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Old 06-19-2005, 11:22 PM
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39.00 Junkyard score...

Been looking for one of these...
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Old 06-19-2005, 11:25 PM
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EEK, you lucky bastard! I may hate them but they arent easy to find that cheap now are they
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holy shizzy,

i never really wanted one, but for 40 bux, i woulda bought one....ha, i'd be jumping my way all the way to ebay. where i'd be the *** who knows what it's relaly worth, and have a reserve that outta this world. Good score!!!
Old 06-20-2005, 12:25 AM
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Took my 15 year old son to the Junkyard for the first time today. We are working on getting a nose cone for the repairs of his '91 Firebird that we got for $600. We came across the notch back on accident and decided that the notch back was more rare than a '91 nose piece. I thought they might rape me at the checkout counter, but they charged me as an '86 glass hatch.

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Old 06-20-2005, 01:16 AM
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you came up
Old 06-20-2005, 01:38 AM
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Originally posted by 83_Camaro_83
EEK, you lucky bastard! I may hate them but they arent easy to find that cheap now are they


Nice find..
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I wish I had that kind of luck.
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That's not factory, and I bet they knew that. That's why it was cheap, I'm assuming you know that too.

....or then I'm just "that" guy who has to ruin the fun

sorry
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factory or not we know what they charge....$$$

should look good on a 92 firebird

honestly, don't think i've seen many 91-92 birds in this area at the yards, i can think of one in particular cause the gfx stood out, but for the most part, it's early model T/As along with the 82-84 birds that plague the yards, plague because no one ever buys anything off them, they just sit and rot...kinda sux.
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great find!
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factory or not we know what they charge....$$$

should look good on a 92 firebird

honestly, don't think i've seen many 91-92 birds in this area at the yards, i can think of one in particular cause the gfx stood out, but for the most part, it's early model T/As along with the 82-84 birds that plague the yards, plague because no one ever buys anything off them, they just sit and rot...kinda sux.
No junkyards around here even have a semblance of these cars left, let alone anything to pick out.

I've gotten a trunk strut, and a replacement rim for my car... That is IT. And there is plenty of stuff I could use...
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i would have made them pay ME for taking it off their hands..


those things are down right UGLY
Old 06-21-2005, 07:56 PM
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We need to clean it up a little and do some adjustments to it. I know that they were never stock equipment and were aftermarket add ons like the station wagon tops that I have also seen. I'll admit that it isn't that great looking, but it does make the car a little different than everyone else's.

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Actually they did have factory notchback cars, thats just not an original one.
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is that window fixed or can u remove it?
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Wow, factory notchback?

I was unable to find any company logo or markings so far. Just had time to clean it up a little and install it on the '86 T/A. Work is eating up a lot of car time. As for the window, it is permanent install with a window ring on the inside and the window is plexiglass.

I'll add some pics tomorrow.

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Nice! Here's one I saw not long ago on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=80740
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Originally posted by Jim Berry
Wow, factory notchback?
Factory notchback:



Source: GTA Source Page
Old 06-23-2005, 05:00 PM
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I wish the picture of the instructions was a little more clear. That is the one that I picked up also. Made by Cars and Concepts. I will try to email the eBay seller and see if I can get a copy of the instructions before he ships. For the factory notchback what was the build code?

Jim.
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