I parked my Bird away for the winter now. Got the dash all ripped apart. Going to put all LED lights inside and out. And trying to find some custom gauge overlays. I can't afford real gauges! ha. and a new steering wheel. I love that '60s Muscle car look so I want to go with the BIG wood steering wheel kind of thing and vintage looking gauges.
What do you think about that? Good? Bad?
Got a new door for my driver side, the last week or so the previous owner had it, deer ran head on into it. So I have to get paint and switch the door over, also going to put a rebuild kit in the engine. Doesn't start right, bad oil leak. I hope I don't have to pull out the entire motor..
And just alot of little minor things that need fixed up.
I loved driving it over the summer, lots of rubber necking. ha, but with that caved in Drivers door it was like a big ZIT ON YOUR FOREHEAD, that everyone stares at!

 

well a 91 bird is 20 years old...i guess it is approaching that vintage status....not really my cup of tea on these cars...but it is your car so you do as you please and love it!

 

steering wheel sounds like a bad idea :\

 

Technically it is 'vintage' now, well classic. I could never afford the '68-'70 Dodge Charger I've always wanted, so I'll do something with this. I've never done so much work on a car before and actually enjoyed it, it's rather fun. It's especially fun to watch it come together when you actually like the car

 

Well next for my IROC is new brakes (upgrading to cross drilled and slotted front and rear with some nice pads) and then onto having new headers and exhaust system installed.

 

my 89 RS will be getting a new aluminum dash and center console with gauges. also custom strut tower brace made to wrap around my tunnel ram setup. and hopefully have the interior wired up.

 

wow it's almost like you know I have a 68 Charger or something..lol

 

Haven't done a darn thing with the IROC lately.

Bought it as this three years ago.



Started tearing it down in late 2009.







Almost completely torn down now.



Engine apart, it's a good looking 4 bolt block, so a forged 383 build will come one of these years.

 

Been way more focused on this one.



T56 swapped in back in March.



Vortech V1 S-trim picked up in May.



And just recently (Few weeks ago) put out over $500 on Borla Stingers.



Gonna save for another daily driver eventually, then get into more serious work on the two. Built engines for both, already got the supercharger for the Mustang, IROC could use a stout 700R4 and a turbo or two.

 

they look nothin alike except for the quad headlight 50s having the same amount of headlights lol

 

Do you really??

 

new ford 9 inch w/4:10 going into this

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/hist...urrection.html

looks like we have the same paint

 

Yes sir

 

I want pics.

 

Shadow Z
Thats a good project.

 

its getting restored. I posted pictures here previously. so it is not in a really nice condition right now. but it is really nice to own one

 

Yeah I'd like to see it...I wish I had one.

 

Do either of them do inexpensive "driver quality" repaints? By that I mean something resembling factory finish quality. Somewhere in-between the knucklehead who airsands waves through the paint and into the primer, and a show quality $$$$ job.

 

that's a good question. that's one of the reason's why I have not thought about repainting mine..well I thought about it. but havnt saved up for it. because right now it is my daily and it'd be hard to put a 5k paint job on it to be weathered constantly

 

Yeah, my buddy in Newcastle (east of roseville/rockin, but just west of auburn) does everything from budget re-sprays to all out show jobs. His budget sprays are remarkable. I will check on his avg price range for that type of work and report back. How much body work needs to be done for ur rides?

 

Well I am not even thinking about it right now. But maybe some year in the future haha.

 

You should get flames.

 

lol flames arent my thing

 

yes my gauge pillar pod is for a t top car. sorry

 

I have two small door dings, one small paintbubble (I just scratched off the paint, the metal underneath looks ok, not rust all the way through), spoiler cracking and all the paint coming off it, and overall paint is pitting. No crash damage, no rust through etc.
Want a red to a darker red paint change, so door jams etc need painted.
Looking for a budget driver quality paint job. To me that means basic surface prep, sanding (not stripped to metal of course), and no runs or major orange peel. Like what you see when you take your car to a decent body shop and they fix crash damage...looks original when it's done. A general idea of cost would help me and others who are also needing paint work.

 

Wow. Buying a car with the origional owner's body still inside of it. That is a bold move.

