1967 Firebird - Gunplay

[68firebird]

Looking great!! I love that color, so much so that both my durango and ram are that color. where was that car show at? you're lucky to see 2, maybe 3 first gen firebirds around here at a show, you have a whole bunch there.

[XLexusTech]

I am 90% sure that I know that spider.. the painted one...
I suspect your car was once an east coast car.... the Spider may be the moniker of the pinstriper... a New York based guy.
I could be wrong but its worth checking out... his name is Nelson Medina.

[Knaller]

Like the colour too. Is that GM Silverstone Silver?

[geberhard]

Guys thanks!


Yep I have a SOFT SPOT for Boss wheels (previous birds I had), but on this bird I swapped in AR's form teh other project for fit. The tires are narrower, and will be putting the Boss on the convertible i am building instead (LS1 with turbo plans in progress

68 BMW


Trixie I - 67 400:



Thanks, the color is a BMW color, space gray metallic.

[geberhard]

Originally Posted by XLexusTech

I am 90% sure that I know that spider.. the painted one...
I suspect your car was once an east coast car.... the Spider may be the moniker of the pinstriper... a New York based guy.
I could be wrong but its worth checking out... his name is Nelson Medina.

Ugh, now I kind of feel bad for having shaved them off


Plans on Gunplay right now are to finish the interior soon, need to weatherstrip and move on to the next items; engine is a very solid and slightly modified 400), need to do disc brakes asap, going with LS (Camaro\Firebird) braks. I used newer TA seats and love how comfy and well they grab on curves compared to the stock buckets.

[geberhard]

A little extra progress on the bird but have been enjoying her a lot these days, fun rides, long walks at the beach...

I experimented a "few" carbs in the last few months:

1- Edelbrock 1406 - 600 CFM, great our of teh box driveability, perfect start up but perfromance was just ok

2- Holley Street Avenger - great at WOT, but slightly sluggish off the start - I believe 700CFM

3- Rochester quadrajet 74 trans am rebuilt off ebay. Nicely rebuilt, good carb, but power just was not there. Found ou later that the carb was rebuilt to factory specs for high altitude, ugh!

4- Edelbrock 1407 - excellent out of the box and great balance. Mileage suffered but who cares

5- Finally!! Steve did an amazing job buildinga killer carb with some greta parts form Cliff Ruggles. Steve is a Rochester Carb meister, and wnet through the setup and dialed in extremelly well for performance. The car really woke up! If anyone needs a build on his quadrajets, I HIGHLY recommend his work!

Now Gunplay is laying under Lolla (68 vert LS1 in progress) in the garage, tight squeeze, but great to be able to stack two rides in a short 9 feet ceiling garage

[67rstbkt]

looking good! I may end up going the Quadrajet route myself one of these days. It's good to know there are people out there that can properly build and tune them.