BADNBLK

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Ok everyone here we go!!! Sorry for the delay on getting this going.

86sportcoupe



86WS6



KMK454



ZZ3astro



86TA355SR



KcPerformance



ChevyKen



1986Z28OWNER



Hawk312


Good mix of cars this month!

86'sportcoupe

I guess Ill post first, I feel honored to be up for this, thanks Travis! This is my 1986 sport coupe. This is my first car and I have a ton of time and hard work into it, its made quite the transformation from when I first go it. I have pretty much done a mechanical resto to it, all new brakes, most of the suspension, rebuilt the top end of the engine, custom exhaust, and lots of other little things. it was re painted a few years ago and I try my best to keep it clean as possible, future plans include an ls1/t56, a 2in cowl hood and a set of irocs, enjoy some pics!

86TA355SR

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1989 Trans Am GTA
26K Original Miles

Black, RPO 41U
Beechwood leather interior
Analog dash
L98, 350 (5.7L)

No performance upgrades. Car even has the original muffler.

I’ve repaired the headliner and headlight motors. Most of my work has been in paint correction/detailing.

Future Plans: Change the fluids and filters. Keep it in excellent condition and operating correctly. Continue detailing it.

There is nothing rare or unique about this car, it is one of thousands. My goal when I bought it was to preserve and keep it in excellent/mint condition.

I am very thankful to be in the COTM voting, it means a lot to me. There are so many excellent cars on this site and I have never considered mine to be one.

KMK454

Thanks for the nomination, Chazman! It's an honor to be included amongst the nice cars in this thread.

Here's the info on my car:

1991 Camaro
21k original miles, unrestored
B4C Special Service Package
LB9 T5
J65 four wheel disc brakes
Radio Delete
No power anything, no defrost... the only options on this car are performance oriented. It is missing 1LE which only half of the 1991 B4Cs came with.

Knowingly ordered as a B4C through a Chevy dealership in Illinois, never intended for fleet sale; sold privately and eventually made its way to me. The only changes along the way are a window tint from the previous owner, a muffler swap from me, the original tires are sitting in the garage and it's on Firestones, replaced wear and tear parts (shocks, bushings), and a hidden iPod hookup (behind the radio delete panel and tied into the factory speakers - radio delete cars still came with 4 speakers and a harness).

And some extra pictures...



















It's not damaged, I blurred out the VIN:

Javier87z28

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beautiful cars!!

Slash

Just saying. November is spelt wrong in title lol

1986Z28OWNER

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Thanks for the nominations everyone. Its an honor to be included in this.

The car is a 1986 camaro z28. Original 305 5 speed car.

The car itself has a custom bent 10 point cage. I body worked and primed the car myself. I converted it to manual steering and brakes and gutted as much weight out of it as I could. It sits on billet specialties streetlites 15 x 3.5 in the front and 15x10 in the rear. The rear tire is a 28 x 11.50 et street.

Engine: (in the works)
400ci SBC, dart block, callies crank and rods, custom diamond piston, Lil Jon spec'd custom solid roller, BMF 248cc 18 degree heads, T&D shaft rockers, single plane efi, HP EFI controlled with coil on plug. Twin borg warner S366's.

Trans/rear end:
TH400, reverse manual vavle body w/ brake, custom PTC convertor, Mark williams 3.5" chromoly DS w/ billet yokes, Moser back braced 9" housing, 31 spline axles, strange nodular center section, spool and 3.25 gears.

Suspension is spohn double adj lca's and phb. Chassis engineering shorty torque arm, Spohn coil over kit in the front, Tubular k-member and A arms and 3 way adj shocks. Moroso trick springs, pa racing tubular a arms and caster camber plates. Spohn extreme anti roll bar.

It also has a complete aeromotive fuel system, a1000 pump, 10 feed and 8 return and a bypass regulator. H2Go water meth system, Treadstone 1300hp intercooler.

some pics from a recent photoshoot.

Also be sure to check out my build thread!!!

carlos64030

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That black Trans Am GTA is one sexy bitch!!!

crafty_z28

An '86 GTA with only 26k... WOW! My '13 ATS already has more than that!

carlos64030

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There's no such thing as an '86 GTA...

