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Old Sep 18, 2012 | 02:50 PM
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so I bought a 1979 corvette always liked that style of car decided i needed to go through it but it seams the more i pulled out the more I found wrong do to make a long story short I bought a 1979 body and not much more , but i have it apart as far as i am going to go ordered $1000 dollars of interior power stearin assist and misc parts from Wilcox started the rebuild on the engine waiting on heads ordered a bunch of new gauges not OEM hated the look atf the originals and built a new cluster box cause I am moveing all the gauges into the original speedo/ tack possition , used the old gauge panel by the shifter and built a custom flat set up for the newer stereo/ gps /tom tom / blue toth 7 1/2" screen and interior lighting . never could stand to build a stock machine , if I knew how to post pics I would but I am not sure how to do this here
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Old Sep 18, 2012 | 03:46 PM
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Hi l,
Posting pictures is easy.
Upload your pictures to a site like Photobucket. Then copy the [IMG] code for the pictures you want to include in your post and paste the [IMG] code as part of, or after, your message.
You can click on preview to see what your post will look like, and then click submit.
Good Luck!
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