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Well a Z28 is a very good first car; certainly one of the better original models. Get it fixed up in terms of paint and interior as well as mechanically. The 350 can be built up quite a bit and a lot of parts are available for it; maybe more than for any other motor at this time. If you stick with it you can build it up to a 383 sometime in the future (not cheap or easy, but not too difficult either.) I had a 350 rebuilt to Z28 specs for my '29 roadster and you can look up the Z28 specs and performance on the Internet and you should find it to be a later form of muscle car. One slight problem may be gas mileage so be a little cautious about adding 850 cfm carbs! Part of the performance of the Z28 is due to a slightly lower (higher numerically) rear gear ratio which gives better acceleration but which lowers the mpg. Anyway as long as it is repairable with minimal rust you can make a great daily car out of it!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

In edit mode here is one good site with technical data on the Z28:

http://www.nastyz28.com/camaro/camaro78.html