How rare?
03-13-2012, 05:31 PM
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How rare? I recently bought my first F-body! A beautiful 3 owner, near mint, 1998 Camaro z28 Convertible M6. It's Bright Red, Tan top, Tan leather with 6 way power, power window, cruise, non-monsoon stereo, chrome 16 inch rims, Y3F package and 3:42 Posi. I was wondering how rare of a car this is? 
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03-13-2012, 05:45 PM
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Well, if it is 100% stock I would say the fact you found a 100% stock Fbody is semi-rare.
But the Fbody was a pretty high numbers car. Pretty much only SOM colored cars are few enough in numbers to be worth something.
Even the final 35th LE car's were produced in decent numbers (3,000 I think).
But the Fbody was a pretty high numbers car. Pretty much only SOM colored cars are few enough in numbers to be worth something.
Even the final 35th LE car's were produced in decent numbers (3,000 I think).
03-13-2012, 05:54 PM
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03-13-2012, 06:30 PM
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That was just for '98, they made quite a bit more like it after that year. Doesn't really mean too much, I wouldn't get caught up on it. I say you go ahead and do exactly what you please with it. Not a collectors item, not right now at least.
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03-13-2012, 06:34 PM
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Just because they didn't make that many of that type of car with that specific package does not mean it's going to be worth anything extra. But that little bit of information does mean that there aren't too many identical twins to your car out there.
My friend who owns a 2009 G8 GT often brags he has one of 300 cars. They made about 12,000 G8's in 2009, but only 300 had his engine, transmission, model, and color, so really when you break it down...not that special.
Is the car 100% stock? I agree with the others in that finding a 100% stock F-body is semi-rare.
My friend who owns a 2009 G8 GT often brags he has one of 300 cars. They made about 12,000 G8's in 2009, but only 300 had his engine, transmission, model, and color, so really when you break it down...not that special.
Is the car 100% stock? I agree with the others in that finding a 100% stock F-body is semi-rare.
03-13-2012, 08:20 PM
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It has to be something unique, rare, in low supply, and high demand to be desirable/worth more than a normal car.
Here are some of the rarest 4th gen colors:
-1993 and 1994 Yellow Firebirds
-1998 Bright Purple Metallic Firebirds
-1998 Sport Gold Metallic Camaros and Firebirds
-1999 Hugger Orange Camaros
-1999 Medium Blue Metallic Firebirds and Camaros
03-13-2012, 08:54 PM
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The car is 99.9% Bone stock. The .1% is the stock radio sitting in my garage lol. It was a lucky find. Bought it off an older fellow in Rutherfordton, NC for $5,500. Hoping to do a few bolt on mods and keep some fuel efficiency. I managed 16.9 mpg all city on the last tank of gas. Best car for the money I spent 100%. I think i'll have many more f-bodies..
03-13-2012, 08:56 PM
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Just because they didn't make that many of that type of car with that specific package does not mean it's going to be worth anything extra. But that little bit of information does mean that there aren't too many identical twins to your car out there.
My friend who owns a 2009 G8 GT often brags he has one of 300 cars. They made about 12,000 G8's in 2009, but only 300 had his engine, transmission, model, and color, so really when you break it down...not that special.
Is the car 100% stock? I agree with the others in that finding a 100% stock F-body is semi-rare.
My friend who owns a 2009 G8 GT often brags he has one of 300 cars. They made about 12,000 G8's in 2009, but only 300 had his engine, transmission, model, and color, so really when you break it down...not that special.
Is the car 100% stock? I agree with the others in that finding a 100% stock F-body is semi-rare.
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The car is 99.9% Bone stock. The .1% is the stock radio sitting in my garage lol. It was a lucky find. Bought it off an older fellow in Rutherfordton, NC for $5,500. Hoping to do a few bolt on mods and keep some fuel efficiency. I managed 16.9 mpg all city on the last tank of gas. Best car for the money I spent 100%. I think i'll have many more f-bodies..
03-13-2012, 09:31 PM
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Nice find man just do the preventive maintenance and you should see better MPG.
Sounds like my car when I first got it except I have an auto that is now stalled.
Tear into and have fun with it!
Here is what it could look like if you like the black red OR chrome red theme.
From this:
To this:
To finally this:
Ok enough whoring lol congrats on the car!
Sounds like my car when I first got it except I have an auto that is now stalled.
Tear into and have fun with it!
Here is what it could look like if you like the black red OR chrome red theme.
From this:
To this:
To finally this:
Ok enough whoring lol congrats on the car!
03-14-2012, 01:38 PM
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Edit: I just looked it up and the color "mystic teal" (Camaros) and "Blue Green Chameleon Metallic (Firebirds) was used from 1995-2001 with a total of over 14,000 camaros painted this color...that's quite a few compared to say the 715 sunfire yellow Firebirds from 93-94 or the just over 1,100 bright blue metallic '99 camaros, what am I missing here??? It seems I see this color a lot on the streets around here...
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