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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 08:06 PM
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Trans Am Nationals

Anyone here going? Its this Sunday in Dayton, Ohio.
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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 11:22 PM
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I'll be there.

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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 11:34 PM
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You gonna bring your 85? We will either be taking the Formula or the GTA. Look in my sig.
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Old Aug 21, 2002 | 12:10 AM
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Don't know if I'm brave enough to drive the '85 up there....afraid I'll get laughed out there..she really is ugly. ha ha....email me if you want some pics of her...acedeuce@zoomtown.com. Maybe you can give your opinion on if I should take her out. ha ha. She's a project car though...runs great!

Anyway, talk to ya later!
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Old Aug 21, 2002 | 12:11 AM
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Originally posted by TransAm12sec
You gonna bring your 85? We will either be taking the Formula or the GTA. Look in my sig.
Take the GTA....3rd gens rule!

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Old Aug 21, 2002 | 12:18 AM
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Take the GTA....3rd gens rule!

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Well the Formula is also a third gen. lol
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Old Aug 21, 2002 | 02:16 AM
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I'll be there, bring the 85, mine doesnt look real good and i had a dozen people ask me if they could buy it from me the first 10min. i was there.
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Old Aug 21, 2002 | 11:26 AM
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Originally posted by TransAm12sec


Well the Formula is also a third gen. lol
Oops...my bad...I only saw the GTA and the 2002. Sorry...but, I'm still partial to the GTA's ...ha ha.

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Old Aug 21, 2002 | 11:30 AM
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Originally posted by Kevs86TA
I'll be there, bring the 85, mine doesnt look real good and i had a dozen people ask me if they could buy it from me the first 10min. i was there.
ha ha..have you seen my '85?? ha ha....Are you sure you wanna be seen talking to a chick in a beater TA?? ha ha. It's ok, she's working her way back from the almost dead. Runs great...just needs some make-up. I have the paint for her, but I wanna make sure everything else is done first. Got a new dash and gauges coming for next week. yay...Well, talk to you guys later. If I do drive her...you won't be able to miss me...here's her pic....

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Old Aug 21, 2002 | 12:00 PM
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Redraif and I will be there, in her red 87 Firebird.
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Old Aug 21, 2002 | 05:58 PM
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natoionals

Yesd, I will be there,

Look for the car in my signature
there..

Mark
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Old Aug 22, 2002 | 01:21 AM
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Its all good ACE she looks good, just needs some touch ups. Its always good to talk to a chick in a Trans Am!
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Old Aug 22, 2002 | 01:44 AM
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Really nice car Bluebird!!! When are you guys going to be there?
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Old Aug 22, 2002 | 11:28 AM
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Originally posted by Kevs86TA
Its all good ACE she looks good, just needs some touch ups. Its always good to talk to a chick in a Trans Am!
Well, at least the front isn't yellow anymore...took care of that last night. Wet sanded and primered it. Looks better than yellow and got the car down to just 3 different colors now...ha ha.

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Old Aug 24, 2002 | 10:02 PM
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Hey ace did ya bring the 85 up?
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Old Aug 25, 2002 | 12:15 AM
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Nope, didn't make it there today I had to work. Probably have to work tomorrow too. I was hoping to get to go this year....oh well.. there's always next year and my car should be done by then!!

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Old Aug 25, 2002 | 12:31 AM
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It was weird there was a chick up there looking for 85 transam's, wanted to know something about a fuel pump. Thought that might have been you.
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Old Aug 25, 2002 | 12:45 AM
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Good show so far from what ive seen.
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Old Aug 25, 2002 | 09:49 AM
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Wish I could've gone this year.... Oh well...I hope I get to see all you guys next year!! That chick sounded kinda lost...wondering around looking for an '85 asking about fuel pumps...just sounds funny. Poor girl, I hope she found what she was looking for. Fortunately for me I have a network of great guys that help me out whenever I need it....OH yeah...and this site too! haha. Feel free to email me whenver ya want and I'll keep ya posted on the progress of my beater..er um..I mean baby. Acedeuce@zoomtown.com.
Have fun at the show!!!

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Old Aug 25, 2002 | 11:07 PM
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Just got back. Tons and tons of cars. We ended up taking the 91 GTA. It was in class G light mild modifyed or something like that because we had a catback system and different injectors.
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Old Aug 27, 2002 | 10:59 PM
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Awesome~

The Nationals was AWEESOME!!!!!!!!!

the cruise in @ tipp city was the best ever!

