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1982 Budget Bird I picked this car up in the spring of 2013 for $500. Im going to be posting the whole rebuild/ fix up. (still in progress though.) Not too bad of shape but it was intended to be my first car to drive (which it is). I love rebuilding cars and doing budget stuff for sure. I mean hey, Im an 18 year old in college I don't have a lot to spend on it :p |
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Re: 1982 Budget Bird Can't beat the price, welcome to the forum :) |
Thanks! These are pictures from the spring but I have quite a few I can upload and show you guys the work I did |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird 3 Attachment(s) I cannot figure out how to post pictures from my phone so I will stick to posting them on my computer I guess:help: I tried uploading a picture of the large dent in the fender but It wouldnt let me I dont know why?!? But here is after I pulled the dent and worked the fibreglass down. Attachment 269942 the rust on the quarter lip. I dont have any pictures of the welding I did on here but here it is after some fibreglass filler. Attachment 269943 Attachment 269944 |
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Re: 1982 Budget Bird 3 Attachment(s) Here are some pictures of the floor work I had to do. If anyone has had this problem on the passenger side, the reason it happens (aside from moisture) is the exhaust system heat. the intermediate pipe runs underneath the passenger floor so the heat deteriorates the floor pans even though there is a heat shield.:nod: Attachment 270014 Attachment 270015 Attachment 270016 |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird no one likes my thread? :( |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird LOL. Well keep up the good work. Looks like your car was originally red from the look of the floor boards? |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird
Originally Posted by MY87LT
(Post 5699292)
LOL. Well keep up the good work. Looks like your car was originally red from the look of the floor boards? |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird Oh and they didn't use primer so there was fish eye all over haha |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird From your pics it looks like you're doing a good job bringing that car back. Your data says the engine is a 350; are you sure? If so, that's one less swap job to do. Does it still have the 200R trans in it? I have learned from this forum that they aren't very good. The car looks great for the price you paid. Post up some pics of the engine and interior please. |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird
Originally Posted by gearhead141
(Post 5699629)
From your pics it looks like you're doing a good job bringing that car back. Your data says the engine is a 350; are you sure? If so, that's one less swap job to do. Does it still have the 200R trans in it? I have learned from this forum that they aren't very good. The car looks great for the price you paid. Post up some pics of the engine and interior please. |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird 3 Attachment(s) Im glad to see a few people following my thread :driving::thanks: Here is a pic after the body work was pretty much done. I primed the car with eastwood urethane primer. It is really good for 80 bucks a gallon! it covers nice and thick :lol: and sands well too. then painted the mirrors and trim with rattle can tremclad. it came out pretty nice but I had a problem with spider webbing on one mirror so i had to re do it. and gearhead141 I will post pictures of the engine and interior in the next update. I had the jambs painted in the pictures with the engine so i wanted to show some of the progress in between that first haha :) Attachment 270337 Attachment 270338 Attachment 270339 |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird It's looking better all the time. Are you going to respray the original color? I like the red, I just don't like the way it fades. A good clear coat would probably reduce the fading though. |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird nice project. looks like its coming along. it brings back some great memories. one of my buddys had a black 82 with a 305, 4-speed, t-tops, and those same rims. we raised some hell in that car back in the early 80s, lol. best of luck on your build. |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird 3 Attachment(s) thanks alot man! i appreciate it :) i am in college right now so i am not able to work on it until the spring maybe:mad: Unfortunately i am not a fan of red. I only like a deep metallic candy red. For this car I decided on eastwood single stage. I am going with yellow, with one black stripe down the middle of the car :) I have pictures its actually a really nice color! Attachment 270344 Attachment 270345 I dont have a picture of the full exhaust but its dynamax 2 1/4 dia. exhaust. Attachment 270346 |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird
Originally Posted by redneckjoe
(Post 5699686)
nice project. looks like its coming along. it brings back some great memories. one of my buddys had a black 82 with a 305, 4-speed, t-tops, and those same rims. we raised some hell in that car back in the early 80s, lol. best of luck on your build. |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird
Originally Posted by gearhead141
(Post 5699629)
