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Old 08-26-2009, 03:51 PM   #1
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UK Convertible- New Purchase!
Hi all,

Used to post here a long time ago when I had my white ZZ4 engined '86 IROC. I had to sell it back then for financial reasons and family. Everyone wrote me off but I'm back with this 50k miles '88 Vert.






Drove it home through Ireland, Scotland and England yesterday and loved every minute of it!

Next job Alston SFC's and strut tower brace. Will get it serviced well and needs some cosmetics. Standard 305 tpi auto with cherry bombs. LOVE THIS CAR!!!
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Old 08-26-2009, 04:50 PM   #2
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Welcome back to the site.

Nice car, I bet that was fun to drive through 3 countries to get it home!

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Old 08-26-2009, 06:03 PM   #3
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Damn bro... Looks CLEAN! Looks like a perfect summer cruiser!
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Man that's a nice clean car,welcome back
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Old 08-27-2009, 12:14 PM   #5
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Guys thanks so much!! It is great to be back!!
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Old 09-07-2009, 01:17 AM   #6
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Very nice car - I have a neighbor who's an expat Brit, gave him his first ride in an American convertible the other day - in my '90 RS 'vert . . .
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Old 09-07-2009, 12:10 PM   #7
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Sweet ride! The decals and stripes are a little different than stock, but very minor.
Awesome vert. And in my favourite colour!
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Old 09-07-2009, 12:32 PM   #8
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You mean the IROC door decals should be at the rear of the doors? Stripes are correct for an '88 though right?
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Old 09-07-2009, 01:03 PM   #9
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They are in the wrong location. Should be on higher and on the body of the car, not on the ground effects moldings. Very likely the car has been repainted at some point in it's life, the original decals were removed and later replaced, or, it has the RPO DX3 (which was new beginning in '88 for a "stripe delete" option) and somebody did their best to add the decals.

PS; Don't get me wrong, I love the car and she is in beautiful shape. I probably should stop being such a stickler for details.
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Old 09-07-2009, 02:44 PM   #10
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Well spotted, like your style. Nice car too man
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Old 09-08-2009, 12:29 PM   #11
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Interesting that the windshield frame is painted black....
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Old 09-08-2009, 12:39 PM   #12
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Black windshield surround-

Previous owner put in a new windscreen and had the frame sprayed satin black. I have Road & Track from 86 with the exclusive on the verts and interestingly the surround is also black. Personally I like it
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Old 09-08-2009, 04:14 PM   #13
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holy crap in that first picture , i think that was sun light hitting your car ...can that be in england
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Interesting that the windshield frame is painted black....
I never even noticed! It actually looks pretty decent like that.
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My windshield frame is painted black too and I really like the way it looks.
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I like the looks of the black around the windshield personally...



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holy crap in that first picture , i think that was sun light hitting your car ...can that be in england
LOL- that was Summer. One day of it Our weather reputation and the one about us always drinking tea lives on eh?
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I probably should stop being such a stickler for details.
A stickler for decals..
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And it hurts when you peel them off too!!!
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