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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
9:24 pm	Finally I finally put a new Intake Elbow and CAI off eBay on the 93. (Comment on this)
Saturday, September 5th, 2009
9:41 pm	Owning Camaro's is a sickness. So anyways bought another Camaro. I couldn't pass this one up. I have this sickness where I would like to own one of every generation. Well 3rd generation I had decided , since it is my least favorite generation, that it would be the generation I get a 'vert. Well I just happened to come across this one. Come to find out the Dealer miss listed it for 995, when it was suppose to list for 1995. Lowest Blue Book trade in is $1500. Well I snatched it up. Body is rough, needs new top, but runs and drives nice. Only has 115k on it. It's 305 with 700r4 Side by side with the 93 (Comment on this)
Friday, April 17th, 2009
1:14 am	All Done I think Well think I have pulled everything off I want to keep. Rearend is out. Now to tell the guy who wants the front sub-frame and suspension to come get it. hehe. A bit different from what it started at. (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 16th, 2009
9:42 pm	More parting Parts car pay for itself and for more parts to get the 77 on the road. Everything coming together nicely. Getting underneat :P Lots of stuff taken off now :P Tranny out. Tomorrow have to go out and get rear bumper off, rearend out and window trim. Then off to the guy who wants the subframe. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
9:38 pm	Been cold Well on Monday I was just plain tired and sunburned from Sunday. Then Tuesday it was rainy and today it was friggin cold. Suppose to be nice out so will be going back to hopefully get the rest of the pieces off the parts car. I did go over and work on the 77 though. The steering column coming out. So can take the pedal out. So new clutch pedals can go in, woohoo a manual Camaro. Took out the TH350 Crossmember, won't be using it. Removed the old exhaust. And had some help so got the new engine mounts installed. (Comment on this)
Sunday, April 12th, 2009
11:09 pm	My Easter spent stripping parts and BBQ at Matts house. Work party, everyone pitched in a little. Smokers :P hehe smoke break. Pile'o'parts Getting bare in there :P More to strip tomorrow :P (Comment on this)
Saturday, April 11th, 2009
6:14 pm	HEHE Another Camaro Ok so it's only a parts car, so now need to strip off what I need in the next week. Then it's not my issue anymore :P It changes my plans since this has everything I need (including transmission) to swap over to manual and 3.08 rear (2.56 right now). Also Matt from our club has majority of the pieces I need to get it in and running, woohooo. Matt from our Club helping me. (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
4:27 pm	Painting. oh my Well painted the engine up and work some more on getting the transmission cleaned up. (Comment on this)
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
6:58 pm	Got some more work done. Trying to get as much done as possible, would like to have engine in and running by end of next week but not sure will have all the pieces I need. Got the heads cleaned up and install back on the engine, engine is ready to paint. Wire brushed the paint off the drivers side rear quarter. I knew I would find a dent, didn't know I would need a new quarter. People who patch shit incorrectly and patch over rust so it rusts from the inside should be fucking shot. Check this shit out. Click the picture for larger one. (Comment on this)
Saturday, April 4th, 2009
6:56 pm	Didn't get much accomplished. Was annoyed with shop layout so organized it a different and swept up. Didn't get much work done, started cleaning heads. (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
3:45 pm	Cleaning ShortBlock As the title says. Spent a bunch of time just cleaning. Clean outside areas now and should be ready to mask/paint. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
11:08 pm	Cleaning Pulled the other head off, water pump and fuel pump. Started cleaning up the shortblock. (Comment on this)
Monday, March 30th, 2009
10:56 pm	Rid of the 81 Regal. So saw a sign that said your cars wanted $100 guaranteed. Gave him a call on Sunday he called me back on Monday. He had a  hell of a time getting it onto his trailer since it didn't have any tires on the front (told him this on the phone before he came) but he paid up the cash. Went and bought parts for the 77. New engine mounts, transmission mount, front and rear seal for the TH350 and a filter +gasket kit. (Comment on this)
Sunday, March 29th, 2009
