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#1 3pt1lumina

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Posted 25 February 2010 - 09:47 PM

As you all may remember from a recent post, there was a Z34 Monte Carlo nearby where I live for free to a good home, plus a tow bill. I have been working diligently on it over the past few days in between some family stuff going on. It still needs a transmission, speakers, windshield, and an array of little things to get it where I want it, but for $54, my dad is thrilled!

So here she is, 98 Z34 with 164k when I first got it last Monday.
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And today, 2/25 I buffed it out, and did a super cleaning on the interior.
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#2 Cully77

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Posted 25 February 2010 - 11:02 PM

congrats again!

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#3 Devin

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Posted 25 February 2010 - 11:38 PM

nice find, the paint looks great... and i gotta know, is the console lid broke?

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Posted 26 February 2010 - 07:41 AM

The console lid is horrible, yes. I need to make a hinge for it. My design will be better than GM's ( I hope anyways )

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Posted 26 February 2010 - 09:08 AM

i know the 02 GP has a good design, its basicly a small door hinge

edit: i read up there you need speakers, are you interested in a full set of factory speakers?

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Posted 26 February 2010 - 10:08 AM

The Z34 looks pretty good. Especially the wheels. I wish mine still looked like that.

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Posted 26 February 2010 - 11:54 AM

You did a great job cleaning that up!

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Posted 26 February 2010 - 12:59 PM

Thanks! I used to manage the detail shop at my dealership, but have been promoted since... so I used to do all the detailing on all of the cars, and believe me, I've detailed far worse than this one.

#9 famousmonte98

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Posted 03 March 2010 - 01:43 AM

WOW! That turned out nice. I love that color too just if the interior was all black with leather

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Posted 03 March 2010 - 06:19 PM

Nice work on the Car, it looks great

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Posted 03 March 2010 - 09:22 PM

nicest $54 dollar car I've ever seen

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Posted 04 March 2010 - 12:21 PM

any plans for it in terms of mods? it would looks darn good with some clear marker lights, 18" chrome wheels and a hint of window tint...

i really like that color

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Posted 04 March 2010 - 07:40 PM

I'm not sure what he wants to do. It already has a Dorman upper intake on it. I think he wants to do a Powerlog, better exhaust, and reflash the computer.

And he is TOYING with the idea of top-swapping.... but I don't think he will.

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Posted 06 March 2010 - 05:20 PM

Damn she cleaned up nice, looks good!

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Posted 08 March 2010 - 07:25 AM

I have a nice low mileage GTP trans for L67 swapping

or top swapping... I also have top swap parts. :unsure:

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Posted 12 March 2010 - 04:20 PM

yep the z looks great. did an awesome job on it...i cant wait to see it when you get all the peices together and when a little customization goes in.

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Posted 27 March 2010 - 09:29 PM

Thought I'd turn this into a project thread. Got the transmission in on it. First transmission I got from the junkyard had 77k on it, and it was bad. Junkyard replaced it for free with a 60k transmission, and on their test drive it died, and they towed it back for try number 3. This current transmission has 121k, and drives very nice. Still a few gremlins with it, such as needing emergency brake cables throughout, rear hub, rear brakes and a windshield, but honestly, it's typical maintenance stuff that needs to be done anyways with 164k. I also have another set of these machined face wheels that are mint; they will go on once the remnants of the salt on the road around here goes away.

Onto some pics from this morning:
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Leather swap is done, just need to put the graphite carpet in this week.
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And I installed a new sunroof, so this doesn't leak, and functions as it should now.
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#18 Devin

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Posted 27 March 2010 - 09:34 PM

that think is looking freakin nice!, i love that color

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Posted 27 March 2010 - 09:52 PM

You know with all the 'being green' hype that has been going on for the last few years, nobody really mentions how doing what you're doing is very environmentally responsible... this car would likely have been another one sent to the crusher if you didn't save it.

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Posted 28 March 2010 - 12:15 PM

those are very nice seats! where did you pick them up at? junk yard?

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Posted 28 March 2010 - 02:29 PM

Yes, got the entire interior from three cars actually. The entire interior minus the sunroof, driver's seat and headliner came from a 98 or 99 black Z34. The carpet came from a black 95 LS (still needs to be installed, will do that this week), and the rest came from a torch red 97 Z34.