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08-28-2002, 06:12 AM
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| Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Oxtongue Lake Ontario
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|  A Sad Day for the "F" Body PRODUCTION OF CAMARO AND FIREBIRD CONCLUDES TODAY .... This morning marks the end of an era for high-performance sports car enthusiasts. Workers at the Ste. Therese, Quebec plant will build the last Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird before the end of the day. Since the vehicles first appeared on streets in 1967, more than 4,750,000 Camaros and 2,600,000 Firebirds were produced. For the 2002 model year, GM celebrated the 35th anniversary of both cars with special limited editions.  |
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08-28-2002, 08:55 AM
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| Resident Idiot  Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Orlando, FL USA
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 |  It's 1987 all over again ------------------   '87 GN - Stock Block, Stock Cam, Stock Turbo, Stock Heads, V4, MSD50's, TH DP, JayJackson 62mm TB, 16position MaxEffort Chip. 3680# with Driver 11.92 @ 111.77mph '87 Mazda RX-7 w/GN Powerplant Visit : http://www.MisRed.com mailto:mike@TurboBuicks.commike@TurboBuicks.com</A>
__________________ Check Out MikesStuff4Sale.com to view my used parts!  ------------------------------------------------ 1987 Buick Grand National Budget 4.1, 204/214 cam, TA-49 Turbo, Stockish Heads, V4, MSD50's, TH DP, JayJackson 62mm TB, Translator plus Extender powered. 3680# with pilot ------------------------------------------------ 1993 Mazda RX-7 4.1 Buick Powered 11.20 @ 128mph (2.4 60')!  |
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08-28-2002, 04:05 PM
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| Boorn Looser Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 21,193
| Death of the F-Body, but I doubt if it's the death of the Firebird\Camaro...but then we are talking about GM. ------------------ Farakkan sucks! Posi-Locks Rule!
__________________ With ten nurses knocked out in just the first week, Frank realized that building the Old Boxers home next to the bell factory wasn't such a great idea Join the NRA |
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08-28-2002, 08:32 PM
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| Registered User  Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Winterpeg
Posts: 5,562
|  It was quite sad watching the news showing the last shift and all the workers. It's the end of an era. It's sad to see the cars go and even worse to see all those people on the unemployment line. Some of the workers even said they would not buy an other GM. Can't blame them, lots of emotion there! |
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08-29-2002, 12:41 AM
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| Surely you jest  Join Date: May 2001 Location: Norfolk, VA
Posts: 453
| I've been visiting the dealerships lately and the three that I've been to have no more Z28s or T/As. I did see a convertible Camaro, though. Yeeeesh, you should hear the "last one" pitches.  I wasn't even looking for an F body!------------------ 
__________________ I know who your daddy. I was there on November 12, 1966 near Clendenin, West Virginia. |
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08-29-2002, 01:39 AM
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| Registered User  Join Date: May 2001 Location: Elizabethtown, Ontario, Canada, K6T-1A4
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|  A dealer up here has a convert Firebird, yellow with the mag wheels. It is still on the showroom floor, and I expect it will stay! GM is going to have to come up with something soon to fill the void.....What is next, the Vette! GM Blows>>> ------------------ 1986 Buick Grand National, hardtop original, Jade Green pearl base/clear Sikkens paint, CAS V4 stretched intercooler, ATR 3" downpipe and high flow cat, Precision polished 70mm Plennum with RJC power plate, matched to polished AccuFab 70mm throttle body, stock turbo ported and polished exhaust housing, 16"GNX wheels and functional side louvers, AVC dash, Casper's hotwire kit and fuel pressure gauge kit, Art Carr shift kit, full Hotchkis rear suspension lowers and braces, Cross drilled front 12" rotors and carbon fibre pads, fully braced, Dual 2.5" Hooker exhaust, custom trunk kit, Kenne-Bell cold air kit with scoop. 1998 Buick GS Supercharged, underdrive Thrasher pulley, cold air kit, braces, 160 stat, adjustable FP regulator. Running high 13's! with a fwd.... mailto:Bradandtammy@sympatico.caBradandtammy@sympatico.ca</A> 
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08-29-2002, 03:38 PM
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| Boorn Looser Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 21,193
| Many times I'm sorry GM ever invented the Vette. They are so afraid that something else will outperform it that they have killed performance vehicles for the other divisions in their own company!
__________________ With ten nurses knocked out in just the first week, Frank realized that building the Old Boxers home next to the bell factory wasn't such a great idea Join the NRA |
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08-29-2002, 10:47 PM
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| Addicted to BOOST  Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Winnipeg, Mb, Canada
Posts: 705
| Doesn't this sound familiar? Like in the 70's when everyone dropped the performance from everything and switched to econo-boxes. GM seems to be focousing on lowering fleet fuel mileage and making these little ugly cars that yes get wicked gas mileage but have little power. I think that in 10-15 years just as before we will see a re-birth of the rear wheel drive high performance cars. It is very sad to see these cars discontinued not only for what they stand for but for the what, 1400 workers who just lost their jobs
__________________ Craig Winters Vice-President, Manitoba Pontiac Association (incorporating Buick and Oldsmobile) www.manitobapontiac.com 1987 Grand National, Testa chip, Tomco 30psi injectors, Magnecor 10mm wires, Autometer Oil press, Temp, Vac/Boost gauges, Adjustable Fuel Press Regulator, Walbro 307 - hot wired, GNX style wheels, factory wheels in basement with original Eagle GT's still on them. Nothing that can't be put back the way Buick intended it. 2003 Chevy Silverado 2500HD 4x4, Duramax Diesel, 4-Door, Short Box. |
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