Project Frankenbird - 1968 Pontiac Firebird

[bdahlg68]

Help is always welcome and there is always beer in the fridge here!

[bdahlg68]

Just about finished with the front suspension..... at least on the driver side. Moved the mounts rearward to try and get the wheel centered in fender. I think I'm pretty close. Some cars seem to have the wheels further rearward but looking at this shot of Mayhem I think I'm in about the same spot. Anyone think I need to go further rearward?

[Nick@HPM]

Looks great, love the ride height!!!

[bdahlg68]

Front suspension is in - needs some small adjustments and final welding. Hood hinges are a problem. Not much room forward of front fender attachment point.

[WSSix]

Forward opening hood like a vette? The C5/6 hood hinges lift up so the hood actually doesn't dip down into the area in front of the radiator that much. At least not compared to how a C2/3 vetter did. Looks good Brian.

[hersheys69z]

Glad to see someone attempting strut suspension

[65_LS1_T56]

Just put a tilt front end on it

[bdahlg68]

Originally Posted by WSSix

Forward opening hood like a vette? The C5/6 hood hinges lift up so the hood actually doesn't dip down into the area in front of the radiator that much. At least not compared to how a C2/3 vetter did. Looks good Brian.

I think Eddie Motorsports Billet hinges might work. I'm just hesitant to drop the coin and find out otherwise. Regardless, this is not a hard stop - there is a solution here. Vette hinges may be it as well.

Originally Posted by hersheys69z

Glad to see someone attempting strut suspension

Let's hope it all works as it does in my head!

Originally Posted by 65_LS1_T56

Just put a tilt front end on it

I was thinking I could just lift the whole body to get under hood, or into and out of the car for that matter.

[bdahlg68]

Well, haven't touched the car since July. Jen is getting her MBA, I got a promotion and we had our floors refinished twice which means our furniture was taking up most of the garage. Still finishing up installing new shoe molding and putting furniture back. Not optimistic I will make much progress this winter either. Plus I may pick up a fox body here shortly. There is also intention for a GT350 in 2017 (at least that's the current plan). Hoping to hold onto the bird as well but will quickly run out of garage space.

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[bdahlg68]

And yes it has been too long. We should try to meet up over the break. You guys working or are you off?

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