1968 Firebird; A Labor of Lust

[lawless]

Thanks guys, I really appreciate it. I definitely will enjoy the 4th gen brakes. I actually have a front set from an '02 WS6 that I put on a spare set of hubs I had off of a '68 camaro with brand new calipers, so just need the rears off of this camaro or another car. Got my rear end today. Went with a Nova 8.5" 10 bolt. Looking into ordering the parts for it. Thinking of going with 3.73 gears. Gonna get it sand blasted friday and hope to pick up my shell as well this weekend. Fingers crossed, our sand blaster is great but he's so limited on when he blasts, things take forever.

[lawless]

UPDATE December 1st, 2014:

We FINALLY were able to pick up the shell from the media blaster. He only blasts on weekends and we had a lot of rain and his compressor had a sensor that ended up going out when he first started shooting the car. Long story short, the shell is finally done, and here are the results and what we found:

You can see the damage where the radio goes... Someone had a field day whacking it to pieces apparently. Needless to say, I need some replacement metal for it if anyone knows of anyone reproducing it or a parts car of some sort. Ignore the transmission tunnel, that was previous "fixed" by some previous owner, which is currently on the list of un-do and re-do properly.

Doors are currently being blasted as well as the rear end. I think it was worth the wait for this guy, very pleased with the diligence he took.

Going to completely rebuild the rear end, thinking 3.73 gears. Need to order all the new parts for that as well.