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Old 06-27-2022, 12:01 PM
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This just has to stop...
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Old 06-27-2022, 12:06 PM
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I assume you mean you don't want to live without one right? LOL!

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Old 06-27-2022, 12:08 PM
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no, just getting old and need to be buried with my dinosaur as nothing is cool anymore...

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Old 06-27-2022, 01:29 PM
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Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse...


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Old 06-27-2022, 01:49 PM
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I personally witnessed a Corvette guy commit suicide after seeing this:
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Old 06-27-2022, 03:05 PM
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Those corvette wheels dont even look that bad on that VW bus...

I secretly want a T3 caravelle myself.

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all the kids on the facebook groups are putting 2nd gen hood birds on 3rd & 4th gens...

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Old 06-27-2022, 03:18 PM
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all the kids on the facebook groups are putting 2nd gen hood birds on 3rd & 4th gens...
Further proof that social media warps the mind.

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Old 06-27-2022, 03:34 PM
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Try the non-suicidal approach. Look at the effect the second Gen Firebirds have had on multiple generations? People are willing to ANYTHING to get that look and feel back. Even though 99.9% of the things they are doing makes us want to vomit, it's an interesting social statement.

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Old 06-27-2022, 03:36 PM
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Here, hopefully this will bring you back down and restore hope.


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Old 06-27-2022, 03:43 PM
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Try the non-suicidal approach. Look at the effect the second Gen Firebirds have had on multiple generations? People are willing to ANYTHING to get that look and feel back. Even though 99.9% of the things they are doing makes us want to vomit, it's an interesting social statement.
I was thinking the same thing. One of the most popular cars ever made. To this day, people, even young people, love them. The last time I had my car out I had this younger guy yell out to us "I love your car man!!" Of course, I don't have a hood bird, but still, people love these cars. The fact that after all these years, people put hood birds on all these other cars is high praise. I'll take it.

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Old 06-27-2022, 04:19 PM
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The other thing that strikes me about the early second gen cars is even the lowest models look good. A plain Jane, inline 6, no optioned car still is a good looking car with a nice dash and nice seats and the same endura front end as a top line Trans Am. Can't say the same for a base Camaro. They look cheap and incomplete to me. Z28 is a nice car.

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I was an Industrial Design major when I saw first pics of 2nd gen. I thought wow, that is nice. Other guys with me thought same thing.

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Those corvette wheels dont even look that bad on that VW bus...

I secretly want a T3 caravelle myself.

Yes, Way better than the 84,85 vette. Those were ugly.

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I put those ‘84 Corvette wheels on my ‘66 pickup back in 1988, still turns heads wherever it goes.

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A friend has a 2nd gen F Bird, Light Blue paint job, basic engine and trans.
But is very well maintained and looks nice at the car shows: No scoops, no ducts,
no bird on the hood, no t-roof, no spoiler. Just a nice looking Pontiac 2nd gen F- Bird.

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Old 06-27-2022, 10:02 PM
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I had a white 1973 Grand Am 2-dr with a 455. It was a great driving car, I really liked it. The previous owner replaced the stock Rally IIs with a set of Corvette 25th Anniversary 15x8 wheels. I always liked those wheels because the design was so clean. I caught crap from both Pontiac guys and the Corvette guys over those wheels. I finally took them off and put Rally IIs on the car so I wouldn't have to listen to the complaints. I think I still have the wheels.
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Old 06-27-2022, 11:46 PM
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This just has to stop...
all it needs is a supercharged 455 and set of snowflake wheels.

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Old 06-29-2022, 11:39 AM
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I gotta say, this post topic did scare me for a second, then once I read it I completely understand lol. I just shake my head at these Bandit wanna be’s.

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