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Old Mar 11, 2006 | 11:25 AM
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A forum member posted some pics a month or 2 ago of the making of a 1980 corvette in the GM plant(I figure).Well I saved those pics and made a slideshow.

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Let me know what you think.Kinda gives you an idea on how the vettes were made in the day....

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Old Mar 11, 2006 | 11:45 AM
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THAT WAS SOOOOO
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Excellent! Thanks for posting.

(I have a 1980 that is body-off right now.)
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Old Mar 11, 2006 | 02:49 PM
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Nice post. Cool process.
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Incredible find

Thank you!
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Who knows my car might be in one of those pics
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I remember the thread and those pix are

I wish they were '80 Vettes but they are pictures of '81 Year model Vettes. Date codes on the frames give them away plus the engines are not dressed right to be '80 Year models. Great stuff either way.

-Mark.
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