Yeah its got a 305 tbi

 

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They said they were going to put some rims and tires on it before they moved it out. Seems like they didn't do it. All I know is they better take care of her while I can't protect her.

 

sweet, you gotta paint the headlight pockets black though

 

and I was thinking of painting the Ground FX. Should I do it brite silver, black, or some other color?

 

well i would leave them the way they are but if your gonna paint em them i would do them black

 

I'm confused. Is it worth bringing this car back from the dead because its a 25th anniversary car?

I THINKK NOT. Get a running, red RS and put black strips on it and then get the proper badging... boom, yer new 25th rs.

 

hey DANTE...this car doesnt need much work to brink it back...just some tires and a hatch and get the title straightened out...and by the way 25th anniversary cars are worth quite a bit and are somewhat uncommon to come across

 

You missed part of the conversation... It's not just a 25th anniverary camaro... It's a legit heritage edition too which is kinda rare and the body is in great shape! The fact that it also has a V8 is great because the new engine will go right in without having to change the crossmember. Just needs some TLC

 

EXACTLY i was checking on www.NADA.com and the low retail value of a 92 Rs heritage edition is $7,625 and thats with the low retail and high retail is $13,550....and i think its a shame when people through the heritage stripes on a non heritage camaro...

 

I have learned that a 3rdgen is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. 25th anniv or heritige edition packages are purely appearance and most people dont even know what they are.

NADA can state that they are worth $8000, but when was the last time you saw an RS in stock form sell for that? Come on, thats a rip off!

Not trying to dock the car, but the words rare and thirdgen dont usually coincide very well.

 

well dante...maybe he wants to restore a car and doesnt want to see it go to waste not everyone has money to go buy a mint condition camaro...and maybe the 92 heritage editons arent worth much to you but they are uncomon...and they do hold extra value for having the heritage package

 

Thank you . I started this not because it was a special edition, but because I love the body style of the 3rd gen and didn't want to see her crushed for no good reason. I am not buying this car to make money from it. I am building it to keep. It is my "story car" if you will. Plus I've been looking for an inexpensive, bright red, with T-tops, camaro to rebuild and I found it. There was another one I had a chance to get a few months ago and it was an '89 RS 305TBI for $700, but I missed that by a few days and this was the next one to come along. Just in the way that I found this camaro was unique and I knew I had to get it. I felt it was meant for me and noone else. If I wouldn't have taken the initiative to try and find a way to save her, noone else would've. It's possible that someone else might, but seeing how it was sitting there for 4 months, I doubt it.

 

no problem man...i dont understand why people think cars that need a little work are junk... I love to see the progress of a car being brought back to life...although you have way less work than i had...I had to completly replace the front end ...i also have a 92 rs with the heritage package and ttop but i have a 3.1 v6

 

Well if the 25 th aniversary cars are worth quite abit. I guess i destroyed my cars value then .Mine still has all the badges but it's not white with a red stripe anymore,it's all black. And i couldn't stand the 305 tbi , now it's a 350 TPI. OH well

 

lol...well as long as you enjoy your car i guess...and i noticed in your signiture that you have white faced guages. Could you show me a picture

 

Is it a heritage or just a 25th anniversary? You can still buy the stripes online, but it's the RPO that makes the difference. camarors8992 is right, as long as you enjoy your car, that all that matters.

 

Thirdgen Bingo -

L -- 98
B -- 4Z
G -- 92
L -- 69

heheheheehehehe...

 

now I've got to talk to an inspector here and have him come out and check the car out. If he deems it rebuildable, they could help straighten all the paperwork out with the towing company and try and get them to change the title.

DMV people here are really stupid or extremely lazy. Even the supervisors. Shesh... I do have a smart DMV contact though so I can get the right info.

 

Well sice i did all the changes...............i enjoy it now....camaros i will try to get picsof the white faced gauges on tonight / but it's getting ...if not tonight....i'll get you some tomorrow.

 

yea, if the engine was the value holder, I would change it out too just because I like the performance of newer/larger engines. Unless it was a 1LE, then I would make it as powerful as I could and "try" to keep it as stock as possible.

BTW, now I am waiting on that DMV person to lookup the paperwork so I can try and convince the people at the tow yard. It'll take a few days and I have to go in early one morning to talk to the husband there.

 

ok I just now got to this thread and I didn't read all that text, so perhaps I missed it... but... what happened to that car to warrant it going to the junkyard? It looks to be in great condition!

 

yea it's all in the text. It was a lazy towing company that didn't care. Never was in a wreck and has a certificate of destruction on it.

 

Crazy talk.

