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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 08:35 PM
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So I just got back from picking up a '00 Pontiac Firehawk. It's an M6 with 91K on it. It's silver with a black stripe down the middle, SLP options, and it has the triple chrome Firehawk rims. I've owned two LT1 f-bodies but I must addmit, this LS1 has some ***** for a near stock car ! All it has that I know of is the SLP air lid, mid-tube headers (don't know the brand) and a cat-back exhaust (again, don't know the brand). Anyways, Just thought I'd brag about the new toy!
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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 09:04 PM
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Congrats on the new purchase, time to update sig.
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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 09:12 PM
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Good deal! It's always sweet to bring home a new ride.

If you are near the D/FW area and want to get it up in the air to take agood look around just give me a call. My shop is in North Richland Hills... N/E of downtown Fort Worth. We offer that service to guys all the time!

Good luck with the car.

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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 09:14 PM
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Yup... About to go ahead and take care of that. Lookin at your sig, It reminded me of my friend's Uncle Larry's Dodge 3/4 ton. It's an '06 model, quad cab short bed 4x4, auto. I know he has an upgraded turbo, it's lifted with 35" tires, 4" dual exhaust, and a functional ram air hood. That thing runs 12.8's in the 1/4 mile and that was before his upgraded turbo.
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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 09:16 PM
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is that the one that was in NB? If I had the $. I would have picked it up too. Nice find.
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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Donohue96M6Z28
is that the one that was in NB? If I had the $. I would have picked it up too. Nice find.
Yeah that's the one. I already have alot of future plans for this car. I wasn't a big fan of the Firehawk rear deck spoiler but everytime I see my car, it looks even more nice. I wanna get rid of the black stripe, just keep it all silver (with a black CETA of course), and also the roof top piece black.
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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 09:31 PM
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So do you only have the firehawk now or do you still have the other trans am and trucks?

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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 09:43 PM
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So do you only have the firehawk now or do you still have the other trans am and trucks?

Don't get your panties in a twist man lol.. I'm gonna get some pics up tomorrow hopefully, have to try and get ahold of my girlfriend's camera. I still have the '99 F350. I sold my '96 T/A like 3 months ago.. The '79 Vette is sitting in the garage waiting for my Dad's attention.
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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 10:10 PM
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Yep, it sounds like a very nice ride, need to post pics now, how much did it cost ya? by the way, do you live in Corpus?
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Originally Posted by GunshotZ28
Don't get your panties in a twist man lol.. I'm gonna get some pics up tomorrow hopefully, have to try and get ahold of my girlfriend's camera. I still have the '99 F350. I sold my '96 T/A like 3 months ago.. The '79 Vette is sitting in the garage waiting for my Dad's attention.
Im just giving you a hard time. Congrats on the new ride. Whats your plans for the 1979 vette?
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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Breathtaker
Yep, it sounds like a very nice ride, need to post pics now, how much did it cost ya? by the way, do you live in Corpus?
No, I live like 90 miles from Corpus. My avatar pic. or whatever it's called was taken in Corpus Christi during the summer.
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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by irbs
Im just giving you a hard time. Congrats on the new ride. Whats your plans for the 1979 vette?
Well that's kinda like my Dad's toy. It has a 383 in it right now, but my Dad want's to get a built 427 or something like that for it.
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Originally Posted by GunshotZ28
My avatar pic. or whatever it's called was taken in Corpus Christi during the summer.
That's why, I was like I know that place.
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Old Nov 3, 2007 | 02:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Breathtaker
That's why, I was like I know that place.
Yeah. I don't remember exactly where it was taken at. I'm not to familiar with the Corpus area. I was just driving around one day and it looked like a nice place to take a picture.
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Old Nov 3, 2007 | 02:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Ratchthed
Good deal! It's always sweet to bring home a new ride.

If you are near the D/FW area and want to get it up in the air to take agood look around just give me a call. My shop is in North Richland Hills... N/E of downtown Fort Worth. We offer that service to guys all the time!
Good luck with the car.

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thats a sweet deal for anyone up there who doesnt have access to a lift
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Old Nov 3, 2007 | 08:58 AM
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Yeah you know I tought it would be a good way of giving back to the folks that support us so well in what we love to do. We have found all sort of problems, some very severe and some issues that minor maintenance would handle. It takes about 5 minutes to pick a car up, if that long, it costs zero dollars and we might save someone a bad old deal... done it more than a few times.

Again, all it takes is a phone call!

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Old Nov 3, 2007 | 12:15 PM
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I was wondering if anyone knew where I can find that front license plate cover with the bird on it, or something similar to it. I have seen some '02 T/A's with a clear cover over the front license plate and it look's pretty cool. Thanks, Ryan.
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the clear cover doesnt look very good IMO... but you can find the covers on ebay
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congrats on the purchase. cant wait to see the pics.
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Old Nov 7, 2007 | 05:17 PM
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Yeah so today I got some time during lunch so I decided to call SLP and get some info. on my Hawk. Turns out it's #081 out of 742.
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