1969 Pontiac Firebird aka Snow White

[LS2 Chevelle]

Building a 1969 Pontiac Firebird nicknamed Snow White. She will feature a RoadsterShop Spec Chassis, 461 Pontiac Stroker, building to autocross.

[LS2 Chevelle]

I drove down to Louisville Kentucky to pick up the chassis. Friend of mine is a distributor and had to pick one up for another customer so he stacked mine on top and brought it to me. We separated them in the parking lot of our hotel. it created quite a spectacle.

[LS2 Chevelle]

Now that I have the chassis in place it was time to disassemble the car and begin bag and tagging everything

[Alwhite00]

Great looking car. Keep the pictures flowing.

[anguilla1980]

Looking good man! Great to see another 69 on here! I'm building mine for SCCA CAM-T and HPDEs.

[LS2 Chevelle]

It's at this point that I wondered if I was insane to take apart a perfectly good running automobile.

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Great looking car. Keep the pictures flowing.

Thank you

[LS2 Chevelle]

Looking good man! Great to see another 69 on here! I'm building mine for SCCA CAM-T and HPDEs.

Thanks man....

[Hemi8]

Awesome!!!

Mike

[Mr Nick]

Glad to see you're keeping it Pontiac powered!

[LS2 Chevelle]

Glad to see you're keeping it Pontiac powered!

Thanks....yeah, I have a 70 Chevelle with an 6.0L LS2. Wanted to go old school on this one175186

[LS2 Chevelle]

Awesome!!!

Mike

Thank you

[LS2 Chevelle]

Looking good man! Great to see another 69 on here! I'm building mine for SCCA CAM-T and HPDEs.

Sweet! I can't wait to see yours go through the process.

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Awesome!!!

Mike

Thank you

[LS2 Chevelle]

So the plan was to purchase a Roadstershop chassis, put my perfectly clean rust free body on top then paint the car......... well I was shocked at what I found underneath the paint. Yes that's bondo that's about 1/4"-3/8" thick.

[Binford 6100]

That car looked super nice, how did you even Find that?

[anguilla1980]

I wouldn't have even been looking lol. That really sucks to come across at a point like this.

[454bug]

What a clean car to start with! I love these new full frame swaps! Looking forward to continued updates! :cheers:

[Alponcho]

I really like 69 birds. I hope you don’t find other spots like that.

[LS2 Chevelle]

That car looked super nice, how did you even Find that?

Lol.....was going to sand it down to bare metal.....to paint it right but we found this. Total shock!!

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I really like 69 birds. I hope you don’t find other spots like that.

Not taking chances.....taking it all the way down and starting all over again....

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What a clean car to start with! I love these new full frame swaps! Looking forward to continued updates! :cheers:

Well.......I thought it was clean.....lol....then reality struck....😱

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I wouldn't have even been looking lol. That really sucks to come across at a point like this.

Yeah...the cost for this build just went up by 3 times the estimated cost.

[dhutton]

Looks like someone did a hack installation of quarter panel skins. This should have been visible from inside the trunk.

Don

[LS2 Chevelle]

Looks like someone did a hack installation of quarter panel skins. This should have been visible from inside the trunk.



Don

It gets worse....someone put Camaro quarters on it. They filled in the grooves that are just behind the door or just in front of the rear wheels with bondo. I noticed it when taking out the quarter window regulators...... this will all be fixed

[anguilla1980]

That's very disappointing. I hope they didn't use Camaro front inner fenders too, which don't fit right and are also common. Good thing your new frame has rack & pinion because the 1yr only/Firebird only steering components may have been replaced as well.

[TANKMASTERJ]

I think that every on of these builds go up by 3 X the estimated cost. And us power hungry, show hungry, comfort hungry guys surfing PTF is half the reason lol.

[LS2 Chevelle]

I think that every on of these builds go up by 3 X the estimated cost. And us power hungry, show hungry, comfort hungry guys surfing PTF is half the reason lol.

