1967 Firebird build pics. 6.0 kenne bell, t56, 4 link

[Captain7787]

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[Captain7787]

Pictures kind of got jumbled up when I uploaded them. Just a few pictures of the build. We are getting close now.

[Captain7787]

Bumper with cutouts for my fog lights

[cactuss4]

tsktsktsk, welding or grinding and no safety goggles, I can over look the lack of gloves (barely), but the lack of eye protection, shame on you!! :)

Really nice, lots of work and I can't believe that drivers side floor, oh my gosh!!

Tory

[Captain7787]

Haha! that is actually out of the norm for me. Im all about eye protection!! Thanks Ill be posting my hood when I get the pics uploaded. I had to raise it about an inch ( I guess the supercharger wasn't an option in 67)

[Captain7787]

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[gordonr1973]

Amazing work!! Very nice car with great ideas!

[T_Raven]

Great looking car. I like the hood mod. I've always wanted to do something similar.

[Hammered]

I agree on the hood mod - that looks far better than any of the aftermarket raised hoods.

[Captain7787]

Ya the cowl hood on the firebird looks like 3 blind people designed it. It doesn't follow the lines at all.

[Captain7787]

Got the hood cleared

[Tom Welch]

What did you do to get the rear bumper like that, you suck by the way since your Firebird is WAAAYYY ahead of mine, seriously it looks amazing. I really like the flush fit rear bumper, how did you go about it?

[Captain7787]

Took the bumper and cut it down to fit flush and welded it to the car.( it was a lot easier said than done) It was purely to stiffen the car up for road course, looks had nothing to do with it... Just kidding lol I'm about 2 years and 3 months in. Only wiring and interior to go!

[Todd in Vancouver]

That looks so sexy and so, so straight. Nice job!

[Captain7787]

I know it's not the period correct bird, but most if the parts on the car aren't period correct lol

[Buryingthesun]

I love what you did with the hood!

[LSXZ28]

Awesome car! Love those first gen Birds!

[gordonr1973]

Can't wait to see lots of pics of the hood on the car!!

[Bmf5150]

Very nice

[Captain7787]

Thanks, Its been a long time coming!!

[AusBird]

Subbed.

This thing is amazing!

[lucky13firebird]

dig it, love the black

[Captain7787]

Got to put my new fesler hood hinges on finally.

[Captain7787]

Hood on

[Captain7787]

Still a little adjusting but it's on!

[Widetrax]

This is one of the coolist first gen birds I have ever seen!! Really like what you did with the hood. Check out what a 68 looks like with the rear quarters puhed out 3 inches, and minitubbed 2 3/4 inches. I now have 16 inches of rear wheel tub, 18 to the wheel arch lip.84686

[Captain7787]

Front end

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Front end

[Captain7787]

Thanks man and I like that. Do you have a build thread??

[chevy4life]

absolutly love the subtle red accents. im all about the red and black!

[blade]

realy great looking car! Nice job!

[Doodler]

Man, There is just nothing better than a laser straight black car. Makes me want to paint my falcon black. But having had done body work on a black car before, I'm not sure I want to subject my self to that punishment again, lol!



This is one of the coolist first gen birds I have ever seen!! Really like what you did with the hood. Check out what a 68 looks like with the rear quarters puhed out 3 inches, and minitubbed 2 3/4 inches. I now have 16 inches of rear wheel tub, 18 to the wheel arch lip.84686

Holy crap those tires are stretched on there!

[Captain7787]

Thanks guys, finishing bidding then it's time to put glass and wiring, then time to hear her roar. Probably sound better than Katy perry

[gordonr1973]

More pics please; before, during and current pics!

I check this thread every night for updates, it's awesome!!

[will69camaro]

Wow yea this car looks amazing. Good work.

[Captain7787]

Here's a teaser. We sat the back glass in to see how it looked. We are pretty much done wet sanding and started buffing so should have pics of it by the weekend.

[alocker]

Nice Car. The red in the grill looks sharp!

[Captain7787]

Got the mirrors and door handles on, seals installed. Waiting on parts now to install glass.

[Lenie]

Black Firebirds, gotta love em'. Very nice build, keep the pictures coming.

[Captain7787]

Will do. Got the headlights and taillights In and the front and rear glass set. It's starting to look complete...pics to come

[ponjohn]

Nice Bird...I am working on 68 now and have questions on the hood.

