Project budget WT..Fuschia? Firebird 68, 400? Ls1?

[geberhard]

Red? Pink? Purple? Fuschia? You decide! This project has been sitting on the sidelines and has received many names, some were great and some not so affectionate

As some side projects start, I came across this Firebird while looking on craigslist (the devil) for some parts for another Firebird. One thing leads to another, and after talking with the previous owner who was a great guy and had grand plans, I ended up adopting this puppy. Aside from the fugly paint-job and body, the bird had issues on his own, rough start when started, messy wiring, nasty interior with most of it missing (whoever said what is inside is what counts was lying), on and on. Also buying and picking up a car at night makes the challenge more interesting 

I put a little time on her, and she runs a bit better now, but still has a long way to go. The car started life as a 4 speed 350, and now has a Poncho 350 or 400 in it and a saginaw 4 speed.

After a bit of love, sweat, swearing and tears, I had the bird running decently enough again, and actually drivable to grocery shopping and parts store parts chase. It looked like the son only a mom would love Since I was already working on a couple of other projects, I tore her apart as much as possible as time allowed.

Then I started looking at pro-touring images, then found this site, and things started to go downhill fast

Continued stripping and tear down:

On to the body spa she went. Nose job with a new 400 hood:





Bringing her back home (first time):