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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 06:56 PM
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Z I've been working on for a while... finally got it to a point where I thought I could post a pic w/o getting lauged at. What yall think?
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 06:58 PM
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 06:59 PM
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Lookin' good!
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 07:12 PM
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really nice man whats your plans for color?? I like it though
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 07:23 PM
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Well this is what the car looked like when I first got my hands on it. As you can (barely) see, it was black, so Im planning on painting it black because I'm far too lazy to completely rip the car down and rebuild, and this way the trim etc. will match w/o too much trouble.
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 07:27 PM
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btw, it is actually a z-28/iroc-z It has most of the goodies that come with such. I did completley gut the interior though, the red had to go, its got the old interior from my 88rs in it (black), so i did lose some of the neat interior accesories that come with a z, so its hardly all original or anything like that, but she's my baby.



edit: unfortunatley, she is making a gross sound that sounds like the game boggle when you shake it... I think its the front pump in the tranny, so I may have to swap that out soon
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 07:34 PM
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Another one...

Front close up. That's it, I promise. haha.

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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 07:51 PM
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she is making a gross sound that sounds like the game boggle...
nice description dood

But yeah Blacks gonna be nice. Your lucky man, you have those 91-92 GFX, love those, nice car man. Whens it going for paint?
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 07:55 PM
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Looks like it will be a nice car when its finished
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 08:01 PM
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very slick....not the least bit overdone
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 08:10 PM
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looking good, i would paint it charcoal grey.
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 08:30 PM
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Cool...any int. pics
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 08:41 PM
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not at the moment, but i can get some up... very plain jane though.
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 08:45 PM
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Originally posted by 83_Camaro_83
nice description dood

But yeah Blacks gonna be nice. Your lucky man, you have those 91-92 GFX, love those, nice car man. Whens it going for paint?


LUCKY?!?? I aint lucky man, I bought them ****s and they weren't cheap!!! (jokes) They weren't original, she's an 89. lol

Not sure about paint yet, I know it looks decent in the pics but there's still some minor body work that needs to be done.
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 08:59 PM
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Looks good man, I'd definitely say it has potential. It looks like you've done a good job so far and I like the choice of color you're going with (of course )
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 10:04 AM
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That looks real good! I think you should paint it silver.
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 10:30 AM
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Looks like you still have the 3 peice on there get rid of it looks terrible with the high rise also. Other then that looks sweet!
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 12:21 PM
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Nice work, looks pretty good to me!
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 12:42 PM
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looks good!
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 12:47 PM
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black is one of the best colors for camaros i think, or even a really dark metallic blue.

never was a fan of that hood but its ok. sure looking good tho, especially once you get the paint put on
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 12:59 PM
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I also think a regular cowl hood would look better.
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 02:43 PM
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looking good.. my car looks like it was just as rough as yours when I bought it.. faded/peeling/missing black paint too...

wait, my car still looks like that
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 04:17 PM
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Originally posted by Spdfrk1990
Looks like you still have the 3 peice on there get rid of it looks terrible with the high rise also. Other then that looks sweet!

Nope, no 3 piece, if you look at the pic of when I first got it, it was gone when i got it, although it did originally have one because the left side of it was in the hatch space.
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 04:19 PM
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Originally posted by Spdfrk1990
I also think a regular cowl hood would look better.

lol, the hood has gotta stay. I've loved that hood since i was a young kid, long before i ever owned a thirdgen. But thanks for the compliments!
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 10:32 PM
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it does look a little different at the bottom of the spoiler there, like maybe it should be back a little farther? i could be wrong, the pic is kinda small
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Old Apr 22, 2005 | 04:22 PM
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yea, what you guys are seeing is the license plate of the ws6 behind my car.
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