68 firebird build

[68firebird]

haven't posted in a month or so. Here's where I'm at:

Suspension is in...



Disc Brakes are on:



These are the rims I'm using, 92 camaro rims, I painted graphite and put some firebird logos.



started putting the global west solid body mounts in last night, the radiator support ones are being a pain to get the old ones out, I might try and tackle that tonight. also trying to fit tires on this.

[68firebird]

Its been a while since I visited and posted progress on this, mainly because its been a while since I worked on the car. money ran dry for a while, so I kinda got disgusted and stopped for a bit. BUT, I've started working on it again!! thanks to my 6 year old daughter for giving me motivation (she wants to go to cruise nights in it, LOL)

back in '10 I had picked up a pair of tires for the camaro rims labeled front, put them on and realized they weren't gonna work.



so after figuring a bunch of the backspacing out I though that the front rims would work better in the back and the back rims better in the front with a tad smaller tire on them ( the rims labeled "rear" stuck out to far, so the tire was hitting the lip of the fender) thats where I left off it '10. this past week I ended up picking up a pair of tires off craigslist for $50 to finally see if my theory will work, and I actually think it will. wont' know till I get it on the road, but from how it sits it might just make it.





I'm also needing a new master cylinder since I put disk on the front, hopefully be ordering that in a week or so.

In the meantime, I would really like to get to a cruise night with my daughter this year in this car, so I'm gonna put some new gaskets on and some fresh fluids and start her up. I know its not the prettiest motor out there, but it sure runs good! maybe over the winter I could pull the motor and clean it up and rebuild it. I would love to drop an LS motor in, but on a tight budget that is nearly impossible.




OH, and now I need a new low profile jack to get under the car. since it sits so low I can't get my old craftsman under the subframe, LOL.

[geberhard]

Rene great to hear that you are making some progress on the Bird! Aweosme your daughter wants to go for a ride so get the car running

[68firebird]

Thanks geberhard.

Engine is going back together, once it's running and the brakes are fully working I'll pull it into the driveway and PowerSpray the bottom half of the motor.

[68firebird]

Had the motor running today! Super excited! Just have a few things to fix, like leaky fuel filter, leak at a power steering fitting, and new belts, other than that it's running great, even with the old fuel that was in there. Gotta get the brakes fix ASAP, really gettin the bug now!!!

[Steve68]

good for you, remember a running project car is better than a nonrunning one!!!!

[geberhard]

Rene, awesome progress man, keep it coming!! I need some motivation too

[68firebird]

Here's a small clip of it running, i'll post a link up in case the video doesn't show up.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4tj-HRsZKh8

Also mounted the autometer tach into the stock bezel. I now need to pick up a speedometer for the other side. Also ordered a new fuel filter to replace the leaky one on there now.

[Ron in SoCal]

Fixed it for ya. Dave and Curtis are too busy today...

[68firebird]

Thank you