still in highschool and cant stand seeing all the rice burners, trying to convince parents into letting me look at a 79 camaro. below is some info left by the owner

79 Camaro 5.0 V8, 4V Carb, Aluminum Intkae Manifold, New Coated Hedmann Headers, New American Racing Torque Thrust Wheels, New BF Goodrich Radial T/A's 215 65/15 Fronts and 255 60/15 Rear. New Rear Leaf Springs and New Front Coil Springs. Complete Front End Rebuilt. New Edelbrock IAS Shocks. New paint and blue interior. Pioneer AM/FM CD with amp. All New Moldings, Tinted Windows, Rear Spoiler, Steel Cowl Induction Hood. $25,000 Invested. Have original White Rally Wheel with Tires. A/C System Redone with New Compressor- Blows Cold. Dual Flowmaster Mufflers with Stainless Tips. Sun Oil Pressure and Water Temp Gauges.
[/align]Condition: Car has 50,650 original miles. Purchased from the original owner 4 years ago. It has the original Power Beam Headlights. It is very tight, Doors open and close easily. It never burns or leaks any oil.[/align][/align]the cars listed at 10,500...any opinions? responses would be appreciated[/align]

 

a car is only worth what u want to pay for it, no matter how much the owner has invested, u really cant expect to give more than what the car books for, look it up on

www.nada.com

or

www.kbb.com

 

i appreciate the help...ive heard from a friend of mines dad who used toown and streetrace a 305 v8 camaro that the camshafts on the 79 would become poor around50-60,000 miles...has anyone else experienced this?

 

for 10 grand you can get an ls1.............

 

Yes to the cam lobes it seemed to be a problem in that year. Ive been looking around for a 79 project from the prices I see$10000 is very high for a 305 79 unless it was a showcar. Check out craigslist or racing junk or collector car classified for some pricing.

 

appreciate the help again...based on the condition of the car anyone have a suggestion of a more reasonable price? right now i have a 20043.5Lchevy colorado with just over 12,000 miles. i love muscle cars but as a kid im limited inthe moneyim able to throw into acar especially one thats a project

http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail...eadExists=true

 

that car looks real clean, but I would barely pay that money for a Z-28 with a 350 and all the optionsfor that money. as far as the 305 goes, they aren't a powerful motor but I had 2 of them go well over 120,000 miles and a friend of mine had one go just under 200k. all three of those cars were '79 Camaros.

just keep looking, there a lots of these cars out there

 

thanks for the info on the lifespan...ive been checking on cars.com and craigslist...you have any preferred sites?

 

If your lookin for something to blow the doors off the rice burners thats ones not gonna do the trick....if you have 10 grande at your disposal ide look for something else, probably a z28, or something someone has built up...I bought my 1980 Camaro on craigslist for 1400 dollars, two grand later i've got almost 400 hp and can blow any of the local ricers away. I was sick of all the ricers too!

 

he never said he is looking to race, or "blow their doors off", he said he is just sick of looking at them and wants some American Muscle