Desert Find 69 Firebird ,,, My new project

[67rstbkt]

Good luck on your project; and keep the pics coming.

[Demo]

Thanks everybody for all the positive AND the negative coments ,,, here in suadi arabia its very hard to find a muscle car ,,, actully its very hard to find anything in the 60's 70's range that is worth working on ,,, so when i saw this 69 firebird it was like a dream comming true ,,,

however ,,, if i was to choose between this car and an ok condition car i will take this 1 ,,, if i am going to repaint the car do drivetrain wheels suspention interior then i prefer to work on cheap car to start with ,,,

worth saying , thanks to god there is no rust on the car except for the trunk and the hood(it was laying on the ground for years thats y its rusted ) other than that the car is soild ,,, dont get fooled by the rusty color ,,, its the old paint not the rust ,,, and i will do most of the bodywork my self ,,, i will only buy the trunk panel and a hood and i will try to fix everything else as much as i can keeping good quality job in mind ,,,

Wish me luck "I need it "

regards
mohannad

[awr68]

Welcome to the site mohannad, and best of luck with your project!!

[Vegas69]

I have a question for you. How much is a gallon of gas U.S. over there?

[Modmach1]

Congrats with a fun project!
Cool that you actually can find these cars in Saudi-Arabia.
I have a far out '62 Impala myself that everyone say is beyond repair, but i mean that these projects should be saved as well

[ohcbird]

Some of you guys are seriously missing the point here- he found a 69 Firebird in Saudi Arabia. That's like finding a mint Yenko in Argentina! Also- I think some of you are seriously underestimating the industriousness of a motivated man. Some people aren't used to having shops in every corner of their city, so they learn to take care of things themselves. While it may not win a Riddler, I'm sure he'll enjoy it. As much as I love the high quality of so many of the cars here, I think many of us get wrapped up in 'keeping up with the Jones's' (myself included).

[Demo]

thanks everybody

i really appreciate the support ,,, the point as said finding a 69bird in saudi is not easy and by law we cant import any car that is older than 5 years with exception to (30years +)but the broblem is it wont be street legal ,,, so finding this 69bird is like finding a hiden treasure ,,,

I Strongly belive that the aftermarket parts has effected our abilitiy to be creative ,,, if u visit countries like egypt u will find shops restoring any things and i MEAN ANYTHING ,,, the reason is the parts are expensive so they Fix ,,, i will try to minimize replacing bodyparts as much as possible ,,, we can buy sheelmetal and we have hammers we can do anything ,,, however suspension and breaks i'll be buying for sure ,,,

I promise that this car Will be a very very good car ,,, hammering a panel does not mean its gonna look bad ,,,

I WILL DO ALL WHAT I CAN ,,, AND WISH FOR THE BEST ,,,

i started cleaning the car and removing the interior ,,, got my 4 disk brakes kit fron ss396 nothing fansy + DSE control arms(Coilovers) rare and front sway bar from DSE ,,, i will order a fiberglass hood next week just looking for a nice looking 1 ,,,







u cant belive how hard it is to remove a 40years old bolt !!!

[gearheads78]

congrats on the find ....looking forward to seeing your progress

[dropit69]

congtrats on the find..thats so cool seeing a car like over there..keep us updated and good luck.!!

[TreySmith]

Does it have an engine?


It really isn't that bad, the only hard part will be the roof and even then you will be amazed how much of it will pop back into place with a little hammering.

Honestly man, get it running and driving first, the rest can come later. Make sure you do the car right though so you can keep on enjoying it for a long time

It seems like you are truly happy with the car, I wasn't happy with my first project so I sold it and bought my 1980 Trans Am and I love it, I have gotten so much done on it. I never did anything with my last car.