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Old Feb 10, 2004 | 02:20 PM
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I am making my own cover, and I would like to engrave or place a vinyl decal on it. This is what I am thinking............On the older muscle cars, they had engine numbers and information about the car on the air cleaners etc. I would like my battery cover to look something like that. Info on the engine etc. Any ideas or pictures? I thought once I saw a battery cover with this done, however, I can not find it through searching. I have a 97' LT1 by the way.

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Old Feb 10, 2004 | 02:26 PM
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I picture a polished or chrome battery cover with a rectangle vinyl sticker in the middle of it.
Sticker would have to be red/ or orange/ and in silver writing show the specs of your car.

That look would probably be truest to the old Muscle car air cleaner pictures.
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Old Feb 10, 2004 | 03:11 PM
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Here's a picture of the lid sticker on a late model camaro ZL1, maybe something like what you're lookin for?
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That picture gives me a good reference of a style, I was thinking more along the lines of the engine displacement. I think maybe I would like to design it in a "Half Moon" shape, almost like it came from the air cleaner. Thanks, keep the ideas coming.
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what suck about the horsepower ratings is that with every mod done you're gonna have to keep changing the specs
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Old Feb 12, 2004 | 12:56 AM
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ph. i hate to say this but if i had a ZL1 car it'd sit in the garage with maybe a short cruise on pretty sundays. no wrenching. no way.
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