Did you effectively just raise the centerline?

How did you retain the shape of the scoop?

There is a fiberglass hood that is called a Super 400 Hood that provides 1.5 inches of extra clearance.
http://www.spottsperformance.com/body.htm

Spotts no longer sells them but they can be purchased through Hansberryinc.

Nice job for sure.

[Captain7787]

We just basically cut the center out and raised it where it was level with the top of the snorkels. Tried to get the metalwork as close as possible so there would be no shrinking on the main focal point of the car. I think it turned out nice

[Captain7787]

Starting on wiring! Pics to come

[CliffS]

Sweeeet, love this bird!
And yes, the red accents make the front stand out.
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[Captain7787]

Chin spoiler on and starting interior. Don't worry those seats will be recovered.

[67fenix]

Sweet bird!! What are those wheels?

[juggernaut]

Sweet bird!! What are those wheels?

and tire size?

[Captain7787]

The wheels are weld forged 3 pc s74, 18" custom backspacing. the rear tires are 285-40r18 i believe and the fronts are 245-45r18. not 100% but thats the #s that stick in my head

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[pontiac455]

What is your Rims size on back and backspace

[Captain7787]

They are custom backspace because I have a narrowed rearend. They are 18x10 though I believe

[Captain7787]

Back seats mounted!

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[Captain7787]

It won't let me upload pics from my phone. Anybody else had this problem?

[66larkgs]

check to see of you have space left. may be full in attackments

[Dalamar]

Great work, that is a beautiful looking bird. I love the custom front end and hood raise.
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[Captain7787]

I've had a few people ask me who was doing the work. It is 4 n motorsports in poplar bluff missouri. Talk to joey, he does a great job

[Dons67]

love this car and how you tied in the red in

by the way - have you ran it yet and if so how do you like the NT05's -- I'm about to buy a set but haven't been able to find anyone who has written about them on anything but corvettes

[96t/acj]

Love this build!!!!

[Captain7787]

Haven't ran them yet but I'm hoping for the best!

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[gordonr1973]

Looking great! What's the plan, glass the console and panels then paint them or cover them to match the seats?

[Captain7787]

We are going to cover it with alum foil, glass it then pop the pink foam out. They will be vinyl wrapped and part of them will be painted black to match. On the door panels the pink will be vinyl and the wood that you see will be painted. Then it will have leds in different places for interior lighting.

[firebirdzig]

What did you do to change your hood release?

[rohrt]

Wow!

Nice fab work. Amazing build.

[Firebird-Geek]

Awesome work! :cheers: THANKS for sharing the fab of the interior... there is very little info on these threads about designing interior panels and consoles. Cool to see how it goes from foam insulation into it's finished product! Especially for us that have ZERO interior experience!:)

Awesome bird! Love the subtle changes!

[Captain7787]

If you will look on the front you will see a little loop under the bumper. Connected a coated steel wire to the hood release. When it's not used you can tuck it up under the bumper and you can't see it.

[Captain7787]

The interior panels got the 2nd coat of glass today. Almost ready to get the seats recovered

[slammedwhitec5vert]

1 bad bird

[Captain7787]

Sanding fiberglass to get ready to paint. Hoping to have interior finished by the end of the weeks then I just have to wire and plumb the fuel lines and it's done. It's been a long road and it's finally almost over!

[Captain7787]

Console after paint

[gordonr1973]

Pics?

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[Cop Magnet]

Holy smokes! You went from 0-60 with that console might fast!

[rickpaw]

That console is insane.

[armourmark]

What front subframe are you running?

[Motown 454]

Awesome job. That interior is looking sweet!

[Captain7787]

It's a custom made subframe based on a mustang 2

[Protouringstang73]

Wow, awesome car! What is that on the console, is that carbon look? I must say that the interior is beautifull!!!

[rotted66]

that black is amazing, what color code? how many coats of base and clear did you use?

[Captain7787]

It's single stage ;)

[Captain7787]

Yes it was airbrushed carbon fiber and then pinstriped. Seat covers still need to be stretched, that's just a first fit

[Protouringstang73]

Look awesome and expensive :D

[Cop Magnet]

Can you elaborate more on how you made the console? That looks like fiberglas insulation you built up, then you reference glassing it over and "airbrushing" the carbon fiber on, then obviously its been pinstriped an cleared. I'm just a little confused and more than a little impressed, so I need some details! :D

[Captain7787]

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We made the shape out of styrofoam insulation, then covered it in glass, then sanded everything smooth and popped the insulation out to run wiring under it later, then shot base black, airbrushed the carbon fiber on and laid a pinstripe, then cleared it and wet sanded and buffed

[Cop Magnet]

Thanks! What do you mean airbrush carbon fibre on?

