77 Esprit

[WTX806]

Years and years ago when the car scene first grabbed my attention I had one car that stood out the most. 2nd gen F-body aka Pontiac Trans am. I chased them around for years but they were always out of my price range. So I eventually gave up on finding one and bought other cars.

A few months ago I finally found this one in Colorado that was in my price range. But to be fair I had picked up a 65 Lesabre a year ago and had dropped some coin on it which limited my funds for this car.

[WTX806]

I've done some work to it so I'll just do a pic dump. My main plan for the car is a 6.0 swap paired with a th400. The 6.0 is currently at the machine shop.

List of things I have done.

Wet sanded body.
Removed seats and cleaned interior/dash.
New door/trunk locks.
Repainted rear bumper from a donor car.
Rebuilt driver side door hinge.
Swapped basic steering wheel for formula wheel.
Deleted a/c system inside and outside.
Deleted both a/c boxes. Regret not keeping the heater core lol.
Mocked up and wired new gauges with pin connectors.
Installed center console gauge pod.
Replaced center console lid.
Fixed inop horn.

[T/A Addict]

Looks like a clean project to start with!

[WTX806]

[Alponcho]

Cool project. Gotta love 2nd gen birds! I’ve never seen a cleaner build sheet.

[WTX806]

Cool project. Gotta love 2nd gen birds! I’ve never seen a cleaner build sheet.

Thank you! Yea I was also surprised with how clean the sheet is too! Not to mention it was still in place after all these years.

[jaybee]

Looks like you've got a good bit of work ahead of you but you're starting with a nice, solid car.

[WTX806]

Looks like you've got a good bit of work ahead of you but you're starting with a nice, solid car.

Looks like a clean project to start with!

Thanks guys I appreciate the compliments!