Gui
11-30-2012, 08:30 PM
So time to step to the plate and start documenting my project. To start with, I have MAJOR project ADD, so bear with me as I have about several projects on the line, but main focus now is on the vert.
Some background... I have always been very passionate about muscle cars, specially first gens. Newer GM’s do the trick, Vettes, Maros, Birds, but 65 to early 70's definitely make my heart melt, and my main love is for first gen Firebirds. Something about them just struck me from the first time I saw one, and just could not shake it off. Little did I know it would end up as an addiction or more like a disease but moving on to the 68 vert.
I have been working on my 67 400 for a while, and as it is a pretty much all original numbers matching kinda car, was really hard to resist the temptation to modify it further than some 18's and low profile tires. But I itched for something more and just did not have the heart to start chopping my silver bird (trixie)…
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/geberhard/United%20Family%20day%202010/IMG_2911.jpg
and now gone 68 (Black Magic Woman - AKA B.M.W. Eater <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/geberhard/68protouringlateralgbird/blackmagicwomanloweredshaved.jpg
On I started searching for another bird (the so called project for the wife...hmm yep right...) I bought and sold a few birds while learning more and moving towards what I wanted and ultimately started focusing like a mad man on a vert 68. I almost bought some rust piles on the process, and glad I did wait some more.
Bear with me kinda long but interesting story:
On comes the devil (craigslist), and I find a vert that looks mostly unmolested, female owner (pretty much original owner), but a long drive away (Lake Shasta!!). I tried contacting her a few times, some emails exchanged then suddenly thee ad was gone, ugh..... But then wait, the ad came back up, but no contact info, no e-mails, etc. I remembered then the city that the car was in on the original ad, and remembered calling the number posted (now out of service bar:cheers: )... yep looked legit right? :thumbsup:
I called the local chamber, and looked for the contact of the owner of the bar and got her name, then information, and called her at home! She was like who is this, I changed my mind about selling the car (was her first car), but I asked if she would sell for the original full price (high!), and she suddenly started interviewing me over the phone for about 30 minutes to consider if I would treat the car well, and I finally talked with her about me coming over (5 hour drive) with car to look at the car on the same freaking night....
Long drive, got to the car...not running, sitting in the garage for several years, cats starting to move in literally, but at this point I was committed, buying a car at night, load of cash on hand, trailer, etc. I loaded the car and grin from ear to ear as I drove back home <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif She was a nice lady (semi-cougar), and told me she bought the car when she saw it fro the first time at 17, working form a Foster's freeze. The car was a few years old when she bought it but she has had it ever since with plans to keep for her kids who ended up not showing any interest on the car. She did several things to the car, 6 banger was rebuilt a few times until a Chevy 307 was popped in (upgrade?), interior redone, etc. All in all a chick's car that had not been abused (well no idea about the back seat ugh!)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/geberhard/Firebird%20vert/IMG_0479.jpg
The car was pretty solid and that is what mattered since I had some wicked plans on the back of my head...
Latest Chop of the bird, wheels are possibly going to change as well as plans for the powertrain (back and forth between old school and LS)…
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/geberhard/Firebird%20vert/lollalatestcopy.jpg
F....nbird <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/laugh.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/geberhard/Firebird%20vert/IMG_1162.jpg
Some background... I have always been very passionate about muscle cars, specially first gens. Newer GM’s do the trick, Vettes, Maros, Birds, but 65 to early 70's definitely make my heart melt, and my main love is for first gen Firebirds. Something about them just struck me from the first time I saw one, and just could not shake it off. Little did I know it would end up as an addiction or more like a disease but moving on to the 68 vert.
I have been working on my 67 400 for a while, and as it is a pretty much all original numbers matching kinda car, was really hard to resist the temptation to modify it further than some 18's and low profile tires. But I itched for something more and just did not have the heart to start chopping my silver bird (trixie)…
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/geberhard/United%20Family%20day%202010/IMG_2911.jpg
and now gone 68 (Black Magic Woman - AKA B.M.W. Eater <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/geberhard/68protouringlateralgbird/blackmagicwomanloweredshaved.jpg
On I started searching for another bird (the so called project for the wife...hmm yep right...) I bought and sold a few birds while learning more and moving towards what I wanted and ultimately started focusing like a mad man on a vert 68. I almost bought some rust piles on the process, and glad I did wait some more.
Bear with me kinda long but interesting story:
On comes the devil (craigslist), and I find a vert that looks mostly unmolested, female owner (pretty much original owner), but a long drive away (Lake Shasta!!). I tried contacting her a few times, some emails exchanged then suddenly thee ad was gone, ugh..... But then wait, the ad came back up, but no contact info, no e-mails, etc. I remembered then the city that the car was in on the original ad, and remembered calling the number posted (now out of service bar:cheers: )... yep looked legit right? :thumbsup:
I called the local chamber, and looked for the contact of the owner of the bar and got her name, then information, and called her at home! She was like who is this, I changed my mind about selling the car (was her first car), but I asked if she would sell for the original full price (high!), and she suddenly started interviewing me over the phone for about 30 minutes to consider if I would treat the car well, and I finally talked with her about me coming over (5 hour drive) with car to look at the car on the same freaking night....
Long drive, got to the car...not running, sitting in the garage for several years, cats starting to move in literally, but at this point I was committed, buying a car at night, load of cash on hand, trailer, etc. I loaded the car and grin from ear to ear as I drove back home <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif She was a nice lady (semi-cougar), and told me she bought the car when she saw it fro the first time at 17, working form a Foster's freeze. The car was a few years old when she bought it but she has had it ever since with plans to keep for her kids who ended up not showing any interest on the car. She did several things to the car, 6 banger was rebuilt a few times until a Chevy 307 was popped in (upgrade?), interior redone, etc. All in all a chick's car that had not been abused (well no idea about the back seat ugh!)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/geberhard/Firebird%20vert/IMG_0479.jpg
The car was pretty solid and that is what mattered since I had some wicked plans on the back of my head...
Latest Chop of the bird, wheels are possibly going to change as well as plans for the powertrain (back and forth between old school and LS)…
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/geberhard/Firebird%20vert/lollalatestcopy.jpg
F....nbird <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/laugh.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/geberhard/Firebird%20vert/IMG_1162.jpg