Just some 17 year old
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From: Harold KY
Just some 17 year old
Yep you read it right, I'm only 17 but a vette owner. My mom had cancer and passed in 2005, while she was sick we sold our boat and she told dad he could do what he wanted to with the money, so we started searching for me somthing. We wanted a project and had our mind set on a old skool stang. Safe to say we found this Corvette and ended up buying it for a grand total of only $4750.
Car is a 79 L-82, Red on Red, auto wiht original motor. We, together, have completley rebuilt the car into our version of a resto mod. 355 with stock 80 model heads (uncle donated mine had a droped valve and a messed up seat) victor jr intake, 4160 650cfm carb, hooker headers, flowmasters, fed through a th350 to a 3.55 rear gear.
Future plans are a T5 swap (one reason i decided to start posting on here), for my bday (thursday) dads payin half on a mono spring from vbp and Ill probably order a set of 550 front springs to lower her a bit.
Here are some pics, enjoy and please dont mistake me for some punk kid ricer who drives a honda civic, my DD is a ranger thank you very much
Car is a 79 L-82, Red on Red, auto wiht original motor. We, together, have completley rebuilt the car into our version of a resto mod. 355 with stock 80 model heads (uncle donated mine had a droped valve and a messed up seat) victor jr intake, 4160 650cfm carb, hooker headers, flowmasters, fed through a th350 to a 3.55 rear gear.
Future plans are a T5 swap (one reason i decided to start posting on here), for my bday (thursday) dads payin half on a mono spring from vbp and Ill probably order a set of 550 front springs to lower her a bit.
Here are some pics, enjoy and please dont mistake me for some punk kid ricer who drives a honda civic, my DD is a ranger thank you very much
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Welcome to the forum. Very nice job, congratulations to you and your dad.
Can you give details on the paint? Awesome color.
Joe Johnson
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Can you give details on the paint? Awesome color.
Joe Johnson
www.MAGDANA.com
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From: Harold KY
Welcome to the forum. Very nice job, congratulations to you and your dad.
Can you give details on the paint? Awesome color.
Joe Johnson
www.MAGDANA.com
Can you give details on the paint? Awesome color.
Joe Johnson
www.MAGDANA.com
actually its a Chrysler trim color, I went through a couple books and found it, the color is called metallic red peral
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