Brendon's '67 Firebird thread

[Tuske427]

Thanks, guys, I appreciate the support!

Just a few small things this weekend- I have most of the fuel line made, though it killed both my tube cutter and 37º tubing flare tool in the process. I also made a fuel filter bracket out of some mangled scrap metal, welded up the brace around the shifter and starting to mock up the center console, as well as some crack repair and covered it with some carbon fiber type wrap. I'll need to weld some bolts to the floor pan to make future removal/ installation easier

[67zo6Camaro]

Almost ready for a test drive. Good work.

[gordonr1973]

Great progress!!!

[frojoe]

Wicked work man! Been on this forum for how many years and can't believe this thread slipped past me. I subscribed by the second or third post haha. Keep it up and keep posting tons of pics!

[geberhard]

Brendon, excellent work it is coming out great! Do you have any pmore detailed pics on how you did you rear fender flares and ducting towards the rear wheels\brakes? Really like the work you did there and ideas.

Thanks!

Gui

[MX145]

Lookin forward to your next post!

[Tuske427]

Originally Posted by geberhard

Brendon, excellent work it is coming out great! Do you have any pmore detailed pics on how you did you rear fender flares and ducting towards the rear wheels\brakes? Really like the work you did there and ideas.

Thanks!

Gui

Thanks, G! I've posted most of them but I'll see if I have any that I didn't post and I'll send them your way.

I don't have anything else on the ducting yet because I've put that on the back burner for the moment as I'm trying to get more of the car together first. Once I get the rims for the car and have the sheet metal back on I'll have a better sense of I can build the ducting plates for the front (behind the brakes to channel the air to the center of the rotors).

Originally Posted by MX145

Lookin forward to your next post!

Thanks, Ryan! I have been out of the country for 5 weeks partly traveling, partly for work. I made one big trip out of it, but it hurts the progress.

I'm back now, and today I was able to get back out there. I stopped by PTB in Irwindale, CA, and picked up some very nice mandrel bent tubing sections so I can work on getting my driver side header fabbed up. I also replaced my oil pan as I unfortunately had a broken one and it was wicking oil out of an epoxied area. Stupid me, I should have replaced the pan before I had my engine built. Live and learn... So I got a new one and swapped that in. No more leaks, the way it should have been...

And I was the lucky recipient of a drill press- thank you, Brett!! I bought a stand and await some metal to drill...

[Tuske427]

Originally Posted by geberhard

Brendon, excellent work it is coming out great! Do you have any pmore detailed pics on how you did you rear fender flares and ducting towards the rear wheels\brakes? Really like the work you did there and ideas.

Thanks!

Gui

OK, I went back and I have a few pics I didn't use in my post on the quarter panel here:

https://lateral-g.net/forums/show...&postcount=179

The basic premise of what I did was to align the front of the quarter panel into the car- same as if I were going to replace it stock. I had trimmed the old quarter off up about .25" after the edge of the door jamb. from that I used the spoiler to determine the width of the rear, and, in the one pic you can see a clecko holding the front, and black duct tape holding the back. From this I used the crease of the body line and did my best to align it with the door to keep the car looking straight also making sure it met up wit hthe back of the tail panel. I then made a cardboard template for the top- which was a long thin crescent shaped wedge. I had to do a little trimming along the way but did my best to keep a smooth transition along the top. I then made the smaller pieces to fill in the back tail panel, and lastly filled in the wheel well.

To make the right side I did this all over again, and measured the driver side for reference to make it as symmetrical as possible.

I hope this is helpful..

[MX145]

Glad you're back. Hope you enjoyed your time out of the country. Beside Canada I've never been and Canada doesn't really count.

Looks like you're getting right back into the swing of things. You sure don't mess around. All that work to widen the car, a lot of functional improvements, and now you're building headers. Impressive!

[1968 GTO Resto-Mod]

awesome thread brendon!!!
man, the fab work you're doing there is really impressive...
and i definitely like the idea of going with the original pontiac color on the engine!
i'll be staying tuned!