Looking for a new ride!

[Harbone]

I know, I know, look in the classifieds!
I have better luck at word of mouth at finding cars than looking at ads.
So guys, I sold the 79 Z28. I loved the car but a very nice lawyer in Amarillo just had to have it since he owned one just like it in high school. It goes away on a transport in a week or so.
I really want a 70-73 Camaro, that the only years of the 1st and 2nd gen cars that I have never owned. Also like 70-73 Firebirds, especially the Formula's with a twin scoop fiberglass hood. The wife would like a 1977-1981 Trans Am in black. She has a Smokey and the Bandit thing that goes WAY back! I would prefer to stick with a 4-speed but will look at super nice automatics. I would like something that already has a super clean paint job, I can deal with interior, engine compartment and trim work but paint and prep sucks ars!
I am looking to spend $10-20K, moneys in the bank and I dont BS when I commit to a purchase.
So all my brothers, if anybody has something nice, let me know!

Thankss

[MEMRACING62]

GONE ALREADY! :shock: ..GEEEEZ YOU FALL OUT OF LOVE FAST! :P

[Harbone]

The cars are always my second love, the wife is the first, met in 84, married in 93 and still rockin!
If I can find her a black Trans Am that she likes it will probably be her keeper. Then I will have to build a shop, so I can buy my self a toy since the main garage is full.
See where I am going here? Make wife happy, hubby has a reason to build a new mancave!

:D

[TheYellaBrick]

Having been single for 34 years before getting married this last time, I'm having a hard time 'learning' that concept. Old Dog and all that.... :shock: :oops: :roll:

[zipper06]

Having been single for 34 years before getting married this last time, I'm having a hard time 'learning' that concept. Old Dog and all that.... :shock: :oops: :roll:

I'm with you, DD i've been single since 1982,a little over 29yrs. 2 marriages didn't work so i gave up, oppertunites yes, but i don't think i could get used too someone telling me what to do in my own house :oops: I've got a lot of the standard problems of a redneck, drink some beer, smoke (not weed), and yes f*rt in bed etc. But i do appreciate the values of a good family relationships and applaude those that have them (most of my friends do)

Zip.

[outlaw256]

guys ive been married for 33yrs. istill think shes the sexy thing ive ever seen .she has never told me what to do or i couldnrt do something.i spend money on cars and bikes and shes never said a word well she she did. she said wheres mine. she also makes all the money to run this house,i make a few dollars in the shop but she says that your money dad. damn you gotta love a girl like tyhat. and i still fart in bed.and in the den and in the living room and in......

[Harbone]

guys ive been married for 33yrs. istill think shes the sexy thing ive ever seen .she has never told me what to do or i couldnrt do something.i spend money on cars and bikes and shes never said a word well she she did. she said wheres mine. she also makes all the money to run this house,i make a few dollars in the shop but she says that your money dad. damn you gotta love a girl like tyhat. and i still fart in bed.and in the den and in the living room and in......

Hell my wife farts too, so I quess we were made for each other! :lol:

[dragonmaster093]

http://www.mautofied.com/1973-Chevrolet-z-28_Muscle-Cars/listing/100267179/
http://www.mautofied.com/1970-Chevrolet-Camaro-TRADE!!TRADE!!_Full-Size-Trucks/listing/100446467/
http://www.mautofied.com/1970-Chevrolet-Camaro_Muscle-Cars/listing/100452586/
http://www.mautofied.com/1970-Chevrolet-camaro_Muscle-Cars/listing/100443684/
http://www.mautofied.com/1973-Chevrolet-camaro_Muscle-Cars/listing/100446273/
http://www.mautofied.com/1978-Pontiac-firebird-transam_Classic-Cars/listing/100439417/
http://www.mautofied.com/1979-Pontiac-TRANS-AM_Muscle-Cars/listing/100439231/

http://www.mautofied.com/1980-Pontiac-Trans-Am_Project/listing/100443306/
i know one ta not black but theres a start

[Harbone]

Sam you are the man!!
Thats a website I have never heard of, thanks buddy!

[dragonmaster093]

no problem and if not too far away i could more then likely look at them too

[Scooterz]

Finding a T/A in a 4-speed is not easy in the 77-81 models on here. I did a quick search & found a few T/A's that caught my eye...

2356884 & 2359003. The 2359003 may not be your style, but it has a built 455 & a 4-speed... she is a "71" which I dig. For kicks, check it out... she is 10K. The first one is a virgin/all stock... very nice looking car w/ one repaint; but unfortunately she is probably an auto.