 

well given the fact that I personally will not be painting.your car, I cannot give you a figure and put a guarantee on it. My boy will start an entire car at 2k and damage that has to be repaired is added after he visually assesses the car. I just had a friend go to him for collision work on his front bumper, hood and both fenders. Although it was paid for by insurance, the car looks just as immaculate as factory or better. Customer has a renewed love for his car again and won't stop takin pics of it. Like I said, if u would like to at least talk to him, let's go visit him. Never hurts to talk.

 

Thanks, I was hoping to hear he was turning them out at $1k apiece or something.
I guess I need to put my new compressor, spraygun, two gal of paint and supplies along with the how to paint books to work
Might look like "some dude did it in his driveway", but that's only because some dude did it in his driveway

 

I think only way to get a paint job for under 1k is to do the whole earl scheib, maaco, miracle way. fight with them. and deffinately dont take the car the 1st time they call and tell you that you are done. go through and point out all the imperfections, then they will strip off the clear and put more layers of paint on. then if the clear looks decent, at least you'll have a couple layers of paint under there. haha.

 

im doing a 88 formula original 305 tbi 5 speed. im swapping it over to a built 700r4 with shift kit and a 350 tpi/chipped. my build can be found at https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/engi...ml#post5034379

 

sweet conversion. just couldnt stand the tbi all that much eh?

Off topic now:

Del the moderator locked a thread on us I cannot believe it. so not cool.

 

Which thread? Just curious.

 

the summit bucks. no big deal. my comment probably made him. dont get off topic i dont want my thread locked!

 

I just saw the title and the first sentence that apears when you drag your curser over it and I thought .
But I agree . And to help that, I should mention that I got new rear tires today. Nitto NT555 285/40-17s. They look sick! They are the same ones Jupiter has on his '82 T/A 383.

 

Im changing my spark plugs, ac delco rapidfires foul to easy. back to standard plugs!

oh and im going to change my fuel pump, I now have too much fuel, which is making my pressure too inconsistent and overpowering my return system. therefore backing pressure up and causing too much crap. damn i hate fuel injection!

 

I was going to replace the bushings, but while up under the car, I decided to clean up the underside and put on an attractive and durable undercoat. I just started this past weekend and man, what a dirty job!! This is gonna take a few Saturdays! I am using a Matco scraper, a rotary wire brush in a powerdrill, a hand brush, and sandpaper!!! I must say though, it will be worth it to know the underside is as clean and sharp as the top side.

 

I have too much to list going on with my project right now but I am currently taking the differential out of a camaro to put into a GTA body which I am selling. Than I am putting the GTA differential into my camaro, at that time I will Start the rebuild with a hopefully turbo'd 305 just to see how much power I can make. And of course the engine is going through the works at dependable.

 

An 89 RS w/ 305 TPI and a turbo along w/a GTA Rear dif huh? That'll be interesting.

 

Hey Thane your next project is a lower temp thermostat with a new computer chip huh?

 

Yeeeep. That and front tires. Turning in a job application at a Discount Tire store down the street to get more money to emediatly dump into this thing. Wish me luck, prayin' wouldn't hurt either haha.

This Is post #999 by the way. Who wants post #1000?

 

post 1000? of what?

 

My mistake, I got posts and views misxted up. I has dilexia. Dont't mak funna me!

 

 

trying to revive this thread. So I did my fuel pump...again...and I changed my intake gasket...again...those problems are solved. so now I am getting into the tuning. I have a cold running problem...very bad...but I think I know what the problem is there...so we will see..if all goes well i'll be at the late october grudge fest trying to run a 13...remember the good ol days when a 13 was fast....i wanna go back then...lol.

 

Nice, I wish mine would do a 13 *lol* (v-6)
I did the t top leak fix, so far so good !

 

Im sure you know what these are for. Still have a couple parts I need to order. Hoping to have this done by the end of the month.

 

SORRY BUT THE NEW AVATAR HAS TO GO!!!!!!

 

like I said it's what have you done for me recently and most recently the Dallas Cowboys beat the niners..haha..

I actually have no clue what your doing Terrel, are those flywheel bolts with the red sealant on them? i dunno..

 

I finished a bunch of little things this week. Fitted the custom leather shifter boot, putnthe rear veiw mirror back on, fitted the new licence plates and rear plate frame, and something else. I dont remember. Maybe it was a supercharger. hmm....

 

I WAS ALMOST SATISFY WITH MY PROJECT, WHem a lady crashed into me =( gatta repaint again