Vendors Rant

[John S]

To 68sixspeed, whmjr & Iamtheonlyrealone, thank you for the input guys I completey understand where you are coming from, I may not like it, but I understand.

To Frank, LOL... and I appreciate all your help. I was out of the loop for a while, wish I had known you were doing big brakes. Although I already have 13" C5 rotors and calipers on my car I was hoping to find 6 piston calipers to convert to. I've only spoke to baer so far and they were no help.
IF what Bill says come to pass hang in there, we may get good values for the G body one day.

Erik, I'm not sure I agree with you. Although I have not done a lot of looking I am not sure that you can honestly build a budget Camaro. At least defining "budget" may be the issue. Given the cost of even buying a decent car to work with you could be well on the way to a very decent completed G Body for just the cost of a decent "roller" Camaro.

I believe some of the problem is in perception. Most of the auto world looks on the 4th Gen era cars, G bodies included with contempt. very few cars of this era were anything to really write home about. They were mostly underpowered and IMHO assembly during this time was less than stellar.
Monteboy is right as well, someone that buys a G body is looking at it because it is one of the last full frame RWD cars made and they can be had for almost nothing. There is barely enough of an aftermarket to support the needs of most that just want to look and perform better than stock without getting into the high end arena. I believe that if any car... G bodies included became the star of the media, you would see a lot different type of person willing to buy them and work on them. And spend more on them. Maybe once the generation of the 80's and 90's gets more liquid we'll see a change.

In response to Bills post I went and started a thread in the projects update forum about my car since I have not really posted much about it. In the few days the post has been up it's gotten 78 views and no comments. It could be that my writing sux or it could be that there is just not much interest in a no name Monte Carlo. You can check it out here if you want to, I'll be adding more soon. https://www.pro-touring.com/showthre...My-86-Monte-SS



And to set the record straight, I love Camaro's. I owned a 69 Z-28 when I was 17. Bought it for $1800 in great condition with a 302, muncie 4 spd and optioned with 4wheel disc. Sold it to a friend when I enlisted and he still has it. That was 35 years ago and I still regret it. Had great times in that car and could tell some stories.