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Old May 25, 2009 | 02:48 PM
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Talking New to the flock

As of Saturday morning at 9:00 central time:












1997 Formula ws6, black on black leather, fully loaded, 102k miles.

only cost me 5k

(nice and dusty in the pics, just snapped them when i had the chance when i got home that morning, been working non stop and the weather is crap today so clean pics yet)
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Old May 25, 2009 | 05:44 PM
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congrats man. I see some other fbodies in those pics too haha
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Old May 25, 2009 | 06:31 PM
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Nice ride.

Looks vaguely familiar. LOL

Hey, great price too.
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Old May 25, 2009 | 11:38 PM
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Congrats and welcome to the flock! Although that pewter WS6 makes it seem like this isn't your first bird...
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Old May 26, 2009 | 09:45 PM
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That pewter ws6 is our dad's, 23k miles on it i think.. and the red Z is mine. It's definitely a nice first car
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Old May 26, 2009 | 11:10 PM
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My bro had exact same car until it got stolen about a month ago while sitting outside the shop. He parks his car outside for 2 nights next to mine that has been sitting out for a year in the same spot and his gets stolen. Kid who stole it dropped his wallet and they found the car but it was to late the car was already stripped. So you know have an even more rare car take care of it.

On a side note It must suck to be required to have a front license plate they take away alot of the what the T/As have to offer front end wise.
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Old May 27, 2009 | 12:06 AM
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welcome, im from alton, il just up the road from eville. ill let ya know when we're havin the fbody cruises here in town. i drive a 99 ss btw.
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Old May 27, 2009 | 12:42 PM
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Nice car, recommend getting a trans am hatch unless you like the formula hatch.
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nice!!
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Old May 27, 2009 | 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by pichee24
welcome, im from alton, il just up the road from eville. ill let ya know when we're havin the fbody cruises here in town. i drive a 99 ss btw.
Alright, my dad (1st ta), my brother (SchaefZ28), and I are in FAST, you should join if you aren't a member.

www.fastlouis.com

and here are some pics after a wash










And yeah I know I need a T/A hatch, that and clear corners are the only thing I want to change cosmetically unless some 97 firehawk wheels just happen to fall into my lap haha. Below is what I want, but I can definitely make do with my formy!

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Very nice.
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Sweet car. Id keep the formy hatch.
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Old May 27, 2009 | 10:31 PM
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Oh I'll keep the hatch.. wrapped up in the basement with my brothers stock Z spoiler
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Sweet car
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Old May 28, 2009 | 04:47 PM
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Thanks, I'm really glad I couldn't find a car earlier this year cause I'm really happy with this one, was looking for a truck last fall then a 3rd gen this spring but gladly none of the ones I looked at worked out haha
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Originally Posted by blownmotor96
My bro had exact same car until it got stolen about a month ago while sitting outside the shop. He parks his car outside for 2 nights next to mine that has been sitting out for a year in the same spot and his gets stolen. Kid who stole it dropped his wallet and they found the car but it was to late the car was already stripped. So you know have an even more rare car take care of it.

On a side note It must suck to be required to have a front license plate they take away alot of the what the T/As have to offer front end wise.


nothing says "i'm a stupid criminal" like dropping your wallet and ID at the scene of the crime.
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