[pjhconst]

Hello BJ Its great to see the progress you are doing with the car it truly found its new home. And by the way I still have that cheesy steering wheel cover that I will gladly send you.
Pat

[Bentwheelbob]

BJ - I gave Dave the message and he said back at you. Looks like the paint is cleaning up great. Nice shop/workspace. I have a couple extra elbows and will send one your way if you PM you shipping info. Conversely, their are a number for sale on eBay if you search "Firebird air cleaner elbow".

[OVERULD]

Originally Posted by njsteve

The speedo may not be working because the speedo gear housing is wrong for the 3.73 gear. There were at least two "housings" used, one for the 3.08 and lower numerical gears, and one for the higher number 3.42, etc gears. You may have the 3.08 housing with the wrong plastic gear in it so it is not meshing properly.

I am in the process of converting from 3.42s to 3.08s and had to buy the 3.08 housing to replace the 3.42 collar i had previously installed.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/tci-880022

Thanks for the link Steve - I'll give that a try.

Originally Posted by njsteve

That's crazy about the kick down switch! When I had to replace the heater core on my 19,000 mile survivor 73 SD Formula, I found the same thing: the kick down harness was not connected to the switch and the wires were tucked and wrapped up in the upper dash. I was the first one to ever get into the under dash area and it appeared to have been that way since 1973.

Did your kick-down work that way? Mines seems to, but it shouldn't...correct?

Originally Posted by Aaron65

I notice that the plastic trim underneath your grille and over your bumper is black. Mine is too, but in most pictures of 1974s, it's body color. I always thought that the previous owner painted it black, but now I wonder if some came that way.

Mine's an early build (October '73); is yours?

Yeah, like Steve said, they are supposed to be body color. It was on my original 74, so we'll paint this one. This car was December '73 build. Shipped on 12/21 I believe.

Originally Posted by Held for Ransom

Keep your GM decal is real and correct. I can't for sure say the same for your A/C compressor. Can you read all the numbers in the CODE NO. box? I think that MODEL NO. was earlier.

I will use some paper and a pencil to stencil those numbers Mike. I can't make the last couple out even when I zoom in on my original photo file.

Originally Posted by pontiacstogo

I bought a NOS when I first picked up my 74 T/A and stored it way. Many years later when I finally got to the painting stage I opened the box and it virtually fell apart in my hands

What's with the plugs in the door - was the car rustproofed sometime in it's past?

Yep, I believe that's what they were for. You can see them on the rocker panel too.

Originally Posted by pjhconst

Hello BJ Its great to see the progress you are doing with the car it truly found its new home. And by the way I still have that cheesy steering wheel cover that I will gladly send you.
Pat

Thanks Pat - having a lot of fun with it. You can keep the steering wheel cover! I think Tom put that on...he's from Wisconsin you know! I've been speaking with him and he is glad to hear the car finally made it to the South!

Originally Posted by Bentwheelbob

BJ - I gave Dave the message and he said back at you. Looks like the paint is cleaning up great. Nice shop/workspace. I have a couple extra elbows and will send one your way if you PM you shipping info. Conversely, their are a number for sale on eBay if you search "Firebird air cleaner elbow".

Thanks Bob - I'll shoot you a PM.

BJ