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Old Mar 11, 2014 | 05:45 PM
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hellos for scotland

hi all new to the forum just bought myself a yellow 1986 z28 with a 305 to 350 - 5.7 swap in her.

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found this forum online and thought id join up ^.^
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Old Mar 13, 2014 | 02:35 PM
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Re: hellos for scotland

Welcome to the board.

Where abouts in Scotland are you based? There are a couple of people here in Glasgow.
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Old Mar 13, 2014 | 02:45 PM
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Welcome! Very nice Z, hard to miss that color going down the road.
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Old Mar 13, 2014 | 02:47 PM
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Welcome aboard, great to have you on the forum.
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Old Mar 13, 2014 | 02:49 PM
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Re: hellos for scotland

im up here just outside of aberdeen.

haha yeah the yellow dose stand out but she needs a respray the 2pac has gone matt now.

im a spray painter anyways so she will be going metallic yellow with a set of black heritage stripes i think.

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Old Mar 13, 2014 | 07:25 PM
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Very nice. Summer driver only?
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Old Mar 14, 2014 | 11:44 AM
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Re: hellos for scotland

there is no such thing as summer in scotland haha so every chance i get ill be out
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Old Mar 14, 2014 | 09:12 PM
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Re: hellos for scotland

Last August the weather was Fab! You have some fantastic roads there, but wouldn't want to pay for the petro. Enjoy the car!
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Old Mar 15, 2014 | 06:40 AM
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Re: hellos for scotland

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Last August the weather was Fab! You have some fantastic roads there, but wouldn't want to pay for the petro. Enjoy the car!
very true i think petrol is sitting at £1.29 just now up here.

still better to own one now rather than later since i can only see that figure go up
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Old Mar 15, 2014 | 06:59 AM
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There is always room in the budget for having some fun in the cars. $1.30 per liter here.
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Old Mar 16, 2014 | 04:29 PM
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Welcome to the board.

I remember the Scottish weather we'll during boarding school.

Nice ride.
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Old May 19, 2014 | 03:58 AM
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Re: hellos for scotland

Snap!

I have a yellow 85 iroc with 5.7 too in Edinburgh! Just doing a bit of work to her after a few years of neglect (but driven every summer). Delivery van just approaching with parts... nothing too exciting though.
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Old May 20, 2014 | 03:16 PM
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Think he's got this up for sale
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Old May 28, 2014 | 11:39 PM
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Looks like tons of fun, watch out for the local coppers!
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