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Here is a story about me and my crazy 86 Camaro. PART 1: (Ya i know it is f***ing long. Shoot me later) Ya I don't look like a camaro guy and neither did I covenant one at the time. To be honest my dream car was always a rx7 efini, but it was something so rare, so diaboloically impossible to find in LHD that I somehow got roped into buying something like this. Somehow in March, when it was -24 C me and my chevy nerd coworker went out to some farm in Beaumont to go look at some cars. We went to some "douchebags" garage, and somehow I came across this 1986 carberated camaro. 305 and a 700r4 transmission....he says he can't get the car to run properly, gave it a horrible paint job with too much thinner, broke half the pieces in the dash trying to get to a leaking heater core, both seats were torn, no window seals so leaves and water were in the door which soaked and warped the vinyl door panels.... I honestly looked at this with disbelief at this pile of shit. Thankfully my chevy nerd coworker happens to be an automotive mechanic. He looks at this thing, goes underneath the car and tells me "Holy shit it is rust free, not been bagged, needs a ton of work, BUT RUST FREE". I honestly told him "I don't know man. Smells like mice piss". So since he knows chevy's like the back of his hand, I tell him to negotiate a price, hand him the cash. "How much you want for the car" - Luke "$2500" - Douchebag "$2000 ?" - Luke "Sold" - Douchebag "WTF" - Me "Congrats you own a camaro" - Luke So we take it back to the airport garage (where I work) and I find out Luke happens to be "MR CAMARO" and has enough parts to build 4 complete ones stashed in his shed. So he runs back home and gets me window seals so I don't have shit get inside when I park it in our yard. I start taking apart door panels ...etc After 1 week, I literally spent everyday after work, tinkering with my car. -changed the window seals -put in a deck -changed the hood and hatch gas cylinders, -changed brake pads, rotors, calipers, brake lines, -struts and the front springs .....(never again. The spring compressor wouldn't fit because of the location so we "welded together" a makeshift one. Holy shit sketchy as hell), -Luke tuned up the carb with his voodoo magic -changed a leaking rad and all heater hoses. -and the broken steering column Before I took off, I gave it a good wash. Looks better already
