JakeD
01-19-2016, 10:41 PM
Well well, where to begin...
This project started approximately 16 years ago. I was about 10. My dad purchased this car after it had sat in a guy's drive way for 15 years, windows down. To say it was a rust bucket is an understatement seeing as we live on the wet, west coast of Canada. I was 10 then. I didn't know a lot about cars, but sure loved the smell of gasoline. Bought the car, towed it home, got to work. We did a mediocre build on it. Most of the money was put into replacing all the sheetmetal pulling together random part as we could. New quarters, floors, trunk, fenders, hood, etc. We put a mild pontiac 350c.i. in it, a turbo 400, stock suspension and open GM 10 bolt with 3:08s, a set of centrelines and a cheap paint job to finish her off. That was that.
At the age of about 17, he gave it to me. I ended up selling it so I could go to university. That was 8 years ago, and I've been looking to get a muscle car ever since. I regret that I sold it. But luckily, it has come back into my life. I have been searching the local "buy/sell" site every morning for the past year or two, and about a year ago I found it. The same guy who bought it off me did a restoration on it. He put a Poncho 400c.i. in it, nothing special but she's nice. He finished off some odds and sods, made it look great. I purchased the bird back.
In the past few months, I've been parting together a pro-touring build. Now, lets make it clear that the car was already a resto-mod when we purchased the car 16 years ago. It came with no engine or trans. It was originally a 6 cylinder firebird sprint, so she's not a purebred.
The parts I have installed in the car since getting back are as follows:
•DSE mini tubs
•Moser 12 Bolt - 3.73 gears, 1/2"x20x2" screw in studs, semi gloss powder coat, aluminum girdle, 33 spline eaton true trac diff, narrowed 2".
•Wilwood disk breaks:
Front: Forged super lite 6r big brake kit - 140-12271-DR - Wilwood Flexline No: 220-7056
Rear: Forged dynalite rear parking brake kit - 140-7141/7139
Master: aluminum tandem master cylinder kit with proportioning valve and bracket. - 261-13626-BK
•RideTech CoilOver System - Level 2: tubular UCA/LCA, 2" drop spindles, HQ CoilOver shocks, triangulated 4 link.
•RideTech muscle bar front sway bar.
•RideTech TruTurn system 67-69 F-Body
•QTP 2 1/2" electronic exhaust cutouts.
•Hurst roll control
•Corbeau Racing VX2000 seats, full leather, 1" shaved base, 67-69 f-body seat brackets.
•Custom fabricated subframe connectors
So whats next... Well I would love to do it all at once, but I'm 25 and working on it when the funds permit. The car feels amazing since putting in the new suspension. I put 700b springs in the front since I have a 400 pontiac with cast iron heads. The ride is stiff, however I still need to play with the adjustments on the shocks. I am currently in the midst of purchasing wheels. I have the 17" Torq Thrust II on them. Love them, but I am going the protouring route of course. Also, since I narrowed the rear end and mini tubbed it, the back wheels just look so wrong, Its tearing me up.. Lastly, the engine and trans. Eventually I will save up to top it off with a decent power plant and a t56 behind it. I am just going to drive the snot out of this engine until she goes.
I will be doing some small mods in the mean time. Steering box and pump needing replacement, looking to put on a sparco steering wheel and some new gauges. Other than that, just taking pictures and laying down rubber with the exhaust cutouts open!
Hope you enjoy the thread.
P.S. Donna = a babe.
This project started approximately 16 years ago. I was about 10. My dad purchased this car after it had sat in a guy's drive way for 15 years, windows down. To say it was a rust bucket is an understatement seeing as we live on the wet, west coast of Canada. I was 10 then. I didn't know a lot about cars, but sure loved the smell of gasoline. Bought the car, towed it home, got to work. We did a mediocre build on it. Most of the money was put into replacing all the sheetmetal pulling together random part as we could. New quarters, floors, trunk, fenders, hood, etc. We put a mild pontiac 350c.i. in it, a turbo 400, stock suspension and open GM 10 bolt with 3:08s, a set of centrelines and a cheap paint job to finish her off. That was that.
At the age of about 17, he gave it to me. I ended up selling it so I could go to university. That was 8 years ago, and I've been looking to get a muscle car ever since. I regret that I sold it. But luckily, it has come back into my life. I have been searching the local "buy/sell" site every morning for the past year or two, and about a year ago I found it. The same guy who bought it off me did a restoration on it. He put a Poncho 400c.i. in it, nothing special but she's nice. He finished off some odds and sods, made it look great. I purchased the bird back.
In the past few months, I've been parting together a pro-touring build. Now, lets make it clear that the car was already a resto-mod when we purchased the car 16 years ago. It came with no engine or trans. It was originally a 6 cylinder firebird sprint, so she's not a purebred.
The parts I have installed in the car since getting back are as follows:
•DSE mini tubs
•Moser 12 Bolt - 3.73 gears, 1/2"x20x2" screw in studs, semi gloss powder coat, aluminum girdle, 33 spline eaton true trac diff, narrowed 2".
•Wilwood disk breaks:
Front: Forged super lite 6r big brake kit - 140-12271-DR - Wilwood Flexline No: 220-7056
Rear: Forged dynalite rear parking brake kit - 140-7141/7139
Master: aluminum tandem master cylinder kit with proportioning valve and bracket. - 261-13626-BK
•RideTech CoilOver System - Level 2: tubular UCA/LCA, 2" drop spindles, HQ CoilOver shocks, triangulated 4 link.
•RideTech muscle bar front sway bar.
•RideTech TruTurn system 67-69 F-Body
•QTP 2 1/2" electronic exhaust cutouts.
•Hurst roll control
•Corbeau Racing VX2000 seats, full leather, 1" shaved base, 67-69 f-body seat brackets.
•Custom fabricated subframe connectors
So whats next... Well I would love to do it all at once, but I'm 25 and working on it when the funds permit. The car feels amazing since putting in the new suspension. I put 700b springs in the front since I have a 400 pontiac with cast iron heads. The ride is stiff, however I still need to play with the adjustments on the shocks. I am currently in the midst of purchasing wheels. I have the 17" Torq Thrust II on them. Love them, but I am going the protouring route of course. Also, since I narrowed the rear end and mini tubbed it, the back wheels just look so wrong, Its tearing me up.. Lastly, the engine and trans. Eventually I will save up to top it off with a decent power plant and a t56 behind it. I am just going to drive the snot out of this engine until she goes.
I will be doing some small mods in the mean time. Steering box and pump needing replacement, looking to put on a sparco steering wheel and some new gauges. Other than that, just taking pictures and laying down rubber with the exhaust cutouts open!
Hope you enjoy the thread.
P.S. Donna = a babe.