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Old Oct 8, 2005 | 10:33 PM
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First trophy for 69....









The 42 Chevrolet has a 511 cu in under hood...
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Old Oct 8, 2005 | 10:35 PM
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Old Oct 8, 2005 | 10:38 PM
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Oh,almost forgot this..

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Congratulations, thanks for the pictures.
Nice GTX...
Here in Minnesota the car shows are about over I hate winter...
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Old Oct 8, 2005 | 11:00 PM
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Congrats

Great looking vette you have rihwoods.....thanks for posting the pics.
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You gotta be on cloud 9 right now. . .I would be!
Congrats Rich!
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You gotta be on cloud 9 right now. . .I would be!
Congrats Rich!
Was funny watching people walk up saying "oh look,a 427",then they see the 502 and say "holy sht"......

There was a guy there with a Cobra Kit car 350 cu in automatic asking $31,000.....called "it" a 65...think about that one..
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There was a guy there with a Cobra Kit car 350 cu in automatic asking $31,000.....called "it" a 65...think about that one..
Doncha just love those Cobra dudes? They buy a kit car and think they have a valuable classic.

Wanna impress me? Show up with a real Cobra...
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Old Oct 9, 2005 | 01:28 AM
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Doncha just love those Cobra dudes? They buy a kit car and think they have a valuable classic.

Wanna impress me? Show up with a real Cobra...
They've been mislead, bamboozled, led astray
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Congratulations
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Congrats on the trophy
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Old Oct 9, 2005 | 06:01 AM
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wtf is that 2nd pic..the blue thing? Sort of looks like a product from the blue oval boys but damn..how fugly.
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Old Oct 9, 2005 | 07:53 AM
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wtf is that 2nd pic..the blue thing? Sort of looks like a product from the blue oval boys but damn..how fugly.
Ha Ha...THAT..is the younger generation...Tuner?? Rice Rocket...think it was a Ford Focus...even had a 17" HD TV.....NOS...
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Old Oct 9, 2005 | 11:14 AM
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Ha Ha...THAT..is the younger generation...Tuner?? Rice Rocket...think it was a Ford Focus...even had a 17" HD TV.....NOS...
You could be banned for posting that pic here, ya' know...

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Thanks for pictures, what color is your 69, looks kinda like my Laguna Grey color?
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Old Oct 9, 2005 | 11:08 PM
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Thanks for pictures, what color is your 69, looks kinda like my Laguna Grey color?
Fathom Green..I did not include a pic of it in the thread..but here is my signature...
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Fathom Green..I did not include a pic of it in the thread..but here is my signature...
Thanks, nice car hope to see it at a show some time
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Bravo...well done
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