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Old Apr 13, 2003 | 10:02 PM
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just got home from my first car show. won 1st place in the 80s modified class :lala: :lala: woo hoo . i like it like this .

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Old Apr 13, 2003 | 10:05 PM
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congrats! Thats a cool lookin' car, anymore pics?
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Old Apr 13, 2003 | 10:07 PM
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awesome! :hail:
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Old Apr 13, 2003 | 10:13 PM
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Nice, is that a World of Wheels car show?
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Old Apr 13, 2003 | 10:24 PM
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Congradulations, I plan on spending thousands more into my thirdgen, and I can garauntee it won't be winning any shows, let alone entering one.

Nice. I never liked the 82-84 Camaros, but ones like yours make me reconsider.


Nice job man.
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Old Apr 13, 2003 | 11:34 PM
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i need to get more but here are some . it has a 3" mandrel bent exhaust to a pair of spinteck's that is tucked up nicely(still need to get pics) . and the mastermind wont work yet but it runs! no WoW show just the local club that is trying to get a strip going

mike
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Old Apr 13, 2003 | 11:35 PM
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another
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Old Apr 13, 2003 | 11:38 PM
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a pic before the roll bar and exhaust
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Old Apr 13, 2003 | 11:53 PM
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16 gauges eh?? plan on going to outerspace?
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Old Apr 13, 2003 | 11:59 PM
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Car: 82 Z-28
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16 ?? not ! water temp, oil press. fuel press. nitrous press. factory volt meter , and the tach. with shift light . above the tach is the nitrous mastermind
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 12:05 AM
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hmmm did you forget the ones mounted on the hood,2 pod,factory gauges,nitrous gauges,tach:sillylol:
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 12:06 AM
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Im usually not a fan of the earlyier camaros either, but thats beautiful man!
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 12:14 AM
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Your front bumper matches the lines of the ram air hood so much better than the later 3rd gen bumper...
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 12:48 AM
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Your front bumper matches the lines of the ram air hood so much better than the later 3rd gen bumper...
Agreed!
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 01:01 AM
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Your front bumper matches the lines of the ram air hood so much better than the later 3rd gen bumper...
I was thinking the same thing. I don't like that hood on Camaros, but I've never seen one on an 82 before. I like it! Nice car, very nice car
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 05:32 AM
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Very nice car! What are the gauges in the hood for? Looks good.
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 01:43 PM
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Very nice looking.
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 11:45 PM
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Car: 82 Z-28
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no gauges in the hood. just holes for air flow . thanks for all the compliments
mike
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Old Apr 15, 2003 | 04:32 PM
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Is that you in the white shirt?

I like the slight rake, and the paint looks red as red can get.

I see you have 17" wheels from your sig, but what size tires you runnin'? The fronts make the front wheels look like 18s and the rears look like 16s.

It doesn't look bad at all though...... don't take it that way. I like it, it's just unique.

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Old Apr 15, 2003 | 10:47 PM
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From: idaho falls id.
Car: 82 Z-28
Engine: 408
Transmission: TH-400
Axle/Gears: 4.11
17x8 all around , i think there 255-50 on back and 225-40? up front . cant remember rite now and the car is at my shop (it snowed again yesterday)

mike
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Old Apr 15, 2003 | 10:49 PM
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oh ya NO not me in the white t shirt
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Old Apr 16, 2003 | 11:38 AM
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oh ya NO not me in the white t shirt
Darn, I thought you were Santa Clause. I need a new motor and tranny for an early christimas gift.
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Old Apr 16, 2003 | 11:52 AM
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I have a slightly taller tire on the rear of my car, and I was thinking the same thing to myself.

It makes my front rim look larger than my rear..
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