1967 Firebird - From Sprint to LS Pro Touring

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Hi everyone,

I've been a long time lurker on here for a while now. I've been looking for a 67-69 F-Body car for a pro touring build for over a year now. Last week I finally found the right car, a 1967 Pontiac Firebird Sprint. I got a pretty good deal on it since the 6 cylinder cars aren't terribly desirable (although the story behind the Pontiac OHC-6 is pretty neat). I picked it up from the previous owner on Wednesday, and after a short ride on a caul hauler it is finally in my garage. I have some pretty big plans for this car, but I'll post those up later. For now, here is the car:


I did some initial inspection to see what exactly I had. This was originally a Regimental Red car (currently painted some other red color) with a deluxe black interior. It had the sprint package with a 3 speed on the floor transmission (still intact). Other than that, it was a pretty basic, no option car (apart from power steering). Four wheel manual drum brakes makes for an interesting experience when trying to stop........

While taking a look under the front carpet, I found a good stash of leaves and poop. I also noticed that the padding was wet, which led me to investigate further. I ended up finding out that the front left footwell is pretty much rotted out, which ended up worrying me quite a bit. Well a few hours later, and I've gutted most of the interior. It turns out that the rest of the car is actually really solid. I'm going to order up a partial floorpan to repair the rotted out area, and prep the interior for rust inhibitor.

Once I have a solid car, building can begin. I'll talk about my plans for the car in the next post.