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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 11:33 PM
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 11:37 PM
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Hi ls,
Well! It looks like you're getting pretty serious!
Is the picture of your car 'before' or 'after'?
Nice red coupe!
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Old Oct 1, 2011 | 11:43 AM
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This is a before picture of my vette. It looks good on the outside but, underneath she needs lots of TLC!
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Old Oct 1, 2011 | 12:29 PM
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looks like kits getting that now. nice job. mine i lifted with a forklift and pressure washed it then sprayed it with ospho.
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Just got thru changing out the the side yokes and half shafts the othere day.Painted them silver along with the rear end.I got lucky.None of the bolts were rusted.
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looks like kits getting that now. nice job. mine i lifted with a forklift and pressure washed it then sprayed it with ospho.
What is ospho? Will that remove grease ? Getting ready to clean under the hood.
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Cool!

Many C3's need some serious supension and drivetrain TLC - glad to see this one getting it!
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What is ospho? Will that remove grease ? Getting ready to clean under the hood.
rust treatment
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 08:28 PM
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Nice going. You guys with all of your "in progress" photos helps me to realize that there is a light at the end of my restore tunnel.
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