1971 Firebird build thread

[aronhk_md]

Chris,

I believe they just started making the whole rear sheetmetal replacement. I know they now have the rear curved bottom pan...called the Valence. Check on the performanceyears.com tech board....under 70-73 birds. Also, make sure thats not a 73 nose, as they are different mounts. Theres info on that same forum about that as well. Truthfully if you are going the pro-touring route you might want to consider the fiberglass nose. Takes a bit of prep, but drops weight................and really the nice thing is the long term durability of the paint.

The stock endura noses are a PAIN. Even properly prepped professionally, the nose on my #'s matching 72 trans am cracked from the temp in the garage changing from 40 degrees in the daytime to below freezing at night, and I'm not the only one who has had that happen.