I cant wait till next year to do it again!!!!!!!!!!!!
I ran into Redraif and saw her car in person, she just
got the car repianted.. the car looks awesome as hell in person!

there was over 500+ transams and birds at the event!
we completly took over tipp city, it sounded like thunder when
we rolled in.. damn was that bad!

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Old Aug 28, 2002 | 12:22 AM
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The nationals was great. I didnt go to the cruise in . I saw raifs car too but i didnt see her or you guys. Oh well maybe next year. I went fri. sat. and sun. this year.
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Old Aug 28, 2002 | 08:45 AM
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Hey Kev,

Are in the Union Ohio up by Englewood? Or the one around the 275 loop from Cincinnati??

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Old Aug 28, 2002 | 10:22 AM
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I'll be there next year. I will be in a separate class though. They have all the winners in a winners circle the next year. Pretty wild I thought. Here is my beastie in the sun after the show...
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Old Aug 28, 2002 | 10:25 AM
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Sorry I missed you KEV. See what I got
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Old Aug 28, 2002 | 10:27 AM
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Re: Awesome~

Originally posted by Bluebird
The Nationals was AWEESOME!!!!!!!!!

the cruise in @ tipp city was the best ever!

I cant wait till next year to do it again!!!!!!!!!!!!
I ran into Redraif and saw her car in person, she just
got the car repianted.. the car looks awesome as hell in person!

there was over 500+ transams and birds at the event!
we completly took over tipp city, it sounded like thunder when
we rolled in.. damn was that bad!
Thanks Blue! It was great to meet you! I wish I had more time to talk with ya. I was so trying to get things put together for Sunday. You got to see the car with no door panels even.
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Old Aug 28, 2002 | 11:11 AM
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Redraif.....congrats on the win!!! That's a very nice ride!! Hopefully my resto project will be that pretty some day.

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Old Aug 28, 2002 | 11:26 AM
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Trace, hopefully we'll see you there next year. Redraif's car will be in the winner's circle, but hopefully I'll have one of my own (I have two 4th gen Camaros now) by then and it'll be ready to show.
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Old Aug 28, 2002 | 11:33 AM
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Thanks Trace! It takes time to get them looking good.
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Old Aug 28, 2002 | 11:41 AM
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Yeah, I've been working on her for about 6 months now... I've been mostly concentrating on getting her running good. But, she does look a little better since I got rid of the yellow nose cone..ha ha. It's coming along....rolls like thunder now...now just need a really big make - up case!

And LT1...I hope I get to see you all next year. I'll be there for sure next year!!

-Trace
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Old Aug 28, 2002 | 02:27 PM
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Hey Redraif, no offense, but it looks like you need to align your hood a little better.
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Old Aug 28, 2002 | 03:51 PM
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No offense taken...we're aware that the hood alignment isn't perfect., and I don't have a problem with constructive criticism.
Its due to the Edelbrock strut tower brace, which has never fit right, even after extensive grinding and cutting. We're probably going to just make our own, because the corner of the hood sticking up just isn't acceptable.
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Old Aug 28, 2002 | 06:06 PM
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I think the total was 570 something. We left right after they announced the G class. Only two awards. The cars on either side of us were spotless.
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Old Aug 28, 2002 | 11:59 PM
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I live by Englewood. Congrats on the win again Raif.
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Old Aug 29, 2002 | 07:50 AM
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I live by Englewood. Congrats on the win again Raif.
Sweet...I'm getting ready to move up there in Feburary or March. We're buying a house over by Hara Arena. You'll have to let me in on the local cruise in info. Thanks!

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Old Sep 2, 2002 | 02:15 AM
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Thats cool, just let me know when, you know where to find me.
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Old Sep 2, 2002 | 04:39 PM
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Thats cool, just let me know when, you know where to find me.
Will do Kev.

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Old Sep 4, 2002 | 12:30 AM
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If you want click on the little www thing at the bottom of my post and you can check out my website i have some of my pics from the show on there.
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Old Sep 5, 2002 | 09:40 PM
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Sweet webpage Kev. I signed your guestbook..

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Old Sep 5, 2002 | 10:22 PM
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We were parked right next to the Red 90 Firebird. At first I thought that was our car, and you got the 17th and 18th mixed up. We brought a our 91 GTA. Same color, same wheels. You really confused me for a sec. I took a closer look at the spoiler to see the difference.
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Old Sep 6, 2002 | 01:49 AM
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Thanx for checking out the page and signing my guestbook. Im still working on page 3 adding more pics from the show, i will be doing that this weekend.
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