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Old 11-24-2008, 11:01 PM
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The title say's it all. I have owned the RED ROCKET since I ordered it brand new in July of 99 and many of you have had the opportunity to watch it transform from a 10 sec all motor car to a 9 sec N20 car and finally into a 7 sec turbo car. It has definitely been one heck of a wild ride for the past 8 years. To all my sponsors over the years I just want to say thank you for giving me the many opportunities to work with you and I hope to be able to work with many of you on a future project. Most importantly a special thanks to Stenod Performance and my crew for helping to build and race the type of car that most will only ever get to read about in a magazine.

Joe "Stenod" Borschke
Matt Harlan
Steve "Bull" Dertien
Kevin Gluski
Mike "El Diablo" Wesley
Billy Briggs

Here are some final pics this weekend:











Thanks!!

Tom

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Overseas?
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wow that sucks how come your getting rid of it? always like watching it go down the track at milan. who is buying it? man everybody is selling their fast cars whos next?
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Have you just decided to sell it, or do you already have a buyer??

Horrible to see it go.

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The car is going to Australia and it is already sold. The truck will be picking it up tomorrow morning.

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Originally Posted by FSTR-THANU
The car is going to Australia and it is already sold.
Tom
How much?
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How much?
not enough
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Sorry to see it go Tom, but we all move on eventually
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not enough
lol Really though? PM me if you want but I am VERY curious to see what a BAD *** 7 second top dollar 4th gen would go for. I mean......its sold already right? Who cares? Spill the beans!!!!!
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Damn 1st LMR and then you LS1TECH is losing all the badass cars LOL
At least I get to see LMR old Z28 in front of me I wish the Red Rocket was coming to MIddel East too.

Sorry to see you letting her go Tom I hope you can replace her with something meaner (anything meaner will be low 7s or 6 maybe LOL)
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Originally Posted by ninetres
lol Really though? PM me if you want but I am VERY curious to see what a BAD *** 7 second top dollar 4th gen would go for. I mean......its sold already right? Who cares? Spill the beans!!!!!
Everybody start guessing

I'm going to say
80,000
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That sucks. I don't care how much you sold it for, it would never be enough. I'm sure the new owners will take care of it, but it'll never be same.

New project coming?

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Sorry to see it go Tom and crew, hopefully you have something else in the works.
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Kind of said to see so many legends being sold here lately. Any plans to work on or do anything else?
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sorry to see it go. but glad i was able to see it make passes. Are you replacing it with anything?
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how much did it sell for?
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Got the new body in white already
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Originally Posted by venom ws7
Damn 1st LMR and then you LS1TECH is losing all the badass cars LOL
At least I get to see LMR old Z28 in front of me I wish the Red Rocket was coming to MIddel East too.

Sorry to see you letting her go Tom I hope you can replace her with something meaner (anything meaner will be low 7s or 6 maybe LOL)
at least they still have wormboys car, they other car that was sold was Mischievous' car is believe
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Originally Posted by BMR Tech
Got the new body in white already
I like where that is going!
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man this is a sad sad day. but atleast i got to see this thing run in person both years in memphis. good luck in your next venture tom.


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