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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 10:29 AM
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 10:39 AM
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nice CE any larger pics?
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 10:41 AM
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Twin_Turbo
nice CE any larger pics?
Fixed it

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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 11:28 AM
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a real nice car from the looks of it, is it complete? Original wheels + center caps, all decals.. sweet!!
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 11:29 AM
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nice buy looks great!
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Twin_Turbo
a real nice car from the looks of it, is it complete? Original wheels + center caps, all decals.. sweet!!
Yes needs some int work but its all there 75K miles and runs great, all options even FE7(Gymkhana)
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cool, so it has those awesome forged aluminium strut rods.. nice!
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Originally Posted by Twin_Turbo
cool, so it has those awesome forged aluminium strut rods.. nice!
even still has the guards around the outer half shaft u-joints
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All Right. I always liked the looks of the 82 CE. I hope you have fun with it. What a nice looking car!!!

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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 11:52 AM
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That looks to be in great shape. Nice find.
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 02:43 PM
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Looks good,all the best.BTW i like your avatar.
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Picked it up in Fayetville GA did ya? Corvette Country. Nice car!
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 03:37 PM
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Nice
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 04:06 PM
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Great looking Vette; Congrats to you.
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 06:54 PM
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very nice
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 07:57 PM
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Nice '82 CE. Congrats.
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sweet looking ride,enjoy
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by bluesilver82
Picked it up in Fayetville GA did ya? Corvette Country. Nice car!
Had it delivered to their shop so I could use the lift to check it out. We go back about 20 years use to work weekends for John’s dad for corvette parts, had to support this habit somehow. I still go to the shop most weekends to work on the Vettes.
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 08:27 PM
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Looks good,all the best.BTW i like your avatar.
Thanks..the old LT5 nickle trick that snap shot is at around 3K rpms.
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