1967 Firebird - Gunplay

[Gui]

Ok, I gotta gt off my butt and do a write-up on the project. I appreciate all input and ideas as I go along!


Project ADD? Hmm yep, why not? So I am a bit behind on projects but wanted to start updating and tracking progress on Gunplay.

I bought this bird last year after major jonesing and kicking my butt on selling my previous 67 400. Then bad influence buddies, and I checked the car originally for a buddy, but as life goes, I ended up adopting her and starting the project...

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in progress pics, check out the NRRA\OSHA approved hood mounted gas tank <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif

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So as all craigslist ads go, she looked beautiful parked by the front of the house, in white....from 50 feet.... or on a 2x2 craigslist ad picture....

As with most cars, or just my plain luck, the story of actually getting there and buying her from her owner, was an adventure on itself (more details to come :D). Let's just say that the interior had several plastic roses, high heels, and glitter boxes and you get the idea. Yep, my other project Lolla is getting jealous as I type this <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

So here she is when I got her home, stripped and cleaned a few thousand pounds of nasty out of her.

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yep looks like that ass had been tapped way too many times... the seller...err I mean the bird.

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and a bit of poison never hurts:

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[Gui]

so plans called for some cleanup (:D), and start tearing down. The car had been sitting for a while, but I felt the love and potential <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

Plans are to keep this project relatively budget minded for the time being, the engine is a 400, and has a floor auto, and the car is overall very solid. Next steps on the project was a tough call on which color to go with (my last 67 was silver), and I wanted something along those lines. I really dig gunmetal gray or charcoal (Chris knows that lol :), but I did not want extremely dark, so I ended up finding my answer parking behind a girl driving her BMW M3 at work. Stalker!!!

So, since I teased earlier, here is is a fun add I found inside the glovebox inside an envelope <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/laugh.gif The girl on the pic is actually the previous owner (Amina); she had the last 15 years, and was her baby for a while.


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When I picked up the car in the mountains, close to Santa Cruz in CA, (Bolder Creek), the place I got to was out of a &quot;Sons of Anarchy&quot; kinda scene, the car was actually at her ex boyfriend's house... behind a couple trucks, some Buicks and some cool 55ish Chevies.

The front of the house, a biker group, actually pretty cool crew, once the &quot;crap, I have all this cash on my pocket and am in the middle of nowhere with this gang&quot; feeling passed, enjoyed some tri-tip and a beer with them as we loaded the car in my trailer.

[Gui]

So funny thing I found popping the hood of the car was this little fella, size of a ping pong ball waiting for me <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif Kind of funny since the car had the Black Widow stickers <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

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Some older in progress pics:

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[njsteve]

Welcome.
Nice F'Bird! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif