ET mags....they have been on the car for 35 years. Paid $100 for all of them, brand new! I wish it had originally with the SS wheels also, but unfortunatly the window sticker tells the tale.
Hey!! I'm gonna need a couple more votes if we're gonna keep this race close! ;)
I had a set of chrome hubcaps, but they got stolen [&o]. The ones I had were kind of expensive and I want to get the sameones. They were chrome and had the Chevrolet logo.....Thank for the votes...
MadMikeZ28
09-05-2007, 11:53 PM
thanks bowtieguy! :D
Rand
09-06-2007, 09:07 AM
Here I'll give everyone a ride in my Camaro........:D
Yeahhh...Thats what I'm talking about! We should all post videos..... Hold your votes till you see a video from each one of us.... My camera is charging.....:D
riceeater
09-06-2007, 10:57 AM
thats no good, it took me 4 months to figure out how to post regular pictures, let alone post video
jonjon
09-06-2007, 12:42 PM
Come on riceeateryour only 18, your acting like a my dad, it took me a week to teach him how to email pictures. You should know how all this work. All you have to do is upload the video to Photobucket.com its free and then post the link.....
74454bb
09-06-2007, 12:50 PM
ORIGINAL: Rand
Here I'll give everyone a ride in my Camaro........:D
Do you happen to remember how fast you were going when you hit 3rd?
riceeater
09-06-2007, 01:33 PM
ORIGINAL: jonjon
Come on riceeateryour only 18, your acting like a my dad, it took me a week to teach him how to email pictures. You should know how all this work. All you have to do is upload the video to Photobucket.com its free and then post the link.....
calm down dude, I have a ****ty digital camera, I tried to use photobucket before an all i got was text. I am terrible with computers, dunno anything about them. If you guys want go ahead, but personally I am not gonna waste 3 or 4 hours to post a video on here. If it was a great race or somethin, maybe. Hell it would take hours, I am on a dial up modem, not dsl or cable
Rand
09-06-2007, 01:35 PM
ORIGINAL: 74454bb
Do you happen to remember how fast you were going when you hit 3rd?
Not very, I was just loafing along, just enough to hear the pipes. Plus I had a car coming my way, so no real romps on the gas...Heh.
But now Jon wants everyone to make a video.....Gee I might have to make another.....of course this video hasn't gotten me any votes since I posted it. :eek:
I haven't been around lately, I try not to be on the computer that much while its nice. (Plenty of time in the winter.)
Plus I have been busy working on my Jeep Rubicon. When I bought it, the polishedMickey Thomson mags were all corroded, so I was trying to figure out what to do with them. I'm basically a lazy person, so I didn't want to get them polished back up and have to polish them every month. So I elected to try powder coating them.....I also took the fake bead locks off and had them chromed and replaced the rusted center caps......
Looks good...I can't beleive you let her drive it out of the drive way...
The Jeep.....Yes.......The Camaro......NO! LoL ;)
Once powder coated those wheels clean up FAST! Floor jack the wheel up, spray with some shine'm stuff.....spin the front and wipe off and the just reach on the backside for a few more spins to clean and your done!! Mucho better than polishing aluminum!!! [sm=bling.gif]
Heres a lil helpful tip for anyone that needs it......[8D]
fine I will see what I can do an post it tomorrow. I figure, my tires are almost bald now anyway, might as well do a couple doughnuts an finish 'em off
jonjon
09-06-2007, 08:51 PM
Mine are bald too.... Be carful don't want to have a blow-out while burning-out.....Is not fun at all.
riceeater
09-06-2007, 08:59 PM
lol, that happened in a buddy of mine's truck, scared the **** out of me lol
74454bb
09-06-2007, 11:37 PM
You guys know if rand does a few big block vids you are all done for...
Zoilus
09-07-2007, 12:27 AM
Voted..... very tough choice all nice cars!!
riceeater
09-07-2007, 01:57 PM
the video will be posted tonight or tomorrow, it features me in my car revving the motor, a ride along, a fly by, and finishes with a doughnut transitioning to a forty or fifty foot burnout. It will be produced by a buddy of mine, named Rob, and will feature music by the Dead Milkmen (Bitchin' Camaro) expect the final cut to be between 40 seconds and a minute and a half.
