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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 08:19 PM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1965-...QQcmdZViewItem
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 09:12 PM
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my boss drove a superperformance with a 550hp rousch small block today, I think he's in love lol

(he has a new 997 and a brand new M6)

sure is a handful for 70k complete.
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 09:15 PM
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Bah, thats nothing, check this one out

ebay item #

280088109225

you gotta check out his webpage. took me a week at work to go through the build diary

I can believe he wants to sell it now...
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by blue89turbo
Bah, thats nothing, check this one out

ebay item #

280088109225

you gotta check out his webpage. took me a week at work to go through the build diary

I can believe he wants to sell it now...
meh
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Philip
my boss drove a superperformance with a 550hp rousch small block today, I think he's in love lol

(he has a new 997 and a brand new M6)

sure is a handful for 70k complete.
Where do people get all this ******* money?
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Philip
meh
To each their own of course, I like that Cobra too. But with the Ultima it's the attention to details that the builder took, and the fact that the car will go 0-60 in ~2.8 seconds
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 09:41 PM
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Where do people get all this ******* money?
he and another guy started the company I work for and sold it for about 30 million quite recently.
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by LOLA - 92

As for the Cobra -- I like it -- But, that shifter would have to go -- It has to have a huge throw on it!
No, actually it's very short. It has to angle forward because you sit so close to the engine.
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he and another guy started the company I work for and sold it for about 30 million quite recently.
where's your cut?
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Originally Posted by hustler
where's your cut?
if by "cut" you mean "losing all your saved up vacation" then I'm with you
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here's his 997 BTW
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if by "cut" you mean "losing all your saved up vacation" then I'm with you
another reason why I work for the ******* government.
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I might have to ditch the GTO and build a big block factory five kit.
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