68 firebird build

[68firebird]

I'm working on a 1968 firebird. this is my first every build, so I'm learning as I go along. She's been sitting on jackstands in the garage since 2005, the kids are older now so now its time start this project back up. Long story short, I just don't have the space to pull the front clip off, the motor out, and the subframe out, I have a really small garage, but hey it beats working in the rain. oh, and I'm working on a pretty tight budget. progress so far: ( I apologize if the pics are kinda crappy, I use an iphone camera)

the wife was starting to use it as a shelf, didn't like that too much,


took the control arms off



took them to work, blasted them, primed and painted them with eastwood chassis paint, installed poly bushings, new ball joints, and new upper shafts.


Did the Guldstrand mod to both sides



covered up the front end and cleaned the subframe with flap disks, wire brushes, anything that would help me do the job.


painted the top of the wheelhouses since I had the front end masked up


once the frame was as clean as I could get it, I hit it with a couple coats of eastwood chassis primer then a couple coats of eastwood chassis paint.


Now its time for reassembly, just put the control arms on last night on both sides


so that's where I'm at right now. I've got hotchkis/bilstein shocks, hotchkis 2 inch lowering springs, global west subframe connectors and solid body mounts, and hotchkis sway bar yet to be installed. I'll be ordering some disk brakes over the next week or two to tie this front end up. More to come....