Looking for a local 3rd gen
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Looking for a local 3rd gen Well since the insurance ended up totalling my car, I'm going to have to buy a new one. Right now I'm driving a POS 83 prelude. But I really don't want to be stuck in that thing. Right now my financess really don't allow me to get another LS1 (really bad credit score). So I figure I'd get the next best thing. I'm look really for any 3rd gen Camaro or Firebird that has somewhat low miles, and is in pretty good condition. I'm thinking my cap is going to be right about $4500. I figure I could get a nice 3rd gen for that. Let me know if you guys see anything around thats worth while. I think a nice 3rd gen that I can tinker with would be awesome.
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Could get into a LT1 for that price range. The third gens are somewhat hard to come by in good quality, usually if you find one in good condtition it is because the owner took care of it and never plans to sell.
Might see what your potential rates could be for insurance, having wiped out a car isn't going to make it exactly easy to get a low rate.
Could look into the Grand Prix GTP, I am partial, but they are nice and if a snow storm ever kicks up over there like it did this past year I can guarentee you wont have problems getting around.
I haven't on the east side of the state for the past three years I have had mine. 
Might see what your potential rates could be for insurance, having wiped out a car isn't going to make it exactly easy to get a low rate.
Could look into the Grand Prix GTP, I am partial, but they are nice and if a snow storm ever kicks up over there like it did this past year I can guarentee you wont have problems getting around.
I haven't on the east side of the state for the past three years I have had mine. 
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Good luck finding an good third gen for $4.5k. I paid $7.5k for the cream puff, 49k org. mi, 5.7l w/T-top '89 Iroc. For cars getting to be 20yrs old you better step up the $$ if you want good and reliable.
Man you guys must be lacking thirdgens over there, here in the Northeast my father and I have had 12 thirdgen firebirds, never paid over $4000 for them. All of em were in good, but not showcar shape. Wish you luck finding one, might pay you to ship one in if you can find it elsewhere. Should be able to find a decent one for about 3k to 3500 somewhere in the US, and ship it in for under 1k. Just a thought. If you are interested in that option, pm me and I'll do a search for you and see what I can find. Sorry about the totalled car, and good luck again.
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One option, but like I said I don't know what you're looking for.
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http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...0&cardist=2328
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http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...0&cardist=2328
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Well, when I bought mine last year I looked all over the country for what I wanted. It had to be all original with paperwork from day one. When I found it she only had 42k orginal miles and was two owners. The current owner got it back in '90 with 4k miles on it. This is the kind of stuff that I look for when buying a car and it adds to the value. A car for $3.5k-$4.5k probably would not get my interest unless I knew the owner who had owned it for a while.
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Well, when I bought mine last year I looked all over the country for what I wanted. It had to be all original with paperwork from day one. When I found it she only had 42k orginal miles and was two owners. The current owner got it back in '90 with 4k miles on it. This is the kind of stuff that I look for when buying a car and it adds to the value. A car for $3.5k-$4.5k probably would not get my interest unless I knew the owner who had owned it for a while.
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I have to say, this IROC Eric bought is one of the most pristine 3rd Gen's I have seen for a long time. Worth all of the 7500.00 he paid for it.
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Thanks! Here's a sweet one on ebay even if it is a 5.0L.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1988-...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1988-...QQcmdZViewItem
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nice cars. except for the one on ebay, lol. if you guys would keep an eye out, that'ed be awesome. I'm also thinking about maybe a truck. I have even thought about either an FC RX7 (with ls1 swap later), or a 240sx. reall just anything that I can get soon to get myself out of this dame prelude.
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Originally Posted by ram-it
Good luck finding an good third gen for $4.5k. I paid $7.5k for the cream puff, 49k org. mi, 5.7l w/T-top '89 Iroc. For cars getting to be 20yrs old you better step up the $$ if you want good and reliable.
Last summer I found a 30k mile 88 IROC 5.0 5-speed in AMAZING condition. The place (Consignement lot) wanted 9k, got them talked down to 6500 but then they started playing games and dicking around so I told em to eat me.
Nice, low mile 3rd Gens on the West Coast are not usually below $5-6k
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You can find thirdgens for decent prices around here. I picked up my vert for $3200 a couple years ago. I just happened to be looking through the classifieds in the paper. Might even check out the classifieds over at www.thirdgen.org
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I think there might be a couple on our website (www.pnwcc.com) under the classified section. Dont know though.
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I think I have found a couple of possibilities. One of the is deffinetly Sidewayz' Z28. But I also found this 1975 Z28:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/car/372654847.html
another are these mustangs:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/car/374782583.html
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/car/374407748.html
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/car/374201697.html
the last being i think my best bet. I know I know, a mustang. But I've always loved those fox body mustangs, and there next to impossible to beat for bang for the buck. and the after market is insane. let me know if any of you guys have seen these cars. and what you think of them. i am think i might want to get back into carbs. that what i started out with, and i love EFI, but carbs are just so much easier to work with and upgrade. and since my next car is not going to be a D/D (i have my prelude for that), i don't have to worry about reliability.
http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/car/372654847.html
another are these mustangs:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/car/374782583.html
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/car/374407748.html
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/car/374201697.html
the last being i think my best bet. I know I know, a mustang. But I've always loved those fox body mustangs, and there next to impossible to beat for bang for the buck. and the after market is insane. let me know if any of you guys have seen these cars. and what you think of them. i am think i might want to get back into carbs. that what i started out with, and i love EFI, but carbs are just so much easier to work with and upgrade. and since my next car is not going to be a D/D (i have my prelude for that), i don't have to worry about reliability.