Project Walkin Tall 68 Firebird

[jbake]

Growing up my dad was a truck driver and his handle was Walkin Tall. As a kid I thought it was cause he is 6'4" n 330 pounds, wasn't till I got to be a teen that I figured out it was from the Joe Don Baker movie n my dad( and mine) name is Joe Baker. As I got closer to 16 my dad started talking bout his younger days building hot rods, circle track cars and running a machine shop in St Louis. Well my 16 bday dad n I went looking for a good car to teach me how to work in cars. We found a 69 Chevelle 396 ss clone, manual brakes manual steering, and a 4 speed.
Anyway fast forward 17 years n 2 kids to first of the year and dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer the day after I bought my firebird. Well Friday he had his prostate removed and doc thinks they got it all. Well I can't think of a better name than Walkin Tall for my project. This will take a long time dew to the fact I'm only home one day a week. Kids don't grow up to be a truck driver!!
Anyway here is my project.
68 firebird fiberglass front end bumper fenders and a t/a hood. I have a 383 but think this might need a big block. Would love a ls but I have the sb and a bare 454 car block so......
Truturn front with coilovers and ridetech 4 link with coilovers. Brakes r going to be kore 3 brakes front and ls brakes in the rear. Going to tub rear and have a Ford 9" to cut down. Tires r going to be 275/40-17 front n 315/35-17 rear. Tranny will be a t56 magnum thinking 3.50-3.73 area on gears. No clue on rims or paint job yet and in process of figuring out the interior. Soon as I can resize my phone pics I will post what I've got.