Scoot

[Harbone]

I have seen the first one, missed that second one, if its already painted but just needs assembled thats exactly what I am looking for! I sent the seller a message.

Thanks Scoot :!: :D

[Scooterz]

Harb-

The second one is bitchin'. It is going to be a 455 torque monster & it has the bitchin' grille, equipped w/ bitchin' hood/scoops, & a bitchin 4-speed. The car is the essence of a muscle car. Ya gotta love the 2nd gen TA's Their bitchin.

[bcw49]

guys ive been married for 33yrs. istill think shes the sexy thing ive ever seen .she has never told me what to do or i couldnrt do something.i spend money on cars and bikes and shes never said a word well she she did. she said wheres mine. she also makes all the money to run this house,i make a few dollars in the shop but she says that your money dad. damn you gotta love a girl like tyhat. and i still fart in bed.and in the den and in the living room and in......

Hell my wife farts too, so I quess we were made for each other! :lol:

You and your wives should play "turtle". When you go to bed pull the covers over your heads and both fart. Who ever sticks there head out first is a "turtle". :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Scooterz]

damn you gotta love a girl like tyhat. and i still fart in bed.and in the den and in the living room and in......[/quote]

Hell my wife farts too, so I quess we were made for each other! :lol:[/quote]

You and your wives should play "turtle". When you go to bed pull the covers over your heads and both fart. Who ever sticks there head out first is a "turtle". :lol: :lol: :lol:[/quote]

Turtle... I didn't know that. I have only heard of the "Dutch Oven" strategy which is forcing covers over the opponent without their consent. Once covers are secured over the opponent, the strategy switches making sure no exit points are available to your opponent. A perfect score is achieved by the duration your opponent spends in the Dutch oven. If the opponent escapes, you must re-heat the oven & start over.

[TheYellaBrick]

Harb-

The second one is bitchin'. It is going to be a 455 torque monster & it has the bitchin' grille, equipped w/ bitchin' hood/scoops, & a bitchin 4-speed. The car is the essence of a muscle car. Ya gotta love the 2nd gen TA's Their bitchin.

SCOOT ! Quit yer bitchin' ! :P :P :P :P

How the HECK did we go from finding a guy a car to FARTING GAMES ?! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

[Harbone]

New ride bought!!!!!!!!
Here is the story, plain jane ad on RJ, very vague and only 1 picture. Says he is listing it for a friend and to call a number. I had seen this car listed before, so I called the number. Spent a good 1/2 hour talking to the guy. He bought the car a while back, had a small block and 4-speed in it. Decided to build up a nice .30 over big block and a fresh Turbo 400 and drop it in. The guy sounded like he knEw his stuff so I asked him to send me some more pictures. I get the pics the next day and here was the signature on his email.

Brian Husen
Alan Johnson Racing
8701 Motorsports Way
Brownsburg, IN 46112

Holy crapola Batman, its Del Worshams crew chief! I was in awe for awhile, we talked again and I apologized for being giddy cause in my world this guy is a God! So we strike a deal, he lives in Indy and where I work is about an hour and 45 minutes from there. I just wired him the funds and he is personally delivering the car to me tomorrow. I have been in a daze all morning, not only did I finally find a nice early 70's Camaro but it was owned and built by the 2011 NHRA Top Fuel Champ's crew chief. Here is the best pics I have till it shows up tomorrow. The pics are deceiving, its actually hugger orange.

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Nice solid rust free car. Its not a true RS but someone installed the split bumpers on the front. Its was originally just a plain jane 350 2bbl car. Someone also installed the shorty rear spoiler thats only correct for 1970 cars but it looks great to me! The interior is starting to show its age but thats gravey work for me. The motor has about 500 miles on it and he said that when he put it back together he got a little carried away cleaning up under the hood. Ran the wires, heater hoses and tranny lines around the inside of the fenders to clean things up. As you can probably tell I (and the wife) are pretty excited! She ask him to do one thing for her, sign the inside of the trunk lid and he obliged. He is a great guy to talk and deal with. We talked about all the changes at Al-Anabi and he was just as shocked as everyone else that Larry Dixon left the team. Said he knew Del was leaving but is looking forward to having Balooshi and Langden driving this season and they just got back from a test & tune in California that turned up some great numbers.
I will post up pics tomorrow when the new car arrives :!: :D

[Scooterz]

Thats a good one Harb!!! You are right... it looks Red. Love it!! I must say, I am surprised you got a car w/o a 4-speed!! Who cares, it is a nice 2nd-gen & it will haul AZZ. Scoot

[Harbone]

Scoot the clutch pedal is there and z-bar bracket is still on the frame so it could get a re-transplant here shortly!

