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Old Apr 25, 2010 | 09:52 PM
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repainting my 82 berlinetta

okay so about 2 years ago my dad was looking for a first car for me and we just happened to find an 82 berlinetta in a parking lot for sale. the owner wanted 500 dollars for a car that ran and my dad couldn't help but take that deal. we took it too the mechanic and after installing a 2 dollar part the engine ran great and it was drivable. pictures are at the bottom of the post, they are self explanatory.

overall we spent about 1000 dollars and it runs great. ill add the latest pic with the stripes after the weather is nicer
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Old Apr 25, 2010 | 09:58 PM
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Re: repainting my 82 berlinetta

heres after the paint job.
i also forgot to add all the bodywork (which wasnt too bad except a few holes) was all done by me in my backyard with a electric drill and sand paper. overall it came out nicely. *recent pics coming soon*
also in a few months i will be dropping a nice small block of some sort into it any suggestions? and i will be doing some interior work soon hopefully, some idiot Po cut a hole into the back between the two seats and you can see the ground.
also don't use the mini viewer on the site, just double click so you can see it in the true aspect ratio, it looks better that way
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Old Apr 25, 2010 | 10:15 PM
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Re: repainting my 82 berlinetta

That looks great!



It does look funny in the viewer. Once you upload it you can post it directly like this too. Just open it up in a new window and copy the URL into the image window:
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Old Apr 25, 2010 | 10:34 PM
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Re: repainting my 82 berlinetta

that paint looks good. is that a firebird spoiler.
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Old Apr 25, 2010 | 10:35 PM
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Re: repainting my 82 berlinetta

I never liked the bumpers on the 82-84 berlis and sport coupes, but that picture abvoe of the red camaro makes it look like it should. Looks great!
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Old Apr 25, 2010 | 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by 87bluebird
that paint looks good. is that a firebird spoiler.
I believe it's stock. My'86 came with one just like it. It's really heavy though, don't know why.
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 03:20 PM
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Re: repainting my 82 berlinetta

no its the stock one as scorpner said
also thanks for all the compliments, i was hoping to add a nice new picture today but the weather had other plans
also if anyone wants to know, its corvette red, im sort of wishing i went with the original red that came stock though
im thinking about putting in a ground effects kit from a z28 as well not sure yet tho

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Old May 2, 2010 | 08:51 PM
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Re: repainting my 82 berlinetta

Please leave the GFX off of it. Non-GFX cars are getting rare and it's nice to see them pop up from time to time. Nice car BTW!
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 09:53 PM
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Re: repainting my 82 berlinetta

well, i sold it for 1000 bucks and got myself an 89 rs, with a 350 swap. guess ill get some pictures up of it soon. the nice thing is that i was able to buy this new one and still have 300 bucks to put into it, which it needed.
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