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Old 08-31-2015, 05:07 PM
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September 2015 COTM **WINNER**



Congratulations to NORTz89 for being voted by the Third Gen Community as September 2015's Thirdgen.org Car of the Month winner. With your beautiful, blue Pro-Touring-Ready, Road-Race-Ready IROC that we just know can hold its own while still looking good the way a Third Gen should - you do us proud.













My wife and have had this car for 16 years. It started life as the most gutless low end Iroc you could get. 305ci throttle body injected,700r4,2.73 rear end, drum brakes,15" iroc wheels no power options other than power door locks. Over the past few years it has transformed into a fun to drive heat handling auto-x and road course car. Lm7 swapped with the 4l60 behind it. Fully built 10bolt with 3.42 gears. Yes I said 10 bolt (for now). Full founders adjustable rear suspension. Ground Control weight jack/coil over set up all around. Custom GC strut housings with custom valved koni inserts. Koni single adjustable shocks. STR RACING 18X9 AND 18X10 wheels and lots of other parts. Body is still stock as w hell as the interior. Down to the O.E. uncracked dashpad. Hope you enjoy the pictures. More to come.
Old 08-31-2015, 05:13 PM
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Re: September 2015 COTM **WINNER**

special honorable mention to Polo Z03 who finished the voting in a tie with NORTz89. i had to cast the deciding vote. it was not easy or fun to pick a winner between these two cars.

Old 08-31-2015, 05:15 PM
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and a thank you to all the Nominees this month. EVERY Nominee represented their car with EXCELLENT pictures this month.
Old 08-31-2015, 07:45 PM
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What an honor to get the camaro of the month on here. In means alot. Thanks to badnblk for the nomination. All the cars in the line up were top notch in my book. I liked something about them all.
Old 08-31-2015, 08:34 PM
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Congratulations NORTz89 (and Polo Z03)!
Old 09-01-2015, 07:27 AM
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Congrats to you and all the others on here this month. A FINE bunch of cars indeed.
Old 09-01-2015, 07:46 AM
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Re: September 2015 COTM **WINNER**

Shouldn't there be a runoff vote? I personally voted for NORTz89, but damn, if I were tied like POLOZ03, I would expect a revote just between the cars that were tied. Maybe a 7 day revote? Just a suggestion

That was an exciting COTM!
Old 09-01-2015, 08:26 AM
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Congratulations NORTz89 (and Polo Z03 for 2nd)! And all the nominees! A fine group for sure this month!
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Congrats brother!!! So proud of your car and what you have done with it. Been a whole bunch of fun having you excited about it again and having you running with me at these events... giving the 3rd gen crowd a good name!
Old 09-01-2015, 10:33 AM
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Congrats! Great looking car.
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Re: September 2015 COTM **WINNER**

Congrats to NORTz89, beautiful car!!!!!

And congrats to the other nominees!
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Congrats to NORTz89! And Polo Z03! I logged on too late and the voting was closed. I liked all the cars this month and especially enjoyed the stories behind them. This month we had owners that were really connected with their respective cars!
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A better pic would yield a better result, but this one doesn't look bad.










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Re: September 2015 COTM **WINNER**

Congrats to the winner!! Very very sweet car!!
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Great looking car
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Re: September 2015 COTM **WINNER**

nice car
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