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Old Mar 22, 2013 | 09:42 PM
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Here is my 1st Vette. It sits beside my other baby. I have made my "new to me" C5 my daily driver. It rains so much in Washington I hardly ever get a chance to drive the Cobra. So....the Vette is the next best thing.

I love it.
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Old Mar 22, 2013 | 09:49 PM
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Spread the wealth moneybags!!! Awesome AC Cobra and great Vette as well.
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Old Mar 22, 2013 | 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by DooDooBear1999
Spread the wealth moneybags!!! Awesome AC Cobra and great Vette as well.
^This

Also, send me your garage!!

Great looking cars, of course I'm more biased toward the vette.
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Old Mar 22, 2013 | 10:26 PM
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Wow! Great looking pair!
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Old Mar 22, 2013 | 10:41 PM
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Nice! Both are super clean!

Thanks,Matt
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Old Mar 22, 2013 | 10:43 PM
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Congrats enjoy the ride...C5's make great DD
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Congrats on getting the C5 and love that Cobra.
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Originally Posted by DooDooBear1999
Spread the wealth moneybags!!! Awesome AC Cobra and great Vette as well.
Haha....I am certainly not wealthy. The Cobra is a FactoryFive Replica that I spent 3 years building. I was a single officer in the Army during my first deployment...so all the money I made during that 15 months went towards paying off all debt and what was left over I got to spend on the Cobra project. So.....Im certainly not rich....

BTW The Vette has a few issues I got to fix:

1. Tranny Rebuild (not very easy to get into 5th gear)
2. Torque Tube Rebuild (I think I got a bearing making a little noise)

So....I got a good deal on the Vette. As is, it drives fine....just is a bugger to get into 5th gear.....So...I don't use 5th gear.
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Old Mar 22, 2013 | 11:08 PM
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Wow! Great looking pair!
Thanks for the compliments. If interested here is my buildsite for the Cobra:

http://neric.skullz.net
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Old Mar 22, 2013 | 11:39 PM
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Why that's a really nice stable of vehicles!
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Originally Posted by madmatt9471
Nice! Both are super clean!

Thanks,Matt
Nice pair!
Welcome to the forum!
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Nice pair!!
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Very nice! looks just like an old z06 of mine. Not yet had a cobra or kit cobra yet lol Baddest car made! lol
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Welcome! You will find a lot of great information in here to isolate and correct problems. And, thanks for your service to our country.
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Nice pair! Welcome to the forum
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I really like C5's, but that Cobra. Damn!
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Very nice stable mate!
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Nice C5. That other car is pretty cool too.
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Nice rides..welcome

I spent 23 yrs in service so I would like to say I get the fact you aint rich.

Thanks for your service
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