BADNBLK

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HAHA! Thanks man. Fat fingered it apparently

86TA355SR

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Thanks for the nomination Carlos!

A lot of great cars this month, it is harder each month to pick one...

kcgperformance

It's an Honor to be nominated, so Thanks Matt.

The Car: 88' Camaro RS (Z28 Clone) Originally a FL car. Paint is Cyber Gray Metallic done 2 years ago. Body wise all factory with an OE Z28 hood. 92 Z28 Grille. 2x Class Winner at the annual Fbody Gathering, and 2x runner up.

Rolling Stock: 2002 WS6 TA Speedline wheels wrapped in Nitto NT05 rubber, 255/40ZR17 up front and 275/40ZR17 out back.

Drivetrain: Moser 12 Bolt, 33 spline Axles, Eaton Posi, 3.73 gears. And a Driveshaft shop 3.5" Aluminum driveshaft with 1350 joints. Shock mounts converted to Double Shear, and PHB mount relocated to give an Adjustable rear roll center.

Suspension:
Front- Spohn Lower A-Arms, and Coilover Conversion, QA1 14"x250#x2.5" springs. Spohn Wonder Bar and Sway Bar. Fast Ratio Steering box from an IROC. Rebuilt steering with Spohn Chromemoly adjusters.
Rear- Spohn Del-sphere ended Adjustable LCA's, Torque Arm, and Panhard Bar. Founders PHB relocation brace, Fabricated PHB mount on the body (repair of damage caused by prior owner) Shock mounts on the axle converted to Double Shear, and PHB mount relocated to give an Adjustable rear roll center.

Engine: 2002 LS6 Block with 241 heads, Vengeance Racing VRX5 Camshaft, Comp 918 Springs and hardened pushrods. ARP 2000 Rod Bolts. Prototype Kooks 1-7/8" Primary w/ 3" Collector Long Tube Headers, and Kooks True Dual 3" header back Exhaust. (The car is still at Kooks because they are using it to mock up several different setups)

Transmission: T56, LS7 Clutch, Tick adjustable Master Cylinder, OE Slave, PRO5.0 shifter and a Hurst Ball.

Brakes:
Front- CTSV/C6 Z06 Hybrid brake setup with EBC Redstuff Pads.
Rear- LS1 F-Body rear brake setup complete with parking brake.

Interior: Autometer Sport Comp gauges in a Covans bezel. Grant Steering Wheel with Bowtie horn button. Seats are 4th gen seats that have been recovered in Suede. The 8 Point roll bar was installed at WRC's old shop. Carpet is original. Sound is supplied by a Kenwood head unit and 5 channel amp powering Kicker Mains and a 10" CVR in a custom Fiberglass enclosure.

What she looked like before paint

And After

New Motor

PHB mount fab and Founders relocation.

Fabbed Crossmember

14" rotors do fit under a 17" wheel... Barely!

New Motor and fabricated Aluminum intake piping

Look close and you can see the fab work on the axle

And a short vid of it running with Open Manifolds.

kcgperformance

Cluster

Love everything going on in this pic.

Enclosure

Seats

86Base

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Nice Cars Everyone

86WS6

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Thanks Danny, for the nomination. I have not been on this site much in the last few weeks, and did not think about checking this section. This year has sort of been a bummer for us. My dad suffered a serious stroke on June 18, and was slowly dying in the hospital for about six weeks. He passed away in early August. We decided to make one last car related car trip this year on the 11th to the F-Body Beach Bash in North Myrtle Beach. Everything at the Beach Bash was great, however some SOB decided to break into my enclosed car trailer that we haul the 86WS6 in. The thief cut the locks off of the trailer doors, and bent up the door latches in the process. They got inside of the trailer, and plundered through the TA. We were lucky as the only thing that the thief broke was the center console lid. The thief also tried to beat a screw driver or something similar through the door on my tow vehicle. They must have gotten scared off because they did not get inside, however the door handle is loose enough, that a few more good hits and it would have broken free from the door, and there would have been nothing to stop them from entering the cab.

