Project Frankenbird - 1968 Pontiac Firebird

[65_LS1_T56]

yeah, geez there are tumbleweeds in here...

[bdahlg68]

Originally Posted by 65_LS1_T56

yeah, geez there are tumbleweeds in here...

Now that (knock on wood) Winter seems to be over.... maybe I can get some work done.... oh, and maybe I can stay in the country while I'm at it! Not much progress over the winter (read: none). I did start to build a workbench to help me work faster / smarter. Hope to get that done next and clean up the garage a bit to get moving. Supposed to be nice this weekend - almost room temperature outside!

[bdahlg68]

Rear frame section is just about ready to go in. Removing the original frame rails is a more challenging task than I expected. Not much room to move around under there! Also pretty tricky trying to set the rear axle position when everything is moving! Sneaking up on it little by little.



Also picked up a set of front frame rails from Scott Mock. Easy transaction was handled quickly and quality looks good. They are just bare rails as I will need to modify them anyway.

[streetbird]

cant wait to see your frame rail attach to the car, it will be a challenge.
keep going

[bdahlg68]

Time to dust things off a bit.... shortly after the last update I decided to make a career change. That has certainly kept me busy but it has also been very exciting. In the little spare time I had during fall / winter, I decided to work on designing my own front subframe to accept the BMW suspension I plan on using. Well, I'm pretty happy with where it's at and I've started sourcing parts. What you're looking at isn't the final version - but it's pretty close. Hope to have some of the parts here in the next few weeks to start welding up. The downbars will eventually be triangulated near the firewall to brace the strut towers.

Always up for any input / comments / criticism.



and an older version w/ an LS...

[WSSix]

Looks badass to me. Glad to see you making progress. Congrats on the positive career change.

[bdahlg68]

Slowly putting the puzzle together. So far so good.

[Tuske427]

Nice CAD work! It's looking clean. what engine are you going with?

[dhutton]

Very cool. That is something you don't see every day.

Don

[bdahlg68]

Originally Posted by Tuske427

Nice CAD work! It's looking clean. what engine are you going with?

Thanks! Currently planning on using an S54 out of an E46 M3. Sort of a modern take on a Firebird Sprint.

Originally Posted by dhutton

Very cool. That is something you don't see every day.

Don

Thanks Don!