[Captain7787]

You basically use a stencil and then shadow to give it depth. Sounds easy when you put it like that haha

[Cop Magnet]

Just saw some YouTube videos on it, thank you.

[Captain7787]

Got the exhaust ran, power steering, cooling, ac and heater ran this week

[Captain7787]

Fuel system is complete. Just have to finish wiring and a little interior work

[Captain7787]

The car was involved in a minor accident last week. Driver door was backed into. We already have the new door in and wears prepping for paint. Minor setback

[Captain7787]

Started it today will post video later

[0065]

This is one of the best looking firebirds I've ever seen. Very nice build. This site has some of the best build threads period!!!!

[Captain7787]

Can't get video to load. Here's a picture of the trunk.

[Captain7787]

This is probably the worst app I have ever used. It will never load anything off of an iphone!!! It's a real piece if ****

[Freedom_road]

What are your door panels made of and how are you fastening them to the door?

You have given me inspiration to try my own mods to my interior over the long winter here in Michigan!

[Josh@Ridetech]

Love this build, car looks awesome bud!

[Captain7787]

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[Justin@EntropyRad]

That airbrush work is crazy, looked like hydro-dip at first!

[Captain7787]

Ya my airbrush guy is pretty awesome. We did the logos too

[Captain7787]

The door panels are fiberglass made just like the console with foam and fastened to the door in the factory location.

[Captain7787]

Put 631rwhp down last night. Shooting for 700 on e85 with tuning.

[1968CamaroSS_Sam]

What a gorgeous car. You guys have done a awesome job on this.

[md79ta]

An amazing piece of work there! Nice!

[Captain7787]

Thanks guys, been a long road. A little stressful at times

[GRNOVA]

Wow your build is amazing and the attention to detail is great I have been looking for ideas on how to build my console and I have to try your way. Question how did you fasten the foam pieces to one another? Also how many layers of fiberglass? Thanks aging great build.

[68Formula]

Wow, can't believe I missed this build! Amazing work.

Also a fan of the hood. Was thinking of something similar with a base hood.

So what headlights are those?

[Captain7787]

Fastened the foam with wood screws. The headlights are just an hid light kit I found on eBay

[Visitor]

this build is OFF THE HOOK!!!

[Captain7787]

Thanks, I'm glad it's finished

[Captain7787]

Have some parts left over if anybody is needing anything

[Freedom_road]

Thanks, I'm glad it's finished

I have been following off and on and didn't see any mention of the engine and it's performance numbers, what can you tell us about it besides it looks real good in there?

[Motown 454]

What a sweet looking car! Nice job.

[Captain7787]

It is a ls2 with ls9 heads, heads are worked a little with springs and valves, custom ground boost cam, kenne bell3.6 liter mammoth supercharger paired with a t56 magnum, McLeod clutch and it makes 630 hp at the wheels, 640 tq and is a blast to drive. When I get a chance I'm going to put it on e85 and redyno it. Hoping for 700

[T_Raven]

Everything looks great. The console turned out really nice.

[Freedom_road]

Wow that is quite a combo, very nice and must just absolute shred those tires.

[xsboost90]

lots of ideas for the mustang- i hope you know you are costing us all alot of money!

[Captain7787]

Ya I had a few friends that cost me a lot of money too!! Ya anything under 50 and it just blows the tires off. She's getting some et streets when these tires are done

[Captain7787]

Put a hurting on a new corvette last week. Stingray with some bolt-ons

[cbpldc]

Great work! This is my first time reading through this build. Your console is fantastic and you did a nice job making it look modern.

Chris

[camarodude87]

Holy ****. amazing ride!

[Captain7787]

Thanks guys. Trying to decide what to do next

[Captain7787]

Any meets in the Midwest going on?

[rlo347]

amazing car!!!! i have a 69 im working on.
what kind of rack and pinion did you use? what about exhaust?

[Captain7787]

I'm not sure, it came with the subframe. Used hooker headers into 3". Flow master mufflers with electric cutouts. The headers fit amazing I would strongly recommend them