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PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2023 2:42 am    Post subject: The before/after thread - motivational pictures! Reply with quote
This great idea has been given in another thread.. let's do a cool before/after thread for the motivation !

I will start with a couple pictures :
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2023 10:19 am    Post subject: Re: The before/after thread - motivational pictures! Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2023 11:12 am    Post subject: Re: The before/after thread - motivational pictures! Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2023 2:36 pm    Post subject: Re: The before/after thread - motivational pictures! Reply with quote
Since my car isn't done yet, I'll just do this for my pan

My pan "before", the day the body came off
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2023 10:47 pm    Post subject: Re: The before/after thread - motivational pictures! Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 7:34 am    Post subject: Re: The before/after thread - motivational pictures! Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 8:02 am    Post subject: Re: The before/after thread - motivational pictures! Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 1:17 pm    Post subject: Re: The before/after thread - motivational pictures! Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 1:25 pm    Post subject: Re: The before/after thread - motivational pictures! Reply with quote
My last Ghia from about 10 years ago (this car was sold long ago).
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 1:32 pm    Post subject: Re: The before/after thread - motivational pictures! Reply with quote
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Beautiful car. Is that sugarcane in the background? It makes for a nice backdrop: one-third Ghia, one-third tree, and one-third blue sky.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 2:33 pm    Post subject: Re: The before/after thread - motivational pictures! Reply with quote
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Beautiful car. Is that sugarcane in the background? It makes for a nice backdrop: one-third Ghia, one-third tree, and one-third blue sky.

Yes, South Louisiana sugar cane. It was a random shot one morning but thought the colors were really cool.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:24 am    Post subject: Re: The before/after thread - motivational pictures! Reply with quote
Great idea for a thread!
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:26 am    Post subject: Re: The before/after thread - motivational pictures! Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:56 pm    Post subject: Re: The before/after thread - motivational pictures! Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 05, 2023 11:16 am    Post subject: Re: The before/after thread - motivational pictures! Reply with quote
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and 7 years later (blood ,sweat and tears)


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 05, 2023 12:00 pm    Post subject: Re: The before/after thread - motivational pictures! Reply with quote
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Blood, sweat and tears followed by

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2023 5:56 am    Post subject: Re: The before/after thread - motivational pictures! Reply with quote
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Great job! Love the colors.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 1:14 pm    Post subject: Re: The before/after thread - motivational pictures! Reply with quote
ANTOINE thank you for starting this topic. Great Idea from kiwighia68.

Crazy where all those projects have started! Shocked .... the more amazing to see the results!

Never forget where your journey has started:

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 8:14 pm    Post subject: Re: The before/after thread - motivational pictures! Reply with quote
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