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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 10:16 PM
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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 10:26 PM
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I've got a feeling that there's a CB radio in there too. Yeeehaw! Come on now Bandit, we got yer back door 10-4!
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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 10:29 PM
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Those are some hideous tail light covers!

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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Attfay Elleybay
Tell me that's not REAL... Right???
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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 10:35 PM
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I hope not.
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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 10:35 PM
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there had to have been some drugs involved
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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 10:36 PM
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Has to be a joke and not a very good one.
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I hope not.
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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 11:08 PM
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Having some flame throwers in there is the only reason I can think of.

Flamethrowers are amusing on a street rod, but rather out of place on a Corvette.
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Originally Posted by bob7876
OMFG - It is real!!!
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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 11:38 PM
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some folks like to minimize parts on their cars..others just like to shop at autozone
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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 11:53 PM
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Actually I love autozone....I have a rebate card and all,

People do weird things and seeming that the c5/c6 crowd are motivated and jazzed by things ranging from new floor mats to all kinds of things that get added with double sided tape seems this owner went a step further,

I have to admit I like the c5/c6 mods that are import tunser inspired far more than this mess....
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Reminds me of my youth on the ranch and the various tractors we had with stacks. Maybe he plows with his Vette. Or at least pulls a disc or harrow.
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That guy doesn't deserve to have a Vette.
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There is just way too many things wrong with that!!!!
and just to show just how off that guy is the rain caps on the stacks are backwards, they should open up towards the back, not the front.

But I dont understand how anyone would think that looks good.


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Originally Posted by 1955pirate
Reminds me of my youth on the ranch and the various tractors we had with stacks. Maybe he plows with his Vette. Or at least pulls a disc or harrow.
Maybe he uses it at tractor pulls.
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Originally Posted by MCMLXXX
There is just way too many things wrong with that!!!!
and just to show just how off that guy is the rain caps on the stacks are backwards, they should open up towards the back, not the front.

But I dont understand how anyone would think that looks good.


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I was just about to post that, till I saw yours, good call, and what a fool !!!!!!!!!! it does appear to be the real thing.
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