[77 Canamman]

http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=787665

or on EBAY...

https://www.ebay.com/sch/citationind...p2047675.l2562

[78-455-T/A]

Thanks!

[77 Canamman]

No problem, anytime!

I think you will be happy with the product! Also, they sent a very generous length in case you mess up. There was enough there to do 6 flares.

[77 Canamman]

Working on a Hellcat Challenger for a friend. Had to take a couple of photos of it with the Bandit. While I like the 700 HP plus performance of the Hellcat, the rest of the car to me is "meh"..

[bs78ta]

I agree while it has power it is fairly boring interior wise and handles like a semi with a loose load.

[TAKerry]

Bird looks great. I am sure you have heard it before, but if there are some bubbles, just leave the car in the sun for a few hours. They will flatten right out.

[Scarebird]

Can't swing a cat without hitting four here in ABQ - my TA looks pixiesh compared to them in size.

[77 Canamman]

They are immense on the outside, and small on the inside. While for a modern daily driver car they are OK, there is no way one would ever replace a classic in my collection.

[TAKerry]

I read somewhere, may have been smoke signals, that there was a team of 2 guys that would put the birds on. I dont remember now but the time it took amazed me. I had my son help me and it went on really easy. Looked absolutely perfect. Sat back and looked at it and wondered to myself why I worried so much. Then I went back in a couple of hours and the whole thing had blistered up with bubbles! I was sick. I almost ripped it off it looked so bad. I worked on it over the next couple of days squeezing as many as possible out. Then I sat it in the sun for a few hours over the next couple of weeks. It finally laid down flat and looks perfect except for one very small wrinkle that I put in whilst squeezing out the air. Most people would probably never even see it.

[TAKerry]

Congrats on the move, car looks happy there! Werent you in NY before? Where in PA, west, central or east?

[Green Hornet]

My buddy factory ordered an 09......and parked beside my 72......it was about 10 inches taller......Then I realized it was just a sedan......with a big engine.......and a slab-sided body....to hide it's immense-ness...

A guy showed up...at our local Friday nite cruise-in....with a new Demon.......and was telling everybody about the ABSURD amount of $$$ he paid for it.....I'm sure you can buy a decent house somewhere....for less money.

I DO admire Dodge for building it......but REALLY.......that much power...on the street....is a MENACE.....especially with the drivers around here...

[autobahn]

I'm thinking that most end up in a salvage yard within a year,

[Bentwheelbob]

Looks great. After the hood decal put the hood hinges on your list to get phosphated. You are going all out for correctness, and those appear to be painted.

It’s a game of inches and you have certainly moved this car forward a bunch.

[77 Canamman]

Originally Posted by Bentwheelbob

Looks great. After the hood decal put the hood hinges on your list to get phosphated. You are going all out for correctness, and those appear to be painted.

It’s a game of inches and you have certainly moved this car forward a bunch.

Thanks, Bob

Originally Posted by Bentwheelbob

Burd - I used Martin Seymour Cast Gray spray paint on the hinges. I sprayed them very lightly with a dry mist to replicate a gray phosphate type finish. The finish on the hood latch is original.

Do you still recommend this method, or should I be sending them out? On one of my previous 1977 A bodies, one hinge was black phosphate, and the other was the grey phosphate.

[Bentwheelbob]

Yes. I would send them out or do them yourself. This stuff works great. Best I have used and I have tried many different formulations.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/BLACK-PARKE...sAAOSw8kRcLWU-

If you want to keep them painted you might want to hit them with a very dry spray.

I have a lot more experience now than I did 4 years ago.

Again, everything looks great.

[77 TRASHCAN]

Originally Posted by autobahn

I'm thinking that most end up in a salvage yard within a year,

LOL, I used to work with a guy, he called Trans Am's Trashcans, because they usually DID end up in salvage yard after a year or so...They usually looked like trashcans if they were on the road after 2 years...

I had a choice of a white or black T/A, at the dealer in my small town in May of 77...both had near same options. White car had 8 track, block did not, didn't matter to me...The white car had red velour interior, mine was black velour...

The white car lasted about a year and a half. Looked like it had been in a demo derby...such a waste

[TAKerry]

Why would you take your hat off? LOL
Seriously though, hat looks pretty sweet.

[77 Canamman]

FINALLY, I was able to get the hood off and tackle the brake booster. I bought the booster in March of 2016. Even with the hinge and hood out of the way, it was not a small task. All of the nuts had that hard sound deadening sprayed over them. I rounded one of the nuts off, and had to carefully chisel it off. Fortunately, I had a mint spare nut, and I did not damage the stud. Another issue was I had to enlarge one of the lower mounting slots on the repro booster just to get it to mount on the firewall. No excuses for that whatsoever!

[Grand73Am]

Originally Posted by 77 Canamman

Another issue was I had to enlarge one of the lower mounting slots on the repro booster just to get it to mount on the firewall. No excuses for that whatsoever!

Coincidentally, the same thing came up over at TAC today. 2 of us also had to "adjust" the holes.
http://transamcountry.com/community/...?topic=80391.0

[Bentwheelbob]

Looks very nice as does the MC. I agree on the booster mounting holes as I’ve had to do that on all the Inline units I have installed. Did you leave the master connected to the brake lines and just gently moved out of the way?