Plus he's in a beautiful area!:_paranoid
Seriously though, its looking good, I'll have to stop by and check on it when I'm on that side of the bay.

haaa haaa, No doubt Steve. My shop was 4 blocks away 12 years ago. Had a loaded shotgun over my desk and everyone knew it was there. :bigun2:

Your welcome to stop by anytime.

My preference is to keep the rear seat. I've been dreaming of this car...and in the dream I'm cruisin the 1 with my family in it.

Rear seat delete + roll cage = track car. So why make the motor so street friendly?

Also, please don't go with the white and black stripes paintjob. That's for Euro racecars.

If you plan on putting the car for auction then most likely the person who's got the $ to buy it will simply add it to his/her collection and the car will be a garage queen so none of this will really matter other than appearance. If you put the car for raffle then I believe the average joe will want something for street use to include the rear seat. .02cents

the red roll cage looks sharp.

BB, its a tough call on the direction. Greg isn't a guy that rolls the dice on whats gonna go. Im sure he is losing a lot of beauty sleep on this one.

I guess the black and white goes with a Police theme as well...

Food for thought on the stripes though, I saw this on Car Warriors (go to 39.57 JIK) dry paint brushing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GseL...ailpage&t=2397

looking good,That rear will look nice in satin black.

better check your DSE finishing tool, it might be set on harsh.

Looks pretty darn good! I hope mine comes out that clean, the media blaster gets credit too for leaving such a nice finish!

so now that I have the body back I can get the clearance work done. The GMR is a hefty piece.

Hey what happened to Greg having to sand the car :mock:???

Not to bad guys, mine seems to be to a little nicer except for my LT fender!! Which had WAY more filler then that qtr!! :lostmarbles:

Yikes! At least it was a fairly small area!

I forgot to ask, what is that mount attached to the LCA bracket for?

That is the parking brake caliper mount bracket.

I had another 70 Camaro project getting media blasted and came back just before this firebird was going in and he saw how nice the body came out. It took him a few days to make the decision to go from and undercarriage to a full body blast. It took an extra week but it was well worth it.
It makes it much nicer surface to fabricate on. I was having issues during the DSE quad link install with rust contamination. I knew it would e even worst during the DSE tub reinstallation. Even if you prep and clean you may pull contaminants that is in or on the other side of the metal.

Oh duh, I forgot how far back the brakes are mounted on the GMR rears!:knock:

That's Grade A automotive porn right there...

Looks bad ass! I'm going to start building a 70 soon its also going white too! Hopefully I'll have my rendering soon.

:king:

Wow now that is original, fresh and looking great. Killer stuff there! Wow.

f you don't mind some noobie input, I have a suggestion for paint:

I've always loved the factory blue with white strip on these year car.

http://www.allmusclecars.com/pontiac/by1970tapf.jpg

I would definitely go with the ram air hood. This was my favorite as well. Keep the back seat!

Al that said, kudos to you for starting the charity. I'm retired vol firefighter, former USAF, and do appreciate those who stand.

Oh, NOT my car or picture. Pulled from the net to demonstrate the color and hood combo.

I don't think there will ever be a public render done. The build is going to be very out of the box and the main theme will be open.




Think of this picture as major inspiration.
http://fototime.com/756A0CCECAA80BE/xlarge.jpg


2nd gen back seats are almost non existant stock so compromising suspension and components design seems futile. There will be a use for it. Just not for and 5 ft tall 2 legged creatures.

I jizz in my pants

:lmao:

thanks i needed that.

Started to install the rearend and suspension back up. I'll have it as a roller when I start adding the rear crossmember, cross brace and roll over bars.

Have a bit more cutting to do before I can start putting metal back in it.

yep its getting there... does it make you uneasy knowing we have to add 3" to your DSE tub. :slingshot:

that looks TUFF.

You are teasing me!! Looks great!

Looking good Vince :thumbsup:

x2 you're doing great work, Vince.

The motor looks fantastic. I love the detailing. :thumbsup:

Thanks guys, it's rare to have an owner give you free reign of a build. Should have the rear body/frame structure back in by next week.

Wish I could stay on this one all week but I have 3 other cars being built at the same time. Bare with me.

Nice work there buddy!! I really wanted to see Greg DAing the car :stirthepot: maybe you can get a shot of him swiping up??? :lmao:

Haa ya. I remember the first car I DA stripped. After 3 hours of humm numb I looked like a cross between frosty the snowman and scarface...the pimp scarface at the end, not the FOB sanitation worker at the beginning scarface. LOL
Don't know how you guys do it, I still smell body filler.

The project switched to 345's so I had to make a few adjustments. Also we decided to remove the rear cross member completely build a better one.

I counted 9 factory spot welds that didn't penetrate to second layer of 16g. Bye Bye

Tire is sitting better now.

The DSE tub will get a 3" stretch and tilt in wards at the top.

Vince how come the stretch? How wide are those 345's? I know my BFG 335's where 13.5" wide which was wider then the 345's that Mario had? Is it just to have more room if needed?

Funny how the factory can make mistakes even today but when we fix them and they are a millimeter of people go nuts :hitaxeonthehead:

Great work as aways!!

Thanks Rick, I always put in more room than what is needed.
My very first mini tub looked like it had plenty of room but the tire rubbed as my customer pulled into his driveway. Not happy with it, I had to redo it. I learned my lesson.
Just that extra 1/4" up top between 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock can make a huge difference.

70's standards were lax to say the least.

How much clearance ?
 

Just curious how much room you recommend leaving from the tire to the fender lip and from the tire to the inner tub? With the DSE quadra link like this. Love this build. Thanks

Thank you for your interest,
It really depends on the rear suspension system and tire profile you have.

On this particular car we will have it around 1/2" to the outer well. The DSE pan hardbar, 4 link along with the 19" rims and 30 series tires hold pretty well. Inner space will be anywhere from 1 3/4" to 2" depending on how creative we get.

That is awesome looking Greg!! Love the Blue!!

Uhm wow. Those valvecovers in satin please...

Guessing is fun and I wanna play, but I looked back and I am missing a couple things.

Cam specs
stroke (I see bore is 4.165 unless it changed)
Header size

Looks like a piece if jewelry,,, congrats to all involved.....