pics of the 87 Camaro I picked up

[kevinfromnj]

I posted some details in the new member section. 87 V6 Camaro. Driven locally in town. 38K. Paint is shot. Interior is a little worn. I took out the console and cleaned and repainted it. Did some minor repairs. Took out the seats and cleaned the rug well and cleaned up the seats.
I recovered the headliner and redid the visors.
The door panels were coming apart. I recovered both door panels. below are pics of the drivers side.
Before

with the material peeled off. didn't need much help with that. Glue was all dried up.

Finished.

I know there aren't a lot of pics. I did plastic weld the plastic at the top of the door panels due to cracking.
I used the paint roller in addition to my fingers to smooth out the material as I laid it down.
The door panels will be reinstalled shortly.
Car itself.

[pewterz55]

i got a soft spot for third gens for some reason. what are your plans for the car?

[kevinfromnj]

Still need to replace the cracked radiator, fix the worn out drivers side hinge pins, buy new outer window sweeps. Overall the car runs well.
I was going to resell it but now my nephew has shown an interest in it. Might keep it , do some more work on it and sell it to him for a good price.
The car starts and runs well.
Thats it for now. any questions/ comments feel free to ask.
Kevin

[bluehawk2000]

OMG I hated changing those damn door hinges, I helped a buddy back in highschool do it had to take the whole door off, I was the one holding it steady while he got the hinges back in I thought my legs and back were going to fall off of me them damn things are heavy.

[kevinfromnj]

I have repaired a few monte carlo hinges. The good thing about them I learned is, just remove the pins and pull the door off the car that way. Everything should line up when you put new bushings and pins in.
I have unbolted the hinges from the body and that is major pain to realign when they are rebuilt.
The problem with the camaro's is that the top hinge isn't really a pin that can be punched out, it seems like a rivet on the toip and bottom of the hinge. I might have to take a hacksaw blade and cut them both and replace with with a long single pin.
I can see the lack of bushings in the bottom hinge. I still have some left from the Monte Carlo. I have a habit of stockpiling stuff.
The car doesn't need much body work. Since it will be a kids first car I
didn't want to put a lot of money into it for the body yet.
I had a Maaco job on my last Monte that came out really good because my friend and I did some of the sanding and I removed everything I could.
I was literally in the parking lot a half hour taking out the lights and door handles, mirrors, etc. when I dropped the car off.
Right now I just want to make it 100% reliable.