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I Might Have to Take Back All the Nasty Things I've Said About Jesasaur's Camaro

Mike95060

Mike95060

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Turns out I just inherited a 1957 210 Four door Chevy. Because this will never be a high dollar car, The body style isn't that desirable and it isn't a numbers matching original, the sky's (and more realistically my budget) is the limit when it comes to playing with it.

The fun part is it has a 350 CID engine out of a 1970 Chevelle. I now find myself day dreaming about a 383 stoker crank, different cam profiles, dropped spindles, paint schemes and all other manner of "car guy" stuff.

Really this is a shock. Never thought I would be into classic or muscle cars and now I find myself getting stoked on the thought of playing around with this thing. Weird. Camaros are still ugly
 

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My neighbor has an original '56 four door. It looks great and sometimes they use it to tow their bikes to the track.

Have fun with your project.
 
aminalmutha said:
Do it up Panamericana style or leave the patina and make it a running time capsule. :party
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There is a thought. It would be fun to slap some stickers on it and drive it home from Pennsylvania kinda like this. The current paint inst original either so not much of a loss to change it up.
 

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Yep, just make it mechanically sound and drive the heck out of it. It's a pretty amazing experience to drive classic iron around in public.
 
Charles R said:
Yep, just make it mechanically sound and drive the heck out of it. It's a pretty amazing experience to drive classic iron around in public.
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Man that's the best part. I work and pick up kids from school withing a 10 mile radius of my house. Daily driver potential is written all over this thing.

Thanks Dave, I haven't figured out transport yet. I would like to get it out here this summer. If you think you need to come back here round then we can work something out. $/trailer.
 
Mike95060 said:
Man that's the best part. I work and pick up kids from school withing a 10 mile radius of my house. Daily driver potential is written all over this thing.

Thanks Dave, I haven't figured out transport yet. I would like to get it out here this summer. If you think you need to come back here round then we can work something out. $/trailer.
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I need to pick up my Chrysler that's in California, but I doubt I'm doing the driving this go-round. It'll be ready in a week, and I sure won't be.

Only thing I'd really urge is to get the paperwork sorted before you sink any money into it. Nothing like restoring a car only to find out it can't be registered/it's stolen/etc.
 
That's awesome Mike! If you like money, you'll hate that car. Ask Billswim...years ago, a $19K charger was a "can't miss deal". I missed...and I'm buried in the thing.
 
MrIncredible said:
I need to pick up my Chrysler that's in California, but I doubt I'm doing the driving this go-round. It'll be ready in a week, and I sure won't be.

Only thing I'd really urge is to get the paperwork sorted before you sink any money into it. Nothing like restoring a car only to find out it can't be registered/it's stolen/etc.
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Grandma signed the title over already so I think I'm in the clear but yeah, DMV clearance is step one. All the running gear is pre 1975 so I don't think SMOG will be an issue. The odometer shows 38k miles so I think I'm OK with bringing it in from out of state too.

Berto, the potential for a money pit is ever present with wheels. It's not too far off from being a driver so if anything it should be a slow drain on my wallet. I'm OK with that.
 
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