 

It is kinda strange that someone in that tow company did not take apersonal interest in that 92. Usually tow companies know the value of thirdgens and will suck them up before the public ever sees them. You need to get that car away from there before more weather or human damage takes place. Time is of the essence.

 

It's an older couple that own the towing company. They don't even care about what value the car is. The guy who saw it when it was first towed to the salvage lot took a liking to it, but he didn't try that hard to find a way around it.


don't worry. Like I said, I bought a $40 car cover to protect it from the elements hopefully. The guy at the salvage lot (where I found the car) is putting it in his front yard so noone can buy parts from it and hopefully not do any damage. Ok, now I know alittle more about the person who bought the hatch from this car. The owner's son of the salvage company has a friend that bought it. I guess him and his friend like camaros too. Anyway, seeing how they know each other, I might be able to buy it back. The car he put it on isn't running and from what was said, it sounds like the guy gave up. I might even try and help him get it running in exhange for the hatch because it really isn't any more value to him than a regular hatch seeing how he doesn't have a special edition car.

 

It rained like hell last night. The tunder even woke me up a few times it was so loud. I hope my car was covered like the guy said he would do. called once, but he wasn't there. We also have a hurricane that looks like it's going to hit us around thursday and there's another one that could possibaly hit us from the other side later on. It could go around us, but as of right now it's headed right for us. I am hoping that guy some something so the car stays safe. I wish I could get it on base. I am trying to work out my financial spendings so I can be able to buy this car on the first of next month and get it on base. I will get more pictures. I found someone with a DC. Also the guy who bought the original hatch will trade me it back for an '88 hatch if I can find one. He also has the original red 16" rims for it, but I'm not a big fan of the red rims so I think I am just going to get a normal pair or Iroc rims.

BTW, I called california and from what the main people who title cars is that if it is inspected once here and deamed rebuildable and once in cali, that I can get a rebuilt title for it! The guy also has to sign an affidavit saying that the car has no title and that the cert. of dest. is the only paper saying who owns it + the bill of sale. Now I have to figure out how I am going to get it back to cali and how long it's all going to take and how costly it's going to be.

 

Hey metaldrgn to save u some money some paint stripper will take the red off those rims pretty easy or what i got on my 92 are newer model s10 rims, they look just like the factory wheels but they have a flat center cap sportin a bowtie emblem. either way wold be much cheaper than iroc's

p.s. after reading this forum i hope u enjoy the hell out of this car b/c your having to alot to get it, but it's worth it

good luck

 

thanks. I just couldn't let it go. Everyday I look at the t-tops sitting in my room and all I can think about is that car. I fell good now that I am getting it and it doesn't have to be destroyed.

 

The way I see it is a Real Hotrod, Racecar, Street Car, Muscle Car, Sports car are Built to the way The owner Likes it.

Real Cars are Built Not Baught

I like to put Stuff WhereI like it, I seperates everyones car and gives it Personality.

Just my .02

BTW Nice Find.

 

well luckily the tropical depression died before it went over us and the hurricane is going to miss us. So that give me a little time to spare to get this thing paid for and on base. I plan to get it here by the first week of september.

 

My First Camaro was a Heritage Model. Loved that Car more then my Ol Lady at the time(for good reason too!!). Hit a Deer doing around 80ish and ripped the Nose, smashed the rad, hood, etc etc... Me being younger and just learning about Camaro's tried to Fix it but didnt have the Patience or knowhow and ended up fekking my Trans up(I hate those Cooler lines) and ended up letting it go.

Best of Luck getting it Retitled and Running again!!

 

Camarors............i am going to try this again for you after the 20 the time...........

 

hot damn it worked finally:lala:

 

Metaldrgn i hope everything goes well for ya.. and they car.. i know what you mean about a "story car" i have one been through hell and back and she's still not done.. i will never sell here.. i was offered 4k for her and the oppertunity to get a 98 z28 for 4 k but i refused... i will finish her and love her.

you get her.. and when you do take care of her.

f'in Chasing Amy and shiz..

 

those guages are cool... do they light up like the stock guages ?

 

Thanks, I missed this post. I've been offered 5k for each of the 2 I currently own because one sounds really good and the other looks really good. Both being IROCs too. I can't let them go. I got way more attached to them than I thought. I will definitly take care of her . I've never been in an accident that had noticable damage. At least to my car .

Since I started this, I figured out that this would be my dream car. Not because of the model or value of the car, but because of the effort that it took to get it. I mean to bring a car from a soon to be stripped and crushed status to soon to be road worthy by turn of event is by far something special and unique. Anyone can go to a car lot and buy their "dream car". This is something most people would walk away from. And I almost did a few times, but I couldn't stop thinking about her so I kept going back and making more calls.

