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Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 03-31-2024, 02:45 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 612
Posted By giles
Ric, I think your choices are urethane, heater...

Ric,
I think your choices are urethane, heater hose or NOS. I would not recommend urethane for subframe or control arms, but I suspect you’ll never know the difference on a rear sway bar. Ames...
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 01-21-2024, 02:01 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 3,312
Posted By giles
I’ve seen a bulletin where spacers were installed...

I’ve seen a bulletin where spacers were installed in the front lower control arm between the arm and bump stop to lift the front end 2 or 3 inches. This was done to avoid shipping damage to the...
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 11-27-2023, 01:45 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,380
Posted By giles
I don’t think a rear speaker got a cover like...

I don’t think a rear speaker got a cover like that until ‘72. I think all ‘70-‘71 custom trim cars and base trim cars with a rear speaker option got the mesh package tray.
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 11-25-2023, 05:13 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,923
Posted By giles
The spokes in these close up shots look right. ...

The spokes in these close up shots look right. For some reason that first picture in the first thread entry looks very “silver”.
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 11-25-2023, 12:32 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,923
Posted By giles
Looks great. I do have to comment about the...

Looks great. I do have to comment about the spokes. Should be black. I’ve seen many high dollar restorations recently which have Formula wheels with silver or bare metal spokes. These cars never...
Forum: 64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH 10-22-2023, 03:02 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 6,543
Posted By giles
Finally done! (Are they ever really done?) Have...

Finally done! (Are they ever really done?)
Have put a couple hundred miles on and overall works pretty well. I still have a few things to do but I am comfortable enough that I’d drive anywhere...
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 10-22-2023, 12:28 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,089
Posted By giles
Firebird? Not quite, other models and other tests...

Firebird? Not quite, other models and other tests absolutely. As a test engineer for Buick in the 80s I ran what was called the “windrow gravel test” on a pre-production ‘86 Grand National. The...
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 03-12-2023, 01:01 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 778
Posted By giles
Fenders hood and valance should be black on the...

Fenders hood and valance should be black on the backside as they were painted at final assembly paint shop. The body shells were painted in an entirely different paint shop at Fisher Body next door....
Forum: 64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH 03-11-2023, 09:34 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 6,543
Posted By giles
Good thing I’ve not been in a hurry! 4 years...

Good thing I’ve not been in a hurry! 4 years since my last post and still not complete! But it is all done except the convertible top. Material is on order and that last step should be completed...
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 09-17-2022, 05:37 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 4,636
Posted By giles
I’m not so much of a purist that I won’t put in a...

I’m not so much of a purist that I won’t put in a few deviations from stock. Replacing the crappy cost-saving ‘71 plastic wire holders with the super deluxe ‘70 wire holders is one of them!
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 09-11-2022, 12:22 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,201
Posted By giles
Got a set from Kelsey tire last year. Great...

Got a set from Kelsey tire last year. Great looking, terrible driving tire. I have F60s on Rally IIs and Goodyear Eagle RS-As on honeycombs. It’s a pleasure to drive the radials. The Polyglas are...
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 03-26-2022, 09:22 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,250
Posted By giles
PHS document is an invoice not a build sheet as...

PHS document is an invoice not a build sheet as some claim in ads. The invoice was what PMD billed the dealer and only included options that cost money. You’ll see a transmission choice on a...
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 03-06-2022, 12:18 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 3,296
Posted By giles
Steve T (455hota) on here installed a gear...

Steve T (455hota) on here installed a gear vendors unit behind a THM 400 20 years ago on a 71 TA he had at the time. I was interested but decided against it for my car when I saw how much he had to...
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 02-12-2022, 01:43 PM
Replies: 97
Views: 8,513
Posted By giles
Engine VIN stamp was done right before the engine...

Engine VIN stamp was done right before the engine dropped into the chassis. Prior to this they did not know in which car a given engine was to be installed.
Engines were built at Pontiac engine...
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 01-02-2022, 09:11 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,633
Posted By giles
FYI all THM 400s were built in the Willow Run, MI...

FYI all THM 400s were built in the Willow Run, MI Hydra-matic plant. When assembled a PQ trans did not know if it was going to Norwood or Van Nuys (or Pontiac, Fremont, Baltimore, etc A-car plants)....
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 12-19-2021, 04:42 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 6,163
Posted By giles
PMD-owned car. 13M386 Michigan manufacturers...

PMD-owned car. 13M386 Michigan manufacturers plate
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 12-18-2021, 09:18 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 9,000
Posted By giles
Rocky has a good take on what marketing and sales...

Rocky has a good take on what marketing and sales were thinking with regard to the RAIV option. The attached page from the ‘70 Product Assembly Document tells us that engineering and manufacturing...
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 10-13-2021, 10:07 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,701
Posted By giles
Norwood is correct about the side of the wheel...

Norwood is correct about the side of the wheel well. It is the same rubber shield, just installed differently at each plant. The rubber shields were however continued through most of ‘71 however. ...
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 07-18-2021, 06:53 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,791
Posted By giles
Six early TAs

When is the last time you saw six early TAs in a row? From the GTOAA show yesterday in Bellevue, WA
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 01-05-2014, 12:11 PM
Replies: 166
Views: 10,458
Posted By giles
FYI Ford sells a higher temperature DOT 3. I'm...

FYI Ford sells a higher temperature DOT 3. I'm going to use this stuff in my next brake overhaul;

http://www.fordparts.com/Products/Chemicals-Brake-EnginePerformanceFluids-Cleaners.aspx
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 12-05-2012, 03:10 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 2,256
Posted By giles
FWIW, I would expect the likelihood of engine...

FWIW, I would expect the likelihood of engine serial no. (MUN) errors to be low. The Pontiac engine plant only built Pontiac V8s so the MUNs were always in the same location and sequential. The...
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 01-31-2008, 11:32 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 4,447
Posted By giles
If there is one thing I excel at, it is dumbing...

If there is one thing I excel at, it is dumbing down!

Anyway that says...

482400 KM is used on all except TA and Formula
428399 KN is used on TA and Formula
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 01-13-2007, 12:33 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,346
Posted By giles
As to what was intended; I think that 71 WAS...

As to what was intended; I think that 71 WAS supposed to have stitching and that 70s and 72 and later Firebirds are not supposed to have stitiching on the 1/4 trim. How were the cars actually...
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 07-29-2006, 10:01 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 2,042
Posted By giles
Generally anything with ram air exhaust manifolds...

Generally anything with ram air exhaust manifolds had the positive cable routed to the front of the block and underneath the LH exhaust manifold. The positive cable and tube would not fit between...
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