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demo
07-16-2009, 04:19 AM
hello everybody ,,,

a gearhead from the other parts of the plant ,,, i am writing from Saudi Arabia ,,,for 4 years i was waiting for my lucky day ,,, i keep looking in junkyards barns every possible place u can think about for old muscle cars (specially bird and camaros ) ,,, and i was hoping for a 69 car ,,, to me this year is THE Year of muscle cars ,,, few weeks ago i found a 69 firebird sleeping in an old junkyard ,,, went to the owner of this junk yard ,,, he was a very nice guy however i wanted to play it smart ,,, coz if he notice that u really wants a car that they have the price will go UP uP uP UP ,,, so i started asking about this and that then he told my if u want to buy anything do it now coz the goverment is asking them to leave the area in two days ,,, (this is really my lucky day) then i told him i want to work on a project in the summer but am not sure about which car will be fun ,,, he told me to buy his 56 ford pick-up ,,, i told him i dont like pickups and the prince is above my budget ,,, then he said what do u think about this (pontiac!!) i told him is it a caprice !! he said no its a pontiac coupe ,,, i asked about the price ,,, boom deal done ,,, paid him in cash took the car with me ,,,and when i say cash i mean the amount of cash we usually hold in our pockets :)

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i have started collecting parts for the bird

control arm kit from (DSE coil over)
shocks and spring (coilover Koni from DSE)
4disk brakes (ss396 groude up)
front sway bar(DSE)


updates will be posted ,,,

Regards
Mohannad

demo
07-16-2009, 04:20 AM
BTW the hood was laying on groud, needs to be replaced of rust ,,,

SatisTraction
07-19-2009, 12:29 PM
looks liek you got a project :)

good luck with it :)

GT500KR_Vert
07-19-2009, 12:53 PM
Wow, what happened to that roof? looks like a parade went over it.

PT_79_TA_461
09-20-2009, 09:28 PM
nice job on saving a classic pontiac....people dont seen to realise these are gonna be worth $$$ soon....

CliffS
09-21-2009, 09:35 AM
Looks like you got a lot of work, what a find a Bird in SA!

Bow Tie 67
09-21-2009, 10:25 AM
Unreal, any idea if its been there since it was new?

Vicinity
09-21-2009, 10:43 AM
Looks like it was involved in a roll-over. Good luck with your find!

Restomod
09-21-2009, 03:36 PM
Great find!! I really like these kind of stories, hard to understand the rust in the desert though.

Kennedy
09-21-2009, 03:51 PM
Great find out there in SA. I hope you are decent at body work, she will need a little. Are you from there or an expat?

andrewb70
09-22-2009, 03:56 PM
Welcome and good luck on the build!

Andrew

WS6
09-22-2009, 06:40 PM
Welcome to the board. You certainly have your work cut out for you fixing that car up. Good luck and keep us posted.

1968CamaroSS_Sam
09-22-2009, 07:21 PM
I want to keep an eye on this one. Welcome to the site. Best of luck on the bird project.

demo
10-29-2010, 05:00 AM
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John Wright
10-29-2010, 05:07 AM
Looks better already...

demo
10-29-2010, 05:20 AM
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demo
10-29-2010, 05:32 AM
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demo
10-29-2010, 05:33 AM
gonna paint the car next week ,,, wish me luck

mohannad
riyadh,saudi arabia

67rstbkt
10-29-2010, 08:32 AM
Pure awesomeness. When I first saw this project, I did not think you'd pull it off without access to parts. What did you end up replacing? It looks like you went with a new roof. Did you just beat out the rest of the metal?

68400BIRD
10-29-2010, 08:49 AM
WOW!!!!! Great work on the body. can't wait to see more pictures of it painted. What color are you going with?

WS6
10-29-2010, 10:24 AM
Way to go! I can't imagine trying to build an american car while on the other side of the world. Best of luck getting it finished.

arnarpuki
10-29-2010, 11:33 AM
Looking great, nice work!!

demo
10-29-2010, 12:56 PM
thanks for the support guys

SatisTraction
11-12-2010, 08:56 PM
way to go, it is looking great!!

GM_muscle
12-12-2010, 02:26 PM
any more progress on the bird? any more pics?

Zanie
12-12-2010, 07:56 PM
Wow, that is ambitious. Very cool. I'm sure getting all parts shipped has to really put a cramp on a time schedule

Stoker420
12-12-2010, 09:58 PM
hey what shocks are you using in the front? and are they adjustable??