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Old 06-26-2009 | 01:36 PM
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NICE! Body work scares me. It's about the only car thing I can't do.
Old 06-26-2009 | 01:38 PM
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Now that I look at the pictures... Im not sure I like the way the side numbers and hood look...... anybody got a better idea's? Im thinking maybe angle the side numebrs to be parallel with the stripe?
Old 06-26-2009 | 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Stealth 993
NICE! Body work scares me. It's about the only car thing I can't do.
Ya me too.. that’s why I wanted to tackle it.... the whole point for me of having/racing this car is to learn and expand my knowledge. So I took this as a challenge and learned a lot..... I must admit though that I have a good friend in the business that came by to coach / help....

In the end, it really was not that hard, but it is definitely more art than science...
Old 06-26-2009 | 01:50 PM
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Looks GREAT Jeff! See you at CMP soon, I hope!
Old 06-26-2009 | 01:55 PM
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Wow, nice work! Have fun racing the car and no more "up close and personal" with the armco!
Old 06-26-2009 | 01:55 PM
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Smile Great job...

I had a quarter panel ouch...a BMW collected me with little to no damage to his car. You are really luck he could "save" the quarter panel...the original estimate for my quarter panel from a "Prestige" shop was $5,000....I had it fixed by a local guy at MACCO "under the table" on a weekend for under $1,000....

Your experience, mine and that of a lot more guys confirms my feelings:
A. You need lots of money to go race, 5X more than you can imagine,
B. Or, you need to have a throw away race car.
Old 06-26-2009 | 04:36 PM
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Looks great! Get back on track!
Old 06-26-2009 | 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Michael S.
Looks GREAT Jeff! See you at CMP soon, I hope!
Hi Michael,
Long time no see..... Hurricane region is having a DE at CMP Aug 28.... Im thinking we will use that to shake down the car... Will you be there?
Old 06-26-2009 | 06:01 PM
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I like it! Nice paint booth as well!
Old 06-26-2009 | 06:58 PM
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I'm signed up... But, they haven't cashed my check yet, so I don't know if I am in or not... I hope so! I'm also planning on doing the Triangle Region's Tail of the Dragon run in August... And, probably the DE in Oct as well...
Old 06-26-2009 | 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Martin S.
I had a quarter panel ouch...a BMW collected me with little to no damage to his car. You are really luck he could "save" the quarter panel...the original estimate for my quarter panel from a "Prestige" shop was $5,000....I had it fixed by a local guy at MACCO "under the table" on a weekend for under $1,000....

Your experience, mine and that of a lot more guys confirms my feelings:
A. You need lots of money to go race, 5X more than you can imagine,
B. Or, you need to have a throw away race car.
How true.... I budegted for double what I could imagine.... I'm already at 3x after one race so 5x is probably not too far off....... although another repeat performance of the last one and I quite for good....
Old 06-26-2009 | 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Michael S.
I'm signed up... But, they haven't cashed my check yet, so I don't know if I am in or not... I hope so! I'm also planning on doing the Triangle Region's Tail of the Dragon run in August... And, probably the DE in Oct as well...
Cool... ill see you there....
Old 06-27-2009 | 08:19 AM
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Impressive.
Old 06-27-2009 | 09:42 AM
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Wow....looks great. I like the addition of the black and red. How did everything spec out with respect to the suspension? Any need to straighten?
Old 06-27-2009 | 11:33 AM
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Nice work!


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