That is so true.....same thing happened with my Chevelle. Told myself I would never do this again....ITS A SICKNESS :naughty:

[LS2 Chevelle]

After the complete disappointment of finding out what I really had under that pretty white paint I decided get a little drastic....can't have a pro-touring chassis with an Earl Scheib body... The arguments with the wife begin in 3, 2, 1......175227175228

[LS2 Chevelle]

The only way to do this right is to start from scratch.....Cause if you don't, things will bite you in the arse later.....Learned this when building my pro-touring Chevelle.

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That's very disappointing. I hope they didn't use Camaro front inner fenders too, which don't fit right and are also common. Good thing your new frame has rack & pinion because the 1yr only/Firebird only steering components may have been replaced as well.

Nope.....all Firebird there.

[andrewb70]

What a projet...

Andrew

[68Formula]

After the complete disappointment of finding out what I really had under that pretty white paint I decided get a little drastic....can't have a pro-touring chassis with an Earl Scheib body... The arguments with the wife begin in 3, 2, 1......175227

Why, did you forget to circle her with chalk and mark "keep" as well? j/k :)

Glad you'll be fixing the quarters correctly. Shameful all the atrocities hidden underneath that beautiful car.

[LS2 Chevelle]

Why, did you forget to circle her with chalk and mark "keep" as well? j/k :)

Glad you'll be fixing the quarters correctly. Shameful all the atrocities hidden underneath that beautiful car.

lol....because I'm building it for her....

[LS2 Chevelle]

So I decided there is no salvaging the body at this point... it was time to gut everything. The only thing original is the roof, rocker panels, and deck lid. Everything else got scraped.

[68Formula]

So I decided there is no salvaging the body at this point... it was time to gut everything. The only thing original is the roof, rocker panels, and deck lid. Everything else got scraped.

Wow, so it was THAT bad?! Amazing what can be hidden underneath what looked to be a pretty nice car.

[Alponcho]

Did you really do all that in just three days?

[andrewb70]

This escalated quickly!

[LS2 Chevelle]

Did you really do all that in just three days?

No...this was over a 3 - 4 week period and this all happened about two years ago I was just trying to get you guys up to speed.

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This escalated quickly!

Once I knew the car was as bad as it was there was no turning back...

[LS2 Chevelle]

After the mini tubs were welded in it was time to start installing the new quarter panels.1753631753641753651753661753651753661753631 75364

[Crazy Horse]

Nice Project!
I also ordered the SP3C Chassis for my build.
Are you powder coating yours?

[chickn]

Do you still happen to have the rear tail panel that you removed? i need the corner of the tail light opening for rust repair on my bird

[Lonnies Performance]

Great build... reminds me of cutting the rear half off of my 68 Camaro & starting over.
Once it's all apart it gets overwhelming, like it will never be a car again.

Looks like you are doing it the right way. If it looks anything like your Chevelle, it will be really impressive.
Keep the pictures coming, it is nice to see the progress & should be really outstanding when done.

[LS2 Chevelle]

Great build... reminds me of cutting the rear half off of my 68 Camaro & starting over.
Once it's all apart it gets overwhelming, like it will never be a car again.

Looks like you are doing it the right way. If it looks anything like your Chevelle, it will be really impressive.
Keep the pictures coming, it is nice to see the progress & should be really outstanding when done.

Thank you

[LS2 Chevelle]

Sorry for not posting in a while but the car is almost done. I have been so wrapped up in the build I forgot to keep posting build photos.204882204883204884204885204886204887

[LS2 Chevelle]

We decided to get rid of the plastic spacer in the front end for a cleaner look. I lot of metal work went into making it took factory.204888204889204890204891204892204893204894

[LS2 Chevelle]

In order to get those massive 13" wide tires underneath the Ford 9" rear end had to be shortened20490020489920489820489720489620489520490 2204901