New Grant Steering wheel



Also found a sweet B&M sifter for my car but for 210 bucks it will have to wait.

With the supports fixed engine pic





Now monday I start with the messy part and stripping the roof down to the rear quarters while my dad fixes the hood.

Has anyone taken off window tinting? I'm going to take mine off because I know the friendlys will pull me over :rant: .

Lookin good man! Ugh... I was having my friends drive me everywhere the past two days, and now these pics just make me want to ignor the sunburn and mow a hundred more lawns to get a car of my own LOL!

Sanding and priming is hard work but for some reason I kind of miss doing it. I like the Firehawks and Centerline (or American Racing???) wheels. Looking good, what color are you going to go with when you get the bodywork done? ...did I already ask that? I'm too lazy to read back through the thread.

yea it is a PIA but I'm hoping it pays off. I'm picking up and airbrush so I can just paint the door jams myself and have maaco just shoot the body. They are American Racing rims and they barely pass as legal, they are so close to sticking out side of hte fender. Hoping for a darkish blue. I think that would look best IMO.

Once the car is painted I plan on renting a sandblaster for a day and just clean up the engine comparement and rear fender wells.

Your state wont let the wheels stick out? Can you put fender flairs on or a wide body kit? Anyway, Macco sounds like a good choice, those guys do a lot of painting and always get the paint to lay down well. Just do the prep work yourself (which it looks like you are).

This thread has me wanting a Camaro of Firebird again; I saw a Trans Am GTA for sale today, 350ci V8, Positraction rear end, Radial TA tires in decent shape. The guy is asking $450, the floorboards and rear frame are rotting out and the interior is total crap, but I'm tempted to buy it and back-half it (maybe some mini tubs too) and then sell it for a quick buck. That would be a lot of cutting and welding though...I probably wont do it, but your bodywork pictures have me wanting to weld and sand something.

Its thursday, any progress?

Sidewinder: The floor boards won't be bad but the rear frame is going to be a big PIA. I would look for something with a little bit better frame, mine is near mint, its just as rusted as my bros 2000 Ranger's frame. The next thing I'm looking foward too is my permit so I can actually drive this thing! Luckily the interior is near mint except for the dash and few cracks in the plastic. The seats and carpet look brand new. Do you know how well the Trans Am runs?

MTM:Not much the weather has been crap so all I've been able to work on is inside the hatch which is a pain to sand in that area, its a killer on the hands. Hopefully this weekend there will be more major progress pics.

Heres an update...

Its the bottom where the spare tire is located. The last owner put a rag in there to "absorb" the water so when we were cutting it caught on fire, lovely...

That's always fun, the other thing to watch for is if your welding a patch on the body sometimes there will be some Bondo in the panel, if it has trapped any water it can explode...it's not really dangerious but it does startle the heck outa you.

The TA runs ok, I was thinking it just needed a rear pro-stock type frame fabricated but when I got up under it I looks like it will need a full frame built from the back of the front sub-frame. It's not that hard to do, but it would probably cost more than the car would ever be worth so I think I'll pass. BTW, far anyone who doesn't know what we're talking about here's an example of a back-halfed car.

thats coming along real nice, i think a darkish blue paint would be nice...how bout racing stripes?

Schwenzo

there cool but WAY over done imo there cool if there done right but most time they come out bad