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Re: There are only crickets in here...

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BlackBart wrote: 27 Aug 2020, 17:47 Do you guys have projects in your head that sit there for years?
945, lowered, chin spoiler, GTA wheels, not "stanced" just lower, not a garage queen, no stickers/fancy headlights/tint or aftermarket anything on the outside besides those listed mods... and one grotesquely, unreasonably, incomprehensibly large turbocharger.
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Those blue cars are so pretty. My FB friend in TX Kris Weldy has a bananas 940...


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Insanity! When it blows out the microphone on the video.....
I like the bronze pipes.
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BlackBart wrote: 27 Aug 2020, 17:47 Do you guys have projects in your head that sit there for years?
My previous ideas...
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https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1970- ... -914-6-35/


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Michelotti design, fuel injected 6, great noises.
Ignore the first 10 seconds and the woman in the muumuu, then the noises begin!



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Street version...
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..with an LS swap....and no Lucas
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242 V8
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GT350R
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Alfa Series 2 Spider
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...with an Alfa Montreal V8...
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The ubiquitous (except in the US) Alfa Romeo Giulia Super...
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This is the factory prototype for the '73 RS 2.7. Before the ducktail spoiler.
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1800S fun...

Dear gawd, this first one looks way too far gone to even attempt. What a lot of work, but look at it finished!



And there's apparently a whole Hagerty series on this car...
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I've always wondered what was inside these. It's a variable venturi carburetor (!)

https://zparts.com/index.php/resources/ ... explained/
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Skandix will sell you a brand new 5 1/2" 122 steelie.....

https://www.skandix.de/en/spare-parts/s ... n/1025467/
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A nearly perfect 122S GT in Poland....

http://www.nerdplace.se/volvoamazon/?id ... d6&ch=Zack

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