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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 07:55 AM
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Pics on progress....my poor baby will soon be home!

Well after my accident i thought id never be able to resurect her.....well i was wrong. Ive been able to find alot of parts from all the leads taht ive found on this site and other people. (Thanks Kevin, from Extremeauto f-body motorsports and hawksthirdgen). Hopefully next week she'll be home. My guys at the shop are painting her this week. Here are some pics before my front end was put on. My guys had to weld in all new front end peices. Ill be sure to post pics of it all finished.
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 07:55 AM
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 07:56 AM
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3........my tire is a lil low cause of the humidity weve been having.
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 07:58 AM
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Can't wait to see it when its done! Keep up the good work!
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 03:39 PM
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Thanks!....well do.
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 03:54 PM
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is the whole car getting painted. if it is i think you should paint the bumperettes red like the car .They would look like this.
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 03:59 PM
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nah....i cant afford to get the whole car repainted again. Just got it done bout a year ago. So well see how she is when i get her back.
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 04:39 PM
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Glad to see your getting it fixed....you had a really nice looking car!
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 04:49 PM
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cant wait to see the rest
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 05:57 PM
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Looking good! Post up some before pics could ya? Just to see how much had to be done.


-Derth <----has a morbid curiosity
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 07:10 PM
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Originally posted by Derth Deboblo
Looking good! Post up some before pics could ya? Just to see how much had to be done.


-Derth <----has a morbid curiosity

Yeah i had posted a while back some pics of her just after the accident...but here they are. This was the following morning after my auto body guy picked the car up.

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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 07:11 PM
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 07:13 PM
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3...last one. So far right now the estimate my guy gave me was 2800. Ive gotten all the parts right now except the main radiator support. He had to weld in all new front stuff and also had to saw off my front frame ends (where the impact bar bolts to) and weld in new ones. The frame was not bent, but mine ends were no-where near good enough to keep.
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 07:24 PM
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that sucks what happen to your bird torch ray
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 09:51 PM
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QUIT showing pictures of that thing all smashed... it makes me want to cry...
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 10:52 PM
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glad to see your standing by your bird and getting her fixed! That's true dedication.
:hail:


On a side note where did you get that tag frame (1989 firebird)???
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 11:04 PM
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Sweet...mine is being painted this week also. I am supposed to get it back tomorrow. I'm reaaally nervous. I saw it and it looks pretty good but I'm still nervous as crap.

I say do away with the grey and make it all red. Thats what I did.
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Old Aug 19, 2004 | 07:17 AM
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Originally posted by my84firebird
glad to see your standing by your bird and getting her fixed! That's true dedication.
:hail:


On a side note where did you get that tag frame (1989 firebird)???

Classic Industries has alot of license plate frames. The ones that i got are chrome'd up metal ones that specify the year. $12.95 a pair. not to bad IMO. They have alot of other ones too though to choose from. Yeah, i cant part with my baby. I got it for my 16th birthday....it was my first car.....its just got alot of sentimental value to me...not to mention that ive been on ebay, my local car selling magazines, autotrader.com and alot of other sites...and ive NEVER seen another formula that was my twin with the same options as mine....so that makes me feel even better.

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