So what happened with the shell?
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March 23, 2010 11:06 p.m. Cotton HalfDork
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March 24, 2010 10:19 a.m. Keith SuperDork
It's still sitting beside the garage. I'm not going to get rid of the majority of it until I know for sure I have what I need out of it. For example, the differential is still in it.
Knowing then what I know now, I could have saved a lot of interior disassembly. Turns out I didn't need any of the wiring from inside the car. Oh well...
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March 24, 2010 10:22 a.m. Trans_Maro Dork
Do the correct F-body thing.
Turn it into a doghouse for your many pitbulls.
Shawn
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March 24, 2010 5:46 p.m. a401cj New Reader
yeah. I say kill it. I had the Formula F-bird version of that and I thought it was cool at the time. What was I thinking? it was a runner though...
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March 24, 2010 5:55 p.m. 96DXCivic Dork
If I was in Colorado I would gladly take it off your hands but Alabama is a long way from there. I really don't think F-body is that bad looking.
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March 24, 2010 5:59 p.m. a401cj New Reader
thinking about this a bit more...
these 4th gens really are unloved now. Reminds me of where the E-body Mopars were about 1979 or '80. Not saying this will ever be a Hemi Cuda..the production numbers are just too high. A good many E-bodies got junked out in the late '70s early '80s. That's why they are so rare today. My neighbor had a 383 Challenger that he used to skid small logs out of the woods back in about '81. Didn't have a straight piece of bodywork left on it.
Ok...maybe that doesn't flow so well but it's my rant for the day.
Cheers
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March 24, 2010 8:38 p.m. Strike_Zero Reader
96DXCivic wrote:
If I was in Colorado I would gladly take it off your hands but Alabama is a long way from there. I really don't think F-body is that bad looking.
+1 . . . Stripped F-Body + Truck motor + Turbo = Hoonage
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March 24, 2010 9:07 p.m. Tom Heath Marketing / Club Coordinator
I still like a fiery airborne explosion with cameras.
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March 25, 2010 2:08 p.m. 2002maniac Reader
I believe f-bodies should be drawn and quartered by 4 LS1 Miatas.
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June 22, 2010 6:12 p.m. JeepinMatt HalfDork
Bump. So what happened to it?
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June 22, 2010 6:49 p.m. Keith SuperDork
Same as my last post - sitting beside the garage, waiting for me to be sure I don't need anything out of it. I think the diff is coming out this weekend though, it's time to get that swapped over.
There's a shop in town that has a stack of 3rd generation F-bodies sitting out front, including at least one that appears to be engineless. I might wander in there and see if he wants it when I'm done. But if someone puts in a request for some part like the T-tops, SS spoiler or the big high-rise hood, I'll probably sell 'em and the car will start coming apart.
Maybe the upcoming Top Gear sendoff for the Lacetti will provide inspiration.
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June 22, 2010 7:14 p.m. CaptainSpaulding Reader
sell it to a CMC or AI racer over at www.nasarockymountain.com
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June 22, 2010 7:19 p.m. JeepinMatt HalfDork
A quick Googling should turn up a few F-Body and GM places that might want it, or the Camaro boards. All I know is that if it were anywhere near NC, people would jump on that.
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June 23, 2010 10:27 a.m. Keith SuperDork
Advertising it on NASA RM is a good suggestion, thanks. I suspect the population density around here is quite a bit lower than NC - we're 4-5 hours (and several 10,000' passes) from any sort of city other than Grand Junction. The shop that I spotted with the F-bodies outside is a filthy little one-bay service center that has about four cars out front, not some sort of heroic monster car production facility.
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Nov. 9, 2010 3:43 p.m. Keith SuperDork
Finally, the exciting conclusion!
After the MG went for its inaugural drive, I declared the Camaro surplus to requirements. I advertised it on LS1Tech for a few days and got a bit of interest. Then I put it up on Craigslist for $500 at 11 pm. It was sold 10 hours later - to that shop I mentioned in the previous post. They saw it, got all excited and came running over with a trailer and cash. Okay, so maybe I priced it a bit under the market. But I wanted it gone, and it is indeed gone.
I think it's going to end up a drag car. Cabureted big block, 12-bolt rear and no instruments but a big shift light? Sounds good to me.
My apologies to those of you who were waiting for fire.
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Nov. 9, 2010 4:05 p.m. neon4891 SuperDork
Glad to it it go to a good home.
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Nov. 10, 2010 1:17 a.m. friedgreencorrado SuperDork
Keith, I'm one of the guys that said don't kill it, remember? No apology required. There's plenty of Buicks out there that will satisfy my destructive urges. Damn, I wish corner workers still had to attend "crash & burn" (rescue & fire response) schools.
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Nov. 10, 2010 8:18 a.m. The poster formally known as 96DXCivic SuperDork
There are still plenty of much worst cars in the world we can destroy. The Cobalt sitting outside my apartment right now comes to mind.
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Nov. 10, 2010 8:49 a.m. itsarebuild Reader
awesome! glad to hear it went to a good home! thanks for entertaining my (and others) "save it!" pleas.
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Nov. 10, 2010 9:55 a.m. Keith SuperDork
Is it wrong to use the money you got from selling a car to buy a radiator? Seems like a pretty uneven trade
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Nov. 10, 2010 10:36 a.m. Type Q HalfDork
Keith wrote:
Is it wrong to use the money you got from selling a car to buy a radiator? Seems like a pretty uneven trade
Which one is more useful to you at this point?
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Nov. 10, 2010 11:32 a.m. itsarebuild Reader
the value of an item is never the price someone else thinks it should be, but it is what you are willing to pay for it.
that being said, you are trading an old camaro body you have been eagerly waiting months to get rid of for a radiator that you want.
sounds like a good swap to me!
