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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 11:07 AM
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Hi folks im new here bought myself a 79 dark blue metallic for christmas, l48 68,000 miles for 3,800 2nd owner all documentation. bought it from a 70 yr old man. car was neglected not tore up just never fixed anything when it went wrong,so im learning as i go. already fixed interior lights, power steering and stereo, needs drivers kick panel, seat covers and i have front and rear spoilers on order.
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 11:11 AM
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Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new Corvette
You will get lots of help and opinions here from lots of good people.
Post some pictures of your baby so we can all have a look/see.
Good luck with your new toy,
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 11:20 AM
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Congrats on the '79 and welcome aboard.
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 11:33 AM
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 11:59 AM
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Welcome to the forum. Lots of good information from these guys.

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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 12:04 PM
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welcome!
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 12:55 PM
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Welcome!! I have to admit this thread is worthless without pics!!!
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 01:30 PM
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Welcome to the forum, and congrates on the '79 . If these people in here can't help you get that vette looking & running great, it ain't worth keeping
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 02:23 PM
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so how do u post pics?
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 03:02 PM
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Welcome to the forum. I noticed you filled out your info. and your a firefighter
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 03:14 PM
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so how do u post pics?
You can put pictures in Photobucket, and download them there. Once you have your pictures on photobucket, you click on the bottom option under the picture. Then come back to your thread and right click and hit paste.....simple. Good luck , always nice to help a brother fire fighter
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 03:21 PM
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welcome aboard. the best thing about the late model C3's like my 79 & yours is you can do almost anything you want to them & not hurt the value of the car. So built it the way you want & drive it like you stole it.
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 03:47 PM
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 04:10 PM
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Welcome to the forum and congrats on your vette!



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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 04:25 PM
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 04:26 PM
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 04:27 PM
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 04:51 PM
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I feel bad for you getting ripped off like that! How about I just give $4k and get you out of it before you get in too deep!
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 04:57 PM
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Compared to the things done by previous owners to a lot of our cars, I don't see much "neglect." Nice ride.
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 05:22 PM
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Nice looking car. I like it.
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