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Old 08-26-2017, 06:34 PM
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What do you guys think of this 89 Formula? Car looks super clean. Nothing special performance wise but it just looks so clean I am drawn to it.

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Its been repainted, and they put the bird decal on wrong on the sides. That's why it looks fresh lol.
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Thanks, did not catch that. That's why you have to always ask the experts.
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No formula decal on the front bumper.
Formula decal on rear bumper to far to the left
b pillar birds a bit off
nose bird a tad crooked
Door decals are pretty close

If it was repainted, it looks decent. Why not just ask them if it has been ? Maybe just a decal replacement?
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It's gone now. Did you buy it, burnout88?
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It's still out their. He dropped the price to 5,500 and created a new

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I still really like the car. If it was a 5.7 I probably would have bought it even with the repaint.

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Dude...that's a very nice looking car, low miles, great price. Check it out. If there are no red flags, I'd say that's a great deal.

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He just dropped the price to 5,200 and added some interior pics. Looks clean. I just have decided I really don't want another peanut cam car.
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Ads gone again. At that price, I'm sure someone snapped it up.
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He keeps making new ads, does the interior look like tan seats with grey door panels?

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I see what you are saying, but I think it's all grey. The tan look comes form the yellow-y light from the dome lamp.
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That actually makes sense, here in AZ the dome light covers almost always turn from white to yellow due the extreme heat degrading the plastic and I could see that messing with the pics.
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Good looking car to me. 5200 aint a lot of $ for a nice lower mileage car these days.




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