Here is Mike's '74 Hatchback with some text from his email:

HEY DUDE, HOW'S IT GOING.  JUST LIKE I TOLD YOU BRO, I WAS GOING TO SEND
YOU SOME PICTURES OF MY BUICK APOLLO.  WELL I HOPE YOU CAN PUT IT UP ON
YOUR SITE SO I CAN BE WITH THE REST OF THE CLASSIC'S.  WELL HERE ARE SOME
FACTS ABOUT MY APOLLO THAT YOU CAN ADD W/ MY PICS:

*I BOUGHT IN AUGUST OF 96' FROM AN OLD LADY FOR $1500 AND IT ONLY HAD 33K
ORIGINAL MILES.  I'VE ADDED A FEW HAS TIME HAS GONE BY; 66,648.

*I BOUGHT THE IROC'S OFF SOME DUDE THAT JUST HAD THEM SITTING IN HIS TIRE
SHOP.  I HAD THEM POLISHED AND I CUSTOM PAINTED THEM...NOT BAD FOR BUYING
THE PAINT AT KMART HUH.

*I HAD THE BACK WINDOWS TINTED AT 5%, AND THE DRIVER, AND PASSENGER AT THE
LIGHTEST TINT OF 50%. I ALSO HAD THEM INSTALL POWER LOCKS IN THE OLD
BUICK...THANKS TO SUPER STEREO OF FRESNO, CALIFORNIA FOR DOING A HELL OF A
JOB.

*AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED THE PAINT JOB YOU SEE IS THE ORIGINAL PAINT.
WHEN I GOT THE CAR IT WAS NOT AS SHINY, BUT W/ SOME TIME AND EFFORT I
BUFFED IT OUT, AND KEPT IT WAXED.

*I ADDED A PAIR OF FLOWMASTER'S TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE IT'S A RACER, BUT
IT'S NOT.  IT'S STILL THAT SAME OLD GRANY CAR W/ SOME ROUGH SOUND.

PLANS FOR THE FUTURE:
WELL LITTLE BY LITTLE I PLAN TO MAKE IT CHERRY AGAIN.  I WANT TO REBUILD
THE MOTOR, AND ADD SOME PERFORMANCE PARTS TO IT.  LATERS.






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