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    1. 69Phoenix's Avatar
      69Phoenix
      69Phoenix is offline Registered User
      Join Date
      Sep 2006
      Posts
      153
      Basic info
      1970
      Pontiac
      Firebird
      No
      Blue
      In progress to be a weekend driver. Nothing too crazy, stock body with a few mods to bring it into the 21st century! No need to worry about pretty paint, rocks, bugs, and rain. Being built to drive.
      Engine
      March
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      Factory 455
      8
      467
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      Fuel injection
      FAST EZ-EFI
      Aluminum
      Edelbrock
       
      4.25
       
       
       
       
      Exhaust
      Header
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      X-Pipe
       
      Transmission
      TKO600
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      Rear End
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      342.00
       
      Wheels & Tires
      Foregline
       
      Polished outers, grey powder coated wheel face
      18
      8.00
      19
      12.00
      Brakes
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      Baer
       
      6
      Baer
       
      4
      Suspension
      Detroit Speed & Engineering
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      Detroit Speed & Engineering
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      Safety Equipment
      4 Point
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      Interior
      Dakota Digital
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      Vintage Air
      Events
       
      Builder / Thanks to
      Bob the Builder Lawson is currently working on this project for me.
      Story / History
      Same story many of us have. Ebay purchase from a guy in San Antonio over ten years ago. When I showed up to pay there was a story about how he could not drive it outside b/c the column was loose as he had been working on the heater controls. A small drip of oil underneath and a few missing bolts under the hood "should" have been the clue to "RUN". I negotiated a $5K discount and had the car hauled to my shop north of Austin. The car ran but I was too busy to work on it so it sat for the last 12 years. When we tore the car down a few months ago we realized just how bad the mess was. A total scham of a car. The paint job had poor masking when applied, the headers had blue paint on them where you couldn't see it. The front steering components had been rattle can painted in all places a guy with a can could reach but upon tear down many places were just raw... Obviously painted while on the car. Exhaust... Gulp... Held together with wire. A complete wreck/mess.

      So.. What do you do when you are faced with such a mess??? Start from scratch. We are replacing everything but the sheetmetal. I don't want to know what lies beneath the surface. It's a 10 footer on the paint and that is good enough for me since I'm going to abuse the "sh*t" out of this car. So.... Typial story but every "good" car has to come from some humble beginning. Hope to be done in time for summer.
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      Future plans
      Drive it!!!

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