Here is my first love. This is the 1986 Camaro that got me hooked. Purchased in 1990 with 32,000 miles for $4,200. It had a 2.8/auto when purchased. I converted it to 5.7 with a 700r4. It was still pretty slow IMO.
I always admired my fathers 1987 Z28 Camaro since before I could drive. I purchased it from him for $8,000 after selling the blue 86 to a friend in 1993. It had Iroc rims, foglights and door decals. It also had a wild 5.7 built by Rick Kippley (Kippley Performance) with Dart II sportsman heads, hooker longtubes, true duals all the way back and a 650 edelbrock carb/intake. It had Kipley's secret street cam in it. The thing sounded like a top fuel monster when it ran. I could never get anyone to race me in it because the exhaust was a dead give-away of what it could do.
With the debut of the 4th gen, and college graduation coming up I figured I'd reward my hard work with a brand new 1995 Z28 M6. I custom ordered the car and waited 6 months for it to arrive. I sold the 87 to some guy for $6,500 and never looked back. The highlight of owning it was the insurance. I paid $250/month. I wrecked it after 1 year of ownership and 18,000 miles.
I was going up an onramp at full throttle and hit first instead of 3rd. The back end came around on me and it was over.
After wrecking the black 95 and actually making $3,000 on the insurance settlement I bought this dark red 1995 Z28 A4 in 1996 with 11K on it. I added the rims, ramair, spoiler and a SLP TOTL exhaust. It was awsome. I drove it to Cali and back twice on the Hot Rod Powertour in 1997 and 1998.
In 1998 I needed to put myself in a position to purchase my first property. Doing that required eliminating the car loan so I sold the hopped up 95 and bought this 1988 Iroc from my cousin with cash. It had 55K on it and I paid $7,000. It was super clean right down to the original floor mats and had the 5.7 TPI. I had admired that car for years so I didnt mind owning it. I really missed having a 4th gen car.
In 2002 I sold it to buy a 1994 Mustang GT convertible. I figured I had a few camaros and would give the ferd a shot. It just didnt do "it" for me so I started combing the earth for a nice 4th gen Camaro Z28 6-speed convertible.
I found my current car on Ebay. It was also in Autotrader. The Ebay auction ended without the reserve met so I called the dealer to see what the reserve was. The car had 53K on it and I paid $7500. I sold the Ford to my brother-in-law. He likes Mustangs alot. So there you have it. My love for the Camaro.
I always admired my fathers 1987 Z28 Camaro since before I could drive. I purchased it from him for $8,000 after selling the blue 86 to a friend in 1993. It had Iroc rims, foglights and door decals. It also had a wild 5.7 built by Rick Kippley (Kippley Performance) with Dart II sportsman heads, hooker longtubes, true duals all the way back and a 650 edelbrock carb/intake. It had Kipley's secret street cam in it. The thing sounded like a top fuel monster when it ran. I could never get anyone to race me in it because the exhaust was a dead give-away of what it could do.
With the debut of the 4th gen, and college graduation coming up I figured I'd reward my hard work with a brand new 1995 Z28 M6. I custom ordered the car and waited 6 months for it to arrive. I sold the 87 to some guy for $6,500 and never looked back. The highlight of owning it was the insurance. I paid $250/month. I wrecked it after 1 year of ownership and 18,000 miles.
I was going up an onramp at full throttle and hit first instead of 3rd. The back end came around on me and it was over.
After wrecking the black 95 and actually making $3,000 on the insurance settlement I bought this dark red 1995 Z28 A4 in 1996 with 11K on it. I added the rims, ramair, spoiler and a SLP TOTL exhaust. It was awsome. I drove it to Cali and back twice on the Hot Rod Powertour in 1997 and 1998.
In 1998 I needed to put myself in a position to purchase my first property. Doing that required eliminating the car loan so I sold the hopped up 95 and bought this 1988 Iroc from my cousin with cash. It had 55K on it and I paid $7,000. It was super clean right down to the original floor mats and had the 5.7 TPI. I had admired that car for years so I didnt mind owning it. I really missed having a 4th gen car.
In 2002 I sold it to buy a 1994 Mustang GT convertible. I figured I had a few camaros and would give the ferd a shot. It just didnt do "it" for me so I started combing the earth for a nice 4th gen Camaro Z28 6-speed convertible.
I found my current car on Ebay. It was also in Autotrader. The Ebay auction ended without the reserve met so I called the dealer to see what the reserve was. The car had 53K on it and I paid $7500. I sold the Ford to my brother-in-law. He likes Mustangs alot. So there you have it. My love for the Camaro.
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. Very nice man. There definitely is something nice about that green that sets it off from the rest of the pack 
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