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Old Mar 15, 2019 | 08:51 PM
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Getting excited, starting to look like a car.
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That much closer.
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Very nice! Keep the pics coming. Dennis
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Looks great, Think it will see the Hilltop this year?
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Nice. A double layer of blue tape around the edges of those openings is your best friend...
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Nice work. Look forward to see them installed.
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Here is some pics, they are after pics, I never think to take pics in progress. Getting lots of small jobs done.





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Originally Posted by Frankie the Fink
Nice. A double layer of blue tape around the edges of those openings is your best friend...
I was going to take pic of everything all taped up as I was installing this stuff, but in the heat of the moment I never think of pics.
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Originally Posted by Bowtyeguy
Looks great, Think it will see the Hilltop this year?
Hilltop? I will defiantly make Collegeville, You should stop in and see the car.
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The soft top lid is not installed because on final snugging with a nut driver, it cracked out the tripod nut plate, so fixing that now.
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Will look really good with those wide C1 white wall tires. The wide white wall tires well look sharp with the white body.
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Originally Posted by CorvetteMikeB
Will look really good with those wide C1 white wall tires. The wide white wall tires well look sharp with the white body.
I'm doing steel wheels and hub caps, hadn't thought about WW yet, but you may be right.
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NICE....



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Final year for "wide whites"...color me JEALOUS! Cruz
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