OK, lets start with the full details...
Recently Phil informed me that a guy locally has an 88 Camaro that he unfortunatly rolled leaving it with a twisted chassis, no good panels & a insurance write off. He then decided to Part the car out & bought a V6 Hardtop Camaro to put his engine, box etc etc into.
Initially Phil, Dean & myself were looking for some other parts from this car so I went round to have a look, take some (crap) piccies & generally see what was there/left.
At this point I was talking to Steve about his plans for what he wanted to keep from the car & what was going into the V6 & at the time he had no plans of selling the Car as it stood, I phoned him up again last week meerly to express our continued interest in the parts we were after at which point he mentioned that due to health problems resulting from his accident he was now considering selling the car as it stood & would I be interested in buying a project...
This is where my ears really pricked up...
Definately interested! The engine his car has got is basically exactly what I wanted to do to mine, performance that is good but isn't gearbox crunching yet still maintaining the 30+ MPG that i need from a daily driver
The car as a whole isn't bad, basically the only thing wrong with it is the Body is F***ed it still drives as he's had it going up & down the lane behind his house, albeit crabbing along & the engine has been run regularly since the accident as he wanted to use it for this other car. It's this that gives me confidence that the engine wasn't destroyed as a result of the crash, although a closer inspection will be done.
Phil has kindly volunteered to come & have a look at it with me if Steve decides he definately wants to sell it whole, I'm keeping my fingers crossed especially as we decided at the weekend that my current engine needs a LOT of work if it's to survive...
As i've said many times before... updates ensue...
Ryan