[vannatta20]

First post here and wanted to share with you my journey to my firebird build. I was 16 and always wanted a muscle car. I love everything about them. We found this car in the local newspaper ad. We got there and it was basically a rolling chassis with no hood. We still bought the car for 1500$ and trailered it home. I was so excited until my dad quickly lost interest. I was in high school and had no money to fix it up so there was nothing I could do with it at that time. So it has sit in our barn for 10 years! Now I am in the military and have been stationed overseas for 6 years and now have a wife and a one year old son. I received my next assignment to Luke AFB next to Phoneix AZ. I have wanted badly to save this car and decided this is my best chance. I am taking 1 month of vacation to go back home and build the car on my way to Phoneix. My dad is now retired and my brother is a fabricator who has built custom mini trucks with the air bag suspensions. The plan is for my family and friends to all pitch in and help me build the car in 30 days. We have a shop with a car lift and a never used paint booth. We have a plasma cutter along with welders we will be using as well.