i appoligise if this is in the wrong section, wasnt to sure where to put it.

so yeah, i picked up my 1987 sc lastnight! and im not gonna lie, 3 days leading up to me taking possesion i was scared shitless that i may have bought a rust bucket on the underside. i bought it from my wifes friends husband and took his word that it wasnt a piece.

so we showed up, fired it up, let it warm up a bit and drove it onto the trailer. with my handy flashlight i proceded to check for rust and rot sence it was very easy to see under it now. suprise!!! other than a very small little bit of rot on the bottom of the rear quarter just behind the wheel and some mild surface rust here and there, completly rot free!!!

considering i picked this car up for 800 bucks i think i got a gem in the rough. and consider myself very lucky.

another 3rd gen saved boys and girls!!

 

This thread is useless without PICTURES. Let's see them!

 

Yea sorry. I'm not quite sure how to attach a photo to appear within the post but here is a link http://db.tt/GqrJ1qaD
I have no underbody pics yet

 

Looks like a great project car, and another one lives on.

 

Yeah for sure a good deal. What are you going to do to it?

 

Mildly built SBC for now. TT in the future and paint like this. http://db.tt/5ymVze2i

 

thats cool. if your going crate PM me, I put a crate in last year and got a killer deal. if your building it yourself have fun with it.. should be fun, clean looking car!

 

Good project car for a great price.

 

Hey guys. This is "Betty" and her old *** broken sister "Cheri" also my doner car.
Pardon the gay red tint. That was my dads doing. http://db.tt/RDfQhWcl

 

I think u got a great deal for $8, depending on how she runs! u can make her shine tho easy!

 

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PIX... or it didn't happen

 

^^ pics of? ^^

 

The car you got bro... that you are excited about

 

Still no pics........[FAIL]

 

Look in post 3. He posted a link

 

He did... it was neatly hidden. Thanks for pointing it out

 

Great deal man! Get a couple more pictures on the condition.... hows the interior? Going to leave the bertinetta(i think) front end?
Not the biggest fan of the future color combo. Id remove the black hood strips and maybe do the head lightbuckets and edge surrounding the bottom of the body but then again its not my car!

 

Thanks.
I will upload what pics I have tomorrow when I have access to my PC.
The interior definitely shows its age as the carpet is thrashed and the seats have small rips along with the armrest pad has split. I also found out the RPO tag in the armrest says the car is a 84 Berlinetta..apparently its not the factory console lol

The front end as far as I know is correct for the car and is actually the 'sport coupe' not berlinetta, even tho I don't really notice a difference in the two. Either way I would like to swap out for the iroc look. Car looks 10X better with gfx.

And the paint, I've decided that there will be no red stripes on the hood, just solid black. Other than that it will remain the same. I know its a bit flashy but I like it. It will turn heads regardless.

Next weekend I'm hoping to go back to my dads where the car is (2hr drive) and get the car up on stands and start the complete disassembly process in prep for a full media blast.

Gonna have to start a build thread!

 

I just picked up an 87 SC almost a month ago with very little to no rust only problem was it had a run in with a deer.

 

Mnug13, do u have any pics?

 

Yeah I've got a couple. Still plenty of things need to be done but I'm making progress.

Here's when I picked her up
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/e...ps4ffeb0e1.jpg

And this is what she looks like now
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/e...psfa5c5ca4.jpg

 

Some body and paint and she should be good. You keeping the SC style or are u gonna do gfx?

 

Yeah the hood is possibly temporary until I can afford an SS hood. I'd like to swap the bumper and add gfx from a 91-92 Z28 eventually. I wish mine had t-tops but the hard top is growing on me.

 

I assure u, t tops are a pain in the ***! I would prefer the hard top myself.

 

Maybe I'm getting older but all you guys picking up these cars makes my back hurt!

 

All my other Third Gens have been t-top cars. It was kind of nice when it rained the other day to not have wet seats though.

 

So my wife decided she is gonna buy me 350 4 bolt main long block crate engine for my birthday!! Yay me, Don't hate. its rated at "350hp/315flbs". Anybody have any educated opinions on what intake manifold, carb and headers I should be looking into to maximize my HP and tq output?

 

Post a link to the crate motor you are looking at and we can better answer that question

 

Here is the link u ask for. http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHEVY-350-32...item27d05c1d59

 

I personally would not buy a crate over eBay. Check out ATK performance. Go somewhere with a good reputation but that's me.

 

Under normal circumstances I too would stay away from eBay engines. However, I recently found out that through this seller my brother bought this exact same engine for his 85 iroc. (2 years ago) His best friend also bought a motor for his fox body. Both engines are still strong. And both owners beat the **** out of them. And honestly for 2500 in my driveway. Its a steal! Ya couldn't build it for that.

 

ATK was free freight. I think it was $2400 to my shop

 

Atk loks pretty good actually. They wouldn't ship to Canada (toronto) for free would they?

 

I dont know but I can tell you this motor is nice and quick.

 

I'm defiantly gonna look into it. Thanks for the referral.

 

No problem I actually know a few guys that bought that motor and there are no complaints and My car really gets up and goes now

 

I still would like to know what intake, carb and headers I should b looking into. Based on the motor in the link. Sorry if I seem "noobish" I kinda am. I come from a world of high revving sewing machines.. carbed v8's are very new to me

 

I emailed and asked for engine specs. This is what i got back. 9.5:1 compression ratio. *The cam is a new Comp Cams high energy camshaft with .454 lift and 268 duration.

 

We do have a warehouse in Edmonton and Winnipeg, that saves you $, but we do not sell direct in Canada. If you PM me I can get you with a Rep up there who can get you to a local shop or if you have a Lordco around you they sell our engines as well.

Let me know if I can help with anything.

Brandon

 

according to the link, it comes with an intake.

 

headers, pick what you can afford from Hedman, Hooker, or Dyno Don.

 

http://db.tt/r6U6juEa. There she is..

 

Happy to see you have taken a second pic of the car in all this time LOL!

Right click on your pics from that site your putting the links too, and select copy image, then right click in the text here on TGO and select paste. This will paste a full size image into your thread here and might cut down on the jokes about no pics for the past year

 

Hey thanks badnblk.

I have lots of pics that I have taken over the past year but they are a bitch to post. I do 99% of my posts on TGO from my mobile. Having said that, I have no right click to copy image option.

I'll try to find time to get on the PC when I get home and upload a bunch.