1967 Firebird...3 years to post some pics...

[LONE*STAR]

These pictures where taken last week after mocking up wheels and brakes...

I went the used c5 z06 route via a wreck part out for rotors and calipers, and picked up brackets, lines and hardware from Kore3... thanks Tobin (excellent customer service... your phone bill must be insane)

I picked up my hubs from DEIGuy38 and he ended up hooking me up with a set of new stock multipacks for the hell of it. Figure I owe a few days hard labor for that...thanks Guy!

as for the wheels went the cheap BMW after market route... Stern St11's in the 18x9.5 and 18x 8.5 flavor. I may be cheap but I did wrap them in 245/40 and 275/40 Bridgestone Potenza RE-11's.

Like I said this is just a mock up but I figured I would share my build since the only place it was ever posted in here was in the for sale section after a really bad payroll. please forgive me for that one guys.

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[Smock67]

Looking real good. Lets see some pictures in the light I want to see how nice that blue is.

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

niiice!

[Steve68]

Looks nice, thanks for the pics,

I was wondering how the red would look on a muscle car,

[94SNGLTURBO]

very nice.. what motor is going in it?

[Dons67]

Looks great - like the wheels (they fit soooo nice) and i LOVE :headbang:the paint

[ZVT]

Thats is a very sweet ride looks like its coming along really nicely

[CruizinKev]

sweeeet! :twothumbs

[94SNGLTURBO]

i think the wheels look good on the car even tho they are cheap heavy wheels

[LONE*STAR]

The motor and tranny are in and done (for now) it's a pontiac 400 with the performance basics( cam, intake, holly hp850, msd, balanced low end rebuilt 670 heads, headers X pipe, and spin techs) with a muncie putting the power to the ground. The car has run for a few years now, As soon as the suspension and brakes are done, I'll move on to insulation, headliner, and windows.

[1badchevelle]

Nice to see a Pontiac motor going in.

[DEIGuy38]

The car is looking good James. I need to get by there and take a look at it. I may take you up on that hard labor, I just started stripping the paint off my car.

[LONE*STAR]

consider it done, I have been down in the bay area most of the last month, but I'm home on the weekends... so fire the coffee pot up and I'm over.

[AtomicFirebird]

Sweet Ride!!! Question: 1st is that a pontiac rear axle? 2nd what is the offset on the back wheels, if it is? I have a friend who wants to put Boss 338 18x9.5 in the rear of his 68 Firebird and I told him they might stick out a little. I have the Boss 338 rims 18x9.5 but I have a GM 8.5 rear with 29.5" axle length. His Pontiac has 30" axles which will cause them to stick out further than mine. Well kinda even with the wheel well.

[67rstbkt]

Nice Firebird! What color blue is that? Paint code? Any more pictures? I'd really like to see some in better light.

Thanks :bananna2:

[68 firehawk]

Good looking car. It almost looks like the exact same color I went with for my 68 Bird.

Jake

[LONE*STAR]

The way I went about finding the color was practical but I kinda screwed up... I think

I spent two months looking at every blue car I could, every make, model, year ect. It came down to blue's off of these cars:

2003ish 350z
2005up corvette
2006ish honda civic si blue

Frankly the 350z color seemed to bright, the corvette seemed to have no life no flip just dark blue. The civic si blue seemed close as it gave a flip and went really dark in the low lights and really bright in the highlights. However, I didn't want to go around harboring the dark secret that I painted my Muscle car honda civic blue. So, I went to a local paint supply and had them pull the paint chip up for me in a book and I went like 4 chips darker in the same row. However they gave me a code for a specific brand as I was looking at that brands book. So I do have the code and I as soon as I get home this weekend I will scan it as a image and upload it...

[rohrt]

Very cool!

Those rims are off a BMW?

How much did you end up putting in the brakes? Love to hear more about the install.

[71_T37]

nice car.

Have you got the paint code yet? And where did you buy the rims?

I have a 71 pontiac T-37 lemans that I'm rebuilding and I realy like the colour and rim design on your car and I think it might look good on th T-37.

Thanks

[BA.]

