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Originally Posted by Norwood
Did you sell the mounting holes for those spats to ?
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Heh! I didn't, since I wanted to keep that part of its history. but I could've charged double for them since they'd been oversized by the tinworm.
Spoke with previous owner's wife today, (she's my sister in law) she pulled out picture circa '85 when he first got the car, still had its original rims (he put cragars and later turbos on it) and it had the wheel flares. She says he definitely didn't put them on and definitely bought it from its original owner. He was a black serviceman from the south who'd just gotten out of the military. Car sold out of Wilson, NC and Fort Bragg isn't all that far away. Previous owner was a car dealership GM in NJ who bought it on the spot for cash when the guy drove it into the lot for a trade, so checking through that dealership won't lead anywhere. Given that the car was only 12 years old at the time, there's a distinct possibility the original owner T/A'd the car up at the dealership. Might have been cheaper than buying a T/A, since all he needed to add were the chin spoiler, wheel flares and dash bezel. (All of which were on the car when i got it.) One bit of hope, i just noticed that NC DMV made an error with the VIN when they researched it for me back in '98. Going to have them try it again. SC has no history of it, if NC doesn't, then I'm going to try VA. My luck it will turn out the flares and chin spoiler i sold were dealer installed and i'll have to buy them again.