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Old 07-06-2010, 08:36 AM
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The 69 Firebird aka Daisy was needing some modern day upgrades.
This will be the thread to show those updates as I make progress and things I found during.

The front suspension and brakes were removed; I did the Guldstand Mod and added the front tubelar A-arms:
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I have a Vintage Air system going into the car plus a Covan's Dash with Autometer Gauges so the stock dash had to come apart:







In doing this I pulled out the old stock AM radio and single speaker:


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When pulling out the defrost vents I found some treasures "yeah right!":

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Old 07-06-2010, 02:32 PM
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It's always nice to find cool stuff. Looks like a great car but how about some pictures of the whole car?
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Old 07-07-2010, 07:58 AM
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Good looking car. I like the silver stripes rather than blue.
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Made some more progress:
Rear Brakes


Front suspension:

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After having an issue with one of the front brake hubs fitting I made some progress over the last 4 days.
installed the March Serp Kit with Billet Specialties power steering res.
All new brake lines
Electric fan is mounted
Part of the Vintage air system
the new intake and carb










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Looks nice bet you can't wait to get it back on the road. Question what control arms are those, and what front brake are you going with??
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Nice Bird. Silver strips look good.
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