Hey!! What happened to my two votes!?!??! Those were supposed to be mine.....Diebold isn't in charge of the vote counting are they!?!?! LoL
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Nice vid there Jon......
jonjon
09-08-2007, 01:28 PM
I always wanted to make a video because pictures only show how your car looks. Most of my friends have really nice cars that run and sound like crap. Not like yours or mine...
619Camaro
09-08-2007, 01:50 PM
Hey, I recognize Magnolia. I havebeen down that street once before.
jonjon
09-08-2007, 03:01 PM
I live around Beach Blvd. and Katella Ave. about 2 blocks from Magnolia.
Rand
09-08-2007, 09:30 PM
Welllll looks like October may not be my month! [8D]
Heres a pic with the glass hood on....and I'm towing my boat.....
ugh, having trouble getting the video made because of the formatting of the video, we will keep trying, may have to shot off another camera
619Camaro
09-09-2007, 10:59 PM
I'm still waiting for that videoriceeater, you got me wondering what's gonna happen, like explosions as you drive by stuff, and then a cameo by Chuck Norris as he jumps out of your car and roundhouse kicks some dude who's talking crap as he drives by in hishonda crx. But if it's just a short vid of your car that would be cool.
riceeater
09-10-2007, 08:43 AM
I gotta reshoot the film, i took it on a digital camera, gonna have to take it on a real vid camera I guess
Rand
09-10-2007, 02:24 PM
Heck I gave everyone a ride in my Camaro and I never got a single vote from anyone after I posted it.....I just don't think videos are going to get the votes....if they would I'd do a second better one.
But on the bright side, even if I don't get the votes, I still have my 1 of 600 SS396/375 Camaro!!!! Whoo Weeeeeeeeeeeee [sm=gears.gif]
ORIGINAL: Rand
But on the bright side, even if I don't get the votes, I still have my 1 of 600 SS396/375 Camaro!!!! Whoo Weeeeeeeeeeeee [sm=gears.gif]
GL Guys-
Later---
I wish I had one of those because that's one sweet ride, but Imake dowith a 396 out of a 70 SS in mine. Don't ask me why the owner was willing to part with the motor from his numbers matching 70 SS.
Rand
09-11-2007, 06:28 AM
ORIGINAL: 619Camaro
Don't ask me why the owner was willing to part with the motor from his numbers matching 70 SS.
WOW, sounds like you should have gotten the whole car. Or was it in really bad shape??
JONJON your link seems to have some info wrong. It has 396/350 listed as being only 600 made and makes no mention of the 375hp L78. Also it says that the SS trunks were blacked out, when actually only the SSL78's were.
My vid will be posted tonight, the sound quality is not good though, there is a high pitch interference of some kind I could not edit out
TRIPSxZ28
09-11-2007, 10:53 AM
rand you get my vote..... nice ride
619Camaro
09-11-2007, 12:18 PM
ORIGINAL: Rand
ORIGINAL: 619Camaro
Don't ask me why the owner was willing to part with the motor from his numbers matching 70 SS.
WOW, sounds like you should have gotten the whole car. Or was it in really bad shape??
JONJON your link seems to have some info wrong. It has 396/350 listed as being only 600 made and makes no mention of the 375hp L78. Also it says that the SS trunks were blacked out, when actually only the SSL78's were.
I tried, but he wasn't willing to part with it, he had another 396 with I think a 6-71 on it sitting in is garage waiting to go in. The SS was actually very straight, and had no rust. It was a desert car it's whole life.
riceeater
09-11-2007, 01:15 PM
Is the trailer hitch in the picture factory, I know it was a really rare option on the car, but I have never seen one myself. The way its mounted made me wonder. Also, has anyone ever seen a second gen with the deluxe bumper group? from 70-72 only a couple thousand were made, It was basically a rubber strip along the front and rear bumpers of the car.
