My latest Adventure, update 7/11/21
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and just because i feel like explaining the tire grooving for those not familiar.
it uses a hot gun, kinda like a huge soldering iron, with a curved razor blade at the end.
the result is a nice little channel grooved out of the rubber. as can be seen from one side to the other. i dont typically get to nuts, i usually just clean up the tread so that it is more like it was when new, which helps with traction as well as water/snow/ice traction.
it leaves little half moon pieces of rubber.
it uses a hot gun, kinda like a huge soldering iron, with a curved razor blade at the end.
the result is a nice little channel grooved out of the rubber. as can be seen from one side to the other. i dont typically get to nuts, i usually just clean up the tread so that it is more like it was when new, which helps with traction as well as water/snow/ice traction.
it leaves little half moon pieces of rubber.
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I have been known to do tires before. Is something we do from time to time.
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Have also been known to sipe for additional ice traction also. which is to take the same blade and flip it over so the legs stick down by themselves so it just adds the cuts to them.
And for comparison here is one that I had done many years ago at somewhere like belle tire or such. They just put them random all over.
And for comparison here is one that I had done many years ago at somewhere like belle tire or such. They just put them random all over.
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i guess i have covered some of the tire stuff a couple pages back but ehh.
yah i thought the novelty of it was quite cute.
yah i thought the novelty of it was quite cute.
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What exactly is left of it? What year is it? Might as well throw some pics up--for us 3rd gen lovers
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What exactly is left of it? What year is it? Might as well throw some pics up--for us 3rd gen lovers
here in an hour or two i will put many pics up. this makes 3 3rd gen we have currently. i thought i had pics of hers up already. guess i will make several posts that will all be her 91 rs t-top, a spare parts 87 z28, and this formula. it will have to be several posts long to get all the pics in there. but i can do that for sure. i may toss a couple more of dennys wide body that sold just because it is sexy.
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Spare parts 87 ( possibly 89 don't remember)
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And the firebird. This was mostly spare parts for the widebody car. But is honestly not terrible for what it is. Most everything but the drivetrain is there. But someone had at set it up for drag racing with the ladder bars.
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And one other project I did a few years ago that I am sure you guys will enjoy.
These where the stock wheels off the 40th anniversary grand prix we had, the chime was peeling in the bead and they leaked and just sucked, so I decided I would do something good with at least one. ( Any hopefully piss off some purists just because )
Started cleaning one to be sure it was going to turn out how I wanted.
Was looking pretty good.
Some sanding and paint.
Now we talking.
These where the stock wheels off the 40th anniversary grand prix we had, the chime was peeling in the bead and they leaked and just sucked, so I decided I would do something good with at least one. ( Any hopefully piss off some purists just because )
Started cleaning one to be sure it was going to turn out how I wanted.
Was looking pretty good.
Some sanding and paint.
Now we talking.
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Yep, this will work!
Now some other work
Yep, scuff and clear the cams
I cheated and painted a full rotor, then actually turned it on a brake lathe, then cleared
And because we needed to be sure we got the right size top, I took a wheel to town with me!
Now some other work
Yep, scuff and clear the cams
I cheated and painted a full rotor, then actually turned it on a brake lathe, then cleared
And because we needed to be sure we got the right size top, I took a wheel to town with me!
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Turned out pretty damn decent I think. I try to remember and take it to shows and thins with me. And the bearing still turns so the whole wheel still spins.
We welded cam bolts to the bearing so I bolted the hub/rotor to the wheel, and I just spin off the legs for transport. Downfall is that little guy is quite heavy.
We welded cam bolts to the bearing so I bolted the hub/rotor to the wheel, and I just spin off the legs for transport. Downfall is that little guy is quite heavy.
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Still lots of good parts there. The bulge hood is worth some $$$. Seems like you have alot of moisture in your area. Mold and moss on it. The steering wheel looks to be from a 91/92.
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We are in Michigan. It has been sitting for several years now. As far as parts I believe most are there enough to get a driveline and make driveable ( or make a race car ect). I believe the title said 90.
