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Old Nov 7, 2014 | 10:58 PM
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I picked up this beauty a couple of months ago, and haven't shared pictures yet, shame on me. It has been 100% garage kept its entire life, daily driven, and kept in a parking garage while the previous owner was at work. Amazingly enough, all of the windows work great, the door stickers are still visible, and it came with all of the original documentation. Hell, the t-top shades were still in the original packaging, I opened them for the first time. She came with longtubes, factory SLP blackwing lid, 4.10s, tune, and suspension. The previous owner installed subframe connectors within the fist 5,000 miles of the cars life, and it has absolutely zero squeaks or rattles. 116,000 miles, with about 10k on a rebuilt motor. All transmission and rear end work has been done by TDP. So far, the best I have ran is a 8.24 in the 1/8th. This car has definitely held me over while I save for a Z06.

The day I picked her up





Put the original SS badges back on





Ditched the C5 wheels, and built a true dual x system for it. The car has a pro kit on it, but the rear won't change height. I removed the spacer and did the heater hose mod, didn't move an inch lower. The previous owner put a set of stiff KYBs on the back. I plan to replace them with a good set of Konis, should let the back end drop a tad.









Cleaned up under the hood some. I plan to do the wire mod, and hide the hood release cable as well.





Wrapped the door handles black, installed a diamond stage 1 clutch/flywheel set-up, and putting in a Tick master cylinder this weekend. Here she is parked in the garage next to the TA project. You've gotta excuse the rear fender liners for the truck sitting in the TA engine bay.




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Old Nov 8, 2014 | 06:24 AM
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I like the black car better .
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Old Nov 8, 2014 | 07:46 AM
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Nice find.... Def a work in progess
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Old Nov 8, 2014 | 11:57 AM
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Definitely a nice looking car!!
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Old Nov 9, 2014 | 10:39 AM
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Gorgeous car
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Old Nov 10, 2014 | 01:00 PM
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Thanks! Forgot to add, the interior is exceptional as well, definitely a 9.5 out of 10.
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Old Nov 11, 2014 | 12:13 AM
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Tell ya what, that's a good looking car. Definitely looks better with the black zr1's.
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Old Nov 11, 2014 | 10:30 AM
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I agree on the zr1s. I have never been a fan of all black wheels without an accenting lip, but i really like the look on these. Just gotta get that *** end down!
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