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Jay,
What a beast it will be with that 454. Looks great too. Heard good things for years regarding those Autocraft pans. |
Was not aware you were local to me. Im up the road in Roanoke. You'll have to hit some of the local Autocross events with me some time.
Thats awesome that the Warbird is here. Killer car! |
Chris, we will definitely be out at the events with you in 2014. I missed the GG's fall event this past year. We did get to see the Maverick at SEMA but you were not at the car. The car looked badass. I'm looking forward to getting a ride in a few months at te GG's Spring event at TMS. Are you planning to register for the USCA event on March 21-23rd at TMS? Hope to connect soon!
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1973 Trans Am "Tire Bird" In Popular Hot Rodding
The Trans Am was featured as a tech article in Popular Hot Rodding and Car Craft after SEMA. The car was wrapped in a Jerry Titus early 70's Trans Am Tire Bird design replica "paint" job. It showed very well and highlighted a number of sponsors parts. MSD, West Bend Dyno, BF Goodrich, Dynatech, Wegner and many others contributed to the effort.
Check out the link to read the article and see some more pics of the TA... http://www.popularhotrodding.com/hot...cl0p_GG8.email |
73 TA Update: Trunk Clean Up
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We received some updates on the progress of the TA today. The guys at West Bend Dyno in West Bend, WI have been hard at work to tidy up the trunk. They relocated and loomed a bunch of wiring for the fuel system and battery. Removed the cool box. Fixed the holes in the trunk floor where the ridetech coil over cannister lines go through to the shocks. The trunk was sprayed with black and aqua splatter paint. Lookin good! :D
Here is the trunk prior to relocating the wires, installing the roll bar and fixing the holes in the floor. Attachment 44370 Here is the after. Attachment 44371 Attachment 44372 Attachment 44373 The Vintage Air system is on the way. The radiator close out panel is under construction. I'll post some pics of that soon. Dynamat has been installed in the interior. Quite a bit of progress has been made. Brad and the guys from WBD are on it. :captain1: |
Nice way to ring in 2014 Jay. :thumbsup:
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Poor Video of the 1973 TA at SEMA 2013
The link below is a short video off a cell phone of the 1973 TA Tire Bird idling at the MSD Booth in Vegas at SEMA 2013.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqBlsZWXBnk We will be getting more dyno videos from West Bend Dyno in the coming weeks after the interior and paint work is completed. |
Outstanding work Jay!
Gotta love the 454! |
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I forgot you had engine issues on the trip home. Drop a Coyote in the Mavy! That would definitely be different. :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea:
What are you thinking for the engine? Replacing with another 347 or something different? I'll be watching on that for sure. :goggles: |
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1973 TA Update
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The guys at WBD are moving from the trunk to the engine bay. We decided to pull the engine on the TA to smooth the firewall, install a new wiring harness from American Autowire, relocate the wiper motor and add Vintage Air. I have to admit that Brad and his team are on it. We are overly impressed with their responsiveness and ability/willingness to keep us up to date on the progress of the TA.
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Attachment 44643 Attachment 44644 and this is the progress after tacking in the patch panels and eliminating the wiper motor off the firewall to under the driver side fender. Attachment 44645 |
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Check out the pics of what the car's wiring harness currently looks like...
Interior... Attachment 44648 the solenoid on the firewall... Attachment 44649 The whole car will be re-wired. |
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Got a few pics today of the Camaro progress. It's out of the paint booth and ready for reassembly. Attachment 45079 Attachment 45080 Attachment 45081 |
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73 Trans Am Update...going to paint
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The guys at West Bend Dyno have been preparing the Tire Bird for paint. They smoothed the firewall, cleaned up the cowl and have sent it off to the painter.
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Tire Bird heading off to paint
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welcome to the site
wow!!!! got some nice projects going on jay. what size front tire on the TA? |
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TA in the paint booth
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A new coat of Cameo White is being applied to the TA.
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Camaro Update - LSX454 is going in!
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Received an update from the guys at Carr's Corvettes and Customs in Plano, Texas regarding the Camaro. Check out the pics...
Brake lines look awesome Attachment 45226 Attachment 45227 Attachment 45228 Attachment 45229 Attachment 45230 |
Camaro Update - LSX454 is going in!
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Pics of the LSX being installed...
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More paint updates of the TA
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Received some updates this weekend from the paint booth...getting closer to re-assembly: :stirthepot:
Primered... Attachment 45373 Painted... Attachment 45372 Shot of the roof and rear quarter paint work Attachment 45375 Attachment 45374 |
They both look great. Nice to see the TA in paint, and the brake lines came out slick.
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Enjoying the progress pics Jay. :thumbsup:
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Another 69 Camaro update
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Progress continues on the 69 Camaro. Compared to many threads on Lateral-g these are not all that exciting. Nonetheless, getting the Camaro back on the road is in the cross hairs. We are supposed to hear the LSX454 come to life for the first time next week. STOKED!
A couple of items got knocked off the punch list in the last few days. Battery re-located and mounted in the trunk. Will still be able to use my trunk close out panels with no modification. Attachment 45412 This was a good find. Look at the picture of the main power wire for the stereo. Needless to say this was fixed. Attachment 45414 The headers were installed and the exhaust was trimmed and being measured for fittment of new collectors. Attachment 45415 The oil cooler adapter was machined for clearance to fix this. Attachment 45418 The motor mount has been notched to fix this. Attachment 45417 The ECM is installed and wiring is underway. Attachment 45416 Re-assembled the headlights on the new core support. Hope to get the front clip back on next week. Attachment 45419 We are getting closer! I am heading out to the shop tomorrow. Attachment 45413 |
First off - Welcome to the site!! Both of those projects look great! Most of us have a problem doing just one....& you're doing two? :bow:
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You are killin it Jay! Keep going Sir :cheers:
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Thanks Ron! We are hoping to get both cars finished for the GG's Lonestar Spring Nationals and USCA event at Texas Motor Speedway mid-March.
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Very nice work on both cars,I want to hear that 454 when fired up:thumbsup:
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Short update on the TA...
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Nothing too exciting but the interior paint is underway. The door panels, rear sails, seats, dash, rear quarters, trim and headliner are being re-done as well. Hope to get some pics posted of that work soon.
The roll bar is being color matched to the interior surfaces. Pretty close to Pontiac factory deluxe white. The car is an original white on white car so trying to maintain some originality. Attachment 45427 The steering wheel was sanded down and painted black for a factory fresh look. Attachment 45428 |
The TA is getting closer!!
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TA is getting closer!
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Very nice job...on both cars.
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