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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 01:34 PM
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Just a heads up..Ultimate Factories is on all day today, Ferrari, UPS, John Deere, Caterpillar, Peterbilt, and CORVETTE at 6:00 pm est on National Geographic Channel. Have seen several times the making of C6 Z06..Very cool...recommended..Tom
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 01:42 PM
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Thanks for the heads up. I set the DVR.
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 02:25 PM
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I saw this show before but it's always worth watching over and over again
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 03:13 PM
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thanks!!

i missed this last time
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Thank's man!!!
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have it on the dvr
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 09:33 PM
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Missed the Vette but saw most of the Ferrari. Small wonder those 599s cost around $300K
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Same here!
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Next week is a episode on this bad boy..
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Originally Posted by Argent C5
Missed the Vette but saw most of the Ferrari. Small wonder those 599s cost around $300K
I missed it as well but it is on again Jan 25th on SPEED
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Show is very well done and shows folks just what goes into these cars.

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I've saw it before but got it on DVR. I've showed it to a few friends and they were amazed by it.
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I saw it,......very interesting,............but it still doesnt explain the orange peel in the paint. It is all robotic,.........what gives ?
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2 cruise-ins ago we had the chance to tour the plant that makes those Z06 frames, just after the film crew had been there to tape this. We had a great time there, and were very impressed with their operation. I think the employees were thrilled to have so many vettes in their parking lot.
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