1976 camaro

[JHart]

My aunt has a 1976 chevrolet camaro auto with the 305 (black/black int). it needs some lovin, and it just sits at her husbands parents house with no car cover, no anything. just sitting there. i dunno how much rust it may have, and i wanna talk to her about buying it. so to my camaro buddies, how much should i offer her for this car????? first thing i'd do is put a dove tail spoiler on it as good god it doesn't look right spoilerless. thanks guys.

jhart

[MrRaZ28]

First, need pictures to gauge.

Second, is it driveable? Do the brakes work, does the car start, does it shift, does it idle properly? Does it need a new battery/alternator/power-steering pump? Are there holes in the floor, do the seat belts work?

These are things you need to find out. To give you an example though, I bought my 79 with a built (I mean $6-7k engine) 350, Turbo 350 and posi rear, with rust issues (hood, rear window, bottom of the fenders, parts of the door etc) for $4500.

[JHart]

i think it needs a battery, and maybe an alternator and it'll run. she told me it has a little rust in the floor on one side?? and the engine and transmission run fine, it's bone stock. so that area would have to be fixed(the bone stock engine/tranny part, lol), so does that help any??

[LimaCharlie]

Use this 2nd Gen Camaro price guide to get a better idea:

http://www.nastyz28.com/camaro/priceg.html

I just wish the '78-'81 values would go up too, lol.

[JHart]

sweet. i'd say this was a 2500-3000 dollar car. the only thing i hate about it is that it had no spoiler and it makes the back end look retarded. i'm hoping to talk to her about getting it soon.

[My 76]

Spoilers are around $100. on ebay and are easy to install. All second gen. camaro trunk lids are cut on the inside for spoiler installation. I have a 76 myself and love it.

[JHart]

MY76, it's got the 305/auto combo, what combo do you have and what can i do to beef up the 305?? i don't care about monster power, but the 140 stock horses just isn't enough lol.

[76z28]

carb and intake and headers
get rid of the cat too is the first things i would do free up power, but those werent power monsters
you can guy a crate 350 from gmpp for like 4 grand and have almost 350 horse
which would be enough
if you dont have that kinda money, like i dont....
just drive it and upgrade it little by little

[My 76]

Mine came with the same set up. There is not that much you can do with the 305. I pulled mine and replaced it with a 350 and beefed up the rear end a little. It will hold its own with the set up its got now. I kept the TH350 transmission.

[iluvmy67camaro]

careful with the new headers, they can make the solenoid overhead and cuase it to have difficulty starting after it's been running for a while. we had to put a heat shield over our solenoid to take care of the problem and it worked 100% after we had it done.

[JHart]

i'm hoping i can really get this car. so much potential. just looks goof tarded w/o the spoiler.

[My 76]

I like the way they look fixed up old school,spoiler,air shocks and 50s on the rear.Keep us informed on the status.

[red78z]

they need to update that price guide