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Dec 16, 2019 | 12:52 PM

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L-82 4Speed

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From: Lugoff South Carolina

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Originally Posted by OldCarBum

The front spoiler assists in cooling at low speeds and you may find that eliminating it might cause overheating problems in slow and around town traffic.

I plan to add the original style plastic spoiler for cooling.

Dec 16, 2019 | 04:48 PM

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OldCarBum

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Nice

Dec 16, 2019 | 05:04 PM

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av81

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From: wilmington Ma

Looks fantastic , I just did mine also , I left the bumpers on just pulled them 1/4 inch off the car . I used single stage urethane , my first time painting also .... you did a great job dude

Dec 16, 2019 | 05:49 PM

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ignatz

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From: los altos hills california

Nice touch with the tent and Testors. I used an acrylic and it is holding up fine on the trim pieces.

Nobody's asked what your out-of-pocket costs were for everything, and I mean everything, tent included, so I will.

Dec 16, 2019 | 06:23 PM

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L-82 4Speed

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Thanks. I've got somewhere between 700 and 800 invested including the tent. A kid down the street was selling the tent for $65 so I picked it up cheap.

Dec 17, 2019 | 09:40 AM

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pltmgr

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Nice job.. I was always envious of owners that could paint their own car.

Dec 18, 2019 | 07:44 AM

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blue by you

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From: cranford nj

very nice job, it takes a lot of work to do what you did

Dec 18, 2019 | 03:25 PM

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Very nice! great job.

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Dec 18, 2019 | 04:25 PM

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Corvettedave02

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From: Virginia

Looks great! If I had done this to mine I would already be sanding 1/2 the car down to fix problems, lol. I can’t do anything right the first time it seems.

Last edited by Corvettedave02; Dec 18, 2019 at 04:25 PM.

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