68 firebird 400 project

[timjen7]

So, after being a member on the PT site for some time, doing a lot of reading, research,etc., I've finally started my own build/restoration. A little history on mycar....
Orignial 68 400 CA car with little rust issues and a fairly straight body. The car belonged to my former boss, who had it as a weekend fun car and gave it to me about 7 years back as a bonus as he knew I liked the car. It's unfortunately not a numbers matching car, but otherwise complete and in overall good shape. He had some HP work done to the motor previously, but didnt retain the documentation. More on that at a later date. The car sat in my driveway, then eventually my garage when I moved. I drove it a few times when I first got it but, it has been sitting an going through slow disassembly the last 4 years. I took more before pics prior to my starting to take apart the front end, but my wife's laptop crashed, and they got dumped.
The car is now at a friend's body shop and starting the first phases of the bodywork. The tail light panel had to be replaced due to a poorly repaired rear end accident and the trunk pan replaced from its beginning to rust. The repair spots you will see onthe sides of the car were not from accidents, but from forklifts bumping into the car when my boss owned it and stored it in the warehouse. Real shame.
Anyway, I'm going to update and document this build as well and as regulalry as I can. I know there are a lot of knowlegable people on here and I've seen others do some very impressive builds. I always appreciate input if you have it.





As you can see, I've had already started removing the grill and front components.

Temporary fix of damage from forklift, but from the inside of the fender it's pretty rough. Going to replace the fender.



Beginning stages of work. Tail panel and trunk pan replaced.
Next step is sanding and prep of the rest of the body and pulling the motor and trans.