The Camaro is a 91 and actually with air in the tires and a battery it would go down the road. It just needs little things like ball joints, tie rods , brakes ect after sitting.this long.
After looking at the pics again, it is the spare Camaro covered in stuff. It has been sitting directly under a large tree for better than a decade now. Will see if I can grab a couple fresh pics while out today.
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so a few more things. grabbed some more ammo from walmart, just because they have it for a decent price.
i found about the best use for this old silverware box i could think of!!!
and i snagged some pellets for the pellet gun ( and wouldnt it figure one is .22 and the other is the common .177 so i may need to get some of those also. we shot the one gun we could ( the break barrel) and it did very well even with just iorns. i was half assing at a say 6''x6'' spot from about 25-30 yards and was making contact. on the downfall it sounds like the gun may be going back to my sister in law, but i am on the hunt... for something to replace it with that wont go away ( is one of those easier to just get something different then listen to needless complaining) but either way we will be getting something as even tho we just shot a little it was way fun and a cheap way to plink,
i found about the best use for this old silverware box i could think of!!!
and i snagged some pellets for the pellet gun ( and wouldnt it figure one is .22 and the other is the common .177 so i may need to get some of those also. we shot the one gun we could ( the break barrel) and it did very well even with just iorns. i was half assing at a say 6''x6'' spot from about 25-30 yards and was making contact. on the downfall it sounds like the gun may be going back to my sister in law, but i am on the hunt... for something to replace it with that wont go away ( is one of those easier to just get something different then listen to needless complaining) but either way we will be getting something as even tho we just shot a little it was way fun and a cheap way to plink,
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also got my new battery tender in, so i will see if it will charge the battery i know is dead in the other car. get that fired up so it can be parked in the barn for the winter and we park whatever we are currently driving in the garage so we dont have to brush as much snow and ice in the winter. ( i keep the car and the bikes in there over the summer so the bikes dont just sit out in the sun and rain and so i dont have to fight with dew on the seat in the morning for work.
as for the stuff on the outside of the spare camaro , this big old tree is the reason for that. it has been sitting there for probably 10 years or so now.
also got busy and got all the tires swapped over on all the trucks. ( and ironically it did snow lightly the next day!!!!! thanks michigan!
from stock 245/75/16 to 265/70/17 on dodge wheels
and from 265/70/17 on the stock avy wheels to 235/85/16 on the stock hoe wheels aside from the extra spare wheel. ( the original got busted with that tire in that spot, i grabbed another from the junk yard so it was a set, then the outer lip of the bead broke last winter (back a couple pages) so it went on a spare wheel i had ( ironically the spare in the back is another of the same wheel)).
as for the stuff on the outside of the spare camaro , this big old tree is the reason for that. it has been sitting there for probably 10 years or so now.
also got busy and got all the tires swapped over on all the trucks. ( and ironically it did snow lightly the next day!!!!! thanks michigan!
from stock 245/75/16 to 265/70/17 on dodge wheels
and from 265/70/17 on the stock avy wheels to 235/85/16 on the stock hoe wheels aside from the extra spare wheel. ( the original got busted with that tire in that spot, i grabbed another from the junk yard so it was a set, then the outer lip of the bead broke last winter (back a couple pages) so it went on a spare wheel i had ( ironically the spare in the back is another of the same wheel)).
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from the 285/70/17 on the stock denali wheels to some 265/75/16 on some gmc wheels i had originally bought for the avalanche and have had on most of our trucks at one point or another.
after i got the snow tires on , i got on some pretty hard pack gravel and was suprised that it spun the fronts more than the rears the first time, and churned 3 of the 4 the other two times.
on an odd note i did find that the tires that came off the denali wore the fronts more than the rear, i found that odd being awd. so not sure on that one.
after i got the snow tires on , i got on some pretty hard pack gravel and was suprised that it spun the fronts more than the rears the first time, and churned 3 of the 4 the other two times.
on an odd note i did find that the tires that came off the denali wore the fronts more than the rear, i found that odd being awd. so not sure on that one.
