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So i recently came across an unfinished 83 T/A WS6 project. I think once the owner got the car back from the paint shop they realized how fugly this paint scheme is and decided to ignore it for a number of years before finally selling it. The body work is fantastic and the paint quality is pretty amazing but, i recently got a call from Mr. T and he wants his paint scheme back fooool... lol
To be fair, she's actually uglier in person so don't judge me.
So my plan is to repaint her Cyber Grey. Before paint though i need to massage the chassis. One of the things missing on 3rd gens is a proper place to jack it up and then put a jack stand. So first up is to strengthen the chassis, build jacking locations at all four corners and jack stand locations. I'm cutting off the rear bump stops as well. So i have a full set of Spohn chassis components including k-member and sub-frame connectors. I have a Strange 12 bolt rear end with 3:73 posi and Willwood brakes. For rear springs i got some Spohn coilovers with QA-1 adjustable shocks. To finish the rear i got an Aeromotive 340 Stealth Gen 2 gas tank with a 340lph fuel pump.
This weekend i started with setting up some jack stand offs, jack-stand stand offs, sub-frame connectors and, cutting the bump stops off. I was pleasantly surprised to gain 2" from cutting the bump stops.
I sold the bowling ball Turbo wheels so now i need to see what i can fit in the rear fenders after cutting the bump stops. I'm also rolling the outside fender lip so i hope to get a 10.5 wheel DEEEP DISH with at least a 315/40/18 tire under the fenders with no rub. I may even shorten the rear end. In the mean time i need to find me a 18" wheel and tire for trial fit. If anyone local is reading this and has a large wheel /tire setup i can borrow or rent, please PM me.
bowling ball - I hated them I worked at GY when they were new and we lost a few for not clipping them on right, what crap and to think they are high dollar because of Knight Rider- Ugh! sounds like you have a good vision for it - you may want to post your build here: Firebird Build threads
I'll be watching for it
I hear you @zman1969, I've lost a couple before i figured out how to secure them. My red 82 bird came with 14" bowling ***** and i sold those for a VERY pretty penny online back at the turn off the century. This 83 bird came with 15" perfectly restored bowling ***** and after selling them, it paid for half the price of this car... lol
Made a little progress. I've got both sides cut and ready to patch but i wanted to mock everything up and check clearances first. Looks like there is plenty of room for the coil over in the bucket. The edge of the upper swaybar bracket on the chassis is a little close so we bent it up a little. I've gained a lot of room but i'll wait and measure once the patches are welded in and the rear end bolted up.
So i have the complete Spohn chassis components from the wonder bar, k-member, sway bars, lower control arms, panhard and, sub-frame connectors. The upper panhard relocation bar and LCA reloaction brackets are UMI. It's all chrome molly with red powder coat. The subframe connectors aren't powder coated and they are weld in units. I wanted to paint them to match before i weld them in so as to get some paint on the parts i can't reach once they are welded in. So a couple of weeks ago i called Spohn to find out what the color code is on the red they use for their chassis components. The informed me they use Bengal Red Tiger 49/33333. So i ordered some in a spray can from LVP Paints. I was pleasantly surprised how well the color matched. The bottom of the car will be coated with Black Lizard Skin undercoating so all the red chassis will look pretty cool i think.
