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Old Aug 3, 2014 | 04:01 PM
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Default Just bought Ronald McDonald's old WS6!

It's finally time to create a thread. After having my 98 T/A stolen about 5 years ago I've gone through a few vehicles since then but I always had that itch of having another one.

Here's the last pic I have of it with fresh paint before it got stolen a few months later, it was a rare color too!





I found this bad boy on ebay and it had exactly all the options I wanted. Bright red, true ws6, M6 and black interior and only 60K miles!

Optioned exactly how I dreamed of having one back in high school when they were new. So I submitted an offer and the guy accepted it! So I had it brought the 2,000 miles to good ol Texas.

YES THE FLAMES ARE GOING AWAY ASAP. I can't bring myself to like them no matter how good the quality of the work is. It was hard to look past it when I bid on it but I got a killer deal on it.







Very good quality of work, can't feel a thing under the clear coat but, YUCK :



It has some nice mods, like the factory C6 wheels, LTs, ORY and the adjustable Borla catback, but the cherry on top is the G-trim blower it came with, nice little bonus!






So I had to get it to pass the state emissions test so a set of 02 sims, new blower belt, plugs and knock sensors later, it runs like a champ and passed with flying colors!





Next on the list is to get rid of the mulletmobile paint job, a real tune, lower it and maybe change the wheels.

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Old Aug 3, 2014 | 04:09 PM
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Clean car, I agree the flames need to go. How much did it cost for your other one to get painted ?
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Old Aug 3, 2014 | 04:35 PM
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Nice car, love how the blower ties in to the factory ram air intake, even if it doesnt matter power wise.

Yes, flames and yellow TA door emblems gotta go. Pretty sweet though.
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Old Aug 3, 2014 | 04:43 PM
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Thanks, I think I paid about 1200 on top of what the insurance paid because it got keyed. I wanted the whole thing repainted
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Old Aug 3, 2014 | 06:48 PM
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man that was a beautiful car you had. love that color. I know the feeling of having a car stolen, same happened with mine.. no fun.

Looks like you've got a nice replacement to work on now. look forward to seeing what you do with it.
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Old Aug 9, 2014 | 11:42 AM
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How much power is the new car making with the blower?
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Old Aug 10, 2014 | 06:28 PM
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badass setup. il throw in 20 bucks so we can at least get a vinyl wrap on that bitch.
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Old Aug 10, 2014 | 09:32 PM
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vinyl wrap or a pro plastidip job .
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I'm already buying the stuff I need to make the flames permanently go away. I bought a new set of hvlp guns and I'm picking up the paint and clear next week!
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Old Aug 11, 2014 | 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by s10blaza
I'm already buying the stuff I need to make the flames permanently go away. I bought a new set of hvlp guns and I'm picking up the paint and clear next week!
sweet looking forward to a fresh coat an that bad bitch. almost tho for a while like it is, people wud be shitting themselves when they get smoked by the mcdonald-mobile
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Old Aug 15, 2014 | 08:52 AM
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Those blowers were the heat back then! Looks like period correct mods..

I'd love to get a TA some day. I miss my F-Bucket.. I dream of an SOM WS6 some day.... or a C5..

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Old Aug 15, 2014 | 05:12 PM
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Cool ride.....the flames dont look terrible.
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Old Aug 22, 2014 | 04:06 PM
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where in pa did that car come from, it looks familiar
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Old Aug 23, 2014 | 10:14 AM
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It came from Lancaster, I can imagine how it's easy to recognize lol
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Originally Posted by unit213
How much power is the new car making with the blower?
+1 on the power


Nice Find
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Finally got around to it!







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Old Sep 13, 2014 | 08:17 PM
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Painted it yourself? If so... NICE WORK!
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Old Sep 19, 2014 | 11:04 AM
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looks MUCH better. Nice find, lol and nice save
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Old Sep 19, 2014 | 06:47 PM
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Finally back in one piece!
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Old Sep 21, 2014 | 06:32 AM
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omg....that car was for sale on my local craigslist for a long *** time. every few days i search craigslist for any f-bodys and i stopped seeing it i figured the guy decided to keep it. the flames kept me from making any offers on it
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