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Old Nov 30, 2018 | 07:54 PM
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Is there location hole behind the chrome "flying bird" on the side of the C7?
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Old Nov 30, 2018 | 08:27 PM
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Its Glued on. heat it up with a hair dryer, slip some fishing line or floss behind it and do saw motion.

Its a Stingray. Not a flying Bird.
Unless you got a rare Flying Bird Corvette.
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Old Dec 1, 2018 | 03:23 AM
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Thanks

My sales man didn't know what it was either. He is their Corvette expert.

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My sales man didn't know what it was either. He is their Corvette expert.
Find a new dealer
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^^^ +1
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Originally Posted by william43
Its Glued on. heat it up with a hair dryer, slip some fishing line or floss behind it and do saw motion.

Its a Stingray. Not a flying Bird.
Unless you got a rare Flying Bird Corvette.
Haven't you heard about the bird?

Everybody knows that the bird is the word!
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Originally Posted by KenHorse
Haven't you heard about the bird?

Everybody knows that the bird is the word!
Great, now I'll have that song stuck in my head...
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Great, now I'll have that song stuck in my head...
And that's what friends are for.....
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I think the Dealer sold him A T-Bird.
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And that's what friends are for.....
Hahahaha!!! I hope you got stuck in your head too!
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Hahahaha!!! I hope you got stuck in your head too!
A couple days ago, my wife and I were headed out in my new GS and had some tunes playing from my USB stick. One of 'em was Apeman by The Kinks (remember that one?).

She wakes me up at 3 am and tells me "if I can't sleep because of that damn song, neither are you!".

Hope you enjoyed my gift, Sconn
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Easily removed. Fastest and cleanest method I found is using a hairdryer to heat it up for about 20 seconds and peel it off. You’ll have double sided tape residue left over but that’s fine, just use duct tape over the residue and pull up on it real fast.
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Originally Posted by KenHorse
A couple days ago, my wife and I were headed out in my new GS and had some tunes playing from my USB stick. One of 'em was Apeman by The Kinks (remember that one?).

She wakes me up at 3 am and tells me "if I can't sleep because of that damn song, neither are you!".

Hope you enjoyed my gift, Sconn
I'll have to look that one up!

Not sure if I've heard it or not, but the other part or me doesn't want to look it up for fear of not sleeping tonight either!!
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I'll have to look that one up!

Not sure if I've heard it or not, but the other part or me doesn't want to look it up for fear of not sleeping tonight either!!
Well..if you can't, the Lion Sleeps Tonight

(a wema wep a wema wep a wema wep a wema wep a wema wep a wema wep )
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Originally Posted by KenHorse
Well..if you can't, the Lion Sleeps Tonight

(a wema wep a wema wep a wema wep a wema wep a wema wep a wema wep )
Damn you Ken!
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Damn you Ken!
Snicker
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"Flying bird"??? Come on! It's a stylized Gibson guitar!
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Old Dec 12, 2018 | 07:24 PM
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Thanks for the help and all the entertainment. I have removed the Stingray emblems and all went well. I was concerned about the possibility of finding a "location" hole. Had that happen on another car. The sides are more aerodynamic and the weight has gone down 1.6 oz. I'm assuming the top speed has gone up at least ten MPH.
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You won’t notice anything at TopSpeed. But in a quarter mile you should pick up a good 20 mph I’m glad you got the bird off .
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