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11-30-2016, 01:15 PM #1LTX Regular
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- May 2012
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- Daisuke
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- 1996 Z28 SS
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- Torrance, CA
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What is Dead May Never Die, But Rises Again Harder and Stronger
Not the best Thanksgiving weekend ever. Adjuster just determined my many years long project a total loss. Only put about 2000 miles on the new motor.
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But there is always light at the end of the tunnel:
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My friend found me a 95% original 96 SS on craigslist. It still has the original SLP car cover and floor mats. Even had the original window stickers showing the $7000+ in SLP options.
The car is basically one owner. According the carfax, the original purchaser drove the car a total of 911 miles for the six years he owned it. The second owner put about 110k on it in the next decade or so. The guy i bought it from got it from an estate sale when the last owner passed away.
Apparently neither of the previous owners knew what they had. The guy i bought it from said he got it for 5600 dollars with just under 120k on the odometer. He sold it to me for 5700 to even though he had paid to replace all of the fluids and for some reason replaced the stock TOTL with a flowmaster catback.
By the way, the car is a T-56 with no engine mods, stock hood and spoiler (with peeling clear coat), hard top, and with what looks like all of the options checked. The owner also dynoed it as his plan was to mod it until he decided to sell. It made 254 hp and 298 torque at the wheels.
The car is not without its faults, however. It needs a new clutch and shocks (both original), needs to have the hood and spoiler re-cleared, the radio is all fucked up, and the window switch bezels both need to be replaced. As is usual with these cars, the dash pad is cracked minimally.
I am pretty excited about this car and I am pretty happy about the deal that I got. My plans are to start swapping parts from my wrecked project over bit by bit. I am towing the wrecked car to my friend's shop this week so I can put it on a 2-post and start stripping it. I am going to start with all of my UMI suspension and then pull the drivetrain and do a straight K-member swapover.Last edited by Homerandabe69; 11-30-2016 at 01:18 PM.
1996 Z28 SS M6 Polo Green Metallic - Built 355 from my 93
1996 Z28 SS M6 Arctic White - Stock
1993 Z28 Medium Patriot Red - 355 LT1 with M6 and 24x Conversion (RIP in peace)
2007 Corvette Z06 Black - Stock
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11-30-2016, 01:18 PM #2Xtreme Member
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- Shaun
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- 1994 Formula
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- Phillipsburg NJ
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Supporting Member2021 Charger Scat 392
1994 Firebird Formula 381 stroker - Carrying the torch! - 9.90 @ 134.3mph on a 200 shot
The wrench/driver for LTConvert's 94 Z28- Ellwein 383/LE Trickflows/ D1SC / CPT Ultra Pro Race 4L60E
10.78 @ 125mph. Shooting for 9.99 for Frank Cahall!
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11-30-2016, 03:23 PM #3"The Rock"
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- Jul 2009
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- Popo
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- 1996 Impala with the heart of the old camaro. 1993 Corvette..
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- Shillington, Pennsylvania, United States
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Man... i feel ur pain... hopefully u walked away with no injury.
Glad to see u making lemonade though. Nice SS!!!
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1996 Camaro Z28: RIP 09/25/2016
1994 Trans Am GT: SOLD 05/2017
1985/1996GS clone: SOLD
1996 Impala SS H/C, LT, with true dual exhaust, 4.10s, lowered, with CPT trans, many cosmetic mods, and a whole lot more to come...
2002 Caddilac EscaladeL CAI, lowered, 6.0 , AWD..
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11-30-2016, 06:08 PM #4LTX Regular
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- Nov 2011
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- Marc
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- 1995 Formula
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- magnolia, DE
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- 400
Nice score. That SS is sexy!
Sent from my A621BL using Tapatalk1995 FORMULA M6
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11-30-2016, 07:33 PM #5Lurker
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- Sep 2014
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- Joel
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- 1996 camaro Police interceptor
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- Colorado
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Nice to see you came out smelling like s rose. Congrats.
Sent from my SM-N915V using TapatalkLast edited by Camaro96; 11-30-2016 at 07:56 PM.
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11-30-2016, 09:08 PM #6LTX Regular
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- May 2012
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- Daisuke
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- 1996 Z28 SS
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- Torrance, CA
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No injuries. I was going 40-50 coming off of an interchange in the rain. started accelerating to highway speed but i gave it too much gas. Tires spun and i ended up in the wall to my right and then hit a car afterward. I wasn't even sore afterward.
1996 Z28 SS M6 Polo Green Metallic - Built 355 from my 93
1996 Z28 SS M6 Arctic White - Stock
1993 Z28 Medium Patriot Red - 355 LT1 with M6 and 24x Conversion (RIP in peace)
2007 Corvette Z06 Black - Stock
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12-01-2016, 01:58 AM #7LTX Master
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- Nov 2008
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- Enrique
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- 93 Z28
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- Houston/Clear Lake
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Nice find!!
Take care of that car93 Z28, 383, PI 3200, Strange 12 bolt, 3.73, Strange coilovers, suspension, and going 24X... for three years or so.
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12-01-2016, 03:12 PM #8Xtreme Member
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- Nov 2008
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- Chris
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- 1994 Trans Am
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- PA, USA
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Very nice looking SS! One of the best looking stock/optioned 93-02 Fbody of all time. Glad your old car will live on in the new car. My advice is to keep the original parts off the SS in dry storage somewhere. These will regain value soon.
1994 Trans Am Under the knife - but it's alive!!! (5.3 LM7/CPT 60e/QP 9") BUILD THREAD
2009 G8 GXP M6, full exhaust, catch can, cai, stereo
1975 Olds 98 455 burnout machine/panty dropper | 1985 C10 new project
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12-02-2016, 08:22 AM #9Lurker
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- Jun 2015
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- Ryan
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- 1994 Camaro Z28
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- Minnesota
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- 372
Looks good, l will always think white is the best looking color on these cars
94 Z28 - 396 - TH400 - 9in - SLOW
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12-04-2016, 11:27 PM #10LTX Regular
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- May 2012
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- Daisuke
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- 1996 Z28 SS
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- Torrance, CA
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I still need to think about what to do with my parts. I kind of want to sell the tranny to make back some money but harner makes a good point about keeping it so i can revert the car to original if needed for the future. I may just take the stock drivetrain home and leave in in the garage at my mom's house or something. I think i can throw away the stock suspension and be fine.
1996 Z28 SS M6 Polo Green Metallic - Built 355 from my 93
1996 Z28 SS M6 Arctic White - Stock
1993 Z28 Medium Patriot Red - 355 LT1 with M6 and 24x Conversion (RIP in peace)
2007 Corvette Z06 Black - Stock
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