Adding bump stops.

Mock up
 

Mocking up more of the sheet metal for fit as the car was apart when it arrived at the shop.

Great build, guys. I like the engine choice, too.

Tony

What he said!!!!

Thanks guys...yeah we really like working with Butler engines...we put one in a 78 TA that really turned out great...we have another one in inventory for a 65 GTO build as well.

Here is a link to the 78 TA... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOjPShkhnrs

Three questions for you guys? What body mounts do you like to use? On the floor install did you cut the old floor using the new piece as a template or how do you guys like to do it? And it looks like continuous welds for the connectors? Do you not have to skip around and worry about warpage of the metal doing those? Thanks for the help and answers. We all appreciate the pics and knowledge.

Sorry we can't help on the body mounts as they came with the project, we did not order them.
On the floors we cut the bellys out, then sat the new pan in place and traced around it with a marker, then cut the rest of the old pan out...this allowed us to butt weld the new pans in place.
I agree the frame connector welds looks continuous, but we actual did skip around only doing around 5 spots at a time.

Thanks for the questions...take care.

Thanks a lot for the answers. Your car is bad ass. Following for sure.

Aw we wanted to see a good clutch shot before you put it together! :D

Did you end up going with a DYAD?

Hey guys...YES we do plan to run a DYAD, but the motor and trans are only at the mock up stage...I will definitely get some good clutch pics of the final install...we've been having great luck with the DYAD sysetem with these high HP engines.

We're glad to hear that they've worked well for you! Excited to see the install, and whats in store for the rest of the car!

Smoothing out the rear tail pan
 

Work continues to smooth out the back of the Firebird's body.

Front fender metal work
 

Metal working the front fenders.

Body work begins
 

Time to start body working this old bird...

Rendering
 

Figured I should post the rendering of "Black Widow" before the build is over.

Partial to white w/ black centers...soooo....I LOVE IT! Classic look...

Very nice!!! Well done!!!

Rendering
 

Thanks guys!!

It looks great, nice work. I like the rendering.

Thanks a lot guys...

Body work
 

Here we are doing more body work...getting most of the body in primer.

Guide coat
 

Shot on some guide coat...and start sanding again.

Rear bumper mock up
 

Looks like we have some serious work ahead of us to get the rear bumper to fit snug to the body.

Body sanding
 

Tim putting in long hours of body working the Firebird...sanding and primer.

Filling in the front turn signals
 

Tom filled in the front turn signal holes.

FESLER flush mounted glass
 

Mocked up the FESLER flush mounted windshield and rear window...had to fine tune the openings for consistent gaps.

Door gaps
 

Adjusting and metal working the doors to tighten up the gaps.

Don't you know there's a rule about wearing Tillman TIG gloves while MIG welding!?!?!

LOL


Looks better and better all the time!


If people only realized how many hours it takes to make all these old piles of crap look perfect....

Wow!
 

I just went through the whole thread......NICE WORK! Makes me want to learn welding.

:flag2:

Thanks guys...yeah, these old rigs do not build themselves...takes a lot of hours to make them nice.

What are the wheel/tires sizes going to be? Are you going to use Ride Tech's Tru Turn up front?

Nice work!

The tires are 275/35ZR18 and 315/30ZR18...wheels are 18".

I guess 9's and 12's? Tru Turn?

Wheels are 10" and 11"...not sure on the Tru Turn...the front "clip" was supplied by our customer so I'm not exactly sure what all is included in the set-up and the clip in tucked away currently as the body in on a rotisserie in the body shop...but I'll try and let you know when we pull it back out.

Front sheet metal gasp
 

Tightening things up.

Looking Good
 

Love the work you are putting into this bird!!

Great job with the build looks awesome!

Nice work guys!! Thanks for using KD filler. Awesome build

in that a photo of you using a spot welder to shrink the metal ?
or is something else going on there ?

If you are shrinking, do you use a wet rag or what after you zap ? Curious about your technique there.

Yes, you are correct...we were using the spot welder to shrink the metal...we would cool the metal with compressed air at each hit.