The car is looking nice. Good choice on paint and wheels, and the blacked out tail panel too!

[1bad87ss]

Nice ride!!! Very cool..

[LONE*STAR]

It's been a long time since I posted. I have gotten a little further on the ride. Below are the things that I have completed since I lasted updated the thread.

I got finished the Hydroboost install (for now) with a willwood master and black AN lines. The box is sloppy, and over powered but everything funcutions. I will need to improve this area but it will have to wait.

The car brakes better than ever. The c5/6 Kore3 combo and a Hydroboost is a bad azz cobo.

I fitted the car with bilsten HD's all around. I did not buy them from Marc @ Sc&c only because he was out of stock. He was cool enough to point me in the right direction with part numbers in hand to someone who occasionally has them in stock. This was a unbelievably humble move by Marc and when I address my front end geometry and power steering his company will receive every dime of my budget.

I had a custom interior guy come out and install the headliner and sail panels. He is here in Roseville, Ca. However I am a not completely impressed and there is a few things I would like him to address. Once he does this I will give him a shining endorsement.

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I spent the last week and half driving the vehicle around town I have put around 150 miles on it and it drive okay just needs some tuning.

Right now I'm deciding on whether or not to install a wide band o2 gauge, I wish there was a cheaper option for this.

@DEIGUY I would like to come by the house soon and check the progress on the Camaro, let me know when you have time.

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[BigDawgDavao]

Love the color, as it's very similar to what I'm going with. Just curious if you have some more pics of the interior. Is it all the dark/midnight blue color or have you mixed it with black. I was looking to paint the metal areas inside my 67 Camaro and leave the seats, carpet, headliner, dashpad and door panels the original black color.

Aaron

[LONE*STAR]

all exposed metal interior surfaces are body color matched, I sometimes wish I would have went satin black more like factory. I think it over all make the interior flow better.

[DEIGuy38]

Car is looking really good James. I would love to see it in person. I will be down for about a week starting tomorrow, having double hernia and vasectomy surgery. I will give you a call when I am back up and around. I got my wheels and tire in and started on the mini tub.

[BirdsThaWord]

Very nice looking 'Bird you have there. About the a/f meter...I just saw in a magazine (sorry, forget which one) where someone has come up with an "all in one" kit for around $200. From the looks of it, they had some how shrunk down all of the tech and put it inside the digital guage. Looked as if you simply installed the probe, run the line, install the guage and that's it. No external 'Box" or naything else needed. Sure caught my attention. If it's important, go to a bookstore and pour through all of the hot rod, muscle car mags and you'll find it. They were doing a full on write up about it. Hope this helps. Happy driving!

[cobraguy65]

I've been looking at the innovate a/f gauge. Might be the one you are refering to. Summit has them for $209.

http://www.summitracing.com/search/brand/Innovate-Motorsports/Product-Line/Innovate-DB-Digital-Air-Fuel-Ratio-Gauge-with-LC-1-Kits/?autoview=SKU

[BirdsThaWord]

I've been looking at the innovate a/f gauge. Might be the one you are refering to. Summit has them for $209.

http://www.summitracing.com/search/brand/Innovate-Motorsports/Product-Line/Innovate-DB-Digital-Air-Fuel-Ratio-Gauge-with-LC-1-Kits/?autoview=SKU
That's it!

[96t/acj]

updates???

[xx_ED_xx]

Wonder if someone on here ended up with my old bird
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[Widetrax]

Lone*Star, Great job on the paint!! I only hope my 68 looks anywhere near that strait. I also like the painted bumpers, I am defiantly going to paint mine also. I do not have the budget to re-chrome them after I customize them. Again, Great job!!

[bigTom]

Hi Lone*Star - I have the same car as you and your car looks great. I am in the process of painting mine the same color and from the looks of your it should turn out nice.

In the picture below it looks like your car is leaning a little on the drivers side. Mine has the same issue and was wondering if you have corrected yours yet? I'm thinking it's the rear springs but don't plan on messing with it until after I get the car back together and painted.




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[Buryingthesun]

Looks good