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I saw this car at Niftee 50ee's and it is simply amazing. Great looking car and great job!

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I like the light. Very nice.

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Old 04-16-2010, 03:12 PM
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Dang Sam

I've got to figure out a way to bump into you on a Saturday one of these weekends? Anything happening near Katy this weekend?

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Old 04-16-2010, 03:26 PM
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Dang Sam

I've got to figure out a way to bump into you on a Saturday one of these weekends? Anything happening near Katy this weekend?

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Hey thanks guys, Donovan, I'm going to try and be at the Aeros & Autos at Ellington AFB this May 8. A bunch of HALF (Houston Area Legendary Firebird Club) firebirds are going to try and make a showing, maybe I'll see you there.

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Really nice work!

Best of both worlds, vintage exterior and modern amenities.

Again, how did you form the dash cover?

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Old 04-17-2010, 12:18 PM
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Not a big fan of the motor in the car(sorry, I won't bytch though lol) but the car looks beautiful! Great job!!!

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Old 04-17-2010, 07:14 PM
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Really nice work!

Best of both worlds, vintage exterior and modern amenities.

Again, how did you form the dash cover?
The dash is from the GTO. I just trimed the front edge to comform to the firebrid windshield.

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Old 04-17-2010, 07:21 PM
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Not a big fan of the motor in the car(sorry, I won't bytch though lol) but the car looks beautiful! Great job!!!
Well... I know it's not old school, but it did come out of an 02 Pontiac Trans Am
In fact everything on the car is Pontiac except for the BMW seats, and the corvette front brakes, Hotshkis suspension.

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Well... I know it's not old school, but it did come out of an 02 Pontiac Trans Am
In fact everything on the car is Pontiac except for the BMW seats, and the corvette front brakes, Hotshkis suspension.

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car is awesome how did you route the wire in the trunk for the spoiler light.

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Old 04-20-2010, 02:42 PM
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car is awesome how did you route the wire in the trunk for the spoiler light.
The spoiler is hollow, so I drilled a hole through one of the standoff's into the trunk lid. Then routed the wire inside the trunk. Here is a pic of the whole I drilled.



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It was such a pretty evening that I went for drive and found a good place to take some shots of the car

















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Love the work, but I have to ask, with all of the heavy modification/planning/customization work that you did, how much time would it have taken to get the sport mirrors to sit right?

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Old 05-03-2010, 09:03 AM
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This is an awesome build. You have some great talent and patience. I tried to put carpet in my GTO last weekend and thought I was going to lose my mind. The ideas you came up with just blow me away. All the details and tought that went into it. Im amazed, you should be very proud of this build. Congrats.

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Love the work, but I have to ask, with all of the heavy modification/planning/customization work that you did, how much time would it have taken to get the sport mirrors to sit right?
Im curious as well
what mirrors did you start with?
I want to do one of my 68s with sport mirrors

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what mirrors did you start with?
I want to do one of my 68s with sport mirrors
Mirrors came off a 2nd gen firebird/camaro.

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that is incredible!! Beautiful job!! The interior is perfect for that car. You do very nice work!

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Holy Cow, what a job you did on this!
I could never do all of that work and have it turn out so nice.
Great job on the resto-mod with this, good choice for interior parts, along with seats, using the units from a BMW, those are very comfortable I'd bet.

the car looks great and I'd drive this thing any day of the week, you did a nice job with the stance, rake, tires and wheels, etc.

How does it run?
Any idea of your hwy. MPG ?

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Love the work, but I have to ask, with all of the heavy modification/planning/customization work that you did, how much time would it have taken to get the sport mirrors to sit right?
Oh I don't know... they look alright to me. Now you've gone and done it. I'll be looking at them more closely now and start tweaking them. lol

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that is incredible!! Beautiful job!! The interior is perfect for that car. You do very nice work!
Nickv, thank you!

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Holy Cow, what a job you did on this!
I could never do all of that work and have it turn out so nice.
Great job on the resto-mod with this, good choice for interior parts, along with seats, using the units from a BMW, those are very comfortable I'd bet.

the car looks great and I'd drive this thing any day of the week, you did a nice job with the stance, rake, tires and wheels, etc.

How does it run?
Any idea of your hwy. MPG ?
Silver Judge, thanks for the thumbs up. Car runs like a scalled cat. I didn't build the engine for all out performance but for reliability. I built it to take trips with the wife. We're only putting down about 320-330 hp to the rear wheels, which is plenty for me. My goal was to make a safe, reliable cruiser. Longest trip was about 300 miles round trip and averaged 23 mpg (I have a hard time keeping my foot out of the accelerator, though). I never could have gotten that in my 70 grand prix that I bought in high school in 1971. Gas was only .25 a gal then. lol

These engines are so easy to make horsepower. Change the air breather (which I plan to do) drop in a ZO6 cam and better springs and the tuner said I could get an easy 30-40 hp to the rear wheels. Cost for the cam and springs about $400.00 and you don't even have to pull the heads. Few more tweaks here and there and you can be putting 425+ to the wheels with just bolt ons and be running in the mid 12s and still get pretty decent gas mileage.

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The spoiler is hollow, so I drilled a hole through one of the standoff's into the trunk lid. Then routed the wire inside the trunk. Here is a pic of the whole I drilled.



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thanks for the help sam , heres how it came out, i like it a lot dave
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