Rand
09-11-2007, 02:20 PM
ORIGINAL: riceeater
Is the trailer hitch in the picture factory, I know it was a really rare option on the car, but I have never seen one myself. The way its mounted made me wonder.
No I put that on when it was the family hauler, so I could pull my speed boat with it. It seemed like a good idea at the time.:eek:
ORIGINAL: TRIPSxZ28
rand you get my vote..... nice ride
Thanks Trip, all it takes is elbow grease and a lil slugger baseball bat, to keep it looking almost as good as when I first bought it. ;)
I do need to 'fit the hood' on it though yet. I took it off when switching to the glass hood. When I went to put it back on a "Pal" helping me, loosened the bolts on the hinges....ACCKK!!! So the adjustment was all screwed up. I KNOW the hood fits ok, cause it did when I bought it, I just need to find someone that can get it right. My cousin's hubby works at a GM plant, I'm hoping one day that he will make it down here or I make it up to Lansing, Mi to get it fixed.
Or I might throw caution to the wind and just give it another go myself, one of these days.
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riceeater
09-11-2007, 02:29 PM
oh, gotcha.
jonjon
09-11-2007, 04:37 PM
ORIGINAL: Rand
Thanks Trip, all it takes is elbow grease and a lil slugger baseball bat, to keep it looking almost as good as when I first bought it. ;)
I do need to 'fit the hood' on it though yet. I took it off when switching to the glass hood. When I went to put it back on a "Pal" helping me, loosened the bolts on the hinges....ACCKK!!! So the adjustment was all screwed up. I KNOW the hood fits ok, cause it did when I bought it, I just need to find someone that can get it right. My cousin's hubby works at a GM plant, I'm hoping one day that he will make it down here or I make it up to Lansing, Mi to get it fixed.
Or I might throw caution to the wind and just give it another go myself, one of these days.
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I had the same problem, I took the car to Classic Industries and they adjusted my hood. It sucked because after installing theBigger Intake Manifoldandthe 750 Carb my stock hood did not fit. I got the fiver glass hood I only needed a 2" cowl but I ended up getting the 3". It really does a lot for the car.
jonjon
09-11-2007, 04:54 PM
Rand.. Are you the original owner???
Rand
09-11-2007, 06:53 PM
ORIGINAL: jonjon
Rand.. Are you the original owner???
No, I bought it when it was a year old and had 12K miles on it. The original owner was in the service when he ordered it. And my sister and brother-in-law lived next door to his parents. My brother-in-law took me over to his parents garage and showed me the car when he first got it. He still had a short time to go in the service.
He never let anyone smoke, eat, etc etc in it....the ashtray had never been used.....
When I bought it the next year, it had the smog stuff off and had Hooker headers and header mufflers. He also put the taller spoiler on the back. Other than that, it was 'stock'.
And besides changingstuff aroundfrom time to time, it has basically stayed the same as I bought it.
I did put an oil gauge in the ashtray....(but I got an extra ashtray)....
I have went back and talked to Terry (the original owner) a few times....I asked why he didn't get the aluminum heads, I guess he had heard they didn't disapate heat that well.....(GRRRRR) LoL
So I guess I can tell you just about anything on the car....original spare tire yet....original warning sticker for the posi....etc etc....
I had a hard time buying it off the Chevy lot.....but I guess thast another story.....[8D]
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riceeater
09-11-2007, 07:46 PM
yeah, the video will def be posted tomorrow around noon, we are putting it up during college
619Camaro
09-12-2007, 12:33 AM
ORIGINAL: Rand
So I guess I can tell you just about anything on the car....original spare tire yet....original warning sticker for the posi....etc etc....
I had a hard time buying it off the Chevy lot.....but I guess thats another story.....[8D]
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That's awesome, I wish I could say that about mine. I could tell you that from 73, I'm sure the car bounced around one person to the next. I use the original wiring harness as my determining factor. Usually one to two owners won't do it, but whenthere are more than that you get to see what I like to call a "factory custom" wiring harness. The kind that take two weekends, 6 ponds of solder, a half mile of heat shrink and getting burned 17 times before it's fixed....Is it just me?