[Scooterz]

Yep, good ol close ratio 4-speed w/a short throw shifter... nothing better than banging gears with a strong BBC... the epitome of American euphoria Harb. Only thing better is maybe sex... but that is it.

[bjuice]

Nice looking Ride Bone !...you gonna break down and do the 5 or 6 speed when you convert the tranny ? I am glad to hear you struck that Deal !

not to skip subjects but I am Knee deep in My 6 speed conversion....got the bell housing off and found a crack in it.. :cry:

having the drive shaft shortened 2 inches, took out the center force clutch and replaced it with a Ram, having the plate resurfaced...went with a New long shifter and Of course a Richmond 6 speed tranny.

Here is the pleasent surprise. I thought the car was going to have a 3.73 gear in it and I was prepared to change it to a higher gear to have the best of Both Worlds with the 6th speed..So when I pulled the rear end apart I immediatley saw it had a after market richmond gear...counted up the teeth and someone put a 3.08 back in it with a P/T unit that looked brand New YES !!!!! that saved me that expense because my plans where to replace the 3.73 with a 3.08.

another good thing is it has a 10 bolt rear end but its a 8.5 carrier which is just as strong as a 12 bolt...THE car will never have any slicks on it trying to make dead hook passes at the track...the most I could ever see is a set of radials and a mild pass just to have Fun.

Now the Next step is to send off the carb to APD and have them convert the CARB to Run E-85....Several local Spinx gas stations carry the E-85 and its about .50 cents cheaper on the gallon then 93....I know it burns Quicker ( This stuff is Alcohols twin sister ) and with it being 105 octane I can afford to angle Mill the heads a little and run a little more compression whenever I freshen up the engine.

I want to say its most likley 10:1 right now..I'd say taking it 12:1 running e-85 would be some decent gains in HP and TQ

But back to you Harb.,..give us some more shots when you get the car home...and congrats My man...I LUV IT ALREADY IN THE PICS YOU POSTED. Also I plan on the shorter spoiler and split bumper myself...thats a killer look on any 70 to 73 camaro IMO..

[MEMRACING62]

Congrats chris on another top grade first class score!! 8)

[Harbone]

Dont know what I'm gonna do with her yet Bjuice. I am sitting here chewing off all my fingernails waiting for it to arrive on a trailer! Looking at about an hour and a half till it gets here. Feels like I am waiting to get married for the first time! :lol:

[TheYellaBrick]

What a find, Bone !
You'll know that everythings been done correct !

[dragonmaster093]

congrats i knew of one other but your a friend and i seen first hand how body was done and couldnt do it to ya brother

[qtrmile2]

Nice find. Looks like you'll be having a blast driving it. Doesn't look like you have to do to much to it. What am I saying everybody changes stuff. :lol:
Great find and owned by somebody you can trust.

[fla1976]

Looks like a sweet ride. 8)

[Harbone]

Well the new ride is home and I spent about 6 hours last night going over the car top to bottom. Brian said he bought it 3 years ago out of Grand Rapids Michigan, his home town. When he bought the car it had a small block and a 4-speed. He thought it lacked power so he bought a 454 rotating assembly from a friend, got some 781 big block heads, all new stainless valves and some new springs, rockers and hardware. Stuck a shop prepped Turbo 400 behind it and took it to some car shows and the track a few times. Had a bunch of timeslips running anywhere between a 12.03 to 12.20's. The car is geared with a 3:08 so she would easily be in the 11's with different gearing. He hadnt driven it much this year (to busy winning a Top Fuel championship for Del Worsham I quess!) so the wife told him to sell it. Looks like somebody tore this car all apart about 10-15 years ago, installed a 1 piece floorpan, painted the car properly. I can find very minumal filler at the bottom of one of the doors and at the top of a wheel well. Powder coated the subframe and all the front suspension and put it all back together. The interior is tired but thats gravy work. The paint looks great and it is a super bright Hugger Orange. Brian custom built the exhaust after installing the big block and its a work of art! He obliged my wife and signed the bottom of the trunk deck for me and said to keep in touch. It was the coolest thing to happen to me this year and I think he was kind of humbled that the wife and I knew so much about him and the NHRA. I am going to restore the warped dash and inoperative cluster. Recover the seats and some misc interior trim. The under hood is perfect and he did a great job on the install of tucking everything away nice and clean. Now when he bought the car it had a "By Berger" dealer emblem on the rear panel and a Berger Performance sticker on the bottom of the hood. Might have to check with them to see if they have any history on the car. The paint has a scratch on the left fender that he did when reinstalling the hood and a small crack above a wheel well that looks like a tire rubbed, beside that its gorgeous! The bottom of the steel cowl hood, door jambs, inner trunk deck and everything was done very nice.
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I am going to remove the Z28 emblem from the grille since its not a true Z. Put the full bumper on the front since I dont think it looks right without the proper parklamps and urethane nose. Finish running a set of tailpipes out the back. Ditch the airshocks. Get all that done and I will be ready for some cruising in the spring. Merry Christmas to me!!! :D [/img]

