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Thought some of you might find this interesting. Got this car from a friend's brother. He did some furnace repair and it was offered to him at payment for the work. The car's owner passed away and his daughter ended up with the car and it sat outside under a tree beside a lake for 2 years. I initially looked at the car as a parts car for my dad's 88 Camaro project. But when I went to look at it, it seemed too nice to part out. So I snagged it for $950 and started to work. I have fixed a few small holes in the floor, replaced the ailing automatic trans with a T5 (best thing I've done to the car automatics SUCK) and cleaned the car up. I also replaced a few fuel and brake lines, fuel pump and filter, and a few other small items. My Dad helped me re-paint the decklid and I got rid of the wale tail spoiler that I don't much care for. The only snafu at this point is that the engine makes some intermittent knocking sounds. It runs perfect otherwise with great oil pressure (30psi at 1500rpm) and doesnt smoke and has good power, I'm wondering at this point if it has a lifter sticking in the bore. I'm going to do another oil change tomorrow and do 4qts of oil and 1qt of ATF and see if it frees up. Anyway, here are some before, during and after shots. I love these cars!

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1meanZ View Member Profile	Mar 18 2009, 01:28 AM Post #1
Mullet club chairman Group: Advanced Members Posts: 786 Joined: 25-March 06 From: South Bend IN Member No.: 1,135	Thought some of you might find this interesting. Got this car from a friend's brother. He did some furnace repair and it was offered to him at payment for the work. The car's owner passed away and his daughter ended up with the car and it sat outside under a tree beside a lake for 2 years. I initially looked at the car as a parts car for my dad's 88 Camaro project. But when I went to look at it, it seemed too nice to part out. So I snagged it for $950 and started to work. I have fixed a few small holes in the floor, replaced the ailing automatic trans with a T5 (best thing I've done to the car automatics SUCK) and cleaned the car up. I also replaced a few fuel and brake lines, fuel pump and filter, and a few other small items. My Dad helped me re-paint the decklid and I got rid of the wale tail spoiler that I don't much care for. The only snafu at this point is that the engine makes some intermittent knocking sounds. It runs perfect otherwise with great oil pressure (30psi at 1500rpm) and doesnt smoke and has good power, I'm wondering at this point if it has a lifter sticking in the bore. I'm going to do another oil change tomorrow and do 4qts of oil and 1qt of ATF and see if it frees up. Anyway, here are some before, during and after shots. I love these cars! (IMG:http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w178/1meanz/91%20trans%20am/91TransAM001.jpg) (IMG:http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w178/1meanz/91%20trans%20am/91TransAM003.jpg) (IMG:http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w178/1meanz/91%20trans%20am/partsTA010.jpg) (IMG:http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w178/1meanz/91%20trans%20am/partsTA008.jpg) (IMG:http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w178/1meanz/91%20trans%20am/partsTA007.jpg)

CMC #37 View Member Profile	Mar 18 2009, 02:38 AM Post #2
CMCer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,932 Joined: 12-February 04 From: the sticks near VIR Member No.: 194	Scwheet! +three on the spoiler! Somewhere in the bowels of Blaine Fabrication lurks a metallic blue '91 Formula....