 

Well hopefully either friday or saturday I can get the car on base. Everything seems to be in order. Everyone there is friendly now. Heh, probably because I overpaid for the car. Once I get the car I have to figure out what I have to do with the COD and what I can do to get it titled and registered in California.

I called their tag and title department and they looked up the VIN and it's condition was "Unknown" so obviously it didn't register to cali's DMV system which is better for me. They are the people who issue titles and they said as long as someone signs an affidavit saying the COD is the only proof of ownership along with the bill of sale I can get it done. I told her about what it said about saying something about the department not issuing another title once it has that COD and they said that didn’t matter in cali because they have different laws. They also said as long as I get the body inspected, get a smog check, and a brake lights test done, and have it all pass of course that I can get it titled. One thing I wasn’t catching onto, but I think the lady I was talking to was saying I could get it done here and send it back to cali instead of making the long drive. They don’t do smog checks here in florida as far as I know, but certain parts of gorgia do. Anyone know if there is a closer place? I haven’t looked at Alabama or Mississippi. Mississippi would probably be the best place to smog it because I have been there before at Keesler AFB for one of my tech schools (was an awesome base btw).

OH yea, BTW I am trying to get that camaro here before that hurricane hits. It's already a cat 4 and they said there is a possibility it could turn into a cat 5 before it hits! Though, if it hits us, it probably won't be bad because I am on the far west of florida and the jet stream should push it away from us, but if it curves far west before it gets there we will be hit. It's supposed to be here later saturday so I am shooting to get my car friday.

 

The package has arrived . And she is safe at the auto shop with car cover on. The hurricane might barely hit us, but nothing bad. The guy had no keys for it and it was in park so we had to roll it off and in doing so put a few dents in the underbody frame, but nothing big.

This is but one step of many so I am trying not to get too excited.

 

Well it doesn't look good for us at Tyndall. Hurricane Ivan is headed straight for us and I must leave the car here. The base is going to be evacuated (haven’t gotten the final word, but looks like it’s going to happen). I couldn’t get the car under any kind of shelter. I did buy some foam mats and taped them to the roof and hood of the car just incase debris or hail starts hitting my car. I also tried to secure the car cover the best I could with some nylon string, bungee cords, and more duct take. Still no rear hatch... I did however rig up a metal bar and a few pieces of tape to allow water to drip off and not gather as much on the back because one morning it was full of water again (separated by the car cover) and I had to siphon it out of the back and got a nice big mouthful of it. I also have to leave my '96 LT1 short block here and I just hope this thing doesn't wipe out the base.

 

your at tyndall, I have a friend who is on base with you steve krask. he loads weapons on f-15's his car is also in and out of the shop on base, he has the 87 black fiero that was being rebuilt. you might know his housemates who also are on that base, zach and ....well can't remember the other kids name. glad to here you saved it. I was down there for spring break and can say glad to here another muscle car will be rolling around down there. soooo much **** running around down there.

 

well I still need to try and reverse this COD or reg and title it in california before it can be put back on the road. I've got the new locks in place except for the hatch lock. The computer seems to still work, but I won't know till I start it up (all the lights come on the dash). I think there is some gas in there (the smell and there's alittle sloshing around when I rock the car).

Instead of trying the 15 resistor bypass, I opted to just build a bypass kit. I got the details at the fierro addition site (found it from a google search). Radio shack just didn't have enough of the resistances I needed and I was about to spend more on just resistors than getting a bypass module online so I just got the PCB board and the parts. I know alittle bit how to do electronics because that's what I went to my first tech school for. It was just basics, but really helped me.

 

Wow, this figures... Looks like we are going to evacuate tomorrow and my alternator took a dump. The main problem being it is a one wire alternator so I have to go find a self exciting voltage regulator (that's what went out last time). There are a few places around here (thank ***) that will probably have it. It went out a few months ago and I think the one I got was for a stock alternator (mines like 130-140amps I think the guy I bought it from said). I really didn't want to have to leave any cars here, let alone the one I have to.

 

If you can't get it started why not tow it away when you leave. Maybe you can find a tow guy that is moving his truck and cut a deal with him. Just an idea.

 

Heh, no actually I am talking about the one I drove here ('85 Iroc-z). I have to finish building the bypass module for the '92 camaro before I can even try and start it up.

 

If you're talking about the badge on the rear of the hatch that is about 1" by 3" and says "25th Anniversary"... On Saturday, I just saw a wrecked 92 RS in the boneyard that still had that emblem (and perfect grid taillights too).

It's funny, I thought about snagging that badge but then figured, "what would I ever do with it..."

