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Old May 22, 2008 | 12:15 AM
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Finally got the bird painted and put back together. We did all the paint and body at my shop in Baytown. The airbrushing was done by Eric's Custom Finishes in Pearland.
Color is a House of Kolor Kandy Tangerine over HoK Orion Silver seperated by airbrushed chrome that breaks up into a pearl white snakeskin-type pattern.

Here they are:





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Old May 22, 2008 | 12:19 AM
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That is one seriously nice ride dude!
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Old May 22, 2008 | 12:23 AM
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Wow.....absolutely amazing.
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Old May 22, 2008 | 12:41 AM
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Beautiful car man! And great color choice!
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Old May 22, 2008 | 12:57 AM
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Thanks guys... I'd really love to get a set of street wheels/tires and take it to some shows.
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Old May 22, 2008 | 01:18 AM
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it looks sooo clean
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Old May 22, 2008 | 03:52 AM
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What does the inside look like?
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Old May 22, 2008 | 04:32 AM
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Erik did some work for some of my friends trucks back in the day, he does awesome work! Nice looking car!
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Very nice! I dig, man. I dig
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Old May 22, 2008 | 09:16 AM
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I don't have an updated pic of the interior on my work computer.. but all we really changed was the cracked dash pad and touched up the roll cage.


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Old May 22, 2008 | 09:20 AM
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Nice ride!
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Old May 22, 2008 | 10:51 AM
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Looks awesome, what ever happened with the race car that got stolen?
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Old May 22, 2008 | 03:33 PM
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Never found it. My shop insurance covered it though... that's what bought this one.
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Old May 22, 2008 | 03:39 PM
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now thats what im tabout! (talkin' about) lol
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Love the detail man, sweet setup.

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Old May 22, 2008 | 07:49 PM
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That car looks really freakin' good!
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Old May 22, 2008 | 08:57 PM
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thanks for all the complements
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Old May 22, 2008 | 11:18 PM
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very beautiful car, almost looks like its been "torqed" from that rear shot lol
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Old May 23, 2008 | 12:35 AM
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Ladderbar/coilover setup. Has a little preload in it to keep it straight.

See it in action tomorrow night at HRP. Trying to make it 60' so it will run the 9.5s it should be running on motor.
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