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Old Jul 9, 2013 | 12:57 AM
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[IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG] I've been getting a lot of info from this forum. It's been a big help on my first corvette restoration. I bought the car COMPLETELY apart. 1969 conv. 427-435, m22, side pipes. There is some more pictures in my album. Thanks for the help.
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Old Jul 9, 2013 | 06:32 AM
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Hi PM,
That looks like a VERY nice 69, AND, quite a nice piece of work on your part.
I can only find 3 pictures.... are there more? They'd be interesting to see.
Good Luck, it looks like you're getting close to being finished.
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Thanks, It's been a good project so far. I've rebuilt just about every part and taken over 600 pictures.
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Beautiful car!
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Old Jul 9, 2013 | 01:51 PM
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Very nice job.
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Old Jul 9, 2013 | 03:36 PM
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Very nice looking, doing a great job, keep it up !!!
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Old Jul 9, 2013 | 04:03 PM
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Incredible job!
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Thanks, Hopefully it will be done this summer. The guy I bought the car from took it apart in the early 90's. It will be nice to see it on the road again.
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outstanding work mate!!

MORE PICS!!!!!!
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These pictures where taken when I was there to buy the 1969 El camino it has a 1968 corvette 427-390 motor in it. You can see the corvette chassis under the El camino with the 427 tri-power motor sitting in it.[IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG]
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You're livin' the dream, bro!
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I can't pass up a project.
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Man when you break down to a few pictures, it sure looks easy, but we can really appreciate how much went into that. Very nice job, and a beauty of a vette.
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Just getting used to photo bucket.I'll put some early pictures up and a video on you tube video-2010-09-04-16-33-47 [IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG]
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