[bixblk]

Bone
Nice a.. car, like the history ,a set of gears would help out, but that is still very fast as is ! good luck. Isn't this stuff (playing with cars) cool !!!!!!!!!
Merry Xmas

[BEAST477]

Looks sweet Chris. 8) Yeah Berger is or was the Nickey Chevrolet of Michigan back in the day. Hopefully there is someone that works there that is into this stuff and can help you out with some history on the car.
Good luck and enjoy.

[Scorpion1110]

Chris well done. My first car was a 73 Camaro SS. Hugger Orange. Good memories.

Enjoy this one.

Scorp

[Harbone]

Well it was 43 and sunny here today so I pulled the new ride out, snapped some pics of it with the soon departing ride.
So is this out with the old and in with the new?
or
Out with the new(er) and in with the old(er)?

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:D

[TheYellaBrick]

Yer older vs newer, the older is better in my book. Love the 2nd gen Camaros.

[bjuice]

Well the new ride is home and I spent about 6 hours last night going over the car top to bottom. Brian said he bought it 3 years ago out of Grand Rapids Michigan, his home town. When he bought the car it had a small block and a 4-speed. He thought it lacked power so he bought a 454 rotating assembly from a friend, got some 781 big block heads, all new stainless valves and some new springs, rockers and hardware. Stuck a shop prepped Turbo 400 behind it and took it to some car shows and the track a few times. Had a bunch of timeslips running anywhere between a 12.03 to 12.20's. The car is geared with a 3:08 so she would easily be in the 11's with different gearing. He hadnt driven it much this year (to busy winning a Top Fuel championship for Del Worsham I quess!) so the wife told him to sell it. Looks like somebody tore this car all apart about 10-15 years ago, installed a 1 piece floorpan, painted the car properly. I can find very minumal filler at the bottom of one of the doors and at the top of a wheel well. Powder coated the subframe and all the front suspension and put it all back together. The interior is tired but thats gravy work. The paint looks great and it is a super bright Hugger Orange. Brian custom built the exhaust after installing the big block and its a work of art! He obliged my wife and signed the bottom of the trunk deck for me and said to keep in touch. It was the coolest thing to happen to me this year and I think he was kind of humbled that the wife and I knew so much about him and the NHRA. I am going to restore the warped dash and inoperative cluster. Recover the seats and some misc interior trim. The under hood is perfect and he did a great job on the install of tucking everything away nice and clean. Now when he bought the car it had a "By Berger" dealer emblem on the rear panel and a Berger Performance sticker on the bottom of the hood. Might have to check with them to see if they have any history on the car. The paint has a scratch on the left fender that he did when reinstalling the hood and a small crack above a wheel well that looks like a tire rubbed, beside that its gorgeous! The bottom of the steel cowl hood, door jambs, inner trunk deck and everything was done very nice.
http://s3.racingjunk.com/ui/5/82/24514825-982.jpg
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I am going to remove the Z28 emblem from the grille since its not a true Z. Put the full bumper on the front since I dont think it looks right without the proper parklamps and urethane nose. Finish running a set of tailpipes out the back. Ditch the airshocks. Get all that done and I will be ready for some cruising in the spring. Merry Christmas to me!!! :D [/img]

cris I would like to buy the split bumper from you if you are removing. shoot me a pm and let me know.

thanks Brian

[Scooterz]

Harb... she is nice. Merry Christmas. Scoot

[bjuice]

By the way Cris how does she run...( strong ?)...using the 1/8 mile as example is she a 6.90,7.0,7.50 ?
I would say mine Has the power of a 7.30 to 7.50 car

[qtrmile2]

Very nice Camaro looks great. Looks like a keeper.