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Old Aug 4, 2011 | 08:19 PM
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i thought about looking into newer body styles but i like mine more.
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 06:31 AM
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Can you swap an LT1 into an LS1 car? That would be nice way of keeping your parts and getting a different look.
Better off buying a LS car and tossing on LT1 panels.
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 07:23 AM
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Ughh that sucks man, glad your ok though. With that much damage its a loss. Your gonna have to start over.

If you want another F-body I'd say give the LS car a shot. It will be tough to find a clean lt1 platform these days. If your still hard up on the lt1 look get the panels and bumper like just mentioned.
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 07:52 AM
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There is a 1998 Automatic Camaro in the FS section here in Eastern members, wants like 4-5k and has a rebuilt trans, and if faily clean is quite a steal.
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 11:21 AM
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Start over, when i got hit in the back insurance gave me 10k, i took it to a shop who said it would have been at least 9k to fix + i wouldnt see my daily driver for a month and a half and it never would be perfect again. Got a new car, made the right move.
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 11:55 AM
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Sucks to hear - that would be painful.
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 10:19 PM
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Sucks to hear about this. Your probably better off parting it out and moving on the an LS platform. If you part it out, let me know...
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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by coolmanvette75
Sucks to hear about this. Your probably better off parting it out and moving on the an LS platform. If you part it out, let me know...
i have too much $ invested in the car to start off new. i thought about parting it out but i don't want to have a car in pieces laying around for months. cheapest and least painful route is buying a roller and swapping parts.
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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 07:34 PM
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Sorry about the accident. Sell your car then buy an Ls1. Less hassle, no down time.
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by johnp94
Sorry about the accident. Sell your car then buy an Ls1. Less hassle, no down time.
if i sold it I would probably only get enough to buy a stock ls1 with high miles that runs high 13s. for less i could buy the roller swap parts and be exactly where i was before the accident.
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Old Aug 18, 2011 | 01:48 PM
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still looking for a 94-97 fbody auto.
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Old Aug 18, 2011 | 03:31 PM
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thats a bummer to hear man! if I were you I'd look for a v6 94-97 cause their cheaper and you know the chassis hasn't taken much abuse and the interiors are probably pretty mint cause I imagine they were mostly owned by females

how do you feel about C4's?
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Old Aug 18, 2011 | 03:54 PM
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now heres a roller for ya!!!
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Old Aug 18, 2011 | 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by z_speedfreak
thats a bummer to hear man! if I were you I'd look for a v6 94-97 cause their cheaper and you know the chassis hasn't taken much abuse and the interiors are probably pretty mint cause I imagine they were mostly owned by females

how do you feel about C4's?
i thought about the v6 but id have to rewire the car since the harness is different. that seems like a pain to do especially if i had to take mine out. a new harness is like $600. if i can get a v8 roller with the harness in it already that would be great.
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Old Aug 18, 2011 | 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by z_speedfreak
that nice but too much money. the only problem with a swap to another type of car is that i have so much stuff from my car that i couldn't use. i thought about buying a early 90s notch or a 70-73 camaro but im trying to keep the whole project under 5K.
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