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DavidS 08-08-2011 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ls6monte (Post 53404)
Cool David!

Thanks Ron!

Little by little all the pieces of ownership history are coming together.

DavidS 08-08-2011 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by irockidz28 (Post 53406)
thats awesome!!!

im with you tho..im not crazy about the foglights...i would only leave em if they were factory....

I think that is exactly what I'm going to do, but I think they look terrible.

Edit: I could do something like the Belgian Camaro I found on this page:
http://www.chevytalk.org/fusionbb/sh...p?pid/1301165/

http://prod.campuscruiser.com/cruise...f-foglamps.jpg

That does not look bad at all and I could keep the fog lights on.

DAWG 08-08-2011 05:34 PM

the fog lights would look good on your sons go kart lol!

Formula413 08-08-2011 05:47 PM

This is really cool stuff David. As far as the fog lights ultimately it's your car and you should do whatever makes you happy. If you value keeping it original above all else and they are original than go for it, but if you don't like them than ditch 'em.

DavidS 08-08-2011 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Formula413 (Post 53412)
This is really cool stuff David. As far as the fog lights ultimately it's your car and you should do whatever makes you happy. If you value keeping it original above all else and they are original than go for it, but if you don't like them than ditch 'em.

I like the look in the pic on the white car above, and if I could make it look like that with the brackets it currently has, I'm going to keep them. Otherwise, I'll just store them.

SLP IROC-Z 08-08-2011 07:58 PM

wow those pics are awesome, that car looked really sweet with the 5 spokes, the fog lights are gross tho, lol.

DavidS 08-08-2011 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by SLP IROC-Z (Post 53414)
wow those pics are awesome, that car looked really sweet with the 5 spokes, the fog lights are gross tho, lol.

Jack is the guy I bought the car from (he had it from 1975 to 2011). When he bought it, he said the wheels were hitting and the stance was all wrong since the front springs had been changed. He said he put stock front springs back on, had the rear leaf springs rearched and put stock wheels back on. That's why the date code is off on the Rallly wheels that are on the car now.

Jack said that the wheels that came off had an "ET" on the center caps.

Alfred's pictures are a little blurry, but I think these might be similar wheels to the ones that Alfred had on it:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...8/etwheels.jpg

Sold by Team III Wheels: http://www.etwheels.com/et/classic5.html

Alfred said he changed the front springs because he thought the car rode too low in the front and the front spoiler broke off.

ILuvPizzaTimes10 08-08-2011 10:15 PM

Are they a decent wheel company? I've never heard of them. Those look just like american racing torq thrust II's. Id get you a link or a pic but I'm on my phone. And the american racing are a bit cheaper and are decent quality.

DavidS 08-08-2011 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by ILuvPizzaTimes10 (Post 53423)
Are they a decent wheel company? I've never heard of them. Those look just like american racing torq thrust II's. Id get you a link or a pic but I'm on my phone. And the american racing are a bit cheaper and are decent quality.

I don't know anything about them. For now, I am going to leave the Rally wheels on.

I have a couple more questions to ask Alfred.

1) Is he the one that put on the fog lights?

2) Is he the one that painted the grille black?

DavidS 08-09-2011 03:03 PM

I talked to Alfred this morning and he put the fog lights on. I was wondering why I couldn't find any info or RPO code anywhere.

He lived for a while in the San Francisco Bay Area and it was real cloudy some mornings. The fog lights took care of that.

So.....into storage they go.

He also said the grille was black when he bought the car. The car currently has a silver grille that has been painted black. All non-RS Z/28s had a silver grille, so either there was a special order code to paint it black, or the owner before Alfred painted it black.


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