Low Mile 2002 Camaro Z28

[Udy2554]

Sorry for cluttering up your thread…the good old days!

 

[Treburkulosis]

Sometimes Therapeutic, sometimes quite frustrating!!! Many times I’ve had to step away!

My dad passed just before I turned 11 in ‘77! He did love cars though! His summer car was a ‘65 convertible Skylark! BB421 wit a 4-speed!(maybe a precursor to the GSX?) Hus winter beater was a ‘73 Opel GT! I remember him doing donuts and fishtailing turns in both! One on snow, one on pavement! Mom traded them, and the ‘67 convertible Electra 225 for a Buick Estate Wagon(5 kids when dad passed)! 3 rows of leather, OldsmoBuick 403(TA auto motor?) 3.73 gears and turbo 400!!! That thing embarrassed IROCs to about 85 mph when I got my license at 17! I bought it off her as a senior in HS! Cracked the heads busting snowdrifts that winter! Packed radiator with snow… Wish I had that car nowadays!(There’s a built, 4-speed Roadmaster Wagon out this way now!!!)

Thats awesome! My dad had a 67 rs/ss car when I was a kid. I rolled around in a 83 firebird 305 stick car in the 80s. We built everything from BBF FE motors to Foxbodies. I wish I had hung on to my 93 GT. It had 34k on it when I got it. I sold it to buy the 67 Camaro I did.

 

[Treburkulosis]

Sorry for cluttering up your thread…the good old days!

Dude who cares! I love talking cars.

 

[Udy2554]

Dude who cares! I love talking cars.

How ‘bout a muscle truck?



560HP 462ci, 465/205, locked kingpin D60, locked 14, 4.10s, 38” Swamper SXs! 12.4@104mph, 6600rpms in 2nd gear! The guy that helped me tune the Q-Jet and timing figured it’d be a low 10sec motor in a properly built Chevelle!

1/8” floorboards, heavy wall 2” tubing for a cage! Recaro buckets! I cured rubber flooring…smelled like a dairy barn when it got hot! It weighed just over 7000lbs with me in it!

 

[Treburkulosis]

How ‘bout a muscle truck?

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560HP 462ci, 465/205, locked kingpin D60, locked 14, 4.10s, 38” Swamper SXs! 12.4@104mph, 6600rpms in 2nd gear! The guy that helped me tune the Q-Jet and timing figured it’d be a low 10sec motor in a properly built Chevelle!

1/8” floorboards, heavy wall 2” tubing for a cage! Recaro buckets! I cured rubber flooring…smelled like a dairy barn when it got hot! It weighed just over 7000lbs with me in it!

Nice! We built a 77 Ford Step side and threw a 428 cj motor in it. God that thing was wicked. I had a lot of square body suburbans. My favorite was my 89 350 TBI and a 700R4. It would catch a lot of people sleeping once I did the weight reduction lol. I had a 83 black on black short bed like yours. It was just a 2wd, but it had a healthy 350/350 combo.

 

[Udy2554]

Next…



Drivetrain from yellow K5, but stock 350TB motor! 14-15mpg! Added rear discs and driveline e-brake to the 205!

 

[Udy2554]

Long-ish travel!

23” in front, 28” in rear!



On-board air and dual batteries with isolation in the cab! All new carpeting! Corbeau reclining suspension seats!

I’m kinda seeing why I’m broke!

 

[Treburkulosis]

That is awesome! I love the square bodies! I always liked the grill in the 89-91 suburbans. The Silverados always looked good with the core support and grill swap.

 

[Udy2554]

Nice! We built a 77 Ford Step side and threw a 428 cj motor in it. God that thing was wicked. I had a lot of square body suburbans. My favorite was my 89 350 TBI and a 700R4. It would catch a lot of people sleeping once I did the weight reduction lol. I had a 83 black on black short bed like yours. It was just a 2wd, but it had a healthy 350/350 combo.

I was looking for a ‘91 3/4T Suburban(4L80 trans!) when I bought my PowerWagon! Was hoping to build a decent overlander! The prices are skyrocketing now! Way out of my pocketbook!

My recent decisions are to live a lazy white-trash, red-neck existence now that I’m getting old!!!

 

[dhay13]

Picked up this 2005 Stage 1 Roush Mustang convertible about 5 weeks ago. 100% stock with 33,000 on it. Got it in Buffalo, NY and drove it 200 miles home. Added a styling bar as soon as we got home.

 

[Udy2554]

Nice! We built a 77 Ford Step side and threw a 428 cj motor in it. God that thing was wicked. I had a lot of square body suburbans. My favorite was my 89 350 TBI and a 700R4. It would catch a lot of people sleeping once I did the weight reduction lol. I had a 83 black on black short bed like yours. It was just a 2wd, but it had a healthy 350/350 combo.

A local mechanic has a wildly built ‘68 SCJ mustang…dual quads through the hood…it’s a garage queen! Parked next to it is a ‘74(?) Ford with a well built SCJ! He’s the original owner of the truck! Twice…it’s been dismantled to nuts and bolts to repain/rebuild! Drives both once or twice a summer! He has everything to put both back to factory! The Mustang is something you’d see at Barrett Jackson…

He drives his late fathers ‘89 lightning as a beater!

 

[Udy2554]

Picked up this 2005 Stage 1 Roush Mustang convertible about 5 weeks ago. 100% stock with 33,000 on it. Got it in Buffalo, NY and drove it 200 miles home. Added a styling bar as soon as we got home.View attachment 539872

SWEET!

Where do you live? Buffalo is just over an hour from me! Naples, NY! I’m less than an hour S of Rochester!

 

[Udy2554]

That is awesome! I love the square bodies! I always liked the grill in the 89-91 suburbans. The Silverados always looked good with the core support and grill swap.

‘88, ‘77, ‘79…I’ve had a few more, and a couple suburbans I don’t have pics of!

 

[Treburkulosis]

Picked up this 2005 Stage 1 Roush Mustang convertible about 5 weeks ago. 100% stock with 33,000 on it. Got it in Buffalo, NY and drove it 200 miles home. Added a styling bar as soon as we got home.View attachment 539872

Nice score!

 

[Treburkulosis]

So before I got the Z, I had attempted to buy a Calypso green Fox GT 5 speed car with mods. It was super clean. Guy said his buddy was going to buy it. I said ok and then bought the Z. He called today and said his buddy only left a deposit and then back out last week... I told him I had already gotten a the Z. Oh well the Z is a better car anyways especially with its low production number and low miles.

 

[Udy2554]

I was looking for a ‘91 3/4T Suburban(4L80 trans!) when I bought my PowerWagon! Was hoping to build a decent overlander! The prices are skyrocketing now! Way out of my pocketbook!

My recent decisions are to live a lazy white-trash, red-neck existence now that I’m getting old!!!

White-trash enough? ;-)

 

[Udy2554]

So before I got the Z, I had attempted to buy a Calypso green Fox GT 5 speed car with mods. It was super clean. Guy said his buddy was going to buy it. I said ok and then bought the Z. He called today and said his buddy only left a deposit and then back out last week... I told him I had already gotten a the Z. Oh well the Z is a better car anyways especially with its low production number and low miles.

It is a bit of a rarity…especially up here in the rust belt!

 

[Treburkulosis]

Score! I just need the fronts now!

 

[Udy2554]

Score! I just need the fronts now!

Those’ll fill the wheel wells!

 

[dhay13]

SWEET!

Where do you live? Buffalo is just over an hour from me! Naples, NY! I’m less than an hour S of Rochester!

Just north of Pittsburgh. Got it at Joe Basil Chevrolet in Depew, NY