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Parkinglot Spot Light – 1980 Firebird TA 4.9

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Head in to the store for my second time today (happens when you don’t  follow the list as close as you as should) and I spotted this iconic car, the one, the only Firebird Trans Am.

I’m not sure why I took the pics like this – maybe balancing the bag of groceries and my Android and an impact.

 

 

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Clearly this car is a driver and that is perfect in my book.   Love the original honeycomb wheels and that hood scoop!!!  That 4.9 on the scoop indicates there might be a turbo under that bird sticker!!!!

Should look something like this:

4.9L T/A Pontiac V8

4.9L T/A Pontiac V8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The choices were the 4.9L T/A Pontiac V8, the Chevrolet 5.0L V8 and 1981 the highly desirable 4.9L Turbocharged Pontiac V8.

 

Thanks for reading.

Tim

 

 

Corrections & Amplifications

The Pontiac Firebird Trans Am featured in the first “Smokey and the Bandit” movie was a 1977 model. An Arena article on Friday about car movies incorrectly said the car was a 1976 model. In the movie, it was intended to be a 1977, although car buffs …
“Smokey and The Bandit” Fans, NASCAR Driver Tony Stewart Is Bringing It Back

The six-part web series has Stewart channeling his inner Burt Reynolds complete with an enormous mustache that would make any man jealous. He’s also got the iconic Pontiac Firebird Trans Am to play with and the hat to make the transformation complete.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amelia Island 2014 Preview | Mind over Motor

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Amelia Island 2014 Preview | Mind over Motor.

 

A great car show with some excellent photo ops for cool cars!!

 

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Amelia Island

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Thanks for reading.

Tim

 

 

BMW displays Calder art car, racers and classics at Amelia Island

The first BMW art car — a 1975 3.0 CSL wearing a paint job designed by Alexander Calder — headlined a class of significant cars from the German automaker at the 2014 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. It was joined by a BMW M-powered McLaren F1 …

 

Video Clips of Resuced 84 PPG and the One Millionth Corvettes

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Here is a quick clip of the 84 PPG Pace Car recovery.

 

 

1,000,000th Corvette Recovery.

This are great!!

Thanks for reading.

Tim

A Mini Documentary on the National Corvette Museum Sinkhole

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Watch the video, you’ll see a good close up of the first three cars and seem them on display “as is”.

 

 

Thanks for reading.

Tim

 

 

Five of eight Corvettes pulled from museum sinkhole; photos show heavy …

National Corvette Museum’s effort to remove the eight cars swallowed by a sinkhole last month got off to a triumphant start: The 2009 Corvette ZR1 “Blue Devil” pulled from the hole earlier this week drove away from the scene of the disaster under its …

 

 

Car Show Supporting Team Tanner and Autism Awareness

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I’ll be there with my C6!  We’ll have section just for Corvettes!!!

 

Great Cause!! Great Fun!!!

Great Cause!! Great Fun!!!

 

Let me know if you going to attend and we’ll meet up.

Go to: http://storage.cloversites.com/22ndstreetbaptistchurch/documents/Classic%20Car%20Show.pdf    to get your registration form.

Thanks for reading.

Tim

Researchers look at boy-girl differences in autism

It has long been clear that autism strikes boys more often than girls. But when girls do get the condition, they tend to be at the severely affected end of the spectrum. Now, a group of geneticists thinks they’ve figured out why. Boys, it seems, can …
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National Corvette Museum Corvette Rescue – Current Update Graphic

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Ok…Here is the latest graphic updating the rescued Corvettes from the sinkhole.

 

Three more to go!!!

Three more to go!!!

 

 

Five of eight Corvettes pulled from museum sinkhole; photos show heavy …

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National Corvette Museum PPG Pace Car – Surprise Rescue 2!!!!

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“Sad” is the only way to describe this once beautiful machine.  I’ve seen this beauties many times during my visits to the museum (except the Blue Devil) that were or are in the sinkhole.

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PPG Pace Car

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PPG Pace Car

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was a very unique vehicle. As you can see it was crushed with a slap of concrete.  I think I read where one of the workers said it was “karate chopped”.

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PPG Pace Car

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of all the damaged Vettes this one might just be the most impressive if they can restore it!!!!

Thanks for reading
Tim

1,000,000th Corvette Surprise Rescue!!!

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http://corvettemuseum.blogspot.com/2014/03/millionth-corvette-unexpectedly-saved.html

“Initially there was no intention to bring the Millionth out, but as we got in there and saw more this morning we did feel like this might be our best chance,” said Danny Daniel, President of Scott, Murphy and Daniel Construction.

Danny indicated that they pulled the car by one wheel from where it was lodged and it swung free into the cavern. They were then able to lift the car and place it to rest, upside down on the bottom of the sinkhole. Finally, the Corvette was hooked up by its two tires for final lifting out of the sinkhole, much like the process to retrieve the 1993 40th Anniversary.

“Went like a champ, we were tickled to death,” added Daniel.

“The Millionth Corvette has been through a lot, but the damage at first glance seems to be less extensive than what it could have been, especially given the precarious spot the car landed,” said Bob Hellmann, Facilities and Displays Manager at the Museum. “The undercarriage and frame look to be in good condition and everything is repairable.”

The Millionth Corvette was built at 2:00pm on July 2, 1992 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Just like the first 1953 Corvettes, it bears a white exterior, red interior and is a convertible. The car was donated to the Corvette Museum by General Motors. In a press release from 1991, Jim Perkins, General Manager for Chevrolet at the time, said “We’ve been looking for a way to support the goals of the museum, which are to enshrine a great car and the great people who made it an American institution.” This donation came two years before the museum that exists today had opened its doors.

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She looks a little rough to me.

I have to take a minute to give job well done to the crew working the rescue.  Lots of people appreciate their efforts.  I having pulled a RV from a 100 ravine with a tow truck, it’s nerve racking job….these guys are pros.

Thanks for reading.

Tim

National Corvette Museum Update 3/4/2014

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NCM:

 

March 4, 2014 Update from Museum Executive Director Wendell Strode

March 4, 2014 at 8:15am

Today the construction and engineering team extracts the 1962. After that there will be additional work done to stabilize the red spire, the walls of the sinkhole and the area immediately around the walls. This will take approximately 3 weeks.

 

After this has been completed, the construction firm employees will begin removing the dirt, concrete, rebar, Stinger lift, safety barriers and everything else until the remaining 5 cars have been extracted. The timeline for this is approximately an additional 3 weeks.

 

Thanks for your patience during Operation Corvette +!

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Corvettes pulled from sinkhole at National Corvette Museum in Kentucky

Two classic Corvettes re-emerged Monday from a giant sinkhole that gobbled up those and six other prized vehicles still trapped beneath the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky. Workers in a cage painstakingly hooked straps around the cars before a …
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build the V8 engine, then took delivery of the car at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY, near the Corvette final assembly point …