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Old 10-25-2004, 04:44 PM
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Tribute to Old Track Days of 3rd gen

Pics for ideas for body mods
CAMARO's, lower in this post you can see TRANSAMs and FIREBIRDS, and some corvettes.










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THOSE ARE SWEET PICS!:hail: :hail:
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HOLY CAMARO!! Thats alot of pics but i do like those cars. LOL
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That 2ndgen has seen better days
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those are cool pics, but those cars are kind ugly compared to stock
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that #58 TA (black and white pic) is awsome
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Cool thread!
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Those low-to-the-ground Camaro noses look BADASSSSSS
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mmmmmmmm..that #12 has the hood I want!:..only without the T/A grills!cool: :hail:
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I KNEW IT WOULD WORK !!!! I LOVE EM TOO!!!!


HERE ARE SOME FIREBIRD PIX







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AND 4TH GEN CAMAROS


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wow where do u get all these pics?
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I want a hood like those Camaro's have for my IROC. It would give me just the extra clearance I need while retaining a stockish appearance.
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Mind you they all have different body style, if you take enough time to notice. Every team built their own... a lot of variety in styling just among 3rd gens...


SOME MORE PIX
Still smokin rubber








Ferrari looks a little like 3rd gen
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NOW OFF TO 2nd GENS!!!!



FASTER THAN A PORSCHE BEHIND IT







LOOKS LIKE A TRAIN WITH A FENDER LIKE THAT



WOW TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ONE!!!! ROCKET
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HOLLLEY FTUCK !!! CHECK THIS ONE OUT!!!!
This one raced in 1978 pic taken at MOSPORT (Canada, ontario, bowmanville) track

And this one at WATKINS GLEN in 1978


LOVELY 2nd GENs HUH?!Btw, they are a bit different from each other, notice.

Firebird? Looks like it to my eye

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wow, yes this is a good post with tons of pics!!

The last one of the 2nd gen TA has some big azz tires on that thing!! :hail:
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Yea, that bird or ta got some size on them, look like 375's rear or something (comparing one's I saw on '97 McLarenF1 GTR Longtail)

I don't like Nascar stuff, so everything here is NOT oval racing... It's more like GT racing. In some pix u can see a label GT1 on some cars - race class long banned from races :-( FIA said too much money being spent to race GT1's and that they're overpowered in some aspects ( late 90's), But these are Trans-Am race series.

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Doesn't this Mercedes look like a new Mustang?
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This should be on the history board.

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Doesn't this Mercedes look like a new Mustang?

Well, lol, 1977 Mustang looks like the 2005 one, take a look here BUT DON'T KICK ME HEHEHHE






AND to neutralize all hate and loathe, lol, I throw in some of 2nd gen stuff.. Old old pix, late 1970's



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Check out that #80 second gen....

And we thought big wings were *****!
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Originally posted by RAV3N
Well, lol, 1977 Mustang looks like the 2005 one, take a look here BUT DON'T KICK ME HEHEHHE...
I dunno... that Mercedes looks a lot more like the new Mustang than the old Mustangs do.
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Check out my post on wings on thirdgens. This is the look i am thinking about shooting for!!! That road race street car look that actually can handle well.
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Dude, you're my freakin' hero, I was looking for post of 3rd gen trans-am cars. I love those body styles. Do you happen to know if any of those were taken in St.Pete, FL? I worked the pit fire crew there for years and also for the champ car race.
http://willytribbs2.com/77%20car2_C.jpg

http://83camaroz28.tripod.com/
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Someone should throw some hood louvers on this hood, http://www.hawksthirdgenparts.com/in...l?v=1&pid=6948 and add a 5" iroc spoiler. Maybe someone could do a photoshop on a "street" car???
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My car has the 5in spoiler and I love that hood, maybe the next project.
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Those are real nice racing shots.

Up here in La Crosse, someone is still using a Thrid Gen Camaro in our local track Late Model series. It was very surprising to see a mid 80' Camaro on the track with all the 2000 Monte Carlo's Taurus's and intrepid's.

This year was the first year I saw it on the track. Unfortunately I don't have a picture of it. If it's out there next year, I'll drag this post up from the dead, and post a picture of it.
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Yeah, I've been searching the net all over for these. Knew they existed on track, but never got to see em. Well, here they are.
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