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Old Aug 30, 2011 | 06:38 PM
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Long story short I got a good deal on White SS from a friend however it had been sitting for years when he got it.

Besides a 2 page list of mechanical/hacked wiring I had to sort out the body was beattt.

It's hard to tell because it white however you can see some of it







The car is actually an SS for whatever reason the spoiler was changed out for a Z28






















I hate the wheels will be throwing Weld RT-S rims on it over winter.


Before the body work yanked the motor and cleaned out the oil pan and did rod bolts/trex cam/valve springs/true duals/ls6 intake/etc








Over winter I will be doing a TH350 swap, Fabbed 9inch, Kmember/suspension, cage, along with more weight reduction.
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Old Aug 30, 2011 | 06:40 PM
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Did you smooth out the Berger panel? And why hood pins?
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Old Aug 30, 2011 | 06:41 PM
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I hate the wheels too but nice job on fixing it up!
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Old Aug 30, 2011 | 06:46 PM
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Did you smooth out the Berger panel? And why hood pins?
Hood pins are on it to save weight...

The car isn't supposed to be a show car or anything trying to get in the top 10 cam only list.
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Old Aug 30, 2011 | 06:49 PM
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Nice work! Did you repaint the whole car, if so did you consider another color or were you decided on white all along?
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Old Aug 30, 2011 | 06:53 PM
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I really only liked the car because it was white

My last car was a 98 Arctic white Formula

The rest of this cars life will be a drag/street car after I make some attempts moving up the cam only list next season I will start working on a forged motor and a single turbo setup.

Car is weighs in at 3050 right now on those wheels.
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Old Aug 30, 2011 | 08:15 PM
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Where did you get the spoiler. I like the shaved foglights
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Old Aug 30, 2011 | 08:24 PM
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Always love to see a clean white SS. The RT-S wheels are gonna look sick. What's up with the red viper?
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Old Aug 30, 2011 | 09:46 PM
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Nice work on getting her back on the road. I think I would paint the hood pins white. My .02.
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 12:42 AM
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Excellent work my friend.
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 04:37 AM
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i love the wheels nice work. love a clean white ss
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 07:26 AM
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Are those AR Rebels?
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 07:54 AM
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I have no idea what the wheels are I was trying to figure that out so I could get center caps.
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 08:51 AM
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Good save. Love white F-Bodies.
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 01:11 PM
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Looks great. How did you delete the fog lights?
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 01:47 PM
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Nice ss build.....
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 05:16 PM
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I have no idea what the wheels are I was trying to figure that out so I could get center caps.
Do they have any markings or anything on them?
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 06:55 PM
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Awesome job! I always like to see good cars get saved instead of parted or run into the ground.
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 07:42 PM
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I recognize the G2 decals, that's from a local shop here. That must of been a Texas car at some point.
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