thanx man do you know if it works?

 

hey dan the only way to really fix that is get different offset wheels to suck them back under your car just so you know

 

Saint Ebony FTW

 

lets get the votes in ladies and gentleman. look these great cars over and vote.

 

i want 1 more vote.. just so i dont have 1 vote lol

 

i voted for jr mechanic basically because if someone who is 16 can do thatmuch to his car it gives me some hope and she looks alot like what my plan for my camaro is so cheers dude

 

32 votes in and 86 replys so far. Not too bad keep them coming.

 

my vote goes to jr mechanic.. its a clean lookng car and the fact that u built it from the floor up is pretty impressive.. not many 14 yr old kids can buil an engine.. and u built it before u got the car, then did the swap. NICE!!

 

When I picked my car up, it had some electrical issues, was almost 4 quarts low on oil which eventually led to a spun rod bearing, and needed new brakes, ***** joints, and a most of the rubber suspension peices. It came out of GA, it was owned by a military sergent, who I beleive died in operation desert storm. The guy I bought it from was military, and the sergents widow decided to sell the car after sitting in the garage for 14 years. He brought it to PA, and had his fun with it, and somehow neutral dropped it into reverse at 25 mph, which grenaded the transmission and torque convertor. I bought it for $1200 and never regretted that decision. Its been sitting now since July '07 when the 305 spun a bearing, and I blew up the 305 December '07. I am going to save up about $8,00-$10,000 to do the car right. Upon some research, I found that not very many cars were ordered with the options it has-Silver and gunmetal paint, black interior, t-tops, power windows and hatch, posi rear, 4-wheel disc brakes, Tuned Port Injection, and the larger of the two sway bar options. I believe the production numbers with my RPO codes was under 6,000 for 1986

BTW, I picked it up just before I turned 17. I had no experience what so ever working on cars other than oil changes and exhaust, and decided to tackle the suspension and brakes myself. It took 2 months of hard labor to get everything done, as well as a house call from my mechanic to press in new ball joints. I got it on the road 2 days before Christmas so I could get to a friends house for her Christmas party, my previous car had the clutch going out and could barely do 45 mph.

 

Your car really looks great microkid. Just a little tip though, take your budget and multiply it 1.5 times. That's what it's going to take to get the car to where you want it. I'm over 6k into my car and still have a LONG way to go.

Well I took the Z to her first show, I didn't clean her up real well because I didn't know I was going until an hour before. I got tons of compliments on my car, which really surprised me since there were so many nicer rides there. Keep in mind that these pictures were early in the evening before most of the people got there.

Here's some pics:








Dad's far left, then his buddy, then me: