[pontorquer]

By the way, nice build up, it will be a very nice car, I love the 1970-73 Formulas Firebirds ...

[CaptCrunch]

great color combination..........cant wait to see it done.........

[bird72]

Great!!!!!!!!! I think you are 100% on the right track......... Not every car needs or warrants a resto. One can do a lot of detailing and painting with a frame bolted to a body.

I'm doing same with my 72. Car is undercoated from probably new, and I am leaving it. I need to super clean or attempt to someday the underside, but nothing is rusty funky due to undercoat. I just checked my body bushings myself and mine are fine, amazingly.

Please leave no spoiler......

You have the 12 bolt in it? Posi? gear? That is a real interesting point on the 70's. I am putting a 70, 12 bolt 3.55 posi in mine if the shop ever gets done with putting it togethor.

I think your color combo is great. It is one I remember seeing in person on some, and some magazine cars from the time were often in that color.

[eaglesan13]

I'm not partial to brown, although I don't dislike castillion bronze. However, I had planned on painting the car atoll blue and leaving the interior sandlewood. Then I pulled the fenders off and got a glimpse of the original color on the side of the cowl. Damn, that is nice! So, now I'm leaning more towards keeping it the original color. The pictures don't do the color justice, it is much nicer in person.

The original 3.55 peg-leg 12 bolt is still in the car. I'll leave that till the end. I plan on adding a posi but want to drive the car with the 3.55's first. If I think it is too low I can change the ratio when I add the posi. I would have like to have gone with a 5 speed but the cost was too high.

The car does not have a rear spoiler and I will not be adding one since I prefer the non-spoiler look on the formula.

Originally Posted by bird72

Great!!!!!!!!! I think you are 100% on the right track......... Not every car needs or warrants a resto. One can do a lot of detailing and painting with a frame bolted to a body.

I'm doing same with my 72. Car is undercoated from probably new, and I am leaving it. I need to super clean or attempt to someday the underside, but nothing is rusty funky due to undercoat. I just checked my body bushings myself and mine are fine, amazingly.

Please leave no spoiler......

You have the 12 bolt in it? Posi? gear? That is a real interesting point on the 70's. I am putting a 70, 12 bolt 3.55 posi in mine if the shop ever gets done with putting it togethor.

I think your color combo is great. It is one I remember seeing in person on some, and some magazine cars from the time were often in that color.

[CaptCrunch]

that color is excellent......with a high quality base/clear coat finish it will look great......I pulled the sub frame on mine because I wanted to do the bushings and paint under it.........you're only four bolts away.......