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Old 08-27-2015, 01:15 PM
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New Owner - Chicago IL

Hey guys, I picked up a pretty sweet T/A (1985, has the 305) in June. 94k miles on it originally, put about 3k myself so far. Been running really well, just wanted to post some pictures of her on here. My first car, I think it's really cool there's a community for these F-Bodies. As far as maintenance so far, just got a new fuel pump, front right headlight, alternator and battery (poor quality battery from dealer, never heard of the brand, econo craft or something). Thanks for checking this out.
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Old 08-27-2015, 01:20 PM
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Nice ride Chief!
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Looks nice!
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Awesome!
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Nice! What part of Chicago are you from?
Old 08-27-2015, 05:54 PM
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Welcome aboard! Beautiful T/A. And your first car?
Old 08-28-2015, 05:19 PM
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Congrats!! Looks nice for the age! Where in the chicago land area / part of the city are you from?
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Thanks man!
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I'm on the north/west side humboldt park area. Thanks for the reply!
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Thanks dude, yeah my first car, haha, quite a trip to have the Firebird, was looking at 4th gens but saw it on auto trader, figured I'd go check it out in a suburb not too far. Saw it on the ramps and knew it had to be mine... and the test drive speed racer in residential area (forgive me) sealed the deal ha.
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Thanks! North Side originally, humboldt park area at the moment.
Old 08-29-2015, 06:13 AM
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Thanks! City, near humboldt park now.
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I think that I seen that car for sale before. Did you buy it from one of those independent dealers in bridgeview IL?
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Originally Posted by t/aws61985
I think that I seen that car for sale before. Did you buy it from one of those independent dealers in bridgeview IL?
It may have been Bridgeview. It was at a dealership on 72nd and Harlem.
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That is a really nice Bird.
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