1997 to 1998 Bright Purple Metallic Camaro, RS, Z28 *DON'T QUOTE PICS!!!*
ive only just seen it there the last 2 times ive traveled the road with this past tuesday being the most current trip.
im heading up to Northstar tonight so if I end up taking 121b ill try to get a better look. not sure what route we are taking to Northstar...
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Did you find it for sale online? I've only seen fairly rough ones for sale the past few months. All very high mileage V6 ones.
One was missing the front ground effect piece I think, and the other one had about 160k miles and looked okay, but like it could use some work to get it looking good again. It looked like it had clearcoat damage.
One was missing the front ground effect piece I think, and the other one had about 160k miles and looked okay, but like it could use some work to get it looking good again. It looked like it had clearcoat damage.
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I found it on Craig's List. It's a V6 with roughly 148K miles. There is clearcoat damage to the roof and a small chip of paint missing from the rear. I replaced small things (belts, flasher relay switch, spark plugs, wires, and so forth). The A/C does not work, has an exhaust leak, and latch on the driver's side door is tricky sometimes. I got the car for a steal so anything I put into it is WELL worth it. I don't think the man I bought it from knew what he had 
Just remembered I had this picture on my cell phone
Just remembered I had this picture on my cell phone
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If it doesn't need damaged body panels replaced and repainting, then it's a good deal! That stuff is a pain in the butt to deal with. It looks great in that tiny pic you have. Can't wait to see more pics.
Did you get extremely lucky and find one with leather seats? What color interior did you end up with?
Did you get extremely lucky and find one with leather seats? What color interior did you end up with?
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I'm looking at a 98 purple Z28 LS engine and 6 speed. It also has the Sport appearance package on it. The guy that has to hold on to it for a few more weeks before he can sell it to me. If it all works out and I get it I will post some pic. It really needs a good cleaning first.
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Y3F was sport appearance package, and it was available on Bright Purple Metallic in '98, so it can have what most people inaccurately call "RS ground effects" and spoiler add on. It's perfectly okay to see one with round effects, so long as it has Y3F as an RPO code. Could be had on V6 or Z28, not SS. There were no purple SSes.
No Z28s for '97 could have the ground effects unless for some reason they had the F-1 Package added on at the dealership, and I don't remember if there were color restrictions with that.
RS was available in the color with the ground effects, but it of course had a V6.
No Z28s for '97 could have the ground effects unless for some reason they had the F-1 Package added on at the dealership, and I don't remember if there were color restrictions with that.
RS was available in the color with the ground effects, but it of course had a V6. 
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in 1998 i actually got a 98 bpm z28 with yf3 package. grey cloth interior a4 with t tops. a few years later i sold it and of course am now kicking my own ****. so they were available with factory ground effects.
I found a BPM 98' z28 that was repo'd and is at a small town bank. it is super clean with 118k on it and there asking 5,000. i offered $3,000 and there gonna let me know tomorrow if i can save it from auction or not.
Heres mine
Heres mine
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Hey that's my car!
Now... the good stuff. The '97 Z28:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3574/...934c9543_o.jpg
Get ready to drop your teeth...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3574/...934c9543_o.jpg
Get ready to drop your teeth...
Didn't even get to take my own pictures of her except for this one:
And here she sits now....completely stripped it and am still working on putting everything into another Z28 shell that I picked up cheap.
Makes me miss the good ole days. Thanks for the memories.
-Matthew