OK so I sold my 77 Trans Am. I had done about as much work on it as I could and decided it was time to release it back into the wild/streets. I got $3,000 out of it which wasn't bad for my initial $250 investment. I probably put about $1,000 into it.
Again I looked for the elusive mustang rotting away somewhere, but no luck. The older muscle cars are getting much harder to find now that people are seeing what they can sell for. After some looking around I found a car that wasn't a "classic" but it was a bit unusual. At first I was wanting to get an older classic, preferably American muscle, then I got to thinking I'm really tired of dealing with these rotted floorboards and quarter panels.
I've always liked the looks of the newer Camaro and so one on a back lot caught my eyes. It was a 1994 Camaro that someone had done a bit of modifying to. A little research would reveal a whole lot of modifying had been done. What I found was that ALL 4th generation Camaros came only with the V6. Only the Z28's and SS's had the optional LT1 powerhouse.
I looked at the motor and saw it was the 350 LT1 only put in High end Camaros and Corvettes, but the VIN indicated it was originally the standard V6. I also noticed the speedometer went to 150 mph which seemed strange far a car with a modest V6. I started decoding the RPO's(Regular Production Options) which tells how each vehicle was originally equipped, and started seeing quite a few discrepancies.
It showed to have disc brakes on the front and drum brakes on the rear originally, but it now had disc brakes front and rear. I little asking on a few Camaro forums and I start to get a picture. One thing all the people had to say was "someone spent a lot of $$$ on this car." I learned that you can't just take out the old V6 and put in a LT1. You've got to use the transmission for the LT1, You've got to switch out the entire front suspension before the LT1 will fit, and pretty much all of the cross members and rear end. That is why they said someone put a lot of money into this "sleeper."
Well the guy wants $2,900 so I start naming off all the stuff that wasn't original starting with the motor. I didn't tell him they were all improvements. Anyway, so we haggle a bit and he finally excepts my $2,000 offer. It does have a few dings on passenger side rear quarter. Everything except for the rear quarters is fiberglass.
This thing runs like a raped ape. Now I've got to decide if I want to keep the paint the same or go with a new scheme. I'm thinking maybe white with orange stripes.
