1979 Trans Am

[Josh@Ridetech]

I've had the car over at Herb's shop (newly named Rotten Metal Garage) for the last few days. We're tearing into it a little more, fixing some things that I've ran across, and also starting on the coilover kit (Going with this kit: https://www.ridetech.com/products/su...maro-firebird/). The car does need some love in a few spots. It's got some rusty spots (I have to keep telling myself it's almost 40 years old) that are really bugging me so I'm going to address that while it's here. The heater core leaked and rusted a spot that's about 8" wide up by the toe board. I've got a new floor pan that we're going to cut up and weld into place. On the rear end of the car, I just need to do some wire wheeling, and coat it with some paint.





Last night, we put the new arms, coilovers, and new sway bar on the front. I've been sitting on these wheels for a couple of weeks so I've been itching to snap a picture of the car with them on it and at the even lower height.







I did acquire another subframe that I am in the process of modifying/cleaning up as well. I have it completely tore down at the moment. I've going to add some welds to the factory upper arm/shock mount for more rigidity and add some material to the lower arm mounts to help spread the load more. While I've got it this far tore down, I might as well beef it up some. The plan is to put it under the car when the new engine goes into place. It may be next year but I want to have this new sub done and ready to slide in when the time comes.