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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 10:33 PM
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Completely Stock! Only performance mod the fernco mod. Was just going to buy a beater until I could save up and buy a nice LS1 car. Parents paid the difference but I'm gonna have to pay them back of course, better than taking out a loan or driving a POS. Got tons of plans! Intake and exhaust are first tho, then I'll start with more appearance stuff!
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Engine Bay!






Pictures before and after of the interior!


Red LED light bar (also have red leds in the map lights!)










If you didn't notice I also put camaro HVAC ***** and overlay on there! Need to hit up a junkyard to find a **** for the headlights.
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 10:35 PM
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oh and its a 2000 T/A. I replaced both the center console and dash pad out of my wrecked car! They were both ebony already so why not? Put a SLP Short throw shifter/short stick on there too that was off the LT1
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 10:39 PM
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nice find bro. i bet your gunna make it a looker just like the dragon!i like them stock its just makes it more fun!!
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 10:41 PM
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Looks good
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 10:42 PM
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Let me be the first to say that your new car is awesome and I can't wait to see what you do with it!

Still sad to see what happened to your other one......but at least you're alive......
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 10:44 PM
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nice dude..you need to get some zr1's...but other than that man congrats and i hope you enjoy it
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 10:46 PM
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yea i see this car looking bad azz in the future .........props man cant go wrong with a black car ...
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 11:03 PM
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Get some tint!
Looks good though! Whats the mileage on that car? I loved your old car, it was the one that made me paint mine with the same paint scheme. I remember we had a long conversation about it.
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congrats, will you be calling this on the Black Dragon, just wondering.
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Looking forward to see this car's progress.
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 12:15 AM
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badass man how many miles on that badboy
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 12:43 AM
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woohoo let the modding begin
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 12:47 AM
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first of, congrats.. nice car, 2nd.. whats the fernco mod again?? and third, im not up to date on ur old car, got pics and what happened to it?
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 12:47 AM
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nice were in longwood do u live? that neigborhood looks familair
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 06:36 AM
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Nice fresh start. It will be nice to watch the progress of this car.

Is this your first LS1?
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 07:47 AM
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Looks Pretty Clean
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 08:05 AM
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Maybe the wreck was a blessing in disguise, it got you into a LS1. I'm sure this one be be alot nicer when you finish.
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 11:13 AM
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Fernco is the $6 pipe from home depot that replaces the crappy stock intake "elbow"
-Thats my parents house it's off Markham Woods in OrangeRidge Farms next to Mandarin.
-Is my first LS1, my mom has a C5 but I have only driven it, haven't done any maintenance/modding on it.
-Old car got destroyed because of old people/hippie from Cali (not saying people from california are hippies, this guy that hit me was from california, reeked of weed, and had peace signs all over his car and on his california license plates) check my fquick account in my sig to see my old car
-Had a 95 V6 Bird that was black and it got the black dragon nick name, so I gotta decide on what to name this. The car has like a metallic blue flake/pearl clear coat that seems to be "custom" whoever painted it did a shitty job so a new paint job maybe in store! Here is my old black one next to the red dragon


I'm happy I have an LS1 but it took me 3 years to get my LT1 to where it was all that time, hard work, and working to pay for it....it sucks, but happy I'm still alive! I'll change my sig soon too lol
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 11:31 AM
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Very nice
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 11:32 AM
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Looks good. Looks like a clean car to start modding on.
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