Rand
09-12-2007, 08:02 AM
ORIGINAL: 619Camaro
That's awesome, I wish I could say that about mine. I could tell you that from 73, I'm sure the car bounced around one person to the next. I use the original wiring harness as my determining factor. Usually one to two owners won't do it, but whenthere are more than that you get to see what I like to call a "factory custom" wiring harness. The kind that take two weekends, 6 ponds of solder, a half mile of heat shrink and getting burned 17 times before it's fixed....Is it just me?
No, usually after they have changed stereo's a few times, the wiring looks like a birds nest. LoL
Then I have seen countless carburator techs. Almost every used Holly I have boughthas been butchered...first thing they want to do is remove the vacumms....then they want to pull the bowls off to re-jet it.....only NO ONE seems to own a set of fitting wrenches....so all the nuts on the bowls are rounded, from using 'who knows what' on them. [:@]
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619Camaro
09-12-2007, 03:49 PM
Yeah, people do somedumb stuff to their cars, but I think it's cause they know they aren't going to keep it. Then again, part of the fun is fixing all these other things that you notice when you were working on something else.
riceeater
09-12-2007, 03:53 PM
here it is, it is bad video quality though, we are gonna make one with a real camera soon
Looks good so far, will you work my plot into the next vid?
Rand
09-12-2007, 09:52 PM
I wanna see the X rated version with Keeley Hazell in the back seat.......[sm=yikesomg.gif]
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619Camaro
09-12-2007, 11:31 PM
That sounds like a winner to me, it would get my vote for sure.[sm=smiley20.gif]
riceeater
09-13-2007, 09:29 AM
ugh I need the votes, come on guys, i posted a vid, gimme some love
Rand
09-13-2007, 09:44 AM
ORIGINAL: riceeater
ugh I need the votes, come on guys, i posted a vid, gimme some love
Hey, you can have the votes, I need gas money! ;)
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riceeater
09-13-2007, 10:00 AM
lol, me too!
jonjon
09-13-2007, 03:29 PM
ORIGINAL: Rand
ORIGINAL: jonjon
Rand.. Are you the original owner???
No, I bought it when it was a year old and had 12K miles on it. The original owner was in the service when he ordered it. And my sister and brother-in-law lived next door to his parents. My brother-in-law took me over to his parents garage and showed me the car when he first got it. He still had a short time to go in the service.
He never let anyone smoke, eat, etc etc in it....the ashtray had never been used.....
When I bought it the next year, it had the smog stuff off and had Hooker headers and header mufflers. He also put the taller spoiler on the back. Other than that, it was 'stock'.
And besides changingstuff aroundfrom time to time, it has basically stayed the same as I bought it.
I did put an oil gauge in the ashtray....(but I got an extra ashtray)....
I have went back and talked to Terry (the original owner) a few times....I asked why he didn't get the aluminum heads, I guess he had heard they didn't disapate heat that well.....(GRRRRR) LoL
So I guess I can tell you just about anything on the car....original spare tire yet....original warning sticker for the posi....etc etc....
I had a hard time buying it off the Chevy lot.....but I guess thast another story.....[8D]
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Nice... I wish I knew where my cars been..... All I know is that is was built here in SOCAL and it still here..... My car is 100% rust free so I know its been taking care of.
619Camaro
09-13-2007, 05:56 PM
Same with mine,It was built in Van Nuys, Ca then was moved to Desert Hot Springs Ca, about 10 minutes from Palm springs. It stayed there until I bought it. So it's rust free also. Gotta love that dry weather.