10:17 pm	Started work on the 77. So after being sick for a bit, time to get to work on the 77 Camaro. Want to see if I can get it running. Pulled the seats out, drivers looks good. Some plastice broken. Need recovered or course. Passengers seems to be broken. Will try to figure out how to fix this one or find a donor to fix the frame. Back seats are there but need recovered also. Have most of the interior pieces but no center console. It's 03N So Vinyl White. From researching on Nastyz28.com it means Seats and doorpanels are white vinyl. The Dash, Carpet, rear shelf are Dark Aqua. Still not sure if the center console would of been Dark Aqua or Black. All the pictures I have seen of red and tan 77 cars the console matches. Then off with the vinly top, I knew there was rust there. Could of been worse. Top is mostly just surface, it's the edges that took the most damage. Here is with some of it started to be cleaned up. Here is the worst of it. This should be reskinned but that is a bit cost preventive tool and part wise at this time. So think I am going to use por-15 products to repair it now with plans to reskin it later if it doesn't work. Main thing is to stop the rust. Little bit of rust in floor, could of been worse. Looks like someone coated the rust here with something on the passenger side. Backseat foot area looks good just surface. Trunk looks good just some surface rust where the carpet padding got wet and stuck. And a little surface on the driverside bumper rail braces. Well I think that is what they are. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
5:48 pm	Moved the T-Type out and Camaro in :P Just as it says want to get Camaro running T-Type gets to wait for now. Pulled the tires and rims off the Regal since it's going away. (Comment on this)
Friday, March 6th, 2009
5:13 pm	Not much going on, well maybe :P So we left off just before Christmas and it was cold. Had some trips to take, etc. Well it is now spring time to get to work and I need to update. I was trying to get into working on the 81 Regal, but couldn't really do it. Wanted something in a camaro that was already a factory V8 to make it a little easier. So I tried to trade my 78 Chevy Stepside 4x4 for a 78 Camaro, nothing special, was in very sad shape. Guy really thought he had more than he did and didn't do it. Which I am glad he did now :P Since couple days later I sold the Stepside + some parts for $600. I then went down the road and purchased this. I offered him $500($600 asking price couple months ago) and walked away with the title transfer slip and a receipt for $538 All the pictures here (Comment on this)
Saturday, December 20th, 2008
5:39 pm	Engine and transmission I bought what was suppose to be a low mileage Chevy 350 4-bolt main from a coworker. Along with the engine stand it was on and a 700r4 transmission that was with the engine when was pulled so possible low mileage. CAM 70 350 300 350 L-48 1x4 H cam NOV 70 350 300 350 L-48 1x4 H cam CHE 70 350 300 350 L-48 1x4 H cam My Camaro books show the block being the base model SS engine. So cool old block. Now to figure out what I am going to put it in. (Comment on this)
Monday, December 1st, 2008
10:44 pm	Started Work on TR. I was able to get the Title and Vin# inspected so I could take the title to DMV and process for title transfer.  We decided to start doing some clean up. Carrie Vacuumed the trunk and most of the interior. The trunk looks really clean, spare tire and Jack are there. The hold downs and the misc. small parts were missing so junkyard hunt items. I pulled all of the Misc. parts out of the Trunk, Interior and Engine Bay. All these parts were loose. I then vacuumed the engine bay. It's nice to be able to just suck all the misc. weeds/leaves and crap that collect when a car sits. Need to pick up some basics, hoses, vacuum lines etc. We will soon start to put the engine back together so we can see if it will run. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
12:19 pm	New project Haven't posted much but really haven't been working on anything. Been just driving the Camaro, but........ A new project has been purchased. I have always wanted one of these and now I have one. It does need some work but it's a rare car. Only 1500-2k of them produced and from what I have been told so far even rarer because it has column shift and bucket seats. So the new resto project is.................................. a 1985 Buick Regal T-Type Here it is pushed into the shop, waiting for VIN check and title transfer before we start putting it back together. All the pieces appear to be there. At the same time I picked up this 1981 Buick Regal, still undecided on what I am going to do with this. Either going to make it my race car or get it running good and trade it for a Camaro to race this next season. (Comment on this)
Sunday, October 12th, 2008
8:24 pm	Rims on Craigslist I am needing rims to put DR tires on next year for the track. These came up on craigslist today. Waiting to hear if they will work or not. Then have to devise a way to purchase/trade for them :P (Comment on this)