 

hey, ill buy it off you if youll go and get it

 

Phew, hurricane past. We ended up not getting evacuated. It was pretty awsome to watch even though it didn't get that bad here. I checked on my car like 5 times that night too. Luckily it hit far enough west of us that we didn't get hit too bad here. A few towns got tornados around here, but they were small (up to F1 or F2). there's like 2 blocks without power right now downtown. I think they counted 2 fatalities. My car held up fine except it got alittle water in the back which isn't a big deal. The cover stayed on (I hope it would've seeing how I put bunjie cords on it to hold it down and rope to keep it secure) and no branches fell on it. I also heard over the radio while the hurricane was going by us that a huge sign blew off or broke free from its grounding and almost crushed someone in an expedition. The guy was fine, but I'm curious about the expedition. Maybe I can buy it off him... Sorry, I have a soft spot for those vehicles. Not only is it a good vehicle to tow a camaro around in, but it looks good too. If I got one though I am definetly thinking of putting a chevy engine into it. Besides the fact that not many people do this, it is cheaper and easier to build and I would love to see the look on everyones faces when I post some pictures of it on the ford truck world forum.

 

I got two of the four, what do I need for a "BINGO"?!?!

 

Wow, I can't believe it. I really think this car was meant for me.

This mourning I got a rude awakening from my smoke detector that's in my room at 10am and seeing how I didn't go to sleep till 4am I really wasn't ready to get up, but I wasn't sure if there really was a fire or not so I got up, got dressed and went outside to find what? Apparently it was only mine that went off. They are all supposed to be linked to each other to set all of them off when one goes off. Or at least I thought. It was a REALLY LOUD noise too. Anyway the firemen came and disabled my alarm and will replace it tomorrow. So an hour later I go eat lunch and then went home for a few more hours waiting for the auto shop to open. I went down to radio shack and bought some wire and alligator clips to make this resistor thing easier. I went back to the auto shop and pulled the car cover off and got my ohmmeter out and started connecting wires, but I realized something wasn’t right the last day I worked on it. It had no resistance or voltage going through the wires in off/run or any mode so I starting investigating. The VATS wire that goes from the ignition switch to the connector was smashed under the steering column support (I don’t know what it’s really called, but you know what I mean) by the flared nut. I took it off and behold, broken wire… So I went swimming around the area where I thought the other connector would have been. After a while I got up to look at some wiring diagrams to see if they would help (and of course they didn’t) and spotted a loose connector on the floorboard. It didn’t have the orange outer jacket, but the 2 wires coming out of it were the same gauge and color. But I still didn’t know where to connect it to so I went swimming once again. I was almost ready to give up when I spotted it hanging in the background and the connector seem to fit flawlessly and seem to be the only one that could fit. So I went back home and soldered 2 wires to the connector to replace the broken ones and went back out and hooked it all up. I read +5v in all modes. So now I start testing different resistances (I have the 15 for passkey II and their tolerances) and am finally getting the security light when I am wrong. BTW it takes alittle over an hour to try all combos because you have to wait at least 4 minutes between tries or it won’t work and there are 15 possibilities. I was working from last to first thinking I would find it faster and I didn’t. I was going to try one more before calling it a day because they were closing in 15 minutes. It was the one closest to what I consider to be my lucky number (or numbers). I tried it and got the security light. One thing I found on the VATS that I forgot about is that you have to give it +2 seconds after you put the key to the run position and then the light will go off if it’s the right resistance so the other combos I tried could have also worked because I didn’t try to crank it every time. I was ready to accept failure for the day and then I tried to crank it over for the hell of it and I heard the starter and saw the lights dim. I just froze for a second and looked and the car in disbelief and tried it again. Of course now I get the dead batter grinding noise which is better because I think I have to pull the heads off since I don’t know if there is any debris in the intake at all seeing how nobody knows anything about this car and there is strangely some water damage on the intake bowl. Also I don’t know whether gas or water is in the fuel lines so I’m going to investigate Tuesday.

I now think the reason they left the car behind when they moved is because they had a VATS problem. I could be wrong because there is no way of knowing when this actually occurred unless I can contact the previous owner. It makes perfect sense why they would’ve left it in the condition it was in. Even if the wires weren’t broken before the salvage yard got a hold of it, I was getting a high resistance reading from the 2 wires which threw me off the other day because I didn’t not know what I was supposed to be reading. It looks like something a shady repair shop would have done more than a person because it is a bright orange wire jacket and you can plainly see it crushing the wire as you tighten, but I do know some people that don’t know any better could have done it so I can’t totally rule that possibility out.

 

Surprise....surprise.