1979 Z28

Nice car huh?  It should be, I spent 6 months and just over $20,000 rebuilding it into what you see here.  I had decided to go ahead and rebuild a Camaro again because they are so plentiful and well...... cheap to rebuild right?  Wrong!

I started collecting parts for my car long before I ever had an actual car.  I had scavenged seats, carpet, a dash, a console, new door panels, new seat upholstery, gauges and the list goes on way before I ever had the car.  In fact by the time I had located my project I had already spent over $2,000 in parts!  The final decision to purchase this car in particular came from the reasoning that it only had 47,000 KM on it.  Incredibly low for sure and the price reflected it with a $3,500 price tag!  

The motor was shot and it needed some collision work as it was hit on the passenger side but the interior was almost mint!  Too bad really as I had already purchased an almost complete interior including carpet and seat upholstery which was already installed on some salvage yard seats!  I bought the car sold the existing seats for $500.

Being the impatient guy that I am I farmed out almost everything, I spent a little over $6,000 on paint & body work and another $3,000 on a new engine.  The decals and assorted NOS items put me way over the top dollar wise.  I quickly grew bored of this Camaro as they're like assholes, everybody's got one!  Sure, this was one of the better quality jobs out there, at least in my neck of the woods but still.......... it was just a Camaro.  Here's the specs.

1979 CHEVROLET CAMARO Z28 Fully Restored loaded 350 4 speed Borg Warner T-10, 3:73 Posi Rear end, T-Tops, almost everything new or rebuilt from engine to brakes! Over $22,000 invested, appraised at $16,740 and scored a 97.5 on appraisal, 49000Kms.


The restoration was less than a year old and I've put on just two thousand KM on it since the completion. The picture doesn't do this thing justice and it's rebuilt from the inside out including new:

*Due to not being registered since 1984*