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RSFreak
The other "John"
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1989 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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 Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:43 pm Post subject: A 3rdgen built like I wish I could afford to! |
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I think I found my dream car! 5" spoiler, 'Vette door handles, 4thgen interior, and a 454 LSx!!!  
http://youtu.be/HPKt5Bk-1WA
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'86 Trans Am - 5.0L TPI - LT1 cam - 700R4 - WS6
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turbo_jimi
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Location: Tacoma
1985 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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nice...wonder how fast it is.
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QwkTrip
11sec Club
Joined: 17 Feb 2004
Posts: 3942
Location: Peoria, IL
1989 Pontiac Firebird
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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Everywhere I look at that car all I can see are piles of Benjamin Franklins. Wow.
Aside from the spoiler that is very very nice! |
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IROCDave
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Joined: 16 Jan 2010
Posts: 957
Location: Snohomish WA
1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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That is the nicest 3rd gen I have seen. Awesome, just awesome. If I had Qwktrip's money I would do the same thing  |
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QwkTrip
11sec Club
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Location: Peoria, IL
1989 Pontiac Firebird
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My only secret is that I don't buy boats.  |
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jchaussee
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Location: renton
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| How well with t tops would that car hold up?? |
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turbo_jimi
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Location: Tacoma
1985 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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It has a roll cage and most likely sub-frame connectors.
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jchaussee
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Location: renton
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh snap. I didn't see cage till you mentioned it. I figured it had sfcs but with that muchbtorque didn't know if they would suffice. |
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Alphius
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Joined: 05 Sep 2006
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Location: Grand Mound
1984 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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One time I took a friend in my Camaro to go look at a truck he was thinking of buying.
We got there, and the guy couldn't stop telling me about this IROC he used to have that he put a 454 in. He said he literally had to climb on top of the engine and jump up and down to pop it into the engine bay, and the first time he hit the gas after he got it running it twisted the frame so much that one front wheel was always off the ground when he was stopped. But it was OK because it leveled out when he started going again. 
My friend still bought the truck. 
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aaron_sK
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Joined: 23 Jan 2006
Posts: 8834
Location: Back in beautiful Tacompton
1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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Seriously you guys? You're all on about that car?
All that video says to me is that money can't buy good taste in cars or in music. |
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chevymad
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Joined: 11 Jan 2004
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1987 Pontiac Formula
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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| aaron_sK wrote: | Seriously you guys? You're all on about that car?
All that video says to me is that money can't buy good taste in cars or in music. |
But your dream car's a banana. |
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aaron_sK
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1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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Absolutely!  |
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RSFreak
The other "John"
Joined: 23 Jan 2004
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Location: Renton
1989 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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| I like the 5" spoiler! I wish it was still available from American Sports Car Design. |
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iansane
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Location: Bothell
1991 Pontiac Trans Am
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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You guys know that car was cut up, right?
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RSFreak
The other "John"
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Location: Renton
1989 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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Whachu talkin' 'bout Willis?!?!  |
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aaron_sK
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1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z
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blue89
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Location: Bellingham/Eugene
1986 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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RSFreak
The other "John"
Joined: 23 Jan 2004
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Location: Renton
1989 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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| Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:14 am Post subject: |
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| aaron_sK wrote: | Seriously you guys? You're all on about that car?
All that video says to me is that money can't buy good taste in cars or in music. |
I like it because it isn't often that someone will spare no expense on a 3rdgen. |
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redlava
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Joined: 02 Feb 2007
Posts: 448
Location: Bremerton
1986 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28
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| Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:11 am Post subject: |
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| there is a build thread on thirdgen.org, the car has some crazy custom stuff done. The fenders were actually widened to fit a larger tire. |
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aaron_sK
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Location: Back in beautiful Tacompton
1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z
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| blue89 wrote: | | I dont get it. Why cut it up? The intake manifold looked interesting on that engine. |
Read the thread over on TGO, guys! He started with a rustbucket car from Ontario that had been wrecked and had some body shop chop it, weld a body kit into it, and then skimcoat the whole mess. Then he spent huge bucks on pearl paint and everyone lined up to cream on the car.
Meanwhile he's trying to build some sort of squirrel cage under the hood to keep the strut towers from wandering all over the place. Ultimately the whole thing ended up squashed and headed for China.
| RSFreak wrote: | | I like it because it isn't often that someone will spare no expense on a 3rdgen. |
So you like when ugly things are purchased merely because they are purchased for lots of money?
If so I have a nice multi-colored chassis sitting in my shop for one hundred billion dollars...
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