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Great purchase Nik

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69 DIRTY RAT:
I Luv the flares too! nice color as well.Good to see a vette other than red (although red vettes usually go faster). For the price its good value.I also doubt that the flares are original,I think (I could be wrong also) they were only offered when you ticked the L88 or ZL1 box,but occasionally these things did happen,someone may have knew the right person at the factory or a COPO special order??The only other reason it could be original is if it was a tuner car such as MOTION or Berger or a few others.But if that was the case it would be worth a fortune!But the L88 hood on you car goes with the L88 theme!.The only other thing you should check is the possiblity of rust on the windscreen pillars.This is a common rust problem as well as the chassis.Look for bubbling around or near the VIN on the pillar.Anyway I hope you drive it hard!Remember the police highway patrol shift change is around 6am ,this is a great time to kick it in the guts!!!.I used to do 100mph to the beach to go surfin.YEEEHAAA...........ENJOY

Nik:
I'm starting to doubt the originality of the flares, but the guy that owned it was a NCRS guy, so I'm going to see what he has to say about it.

I actually saw a magazine article which I skimmed over about it which was with the car. Might have to check it out further :)

should be delivered soon :)

-- Nik.

Brutus:
Nik...The information I have is that L-88/ZL-1 "flares" were sold "over the counter" and not factory installed. I believe the ones in your pic are not GM as they have too much material at the rear, factory flares tapered in to the body much more. The GM flares would also have a part number glassed in on the back side if you can get under and look.
Btw, aside from the hood, the car as is certainly isn't an original what with the after market tach, flex fan and headers as well as some other points I've noticed. I may not know everything that's supposed to be original, but I can spot a modification a mile away.:22

Nik:
oh yeah, I don't deny that >8)

there are more unorginial parts, but the engine is numbers matching, which is great for me >8)

It doesn't really upset me at all if it isn't original, cause it still looks darn sexy :22

Darn darn sexy.

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