another pontiac bird... [Archive]

paint2361

03-10-2010, 10:05 PM

My girlfriend bought me a 67 firebird convertible for xmas. This is a cool forum, so I'm goin to post my build as it gets closer to doing its first burnout....The rendering is what she gave me under the xmas tree...

paint2361

03-10-2010, 10:10 PM

I started to close off the firewall....

paint2361

03-10-2010, 10:23 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/03/Picture068-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/03/Picture192-1.jpg

paint2361

03-10-2010, 10:36 PM

back from the soda blaster....
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/03/Picture142-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/03/Picture032-1.jpg

FatfreeGTO

03-10-2010, 10:37 PM

Wow thats a cool Christmas gift, must have a pretty cool girlfriend congratulations!! Hang on to both of them :)

paint2361

03-10-2010, 10:38 PM

some rust repair...
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/03/Picture182-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/03/Picture186-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/03/Picture143-1.jpg

68Formula

03-11-2010, 04:55 AM

Great to see another Bird on the forum!

Does your girlfriend have a sister? :)

wmhjr

03-11-2010, 06:35 AM

Good luck! Should be a fun project.

paint2361

03-11-2010, 07:28 AM

Great to see another Bird on the forum!

Does your girlfriend have a sister? :)

LoL... no... no sister, she is by herself. She is the daughter of the owner of Barry's speed shop. We did the TV show "wrecks to riches" a few years back... This firebird was the next car inline for the show before they cut bugget on us... She bought it from her dad for $500.00, not too bad but it was only half a car...lol

rickpaw

03-11-2010, 07:32 AM

Glad to see another bird on this forum. Kind of tired of reading about camaros. :)

I was wondering if you were connected to Barry's in anyway. Saw a reference to Barry's in your girlfriend X-mas gift note.

67rstbkt

03-12-2010, 09:04 AM

Freakin' sweet, another bird. :git:

Bob's68

03-12-2010, 10:21 PM

Welcome nice bird

Tuske427

03-12-2010, 11:19 PM

Awesome and congrats! Good luck on your 'bird. I'll be doing similar types of things to my '67 Bird, so I look forward to seeing what you do and hopefully learning from it.

68byrd

03-13-2010, 06:04 AM

Great to see another Pontiac and especially a bird. Slowly were are taking over! What are using for the driveline? Good luck!

Ollie8974

03-13-2010, 07:01 AM

paint2361

03-13-2010, 05:47 PM

Welcome, Yes good to see another Pontiac on board. Girlfriend sounds like a keeper, especially since her dad is the owner of Berry's Speed Shop.

I hope you are planning to keep it Pontiac powered.

This link is to a good Pontiac site.
http://forums.performanceyears.com/forums/

Thanks everyone! Ya they are both keepers.
We have a fresh 326 Pontiac with a mild cam just settin in the shop. I'm not lookin for alot of power, more just a car that will handle very good. So I'll stick that engine in it with fuel injection and a 5 or 6 speed and just have fun with it.

aronhk_md

03-13-2010, 09:41 PM

Nice job so far...cant be afraid to mess something up when you start from scratch!

montessaj

03-14-2010, 02:06 AM

Lucky...

1971CHEVELLE

03-14-2010, 02:18 PM

Nice job :1st: keep us posted

CruizinKev

03-14-2010, 09:11 PM

awesome project! can't wait to see more progress pics! btw I loved watching "wrecks to riches" :twothumbs

paint2361

04-15-2010, 12:24 PM

Little update... Finshed installing the floor pans. I installed the powder coated subframe and 12 bolt rear end we got from a 69 camaro built in the shop. Also installed a pair of GWS subframe conectors with their soild mounts. I'll post some pics if I can remeber what site I used to upload....

AM.MSCL

04-15-2010, 12:31 PM

Going to keep an eye on your build.

paint2361

04-15-2010, 06:32 PM

Some pics.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/04/Picture031-1.jpg

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/04/Picture007-1.jpg

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/04/Picture016-1.jpg

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/04/Picture0481-1.jpg

steve g

04-15-2010, 06:45 PM

Great to see another bird on here. Getting to be quite a few of us now.

gto406

04-17-2010, 08:22 AM

Nice project,

Please keep us in the loop on your rust repairs. I am currently tackling the exact same issues as you showed in your pic's (above).

Particularly interested in how you will resolve that 'complex shape' in the door-sill (my passenger side is shot in the exact same place).

I am toying with the idea of finding a clean piece of a wrecked Lemans and welding it in. Are you planning to fab up a piece for that?

BR/Brian
'72 GTO

paint2361

10-26-2010, 09:13 PM

Wow, I havn't posted for awhile. So far I have the front sub frame and all the new global west/qa1 front suspension installed. The rear quarters are about 90% complete. I have full tubs in it now. I have been spending a lot of time with the rear suspension. Basically I have a firebird with an "a" body rear link set up with coil overs. It's something we at the shop have been wanting to try. So far it's looking good. There is a lot of fitting and getting all angles correct. It's kinda cool, I can use anyones "a" body rear suspension kit. Right now I'm using global west's kit, we has one sittin at the shop.

paint2361

10-26-2010, 09:32 PM

Some pics

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/10/d0e5dd8f-1.png

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/10/a3bead35-1.png

LeighP

10-26-2010, 10:27 PM

Nice work...cool idea to use an A body system.

Josue

10-27-2010, 03:35 AM

Great project! In for updates!!!

paint2361

02-08-2012, 09:45 AM

I havn't posted for a very long time. The car is all painted and driving.55264552655526655267

paint2361

02-08-2012, 10:19 AM

I found some more buld pics.552715527355274

paint2361

02-08-2012, 10:21 AM

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rickpaw

02-08-2012, 08:01 PM

Looking good. More details on suspension/engine please. Any pictures during the build?

BTW, is the front spoiler made by spoilersbyrandy.com?

68Formula

02-09-2012, 04:30 AM

If you carried the stripe all the way to the trunk, you stole my idea! :-) (Except when I finally get to do mine it will be white to match my white interior and top). Looks great! What wheels are those?

RobertGP

02-09-2012, 05:06 AM

Another good looking Pontiac ;-)!

AM.MSCL

02-09-2012, 06:26 AM

How did the A-Body rear setup turn out? Have any more detailed pictures?
Looks good.
Ray

CliffS

02-09-2012, 10:58 AM

Sweet Bird! Some more details please!

paint2361

02-09-2012, 11:49 AM

Looking good. More details on suspension/engine please. Any pictures during the build?

BTW, is the front spoiler made by spoilersbyrandy.com?

The front suspension is all GWS coil-over. The rear is one-off based from GM A-body using GWS parts and coil-overs. So far it rides good. We havn't autocrossed it yet. The engine is a bad subject. We put is a pontiac 326, mild port to the heads, ez-efi, headers, intake, ect... About 10 miles into the car being driveable we spon a bearing, broke 4 rods and put about 7 holes into a brand new 7qt Moroso oil pan :( Right know we are bulding a pontiac 406 with alum. heads. I'll get some more pics