From your pics it looks like you're doing a good job bringing that car back. Your data says the engine is a 350; are you sure? If so, that's one less swap job to do. Does it still have the 200R trans in it? I have learned from this forum that they aren't very good. The car looks great for the price you paid. Post up some pics of the engine and interior please. |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird A darker red like you said would look good. |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird coming along nicely,just wish mine was, |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird
Originally Posted by modxl
(Post 5716007)
coming along nicely,just wish mine was, |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird 1983,shes a bit worse than yours,but is slowly being saved,problem i have is that im in england and all the repair panels have to be imported from states,and boy do they rob us on import duty and tax and vat,hoping to get on with the old girl this week,plan to have jan feb on it as they are normally very quiet times in garage,but this year very busy so customers cars come first good luck with the build /steve |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird
Originally Posted by modxl
(Post 5716040)
1983,shes a bit worse than yours,but is slowly being saved,problem i have is that im in england and all the repair panels have to be imported from states,and boy do they rob us on import duty and tax and vat,hoping to get on with the old girl this week,plan to have jan feb on it as they are normally very quiet times in garage,but this year very busy so customers cars come first good luck with the build /steve |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird got a couple but computor wont let me post em for some reason will try again and see what happens |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird
Originally Posted by modxl
(Post 5716062)
got a couple but computor wont let me post em for some reason will try again and see what happens |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird Oh my goodness, when the previous owner painted it yellow, he painted everything yellow didn't he? Even the air cleaner housing! That's just not right. Oh well, nothing that some elbow grease and paint can't fix. I still say you got a good deal. Because you are able to perform most of the work yourself as far as welding up rusted areas, you are dollars ahead. The body shop would charge a princely sum for that alone! It looks like your inner door panels have holes for window cranks but I see window switches in the console? What was original to the car? The seats look to be newer models from what I can tell, even with the covers over them. I would really like to find some seats for mine out of a GTA. A power drivers seat would be nice as well. I keep looking for them at the junk yard. It's good to see you saving this one. With the weather being so severe this winter, maybe it's a good thing you can't work on it until May. It's no fun freezing out in the garage. |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird
Originally Posted by gearhead141
(Post 5716570)
Oh my goodness, when the previous owner painted it yellow, he painted everything yellow didn't he? Even the air cleaner housing! That's just not right. Oh well, nothing that some elbow grease and paint can't fix. I still say you got a good deal. Because you are able to perform most of the work yourself as far as welding up rusted areas, you are dollars ahead. The body shop would charge a princely sum for that alone! It looks like your inner door panels have holes for window cranks but I see window switches in the console? What was original to the car? The seats look to be newer models from what I can tell, even with the covers over them. I would really like to find some seats for mine out of a GTA. A power drivers seat would be nice as well. I keep looking for them at the junk yard. It's good to see you saving this one. With the weather being so severe this winter, maybe it's a good thing you can't work on it until May. It's no fun freezing out in the garage. HAHA I sanded the whole car down, primed, 600 grit sanded the jambs, under the hood and the hatch. I re sprayed them with yellow again thats not the previous owners work! and I re did the engine compartment black because it was sprayed yellow without sanding or priming. and I painted the air filter housing to match the car lol! Im hopefully getting a new one soon I didnt think it was that bad though. I dont know much about the door panels. One of the owners could have changed to power or just changed the door panels I really dont know. eventually I want to go with black interior but for now this car is great the way it is. I went to the scrapyard and got the plastic interior parts in a darker gray from an 87-88 camaro. I wasnt able to get the sill plates as they are different for the camaro. |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird You say that the engine is a 5.0 H.O. yet from your pics I don't see a bulge hood or the proper air cleaner housing that came on those cars. If your car is an H.O. model with the L69, then the 8th digit of your VIN should be a "G". If it is an "H" then your car has the LG4 which was common for V8 Firebirds. It's odd that your car has the ground effects for a T/A and yet has the flat hood from a base model. The car must have an interesting history. I also noticed you swapped out the wheels. Did you sell those originals? People who have those early cars search for those wheels. Even harder to find are the "bowling ball" hubcaps that go with them. It would seem you have a pretty well optioned car as I see the rear window wiper. That was only offered for the first couple of years. Enjoy it; it's a piece of history and they are no longer around! |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird
