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03-08-2007 #1
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Hi! I thought I should register and check in. I'm a member of the Trans Am Country, 1978ta.com and Peformance Years forums and some of you may know me from there.
I've had the car described in the signature and pictured below for about 4 years now - its my 4th Trans Am; I bought my first one more than 25 years ago. This one was drivable, mostly complete, and in reasonably good condition with about 57,000 miles when I bought it, but one day I went to change the heater core, and one thing led to another and now I'm doing a frame-off restification of the car.
I have been able to get the hard-to-find VSE parts that go into a Stage II Fire Am, and I plan to use those, and equivalent parts, to build my car to equivalent specs (and there are some places where I can further improve). However, my plan is to keep the car in the spirit of a late-70's -early 80's Trans Am tuner car.
Here is the car as it was when I got it:
Here is some of the work done to date:
And here is how it sits at the moment:
The front subframe and rear axle have been mostly done (but aren't finished), and my next project is to remove them to clean up and refinish the undercarriage before completing putting together the suspension. I'll be using Koni shocks, and thought I would use EBC Yellowstuff brake pads; I'm working on making a set of the brake cooling ducts like those offered by VSE back in the day.
Looking forward to learning a lot on this site.
Steve
1978 WS6-W72 4-speed Trans Am: Fire-Am Restification Project
VSE front and rear sway bars, solid spherical control arm and spring eye bushings, front springs trimmed 1/2 coil, VSE aluminum oil pan and baffle; Pro-Touring F-Body solid aluminum subframe bushings, 1980 WS6 rear disk brake system, 12" 1LE front disk brakes, Alston cowl-to-subframe Y-braces and subframe connectors, Moser axles, Hooker chrome roll bar, Corbeau GT-8 seats.
2000 WS6 Trans Am M6
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03-09-2007 #2
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Welcome to the site, Steve.
03-09-2007 #3
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One thing certainly did lead to another! Welcome!
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03-09-2007 #4
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Welcome to the site, Steve.
03-09-2007 #5
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Nice car Steve! Glad you made it over from TAC. Love the color! Looks like a cool project.
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Looks nice Steve; I like your storage for your sheet metal. Subframe looks good Wayne
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Thanks! Then you might really like this:
Originally Posted by Motown 454
And thanks for the welcome, guys.Steve
1978 WS6-W72 4-speed Trans Am: Fire-Am Restification Project
VSE front and rear sway bars, solid spherical control arm and spring eye bushings, front springs trimmed 1/2 coil, VSE aluminum oil pan and baffle; Pro-Touring F-Body solid aluminum subframe bushings, 1980 WS6 rear disk brake system, 12" 1LE front disk brakes, Alston cowl-to-subframe Y-braces and subframe connectors, Moser axles, Hooker chrome roll bar, Corbeau GT-8 seats.
2000 WS6 Trans Am M6
03-10-2007 #8
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Hey I know you!!!!!
Welcome to pro-touring.com Steve... pretty good bunch of guys over here too (and a few gals too).1994 Corvette
03-12-2007 #9
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Thanks Jon! Originally Posted by O'Neall
Hey I know you!!!!!
Welcome to pro-touring.com Steve... pretty good bunch of guys over here too (and a few gals too).Steve
1978 WS6-W72 4-speed Trans Am: Fire-Am Restification Project
VSE front and rear sway bars, solid spherical control arm and spring eye bushings, front springs trimmed 1/2 coil, VSE aluminum oil pan and baffle; Pro-Touring F-Body solid aluminum subframe bushings, 1980 WS6 rear disk brake system, 12" 1LE front disk brakes, Alston cowl-to-subframe Y-braces and subframe connectors, Moser axles, Hooker chrome roll bar, Corbeau GT-8 seats.
2000 WS6 Trans Am M6
03-14-2007 #10
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Steve you could put some speakers in the grill and CD and radio in the openings and have a Pontiac boom box while you work on the car !
03-14-2007 #11
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LOL! Originally Posted by Motown 454
Steve
1978 WS6-W72 4-speed Trans Am: Fire-Am Restification Project
VSE front and rear sway bars, solid spherical control arm and spring eye bushings, front springs trimmed 1/2 coil, VSE aluminum oil pan and baffle; Pro-Touring F-Body solid aluminum subframe bushings, 1980 WS6 rear disk brake system, 12" 1LE front disk brakes, Alston cowl-to-subframe Y-braces and subframe connectors, Moser axles, Hooker chrome roll bar, Corbeau GT-8 seats.
2000 WS6 Trans Am M6
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