Trans Am SE WS6 Project
 

Hi,

We just picked up a fully loaded '78 Trans Am Gold Special Edition WS6 car that's been sitting in the desert since 1992. Plans are to do a mild Pro/Touring car lowering it about 1 inch, tweaking the chassis and maybe some 17 x 9 inch Snowflakes. This project will be covered in an upcoming book from CarTech on 2nd Gen Firebird and Camaro Performance covering various levels of Pro/Touring mods from mild to wild.
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...k/Roy/fun1.jpg
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...k/Roy/fun8.jpg

We just finished wrapping up a '66 Chevelle SS so started tearing down the '78 T/A Gold SE

Been sitting in the high desert for years so every piece we removed was full of sand!!!

http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...s%20Am/ta1.jpg
Int
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...s%20Am/ta2.jpg
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...s%20Am/ta5.jpg
Nose
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...s%20Am/ta4.jpg
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...%20Am/ta4a.jpg
Fender
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...%20Am/ta4b.jpg
Nose OFF
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...%20Am/ta4c.jpg
Stripping
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...s%20Am/ta6.jpg
Priming
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...s%20Am/ta7.jpg
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...s%20Am/ta8.jpg
The Chevelle just finished
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...velle/fin1.jpg
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...velle/fin2.jpg
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...velle/fin4.jpg

Awesome project's Mike.The javelin is cool.:thumbsup: Scott M.

I've never felt sure about seeing snowflakes in total custom TA's but for the plans you have I bet is going to look killer.

Beautiful work on the Chevelle it came out awesome. you have another nice project with the T/A.

Making progress on tearing the car apart and stripping it.

Dash
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...s%20Am/ta9.jpg
Stripped
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...%20Am/ta8b.jpg

Wow that looks in excelent shape.

Yeah really. I'm a little jealous at how nice the sheet metal is on this car. So have you thought of a final plan for the car and the direction you're going to take? My only suggestion is to keep the solar gold color. It looks great on these cars. Just take a look at Telly V's I believe his is solar or at least a similar shade anyway.

The plan is to do a Level One Pro/Touring style car where it can be easily put back to stock since it's a rare loaded Gold SE. It's part of a build for a book for P/T 2nd Gen cars and will feature upgraded chassis components, quietly lowered about 1 inch and 17 x 9 inch Snowflakes.

I found this photo on a Firebird Forum and "Like the look" of the 17's! I tweaked it a lowered the car slightly.
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...%20Am/17a3.jpg

Sounds like a good plan to me. Will you be going Pontiac powered or...?