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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 01:30 PM
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WELL ever since i was a young beaner....ive always been into fbodys....so i started buying them....and well now im hook...i currently own 4 fbodys and a i had a trailblazer ss which i just recently sold yesterday....well heres the story line behind the collection so far

back in the summer of 99' i started cutting peoples grasses and doing yard work to save cash to purchase a car....so then after like 3 months of losing like 20 ponds if not more in sweat and having the taste of grass in my mouth,and not to mention going from like sinbad to wesly snipes....i got enough cash to buy the car i had my eyes on....it was a 1972 camaro ss....had a 350/350 combo in it when i bought it....shorty after i bought it...i was racing on the highway and the oil pump went out...and boom!!!
best time on it when i first bought it was a 13.9 1/4

the car used to be blue with a black vinyl top....i primerd it since the paint was faded hardcore....also me being young and dumb....the car had working facotry a/c and i ripped it out....cause it was supposedly gonna be my racecar....what a stoopid newb

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k then after going through a few motors and trannys.....and a few fallen off wheels....i went ahead and decided to buy another fbody....a 71 formula that a friend was selling....he has taken the whole front subframe off...cleaned it up...added all new polyurethane bushings to everywhere...freshend the motor with new forged pistons and a nice lumpy hydraulic roller cam.....and then decided to sell it.... motor is a 400 pontiac big block,tranny is a 350th with a 3000 stall...so i bought it thinking i could spend some lil cash and use it as a DD so i could start fixing the body on my 72 camaro.....well i bought the firebird and then not even a month after....once i already had done a tune up...boughten new mufflers...added a tranny cooler and some other stuff....i guy came to my work and had a nice car that caught my eye




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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 01:41 PM
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I'm feeling it. My addiction started 30 years about when I was 10. I'm on my third F-body as well.
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 01:49 PM
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Like my name says, I'm on my 6THZ28! Got my first one when I was 16, a 350 HO tpi blue metallic 25th anniv, and then moved on to LT1's and graduated to LS1's!

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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 01:50 PM
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....so just out of no where i asked him if he would sell it,and he said he had been thinking about it,he said the car wasted to much gas.....so he just wanted to get rid of it for what he owed at the bank...so i gave him what he owed and boom! i had a new DD...this is the car....its a 1999 camaro ss,when i bought the car it was stock, just had a flowmaster and a lid

i since cammed it....put a underdrive pulley,ls6 intake and exhaust.....the car had been completely repainted.....and has gone 12.2 on motor











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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 01:57 PM
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AND WELL the most recent addition to my collection is a pretty clean 1991 camaro z28,that i bought off a friend of mine here locally.....its a 122k original miles....350 tpi with a auto tranny...has k&n filters and long tube headers and a qtp electric cut out.....it has original gm z06 wheels off of a 2003 z06.....











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nice. im hooked as well. I owned 4 fbodys myself at one time. Gave 2 away to family members and 2 I have now. Nice! Ive owned 5 total.

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Damn f-body virus is highly contagious. I've had a bad case of it myself. I've had 15 of them so far. Not done yet
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Originally Posted by Nine Ball
Damn f-body virus is highly contagious. I've had a bad case of it myself. I've had 15 of them so far. Not done yet
Of course someone had to show me up . 15 huh?
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Nine Ball
Damn f-body virus is highly contagious. I've had a bad case of it myself. I've had 15 of them so far. Not done yet


YEAH I wanna sell on or the other but then tell myself.....naw ill just keep it and slowly start my jay leno collection....haha....how many do u currently own tony....i heard you just picked another one up
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 04:05 PM
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Currently have three f-bodies.

69 'vert
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by steveo346
YEAH I wanna sell on or the other but then tell myself.....naw ill just keep it and slowly start my jay leno collection....haha....how many do u currently own tony....i heard you just picked another one up
whyd you sell the t.b ss? that was a nice ride.
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 04:14 PM
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After 20 years of driving, I'm on my 15th.
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 04:32 PM
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Bad *** cars and congrats
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 04:50 PM
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Very nice man. You have some nice cars.
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 05:14 PM
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Nice collection! I really dig the 71 Formy. My dad is restoring his '72 Firebird that he got new for a graduation gift. I've always had a thing for early 2nd gens. I'm still on my 1st one, but we have 3 in the family.
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 05:59 PM
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thanks for the kind words guys,yeah i started buying the cars at age 16 im now 24 and own all these 4 and just sold my trailblazer ss yesterday to a friend here locally...she will be missed!

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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 06:03 PM
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Just goes to show what a little hard work can get you! Congrats on being 24 and owning all those vehicles! Hell even the Trailblazer SS was nice!
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 07:40 PM
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here is my 72ss kicking myself in the *** everyday for selling it!!

here is my 02 ss
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 08:17 PM
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on my 2nd and im just about to be 18 tons more to come!


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