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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 06:53 PM
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 07:17 PM
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Nice advertisement
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 08:23 PM
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Nice looking minitubs!
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 09:06 PM
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very nice, and the car was already sick
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 08:19 AM
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Should have taken a pic of the trash can full of old metal. LOL
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LOL i had a nice heap of metal after my minitubs too.
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 12:19 PM
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looking good
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 04:46 PM
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Sweet, looks good dude!!!!
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You'll be so happy with the space you have now that you chopped the cowl. It makes working on my friend's car so much easier.
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 07:57 PM
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makin progress
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 09:29 AM
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What hood are you going to use? A full race hood that goes to the windshield? You might have a problem with a gap on the left and right sides from removing the top of the firewall at least I did. Other then that, it looks good.
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I have a Joe Van O. hood on the way.

I welded some metal in those holes, is that going to be a problem?
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 01:25 PM
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Looks like ***. How do you ever expect to see out of the windshield and what the hell is that maxi-pad on the cage middle cross bar do?
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Looks like ***. How do you ever expect to see out of the windshield and what the hell is that maxi-pad on the cage middle cross bar do?

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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 07:52 PM
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Old Feb 27, 2009 | 11:51 AM
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Tubs look good,nice job!
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Looks like ***. How do you ever expect to see out of the windshield and what the hell is that maxi-pad on the cage middle cross bar do?
Reminds of Ricky Bobby driving with a gaint Fig Newton sticker.
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Old Feb 27, 2009 | 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike@HSW
Reminds of Ricky Bobby driving with a gaint Fig Newton sticker.
Great reference. Ricky Bobby was some funny stuff.
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Old Feb 27, 2009 | 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by ATVracr
I have a Joe Van O. hood on the way.

I welded some metal in those holes, is that going to be a problem?
This is how my hood fit from Joe Van O.http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...8/IMG00428.jpg Without cutting off the corners. I did not like the way it fit so I flush cut the ends and trimmed my stock plastic pieces
to fit.http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...8/IMG_0931.jpg http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...8/IMG_0928.jpg Looks okay. It covers the void from the window to the cowl area. Since your cowl is gone yours is different. As I kept some of the cowl for attachment purposes.http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...8/IMG_0605.jpg

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