riceeater
09-13-2007, 06:02 PM
mine was Van Nuys, but not rust free, I am gonna post pics of my car at various stages, like when the roof and both quarters were chopped. my car is, even if i lose, damn good because I know where its been in terms of work, how much i had to do, and how much is left till I am satisfied, which is not till i hit mid 11s (hello 383 stroker and 200 shot [sm=devilgrin.gif])
619Camaro
09-13-2007, 08:57 PM
ORIGINAL: riceeater
mine was Van Nuys, but not rust free, I am gonna post pics of my car at various stages, like when the roof and both quarters were chopped. my car is, even if i lose, damn good because I know where its been in terms of work, how much i had to do, and how much is left till I am satisfied, which is not till i hit mid 11s (hello 383 stroker and 200 shot [sm=devilgrin.gif])
Well I can't wait to see it when it's all done, but you know as well as I do that it will never be "done"
riceeater
09-13-2007, 09:12 PM
my girl always asks wen am i gonna be done working on the car, an I always say "when i am dead" cause really either the car is gone or i am, if one of those doesnt happen, itll need work
619Camaro
09-13-2007, 09:31 PM
I hear that, that's the only way it can be. Just make sure that if it ever gets serious with a woman and you want to take the next step, you better lay down the rules. I told my wife before we got married that I had my cars before her. It worked out because she loves them and is always asking when I'm gonna work on them and if she can help.
bowtieguy
09-13-2007, 10:05 PM
you got one of a kind 619 camaro.mine dont want to do anything and bit@h about how brakes suck and its hot in here.that stuff aint getting fixed because i now know how to keep her out of my car,just dont fix it
Rand
09-13-2007, 10:34 PM
ORIGINAL: 619Camaro
I told my wife before we got married that I had my cars before her.
I had my car after her.
I was boxing and I came home from a fight, pretty well beat to hell. So we had our first fight, since getting married. She wanted me to quit fighting and I told her no.
I stuck to my guns, until she said that she knew I had been wanting a corvette, so ifI quit fighting she'd help me buy the Corvette!!!
Sooooo a buddy of mine with a 62 Vette and I went shopping for a car. I almost bought a 67 Roadster, 427 Tri-Power, but the sales guy was being a dick, so I left without it. Then we went to the Chevy lot and I saw the hugger orange Camaro. I told the wife I'd settle for that Camaro, instead of the Vette. (SIGH, I should have gotten the vette...LoL)
So thats how I came to keep it all this time.....I gave up a lot to get it.....and she could never tell me to get rid of it.
So where a lot of guys sold their toys, I kept mine.
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619Camaro
09-13-2007, 11:48 PM
ORIGINAL: bowtieguy
you got one of a kind 619 camaro.mine dont want to do anything and bit@h about how brakes suck and its hot in here.that stuff ain't getting fixed because i now know how to keep her out of my car,just dont fix it
Yeah bowtieguyI do, I guess I'm lucky. But I would probably take some pages out ofthat there book of yours had it been different between my cars and my wife.
Who knows Rand maybe something would have happened to the vette, then you wouldn't havehad the vette or the camaro. At least you have one awesome camaro.
Rand
09-14-2007, 07:43 AM
ORIGINAL: 619Camaro
Who knows Rand maybe something would have happened to the vette, then you wouldn't havehad the vette or the camaro.
You might be right, the guy that had the 62 Vette ended up almost getting killed. He rolled it in a curve, the only piece of the car that wasn't broken was the trunk lid. The rest was totaled. His passenger had to pull him out of a ditch with some water in it or he would have drowned.
He drives a Viper now. LoL
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riceeater
09-14-2007, 09:27 AM
yeah, at least my girl is starting to take a little interest in it, she went to carlisle, and she knows the difference between chevelle, camaro, and nova, she knows what z28 and ss and rs mean, and she knows that mustangs suck ass [sm=loveeyes.gif]
619Camaro
09-14-2007, 02:29 PM
ORIGINAL: Rand
ORIGINAL: 619Camaro
Who knows Rand maybe something would have happened to the vette, then you wouldn't havehad the vette or the camaro.
You might be right, the guy that had the 62 Vette ended up almost getting killed. He rolled it in a curve, the only piece of the car that wasn't broken was the trunk lid. The rest was totaled. His passenger had to pull him out of a ditch with some water in it or he would have drowned.
