Just signed up on this forum today, currently own 99 and 92 camaros. trying to sell 3rd gen so i can buy 1st gen. I havent made up my mind yet if i want a 67 or 68 but i dont like the 69's. Im not looking to spend 20-30,000 on one. Im looking for a fixer upper for a couple thousand. Maybe 4,000 maybe a little more. Anyone know of any places i can look for something like this? Everywhere ive looked so far is just fully restored one

 

your price range seems a little unrealistic. im looking too but for a fixer upper you would need 8-10k for a frame and a rusty old body you might be in the 4k range

 

I second that... it's going to take quite a bit more money to get what you want.

 

Well, at least you're not looking for a 69 to fit your budget. Those are more popular and desirable, and in turn, cost more. $4k is going to get you a rusted out shell of a car. Take a look at this one as an example, that you could easily get for under $6k. Needs floors, but has all the outer body panels replaced. You'd spend a lot more on a $4k car to get it to this point: 1967 camaro

 

Man that looks like A LOT of work. I am so glad I bought mine 15 years ago, that is what I paid for my 67. I just had to install the top and have not done much else to it since.

Any low end 1st gen you really need to check over. I have seen a lot of cars "saved" in storage that should have been scraped. They are going to take a lot of money and a lot of skilled labor to get back right. The biggest problem is the cars that are put back together but put together wrong. It can be easier to fix a rusted straight car then to fix a rust free car with all new pannels that is not put together right. A better way to put it might be,, Its a lot easier to keep a car straight durring a restoration then it is to straighten a completed car.

 

Thats exactly what im looking for. Its not going to cost that much to fix. I work at a hot rod restoration place and get get parts and body panels cheap. And i can throw a 350 engine and a t56 trans in it. Camaro69. Where is that craigslist ad from? I see plantfield but thats all

 

Finishing the metal work would not be to bad assuming is it is together right. I am talking about all the other work. What would you estimate the labor hours on assembly? 200-300?

If you look at the top of the craigs list it shows South Chicagoland, Chicago.

 

Well when you have all the right tools and if you have all the parts in front of you. Id say 100 labor hours, if that. I was thinking about calling a bunch of junkyards in texas. I see on these tv shows that theres huge classic car junkyards there. See if they would sell one. Or i found this website called Wrecked Cars For Sale - Salvage Cars, Trucks and Motorcycles For Sale - Repairable Used Cars i havent registered yet to search what exactly they have but something along those lines

 

I've checked that site out before. There seems to be some pretty good deals on some restoreable old Camaros.
That 67 I posted is in Plainfield IL, southwest of Chicago.

 

Most yards where picked clean in the late 90's when the price of these car sky rocketed. Even the super larger yard like Desert Valley have been out of Camaro parts for a decade.

100 hours is light, You are talking two weeks for one person. There is 40 hours just in finish paint work on that car and 40 hours in replacing the floors. That is what a body shop would charge. A newbee could take 4 times that. I know how fast a pro can work with all the right parts and tools but that is rarley the case for most people. Pro's don't normally come on here and ask question. Check out some of the build thread on this site. Make sure you look at the dates on the posts. Some of the people on this site have spent YEARs working on their cars.