my 67 bird

[jonesbs9]

well guys heres the start of my new build, im starting with a pretty solid driver, the donor is an 11 zr1, the plan is to use the ls9 ,front suspension and the 15" carbon ceramic brakes and calipers . get the car low with big tires,using 335 30 19s on a 19x12 in the back and hopefully a 274-40 18 on the front on a 10 inch wheel.
im building this car my self in my garage so It will probably take awhile,im hoping that by having a thread and others input it will help me stay motivated during the times I want to do something else... input and ideas are welcome, im sure there are things I haven't thought of yet, not a pro builder but have been around tools a little. with that being said it will have a lot of mods and should be a really bad ass car.
I will post updates as often as I can, currently the car is nearly completely disassembled I ordered up a complete dse quadralink and tubs, ...more pics to follow

[Tom Welch]

That's gonna be a sweet build. A lot of cutting involved in getting the tires/wheels in there, but man will it hold in a corner.

[jonesbs9]

The donor

[jonesbs9]

The new dse 9inch narrowed with a tru trac diff and powder coated and the single adjustable jri shocks

[jonesbs9]

Drip rails removed, welded up and rough finished. The goal with this build is to not make crazy drastic mods but lots of subtle ones to clean up the look...stay tuned

[jonesbs9]

Got tired of waiting on someone to make a clean flush mount glass kit ...so i built my own....back glass is finished other than a little grinding and then finish body work...the glass will sit flush with the body and no rubber or mouldings of any kind..basically raised the glass about a half inch and used square key stock to fill the gaps. I will use the old back glass and do the finish body work right to it ..so its perfect..then put in the new glass...will have about an eighth to 3 /16ths uniform gap all the way around

[Munssey]

The donor

poor girl =(

[rickpaw]

I like what you're doing with the car. It's going to be a cool car when done.

Looking forward to see the finished car.

If you're looking for some inspiration, look at Mark Steilow's 69 Camaro build on lateral-g (http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=39584).

[jonesbs9]

Attachment 116713been awhile since ive posted any updates. built my own rotisserie, all the dse rear brackets welded in, sub frame connectors welded in, belly to bare metal, then a good coat of epoxy primer

[jonesbs9]

smooth firewall finished

[jonesbs9]

heres a quick pic of the interior floor, same deal, blasted to bare metal, cut original seat pans out, welded in new lowered mounts for the seats, and cut out and boxed the inner rockers , then a coat of epoxy primer....im using late model seats, and they crowded the center console too much and sat too high. lots of work but now they sit low and look good in the car

[rohrt]

Sure started with a nice car.

Where/how did you find the donor car?

[jonesbs9]

it looked a little better before I took it apart than it really was, I ended up having to put patches front and rear of the rear wheels, otherwise it was nice, floors were perfect. As for the donor, im in the auto salvage business and we specialize in pullout drivetrains, so when I want one for myself it comes pretty easy. it will have a ton of high end stuff left over to sell to help get my money back.

[40STY]

Wish I had your fab skills, would make life so much easier. What seats are you using? The vette ones?

[jonesbs9]

I used the sport seats out of a 2014 veloster for mock up, they have big side bolsters and are very comfortable, but I had a 2014 focus st come in a couple weeks ago, and they actually feel a little better. so the seat choice is not a sure thing yet, ive created plenty of room for about any seat now. im using a 12 Camaro floor console and I can get my hand down beside the seat on both sides with the doors closed

[Bob in St. Louis]

Love that flush glass work you've done, very cool.
Great donor too!

[jonesbs9]

had a little bit yesterday to work on the bird, I had bought a brake mounting kit from Kore3 to use my rotors and calipers on the new 9"...the end result....15 inches of carbon ceramic rotor and 4 piston brembos. you know you are going somewhere when your new rear rotors are bigger than the original wheels the car came with. Just need to fine tune the park brake a little but the kit was as advertised and bolted right on. great product, for those of you needing it, and Tobin knows his stuff.

[instro84]

man thats some serious stopping power right there!

[jonesbs9]

Had been holding back on posting these until I had a little more done, Several months ago I bought a Sniper front sub from No Limit, and had Rob make me some hub adapters and caliper mounts for my zr1 brakes. got them in last week and got it bolted together for mock up. all I can say is , its pretty impressive. Their work is top notch. This thing is gonna turn and stop. 15.5 inch carbon ceramic rotors with 6 piston brembos.

[jonesbs9]

few updates, machined my own solid body bushings, got the sub assembled and bolted in. loosely fitted fenders and core support. starting to look like a car again.. the only rollers I could find to clear the brakes were a set of new camaro wheels. looks a little goofy but it rolls now..the offset sucks, fronts on the back and backs on the front.