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Left overs? Yes please.

Post by lakeratiam » Thu Feb 21, 2013 3:14 pm

Stumbled across these surfing the web one evening. They are brand new and never ran before. I bought all 4. :naughty: The seller tells me "they are left overs from a deal they had going with GM/SLP back in 95". 8) These are going to look great on the Hawk. And yes they are chrome, not polished. :D And no they are not the newer style Speedlines.

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I already had the new center caps. :)
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Post by 96AZHAWK » Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:37 pm

Very nice score!

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Post by Mattie » Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:47 pm

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Post by zmaro » Thu Feb 21, 2013 8:14 pm

Nice find, congrats!
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Post by lakeratiam » Thu Feb 21, 2013 8:36 pm

96AZHAWK wrote:Very nice score!
Mattie wrote:Saweet!
zmaro wrote:Nice find, congrats!
Thanks guys. I still can't believe I fell into these although my wallet is quite a bit lighter. :lol: Feels like perhaps I own a little piece of Hawk history. Did you watch the "95 Road Test" YouTube video I posted? Did you notice that the Purple Firehawk in that piece had chrome wheels?
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Post by Firehawk » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:49 pm

lakeratiam wrote:Thanks guys. I still can't believe I fell into these although my wallet is quite a bit lighter. :lol: Feels like perhaps I own a little piece of Hawk history.
Just a heads up, no Firehawk in 1995 was delivered from SLP with chrome rims. It was an option in 1995, but SLP had production issue with the rims and never delivered any.
lakeratiam wrote: Did you watch the "95 Road Test" YouTube video I posted? Did you notice that the Purple Firehawk in that piece had chrome wheels?
Wow, I have never seen a 1995 with chrome rims that were not done after deliver. That is very interesting. I wonder if only the test car got chrome rims.

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Post by Maplehawk » Fri Feb 22, 2013 12:31 am

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Post by lakeratiam » Fri Feb 22, 2013 11:01 pm

Firehawk wrote:
lakeratiam wrote:Thanks guys. I still can't believe I fell into these although my wallet is quite a bit lighter. :lol: Feels like perhaps I own a little piece of Hawk history.
Just a heads up, no Firehawk in 1995 was delivered from SLP with chrome rims. It was an option in 1995, but SLP had production issue with the rims and never delivered any.

lakeratiam wrote: Did you watch the "95 Road Test" YouTube video I posted? Did you notice that the Purple Firehawk in that piece had chrome wheels?
Wow, I have never seen a 1995 with chrome rims that were not done after deliver. That is very interesting. I wonder if only the test car got chrome rims.

Brian
Yup, thus my excitement over finding these. I thought they weren't delivered due to concerns over durability. I had heard that GM wasn't big on chrome over aluminum.



According to the seller, they had "a few sets" they were to do for GM. He told me he thought 1 set got shipped to GM, and one set got shipped to SLP and the set I bought was a "left over set" as he put it. If Dave is out there, maybe he can shed further light on this.
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Post by lakeratiam » Fri Feb 22, 2013 11:04 pm

Maplehawk wrote:score!!
For sure! :D Thanks Mac.
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Post by 1badchicken » Sat Feb 23, 2013 2:42 am

Either way this is the coolest thing I've seen in a long time. Congrats man
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Post by lakeratiam » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:59 pm

1badchicken wrote:Either way this is the coolest thing I've seen in a long time. Congrats man
That is a true find
Thanks man! 8) ! Yea, even if the seller's story is only half true, I'm still tickled pink to have them! :D
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Post by opie » Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:29 am

Very nice score indeed!
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Post by lakeratiam » Wed Feb 27, 2013 10:29 am

opie wrote:Very nice score indeed!
Thanks! Now I just have to figure out which tires I want to put on them. 8)
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Post by zmaro » Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:17 pm

Just incase anyone else here is interested in a set: http://chicago.craigslist.org/sox/pts/3588096867.html (They are not mine, just figured I'd share)
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Post by lakeratiam » Thu Feb 28, 2013 6:35 pm

zmaro wrote:Just incase anyone else here is interested in a set: http://chicago.craigslist.org/sox/pts/3588096867.html (They are not mine, just figured I'd share)
Not who I bought mine from, and I actually paid less than that. I do think he might have bought them from the same seller I bought mine from though, as he had told me he had a "at least" one more set that had not been chromed or painted yet.........go figure. :roll:
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