He drives a Viper now. LoL
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Sounds like my friends dad, he had a 70 SS and on the day he turned 21 he and his buddy went to the bar and when the left they were doing 60 around a turn that was supposed to be 25 and the front right tire blew out and he dumped the car in a concrete ditch 20 feet below. They both walked away with minor injuries. But the car was gone.
He drives a Geo Metro now.
Sounds like you have a keeper there riceeater. Teach her well and it will only get better. Then she'll ask when she can drive. Then you just laugh and pat her on the head and say someday....someday. I'm just kidding, well only a little.
riceeater
09-14-2007, 04:37 PM
lol, i try to get her to drive it, but she islike I am scared I will break something,lol so she says if we get married I have to buy her a camaro and paint it purple, but she said she would learn to work on it with me, so i dont have to do ALL the work
619Camaro
09-14-2007, 04:54 PM
That's would be awesome, it always helps to have an extra hand in the garage. My wife is the same way, she says she wants to drive the camaro, but when I hand her the keys she says she doesnt want to drive it. She thinks she'll break it or crash it.
jonjon
09-14-2007, 08:28 PM
ORIGINAL: 619Camaro
That's would be awesome, it always helps to have an extra hand in the garage. My wife is the same way, she says she wants to drive the camaro, but when I hand her the keys she says she doesnt want to drive it. She thinks she'll break it or crash it.
Same here.Exceptfor thisone time I told her to sit on car and drive it around the block..... She drove it like at MPH.and the car was so loud. She didn't like it. So the next day I got my sons seat out of the van and took them to the beach, which is 15 to 20 miles away. There was traffic on the way there and she noticed the attention that my car gets specially cruising along the coast. After that day she told me to keep the car and will it to my son, he is 1 1/2 years old, back then I had 2 motorcycles3 cars. We had to get rid of some of them because the insurance was killing me. So I sold be bikes and kept the camaro and the money I got from the bikes went straight into the camaro.:D
619Camaro
09-14-2007, 11:02 PM
That's such an awesome feeling, all these people watching you. It's even better when some weenie in a $90K Porsche stares as you drive by him. Then they usually speed off and cry all the way home.
You better will that car to your son. You do want it to go to the state, that would be horrible. You have to save it for the family.
Rand
09-16-2007, 09:31 PM
The last time my aunt came down from Michigan, shes 75,she wanted a ride in mine. So her & my two cousins hopped in and we made the circuit around town. I just jumped on it easy a couple times.....didn't want my aunt having the big one in my car! :eek:
We passed a mall that had cars out for sale and there was a bunch of guys around one of them looking at it, until we drove by, then my cousins were telling me they all watched us as we drove by instead. (They never seen a hugger orange Camaro before?) Hahhahahhahahahha
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After I overhauled my engine I started getting it ready for car shows for the next year. I took the front bumper off and the grill out, so I could wax the whole front and get her shined up.
It's looking good there, when you are done with yours, maybe you can start on mine.
Rand
09-19-2007, 07:38 PM
ORIGINAL: 619Camaro
It's looking good there, when you are done with yours, maybe you can start on mine.
I'll just give ya the secret instead.
This year, I bought a Mothers clay kit and went over the hood, top and trunk lid. Then after I got done with each section I used Liquid Glass on it.
I've used all types of wax & polishes, but I have always gone back to Liquid Glass. Gives a great shine & protection. The only thing about it is that you had better have your car CLEAN.....and everything removed from the finish so that its exactly how you want it. Because after you put the Liquid Glass on its gonna stay there!![:o]
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619Camaro
09-19-2007, 09:27 PM
I think I'll have to check that out, I got lucky my buddy just moved back and wants to cut, polish, and buff it for me. Along with the paint touch ups.
jonjon
09-20-2007, 10:46 PM
I wish I had a bubby like yours........
619Camaro
09-21-2007, 03:40 PM
Well normally I would do it, but he does it for a living so it just makes it easier.
Rand
09-26-2007, 09:51 AM
Hey I still need a couple three more votes to keep this thing close......Hugger Orange fellas, just think there is no better color for early Camaros....and mine is the original color.....
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