If that wasn't enough, someone ran into our trailer on the interstate on the way home. It was a hit and run, so we don't know the identity of the other driver. Lucky no-one was injured and the damage caused was minor. The TA did not suffer any additional damage in the accident. We consider ourselves lucky, as everything could have been much worse. I have been planning to get some good pics of the 86WS6, and the 82WS7, especially the interiors, however, now the 86WS6 is in no condition to be showing off to anyone. I will be working over the winter to bring the car back to good condition again.

One car that should have been in this month's choices is Danny's White Gold Camaro. That car is awesome, flawless, and Danny built it from a shell. Maybe I can keep better track of things and make sure that he gets a nomination next month.

KG Performance's car is very cool! Kevin has done most of the work on this car himself, and the workmanship is second to none. Kevin certainly deserves to have his car picked as winner.

KMC454's car is unbelievably awesome! Besides being a rare model, that car looks like someone stored it in a giant zip lock bag, and just got it out yesterday.

For me, having spent some time around both of these cars and their dedicated owners, the choice is impossible.

There are lots of very cool rides on this tread! Good Luck to the winner.

Charles

drjewalton

Good luck Kurt! Lots of great cars this month!

TkernIROC1986

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Good luck Zach! Its just so rare to see a clean and well taken care of Sport Coupe anymore. Be proud of your car man! She's a beauty!

Duane's 91 Z/28

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I voted for 86TA355SR. It was hard for me to pick because I love them all so I just pointed my finger at one. Awesome rides. Alot of 86's this month.

86TA355SR

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Thanks Duane! Glad I was the lucky one!

Duane's 91 Z/28

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You're welcome bro!

Prokilllsx

I had to go with 86WS6. We met him at a the Pontiacs In Pigeon Forge show this year and his car is really clean. Besides that he and his wife are just good people.

1986Z28OWNER

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Some more shots of the car a friend did for me back in august.

86'sportcoupe

I love that interior!

neeb_usmc

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KcPerformance, I voted for you. Your car is just amazing and I would not have done a thing differently. Good luck!

IMissMy86TA

gave it up for 86TA355SR
looks like my baby without the plastidip on wheels.

86TA355SR

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Thank you!

Hope to meet you at TA Nats one year when you get it out of storage.

IMissMy86TA

It will be a while
good luck and I hope you win one for the black and gold!

kymmee

What great examples of third gens this month. Tough decision, but voted for the black and gold TA owned by 89TA355SR. Owning 3 white cars, a black and gold TA is in the cards for me someday! Good luck to everyone nominated!

86TA355SR

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Thank you very much. The stock vs modified cars makes it tough to choose this month.

I'll gladly take that TTA off your hands if you get board with it...

86'sportcoupe

Here is one more pic from a little photoshoot I did today, this month has a ton of nice cars, I know i would be hard pressed to pick one, looks like 88TA355SR might take it, you deserve it man, your car is killer!

TkernIROC1986

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Great month for COTM!!! So many nice cars! You all should be proud!

camarogirl1992

BADNBLK

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Congrats to 86TA355SR!!!

IMissMy86TA

congrats! rocking the black and gold!

86TA355SR

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The only thing I can get out is "thank you"!

I am just floored, words can't begin to describe how I feel right now. This is just unreal. I am going to try to say something intelligent, but not sure I can....

Like I said in the original post, I have never considered my car to be one of the best on the site and I still don't. Many of you have been my inspiration and will continue too be. The great thing about this site is you can see awesome modified cars and stock third gens that are both incredible. And, people help each other.

1986Z28Owner: Your car is wicked, very impressive. I predicted you winning this when the nominations were posted. Car is fantastic and I love the pictures.

To all the other car owners in this thread: This was a hell of a COTM Contest, stock/modified is difficult to be in because of the vast differences in the cars. I was blown away by the dedication in these cars this month.

For the voters: Thank you for voting in the poll, especially those that voted for my GTA.

Thank you,
Aaron