04-19-2010, 11:28 AM | #1 |
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1976 camaro
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
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04-19-2010, 04:42 PM | #2 |
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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. |
04-19-2010, 06:17 PM | #3 |
I haz camaro again :)
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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??
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04-19-2010, 08:41 PM | #4 |
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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. |
04-20-2010, 09:56 PM | #5 |
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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.
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04-21-2010, 05:59 PM | #6 |
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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.
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04-24-2010, 01:33 PM | #7 |
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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.
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04-25-2010, 11:45 PM | #8 |
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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 |
04-27-2010, 08:49 AM | #9 |
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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.
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04-27-2010, 11:10 PM | #10 |
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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.
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05-04-2010, 11:19 AM | #11 |
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i'm hoping i can really get this car. so much potential. just looks goof tarded w/o the spoiler.
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05-05-2010, 12:02 PM | #12 |
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I like the way they look fixed up old school,spoiler,air shocks and 50s on the rear.Keep us informed on the status.
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06-09-2010, 03:04 AM | #13 |
they need to update that price guide
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