Update on my rusty firebird

[67rstbkt]

It's been awhile since I have made any progress on this, but I found some time to work on it this weekend. I got both quarters, roof, and tail panel off. Here are some pics.

[67rstbkt]

[TreySmith]

Nice!! How hard is it to allign all the stuff and weld it?

[67rstbkt]

Originally Posted by TreySmith

Nice!! How hard is it to allign all the stuff and weld it?

I'll let you know when I get there, this is my first time replacing body panels.

[awr68]

Demo day can be fun! Good to see you are going with full quarters!
What brand of sheet metal are you using?

[67rstbkt]

Originally Posted by awr68

Demo day can be fun! Good to see you are going with full quarters!
What brand of sheet metal are you using?

I got a Summit Racing where I live so I've been buying Goodmark and saving on the truck freight.

[67rstbkt]

Originally Posted by TreySmith

Nice!! How hard is it to allign all the stuff and weld it?

So far it has not been that difficult to line things up. Getting out all the spot welds and prepping the mating surfaces has been a real pain though.

[Ron Fox]

It's good to see another Bird in the making. Looks good so far. Are you keeping it original or will you do mods?

Ron
1969 Firebird, 4-speed Coupe

[redfire69]

Looks great! That's a ton of work to do in you own garage. You're going about it the right way, making sure all your gaps are good before final welding - I'm there too!

[67rstbkt]

Originally Posted by Ron Fox

It's good to see another Bird in the making. Looks good so far. Are you keeping it original or will you do mods?

Ron
1969 Firebird, 4-speed Coupe

Thanks!
Probably some mods; better rear-end, the original 4 speed is long gone so I will have decide what tranny (it came with a TH400), I'll beef up the suspension, convert to disk brakes, but I will keep the 400 motor, probably stroke it and get some aluminum heads on it.