[SLCKLS1]

Hello everyone,

I'm going to try to make this as short as possible. I sold my '99 Z28 a few years back as an "adult decision", but I've regretted it since. I've been trying to look around, and see if I could find some busted 3rd gen, or even a rolling chassis. Here's where my question comes in. Where the hell does one go about looking now a days?! All 3rd gens seem crazy expensive, and nothing like what I'm looking for. Places like autotrader, recycler, etc. Don't even seem to list anything older than '97.

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this, or if I should post in the classifieds, but I don't think I meet the post requirements. It's been a while.



Thanks in advance

[CrashTestDummy]

It depends on the level of prep. 3rd Gens tend to turn in a bit better, and tend to be lighter, but the McPherson strut front suspension does have it's limitations. 4th Gens, I think have a bit stiffer body/chassis, out of the box, but tend to be a bit heavier, even with the plastic doors and front fenders.

The shortcomings of each can be overcome, to a point. Decide what you want to ultimately do, and then, really, find a car that's an abandoned project. Building a car from scratch is equivalent to death by a thousand cuts. You'll still be spending money, but the closer to a finished project you buy, you'll get most of the go-fast and safe parts on pennies on the dollar.

Better yet, I've read it more than once on this forum: Buy a Z06 and go have fun.

[trackbird]

Decide what you want to ultimately do, and then, really, find a car that's an abandoned project. Building a car from scratch is equivalent to death by a thousand cuts.

Now you tell me....where were you a few years ago? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

Seriously, listen to that advice. I have a couple threads around here where I ran out of enthusiasm before getting finished with them.

Now I'm on a quest for a fun daily driver type car that I could autocross on occasion.

[CrashTestDummy]

Decide what you want to ultimately do, and then, really, find a car that's an abandoned project. Building a car from scratch is equivalent to death by a thousand cuts.

Now you tell me....where were you a few years ago? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

Seriously, listen to that advice. I have a couple threads around here where I ran out of enthusiasm before getting finished with them.

Now I'm on a quest for a fun daily driver type car that I could autocross on occasion.

Heh, I've been at both ends of that process. My 71 T/A, I literally rebuilt from the ground up. It got pushed off the trailer as a wrecked rolling chassis with a truck-full of boxes holding the other stock parts. The money and time I spent on that car I could have purchased TWO new Trans Ams. But I did learn a lot, and got to do a lot of fabbing on the car. That, and the Big Pile of Unused Parts™ I acquired trying different things on that car so many years ago came in handy with the current ride. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/2thumbs.gif)

Our current CP ride was a prepped-almost-to-the-rules car when it was built, but hadn't been driven in a couple of years before we bought it. We're still trying to catch up to the rules, and have, and will continue to spend a butt-load of money on it. But we didn't have to pay for the cage and initial build. We put new slicks on it, changed the fluids and went racing at the very next event. The 71 T/A was at least a 3-year build before I ever turned the key.

Building is fun, but you don't get to drive it much until you're done. The little crap, like nuts and bolts and wiring and hose and tubing are mostly bought by the other guy when you buy an old project.

This post has been edited by CrashTestDummy: Apr 13 2016, 06:03 PM

[SLCKLS1]

Decide what you want to ultimately do, and then, really, find a car that's an abandoned project. Building a car from scratch is equivalent to death by a thousand cuts.

Now you tell me....where were you a few years ago? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

Seriously, listen to that advice. I have a couple threads around here where I ran out of enthusiasm before getting finished with them.

Now I'm on a quest for a fun daily driver type car that I could autocross on occasion.

Heh, I've been at both ends of that process. My 71 T/A, I literally rebuilt from the ground up. It got pushed off the trailer as a wrecked rolling chassis with a truck-full of boxes holding the other stock parts. The money and time I spent on that car I could have purchased TWO new Trans Ams. But I did learn a lot, and got to do a lot of fabbing on the car. That, and the Big Pile of Unused Parts™ I acquired trying different things on that car so many years ago came in handy with the current ride. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/2thumbs.gif)

Our current CP ride was a prepped-almost-to-the-rules car when it was built, but hadn't been driven in a couple of years before we bought it. We're still trying to catch up to the rules, and have, and will continue to spend a butt-load of money on it. But we didn't have to pay for the cage and initial build. We put new slicks on it, changed the fluids and went racing at the very next event. The 71 T/A was at least a 3-year build before I ever turned the key.

Building is fun, but you don't get to drive it much until you're done. The little crap, like nuts and bolts and wiring and hose and tubing are mostly bought by the other guy when you buy an old project.

yeah, you're right. I do imagine that just an engine swap, and getting the thing road worthy will equate to the thing sitting in my garage for at least a year. I'm not unrealistic. You never know what kind of BS you'll run into, am I right? Bolts snapping, parts being unusable, things not fitting correctly, etc.