my money pit

 

Man oh man , I never had any idea this thread would get this big!

 

I know...... I remeber when it was a little tiny fragment of what it is today. I'm glad to see that there are some people that enjoy third gen's on this site.

 

nice paintjob man very clean

 

Here are some better pics of my 91.




The TT 89 in the backround...

 

believe or not the paint on the back of the car...(doors back) was done by a place in town known for crappy crafstmanship...i'd never bring a car their again ever!....the front end was done by a guy that does awesome work!...i just attacked the rest of the car with a buffer and some gold class megueirs compounds.....after i get a few more mods done i wanna have the door redone...they have small dents and sanding marks in them....people should figure primer is for finding imperfections like that

 

our paintjob should look like that I heard most of the thirdgens came off an assembly line in two places one was in california and the other was in like montana or something and apparently the ones from california had bad paintjobs or they did not last very long I guess one was ours I'm pretty sure my info is not that accurate so I'll let badjuju take it from here

 

van nuys cali was the bad place because of the water based paint and norwood ohio was the good place because of the laquer based/ enamel paint they used....mine is an ohio car but i was mentioning what i did because of shitty prep work on the car in spots before it was repainted

 

ahhh ok but still it looks good though

 

i try my best...i can't begin to tell you how much i have invested in cleaning/waxing/car care stuff for the thing...lol

 

yeah we use to be into that too..........when we had more paint of course

 

A lot of these cars were built at the Norwood , California assembly plant. California had (and still does ) some very strict enviornmental regulations and the paint that was used was water based. It was fine and good for the enviornment but no so good for a long lasting paint job. The paint was a basecoat /clearcoat and you'll notice the clear starts peeling off . Then , when it rains , the basecoat will literally wash away with it. That's why you see the funky primer spots showing all over the cars with the original paint. On the upside, you can get a piece of paper or canvas and make watercolor murals with your 3rd gen's paint and your fingers after a rain storm. The only way to save the original paint is to garage it and keep it out of the elements. GM actually would repaint the cars under warranty but that offer has long since expired.

 

norwood is the ohio plant....van nuys was the cali plant

 

87-92 ALL thirdgens were made in Van Nuys, CA. It sucks, our paintjobs have limited lifetimes. They chip away so easy.

 

yeah AZ is murder to paint its probably from all the years it was kept out in the sun but tim just got his tax returns so we should be getting it painted soon

 

DOH! You're right! My brain isn't working so good today! Good call!

 

Hey guys,

Here is mine.

A Custom 1992 Camaro Z28

The car is medium quasar blue metallic with two (2) silver glossy racing stripes going from the bumper, over rear wing, roof, over ASCD IROC Daytona fiberglass hood, front, and down front spoiler.

The car is powered by a 5.7 Liter V8, 350 TPI. The car is an automatic with Custom Blue/Silver Leather Upholstered Seats (Front & Rear) w/ custom embroidery.

The car rides on P275/40/R17 Hankook V-Groove tires with Highly Polished Torque Thrust ][ 17x8 Rims.

I had my car duplicated in 1:18th scale diecast.



Matching blue/silver re-upholstered front and rear seats with "Z28 25th Anniversary" digitized embroidery on front seat backs as matching the dash on front of the passenger dashboard.




A band in Nova Scotia seen the car and asked if they could put the car on the front cover of their cd. I was so honored! I natually said yes! :-)


I had a custom jacket made with my car digitized embroidered on the front and back which ended up costing me $1000


Back


On the front of the jacket are two (2) embroideries. The first one is a 2.5" X 1" embroidered "Z28" text in metallic type blue with metallic type light grey/silver outlining (Like the blue/silver stripes on actual Camaro). This embroidery consists of over 4,300 stitches.

The second is our Digitized Camaro. It is a smaller representation of the larger Digitized Camaro that is on the back of the jacket. This smaller front embroidery is a full color 4.5" X 2" and consists of over 13,300 stitches.


On the back of the jacket are another two (2) embroideries. The first one is a 10" X 1.5" embroidered "CAMAROSOURCE.CA" in metallic type blue threading. This embroidery consists of over 7,200 stitches.

BTW: It's perfectly STRAIGHT, not the best of pictures :-)

The second is our Digitized Camaro. It is the large Digitized Camaro that was used for the smaller one on the front of the jacket. This Larger back embroidery is a full color 10.5" X 4" and MASSIVE number of stitches. This little number has 60,000 stitches! It is a very detailed representation of the our actual Camaro and even has the "CAMAROSOURCE.CA" windshield decal on it's windshield like on the actual car, right down to the silver "Z28" on the bottom of the side Ground FX.


10 1/2" metal Diecast replica made especially for myself. I take it to the local car shows. :-)

I had my car duplicated in 1:18th scale diecast metal complete with opening hood, opening doors, working wheels, turning steering, Blue (w/ metal flake) with silver racing stripes (approx 3 coats of paint and 3 coats of clear), blue and silver interior front and rear seats, carpeting, headlining, custom pedals, instrument panel, steering wheel, ground effects, rear wing, fog lights, IROC Daytona hood, and much more..





Matching blue/silver interior with the "25th anniversary edition" on the front seats :-)


Down to the black/silver pedals :-)


Carpeting


Mirrors and door paneling plus door carpeting


Replica Torque Thrust ][ rims


And headliner :

 

Nice car!!. WHO DID THE DIECAST?? That is awsome !!

 

Hey Paul. I didn't know you checked out LS1tech as well.

I'm Josh from the other forums.

 

Here's mine!