1978 Custom G-Machine Trans Am. IT'S FINALLY DONE!!

[Takid455]

Since there seem to be a bunch of bowties and fords here, I will represent the Trans Am folk. I figured with progress being made on the car and hopes to complete it and drive it the T/A nats in august of 2007.
Back in 2001, I had purchased this 1978 4spd t top t/a with the intents of making it a street sleeper and an excellent handler hoping to keep up with M3's, vetts and maybe a 911. DO some weekend auto cross and compete in open road races such as the silver state classic, pony express, ect.




well after college, I found this current 1978 t/a which had may mods done to it so it took the lead. the other 78 will get the unsed or items that were replaced on the current t/a.
I purchased the car in September 2005 from the original owner. Prior to my acquisition, many modifications had been done to the car. It even had contact with a wall which is why it had not front end sheet metal. Some of the modifications include Herb Adams front and rear sway bars, brake cooling ducts and other body and suspension mods listed in his handbook, weld in subframe connectors essentially making it a unibody car, support )H-beam) for added strength, .45caliber bullet hole in left ¼, switches to individually turn on/ off tail, side and head lights for ‘stealth’ driving ( not sure why anybody would think of doing such thing J), 474 engine with Holley projection 4, accusump oil reserve, nitrous just for giggles. Here is what it looked like when I first picked it up.

Original back in 1992 before accident








Some damage


Pulling the body straight





In addition to what has been done, I have/ will add the following:
GW upper and lower control arms with Aldan Eagle coil-overs, Koni’s in the rear
Aluminum radiator w/ dual elec. fans
4 wheel disc brakes by Kore3 to fit C5/C6 rotors and calipers
Modern lighting
Lizard skin heat and sound insulation coatings
T-56 (currently being built) w/ hydr. T/O bearing
Engine beefed up w/ KRE heads and roller cam
17 or 18” 3 piece wheels, still trying to decide although I am close. Wheels are way more expensive than I ever thought
All undercarriage and suspension parts are powder coated.

Some more pics
May plan of “just put it back together” didn’t hold for too long