Not a bad car, but it began to suffer from metal fatique: first, the clutch cable mount pulled through the fire wall, then the control arm mount broke off of the unibody. that was enough. I sold it when I got the El Camino
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She was actually a pretty good looking car. Nice profile. The optional alloys were pretty slick-looking as well, except for the absent center caps. | This is a fairly early picture, before I found the factory alloy wheels at a swap meet. I made an air scoop out of 3/32" aluminum that actually was functional. Unfortunately, I smacked it on a steep driveway entrance and mangled it. | Lousy picture from a lousy camera, sorry! I put tape stripes on the taillights in horizontal rows about a 1/4" apart. Made them appear white, but still function appropriately. Would have looked better when the rear was painted. | The bumper covers were supposed to be white. The previous owner had painted the urethane without using a flex additive in the paint, and it cracked and was flaking. I stripped them down to the primer. Never did get around to painting them... |
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The interior was all black, with brushed stainless-look inserts, not too bad looking. I added 6-1/2" coaxial speakers to the doors, and a Pioneer in the dash (that still works - I kept it!) | Remember the "Ultra-Hot" craze? They were surf products, but everybody wanted the sticker for their back window... The Chevy emblem I striped myself. You can actually see the taillight striping in this one. | Still hard to see the individual stripes on the taillights, but they're there. The Spyder package was an appearance package, and included the logo on the rear, a large spider down the hood (mine was in bad shape, so I removed it) and spider emblems front, rear, and the steering wheel hub. Actually quite restrained for the time! |
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