Originally Posted by gearhead141
(Post 5716653)
You say that the engine is a 5.0 H.O. yet from your pics I don't see a bulge hood or the proper air cleaner housing that came on those cars. If your car is an H.O. model with the L69, then the 8th digit of your VIN should be a "G". If it is an "H" then your car has the LG4 which was common for V8 Firebirds. It's odd that your car has the ground effects for a T/A and yet has the flat hood from a base model. The car must have an interesting history. I also noticed you swapped out the wheels. Did you sell those originals? People who have those early cars search for those wheels. Even harder to find are the "bowling ball" hubcaps that go with them. It would seem you have a pretty well optioned car as I see the rear window wiper. That was only offered for the first couple of years. Enjoy it; it's a piece of history and they are no longer around! |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird Very good work you have done on the car. It looks so far so good. Keep on that way :thumbsup: |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird 3 Attachment(s) Well I finally got working on my car this spring and I pretty much finished it:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: I finished blocking then got the car sealed and painted. I also masked off and went with a black stripe but I didn't get pics of the process I was too excited. There will be more to come soon! Stay TUNED :rolleyes: Attachment 279266 Attachment 279267 Attachment 279268 |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird 3 Attachment(s) Sorry about the sideways pictures I cant figure out how to fix it Also did some engine dress up. New edelbrock air cleaner and valve covers. Also adjusted the carb, but I am going to be needing a new one soon :mad:. |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird you did a good job, nice build |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird 3 Attachment(s) Hey guys heres my car pretty much finished Attachment 279377 new window sweeps Attachment 279378 new fender emblems Attachment 279379 |
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Re: 1982 Budget Bird Looking pretty sharp! |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird Very good done. Left taillight is not correct but can be found easily. Keep the good work :thumbsup: |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird You have done a great job and i bet you are enjoying it. Good for you.:goodjob: |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird Thanks guys Im glad you like my build! Im not going to bother changing the taillights yet they are still in good shape so I left them |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird 3 Attachment(s) New Wheels and tires! American Racing Outlaw II with Radial T/As. 225/60R15 on the front 255/70R15 on rear. they are a bit tall I will probably go with 60% aspect ratio on my next build. Attachment 279574 Attachment 279575 Attachment 279573 |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird good work. I have an 83 that I have been working on for quite a fue years. I have quite a lot of parts in my garage, If you need something let me know, I just might have the part you need |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird Nice job! You have put a lot of effort into it. |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird
Originally Posted by norton750
(Post 5784003)
good work. I have an 83 that I have been working on for quite a fue years. I have quite a lot of parts in my garage, If you need something let me know, I just might have the part you need |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird Thanks a lot guys I appreciate the comments! 👌 |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird Hey you big hoser, that's some real nice work you did on that there Trans Am, eh? Now you can go have some poutine and a few Molson's to celebrate! |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird Hey nice project you really made some progress on it !!! FYI,Those finned wheels are worth some $$$,They are the same wheels KITT had on knight rider,But I can tell you have 14's But I suggest you take that S%&!@ yellow paint off lol Good luck on your car man and nice to see a '82 T/A saved !!!!!! Dave |
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Re: 1982 Budget Bird Thanks a lot I am having a lot of fun with it! And those turbine rims were the originals I love them! I was going to use them but I didn't have a sandblaster and I wouldn't have been caught dead with that faded chipping yellow paint on it from the other owners. I unfortunately don't have the bowling ball hub caps though, the previous owner didn't have them either! Thanks for the comment Nick |
Re: 1982 Budget Bird
Originally Posted by 3rdgenparts
(Post 5787483)
Hey nice project you really made some progress on it !!! FYI,Those finned wheels are worth some $$$,They are the same wheels KITT had on knight rider,But I can tell you have 14's But I suggest you take that S%&!@ yellow paint off lol Good luck on your car man and nice to see a '82 T/A saved !!!!!! Dave |
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