I bought this car back in the mid-80's for my step daughter to drive to high school....not the best idea.

I had it painted an '85 Corvette red.  It was originally one of those turquoise blue cars with a black top.  There was a lot of bondo in the right rear quarter and I had the quarter replaced along with the right hand door skin.  I went thru the suspension and brakes and rebuilt the engine.

It has a turbo 400 transmission behind the original 396 which was actually a 402 from the factory as I recall.  It was bored out to 406 as I on the rebuild.  Originally it was the 325 hp option with a quadrajet carburetor.  Factory AC which was very rare.  Not working now but could be fixed as all parts are available but the new replacement, car specific units from Vintage Air or Classic Air cost about 1500 plus install and they are fully modern units that work much better on today's freon.

After a year, the car had three dents in it and showed promise of getting a lot more fast so I parked it in the garage for about 12 years until one of my friends nagged me a couple of years about how much it was worth.

I replaced the dash pad, front grill, rear bumper, and a drivers side front fender, had a new top put on it, along with a new interior, new windshield, new gas tank, new intake manifold/carb and had the tranny gone thru because the front seal was leaking, and had it painted.

When I got the car back out here (paint was done in Houston and finished after I left), I decided that as the car had sat for so many years, I should replace the calipers, cylinders, booster, and master cylinder plus replace the two under hood wiring harnesses-all to make the car safer and more reliable.  I bought all this stuff plus new weather stripping for the top which the shop had not done.  I replaced the glove box and a few other things as well.  

I lost interest in the car after I pulled a lot of stuff off in order to replace the wiring, etc. as I have been working on a Challenger and my Buicks instead and the car has sat collecting dirt after I had pulled much of the front end and brakes apart.  Recently, I have started putting it back together. 


It is a solid, rust free, very rare car and I hate to see it parked there gathering dust.  I have been reluctant to sell it because I hate to see it go to someone that does not understand what  a special car it is .

I was not building it as a show car, but, rather, one that could be driven and enjoyed.  The painter forgot to paint the area between the taillights and the lower part of the  rockers black which most, if not all, Super Sports had. He also painted the white hockey sticks on instead of using vinyl stripes.  In doing so, he forgot to leave a red gap by the front side markers where the 396 emblems go.

I found some pictures from when I got it back,  I added a few today at the bottom.

Now, fast forward until today.  I had pulled most of the front end off to do the wiring, etc.  Since then, I have swapped out the wiring harnesses, put the front end back together, installed a smaller dual diaphragm brake booster, new washer bottle, removed the Edelbrock carb and installed a Quickfuel 780 vacuum secondary carb so I could use the original factory kickdown switch, installed the original factory seat belts and several other things.

I have new calipers, rear drums, shoes, brake spring kits, and new brake hoses which I not yet installed.  I also have new weatherstrip for the top.  Additionally, I have virtually every Camaro book, shop manuals, and the factory assembly manual which is very useful for putting things together or doing a correct factory restoration.

It has 87289 miles on it and been driven about 20 miles since the later '80s.

The car has collected plenty of dust setting in the shop over the past few years as is obvious.