Cascade Crew

Adamgbabcock · Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 8:53 pm Post subject: Hello

Nice to see there's a helpful forum in the area.

I just got ahold of a 1991 Camaro RS 305 5spd and am interested in getting her looking better than I got her. Hoping after I paint it I'll be able to meet some people at an event or two.

I'm going to put up a list of some parts I'm in the market for in the 'for sale' section and hope to meet a few of you that way. I have a lot to learn about the car, I've never owned an F-Body before and am sorry if I sound like a noob when I ask questions but I usually pick things up fast.

That being said, nice to meet all of you.

Thanks,
Adam

iansane · Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 9:35 pm Post subject:

Welcome! Noob questions are tolerated as long as you can take the advice given and don't ignore it completely. Smile

You'll find that most members here are willing to lend a hand whenever asked if you show appreciation. Post up some pictures of your car!

Al Hasse · Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 9:49 pm Post subject:

Welcome

RSFreak · Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 10:02 pm Post subject:

Welcome!

Dewey316 · Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 10:02 pm Post subject:

Welcome. Glad to see another F-Body newbie. Enjoy the car, don't worry about how it looks, feel free to show up and start meeting people, some of who have been around for ever, don't have cars that look all that great. Wink

RSFreak · Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 10:11 pm Post subject:

iansane · Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 10:29 pm Post subject:

Dewey316 · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:38 am Post subject:

iansane · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 1:00 am Post subject:

It just really wants to be gray. Like a fighter jet. That's it.

Dewey316 · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 1:08 am Post subject:

No, its just so fast, the paint peels off it!!!!

91RSVert · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:57 am Post subject:

Welcome

Adamgbabcock · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 9:27 am Post subject:

Thanks for the welcoming. I was worried the forum might not be very active but it seems there are definitely regulars around =). I'll put up a pic or two in a couple hours but brace yourselves. It was burgandy and now it's sanded burgandy with black primer sections and small patches of bondo.

Embarrassing!

91RSVert · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 10:12 am Post subject:

Mine was rattle can red n black with rust spots when I drove it home 7hrs in the sleet with no swaybar endlinks.

Gotta start somewhere!

iansane · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:15 am Post subject:

chevysquid · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:23 pm Post subject:

Welcome! I think there are more of us with the "less than perfect" cars anyways. So no worries.

91RSVert · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 1:09 pm Post subject:

Ian, since I am not from the area, I must ask.....

What was going on? Laughing

Adamgbabcock · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 4:25 pm Post subject:

Ok, here she is in all of her sanded/bondo'd/partially primed glory.

90droptoproc · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:00 pm Post subject:

looks great, we have all pretty much had one that started out like that I think, lots of work ahead of ya, but it makes it so much more your car when you brought it back from the dead.

Rich

Adamgbabcock · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 8:54 pm Post subject:

Agreed. I've never built an F-body before but I am a firm believer in Jeeps are built, not bought and when I turned my econo-cherokee into a beast it didn't feel like a purchased car anymore. I knew it inside and out. If that thing farted I could tell you what it ate to get that way haha.

I'm fortunate enough to have this one in seemingly great running condition. The previous owner also thought ahead when sanding it down and had already purchased adhesion promoter, paint, reducer, hardener and a few other supplies. Unfortunately he didn't get around to having it sprayed which is where I'm at now. A couple more weeks and she'll be one color and I'll be satisfied for a day or two =).

Adamgbabcock · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 8:58 pm Post subject:

Oops, forgot in that last post to ask people's opinion of painting the rims. Is that a no-no because they're original? They have been introduced to the curb a few times by the look of them and I'd love to go with a gloss black but haven't made any final decisions yet.

Thanks