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Loaded truck for the trip to the lake, photos to come tomorrow

 

 

Ryan

 

 

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Not much with the truck but still a fun night. Drove up to the Lansing area to meet a friend, hauled his 69 Chevelle to Mid Michigan Motorplex in Stanton. He's been having fueling issues but still ran 12.7-.8. Couple methanol burning dragsters and lots of cool old iron. Also saw a Cobalt do a 22 second pass. :lol:

 

 

 

 

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Not much with the truck but still a fun night. Drove up to the Lansing area to meet a friend, hauled his 69 Chevelle to Mid Michigan Motorplex in Stanton. He's been having fueling issues but still ran 12.7-.8. Couple methanol burning dragsters and lots of cool old iron. Also saw a Cobalt do a 22 second pass. :lol:

 

 

 

 

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We have a little event in town here this week, NHRA Nationals :)

 

Bruno from trucks on speed tv drives a cobalt (autogeek sponsored)

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On the road

 

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Dog has less space this yr

 

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Ryan

 

 

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Not much with the truck but still a fun night. Drove up to the Lansing area to meet a friend, hauled his 69 Chevelle to Mid Michigan Motorplex in Stanton. He's been having fueling issues but still ran 12.7-.8. Couple methanol burning dragsters and lots of cool old iron. Also saw a Cobalt do a 22 second pass. :lol:

 

 

 

 

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We have a little event in town here this week, NHRA Nationals :)

 

Bruno from trucks on speed tv drives a cobalt (autogeek sponsored)

 

Yeah this wasn't a race car, just a regular old Cobalt someone drove to the track to screw around I guess.

 

 

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I misread that

 

Haha a stock cobalt I could have went there and back in the time it took him

 

Pics of the new house for the weekend, damn you hurricane iisac,

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Ryan

 

 

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2nd coat of bedliner went on today

 

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grill is off and going to paint at some point today

 

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Odd as this sounds, Sarah, you are the man. Between the intake cover, the headlight covers, taillight covers, sierra emblems, bed liner, grille, etc., you are not only talented, but a risk taker willing to go for it. Kudos to you. As for those "animated" opinions that someone had a few pages ago, well, some people are opinionated, some are just h8rs. There are hundreds of trucks on here, not many alike as most or all have done something to them. I see very few people dissing on eachother's mods. Those that do should spend less time critiquing others and more time in the mirror.

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why thank you, in fact i just found out i lost my moderator status on another forum because i called someone out for being rude and offensive after i posted a pic of the writing on my door, and he in fact was the mod in the wrong.. not me for moving the vulgar offensive posts in the trash.. some people can be so stupid if i dont like something on someones vehicle im not going to sit here and call them out on it, if they like it so be it, they spent the money on the vehicle and mod they obviously like it. I like to do my own work on my vehicle, i will admit some of these painting mods scare me at first but im confident that i have enough info and skill that i just go for it, if it doesnt work out then ill fix it or get it fixed. I dont care what others have to say im proud of the work ive done and would gladly lend a helping hand to anyone that wanted my help, ive learned alot from doing everything myself. next project is a lift ;)

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I agree sarah!

 

Btw.. Why cant you be closer to me, LOL. There are not many chicks around here that like to wheel / work on trucks / and actually get dirty.

 

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Oh , and today with my truck i ran all the speaker wires for the doors , and had my shop help me hook up the radio. I did all the manual work, they just had to connect it to the right wires, lol. Pics to come later. Too late now, or should i say early, lol

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lol thats why i have mainly guy friends my girl friends will ask what im up to and i say "doing etc" to my truck and they just refuse to help.. there arent many around here either that will work/build anything

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