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Hi everyone. New guy here. I live in northeastern MA and just picked up a 97 Camaro convertible with the 3.8. It's white with a white top and grey interior. Here's the story on it. The previous owner wanted to get rid of it as his son had been driving it, but not doing any maintenance on it. When the check engine light came on, he didn't want to deal with it. The top was also badly ripped on it, so he parked it. I picked it up for $700 and drove it home. A friend of mine owns a top/interior shop, so he installed a new top and back window for $600. The car also had the standard steel rims with hubcaps on it (complete with snow tires!), so I picked up a $100 set of Salad Shooters with two different brands of dry rotted 235/55-16 tires. I used them VERY briefly when I came across a near mint set of 17" 99 Camaro SS rims with practically new 275/40-17s on them. Of course I HAD to get those. When I got the car, you could hardly tell it was white. I've cleaned it a couple times now and it came out pretty good. Add the new top and the car is a good 10 footer. I've done a few other things to it and still need to do a few more things, like fix the CEL (P1860 for the TCC solenoid), but it's coming along nicely. This will be just a fun driver that will get decent mileage. The wife and I took our 6 year old daughters for their first convertible ride the other day and they both loved it.
Anyway, I forgot to take pics of it when I picked up the disgustingly dirty car and with the old wheels and tires, but here's a few pics with the Salad Shooters on it. I'll have to get a few more with the SS rims and with the new, shiny top up! I'll probably post up a couple questions, too, as I'm not too familiar with the car or the 3.8 engine (I'm used to older cars). So, without further ado...
Anyway, I forgot to take pics of it when I picked up the disgustingly dirty car and with the old wheels and tires, but here's a few pics with the Salad Shooters on it. I'll have to get a few more with the SS rims and with the new, shiny top up! I'll probably post up a couple questions, too, as I'm not too familiar with the car or the 3.8 engine (I'm used to older cars). So, without further ado...
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