68 Firebird Resto Mod

[gtalum01]

Here is a slight thread on my 68 Firebird. I have owned the car since high school (17 years) and what I scrapped together to do then with nickles and dimes I am slowly attempting to re do with $5's and $10's but that is now jumping to $50's and $100's. And with the addition of a little one it has slowed tremendously, but it is all fun. Majority of the fun is working on it so no rush. Started as a Poncho 350 2 barrel with shackles and glass packs. Eventually had painted and rebuilt the 350 w/ mild cam, headers, etc. Latest trend is to resto mod it the way I want. Current additions include global west upper and lower A Frames, Hotchkis 2" drop springs in front with 1.5 " drop leafs in back. I have new floor pans, window channel and am putting th interior back, slowly. Running gear is out of a 90 Corvette with only $56K on the motor and transmission. 4 wheels disk brakes thanks to a rear end from a 79 T/A WS6 with 3.23 gears. It runs great. Only frustration I have is the bone stock TPI beats the heck out of my cammed up, bored, headers, money pit 350. Main difference is due to the 4 speed auto with better gear ratio than the turbo 350. Now as far as the Vette running gear, I purchased a wrecked running complete car for $2500 and after having a fram shop looking at fixing it, I was going to have as much in fixing the Vette as it was worth, so I had a local hot rod shop swap the running gear and that has me at the stage I am at now. Will post current interior picks in the next week or two.