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02-09-2010, 05:44 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: oxford
Posts: 75
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New member here! long story about my f-body buying experiences! lots of pictures!!
I just found out about this NJFBOA, and i think its pretty awesome, so many f-body owners near my area and i never knew about this lol! Plus I live 6 miles from island dragway so i can go to the nationals this year and i can also go to the Hackettstown meet!
i Originally used to own a red '96 Firebird Formula with 70k miles on it for just over a month and it was at the shop 5 times for the same problems they had to fix for it to pass NJ state inspection, cause they were located in emmaus PA they garanteed it to pass. It was also rollbacked 4 times because they messed up the ignition cylinder every time and couldnt get it right so I'd get it home and a day or two later the security light would prevent me from starting it, lets just say i had the worst Christmas break ever! Apparantly the car was owned by a younger kid who beat the snot out of it mechanically wise. I was just too anxious and stupid and wanted to get into an f-nody that i ignored the obvious signed, like misaligned fenders and an hour after i drove it home the rear end made horrible noises. It was the FASTEST piece of crap I have ever driven, even thoguh it had the 2.73 gears and A4 transmission haha. Then a few weeks of looking for something much better and taking my time a friend of mine found a craigslist ad for another 1996 Firebird Formula, 6 speed with 73k miles black on black leather, monsoon sound system oil changed ever 3k miles. So i went down to look at it and i had a nice LARGE check list and everything checked out well, i even paid less for this car than the red one and got 1000X's better of a car in EVERY way. I paid 6000 for this heap of crap red one and 5500 for my new black one!! I thank the people for giving me my money back so much, I was EXTREMELY lucky, and they probably felt like they were gonna get into legal troubles eventually and the guy who sold me the car felt horrible, since the damn thing broke ON CHRISTMAS EVE lol... anyway enough story time heres the cars!
sorry for any typos and the long read, i cant look down when im typing casue i had nose surgery and its still bleeding so i dont want to look down haha.
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NEW car and the dash board is mint too lol
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plus it already has the skip shift eliminator and it had plug wires and tune up done at some point.
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02-09-2010, 06:15 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: NNJ
Posts: 1,489
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sweet ride man! LT1 ftw!
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1997 Camaro Z28 - 355 LT1, T56, CC503, LTs, ORY, Bald Eagle-back exhaust, !emissions, Lingenfelter CAI, EWP, !CAGS, BMR LCAs, UMI PHB, Koni Str.t/Koni SA, C5 Z06 front / LS1 F-body rear brake swap, factory hurst with short stick 
2014 2LT Cruze 2.0 Turbo Diesel
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02-09-2010, 06:16 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Oradell
Posts: 8,370
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sweet cars, lucked out getin money back! i woulda swapped the rims lol
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97 Trans Am WS6
98 Blazer ZR2
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12 Tahoe LT
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02-09-2010, 06:20 PM
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Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: brick/pt. pleasant beach
Posts: 19,342
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welcome 
lucky you got your money back! they both look good though and lt1's are sweet
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02-09-2010, 06:21 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: oxford
Posts: 75
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the rims on the red car were peeling like all hell lol, im glad these aren't the chrome one's even though the chrome looked better.
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1996 Firebird Formula M6 3.42, CAI, skip shift elimintor. Sequential tailights, SLP loudmouth 1 catback pacesetter long tubes with 3 inch ORY.
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02-09-2010, 06:33 PM
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The Mayor / 2009 Member of the Year / Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Northwest
Posts: 8,867
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Welcome, there are a bunch of us in the area!
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1995 Z28 Convertible A4 13.78 @ 100 (CAI, high flow cat, catback, 160 thermo, hypertech, Strano springs, Koni yellows, sway bars, 3 pt. UMI SFC)
2018 Sea Doo GTX - 3 cylinders and das boooooost
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02-09-2010, 07:08 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Oldbridge
Posts: 701
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nice find... and yeah you deff lucked out getting your money back!
WELCOME
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2001 Camaro SS M6 LMII w/ LID (currently DD)
1987 Camaro IROC-Z 5.7 TPI RIP
1991 BMW 325i RIP
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02-09-2010, 07:21 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Sewell,NJ Washington Township
Posts: 2,416
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Welcome!
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1995 Pontiac Firebird - V6 few mods
1988 Mustang - supercharged, heads/cam etc...
2012 Mustang - 5.0 6spd / 437rwhp 420trq
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02-09-2010, 10:52 PM
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Co-Founder / Site Admin
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ewing, NJ
Posts: 22,473
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Welcome to the club!
- Justin
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1999 Camry - Beigemobile DD
2002 Suburban - Wife's DD
2004 Grand Cherokee - Not running / Project / Selling?
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02-10-2010, 12:15 AM
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11 Second Club
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Edison, NJ
Posts: 4,619
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welcome
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1999 Z28 Convertible. 6 speed swap, wide cowl hood, full hockey stripes, and a whining 10 bolt.
2008 Sierra Vortec Max. 6.2 swapped, headers, Magnaflow catback, GMPP CAI, NHT optioned tow package.
2006 GTO, 11.48 @ 118.3
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02-10-2010, 12:26 AM
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Queen of Destruction / NJFBOA Supporting Sponsor / Moderator / 12 Second Club / 2006 Member of the Year / PITA
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: I dunno..
Posts: 8,327
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 welcome aboard! nice to see someone else from warren county. I'm sure I'll see you around... i basically live at Island..
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02-10-2010, 12:53 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: barnegat nj
Posts: 1,340
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glad you decided to join this circus! WeLcOmE
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02-10-2010, 01:19 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Shamong, NJ
Posts: 1,358
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Nice LT1, Welcome!
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1969 Camaro SS - 350 w/ some work done.
2010 F-150
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02-10-2010, 08:25 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Jersey City, N.J
Posts: 66
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welcome...... thats 1 nice ride.
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1989 Pontiac Formula 350 5.7
Kooks headers.. 3 Inch Flowmaster Exhaust
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