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68′ Firebird project

68 firebird project from Pontiac

23 01, 2024

Removing Vinyl adhesive from hardtop

By |2025-01-31T14:08:38-05:00January 23rd, 2024|68' Firebird project|0 Comments

I had mixed feelings on the vinyl lined hardtop that this model firebird came factory with but I decided to remove it. Everyone has their own preference. In my option, I didn’t like it because: it didn’t look modern it looked like a faux convertible that was trying to be something it wasn’t it was more prone to rust at [...]

19 01, 2024

Sandblast rust on front fender extension, front valance panel, then body fill pits

By |2024-02-22T14:50:20-05:00January 19th, 2024|68' Firebird project|0 Comments

I used the sandblaster on the front fender extensions because it was a bit rusted. Then I used body filler to fill in the pits that the rust made. I now realize it is best to just buy replacement parts for these because they are only about $40 each. The front valance panel had some surface rust also. I used [...]

17 01, 2024

Installed passenger fender and hood

By |2025-01-31T14:10:07-05:00January 17th, 2024|68' Firebird project|0 Comments

The passenger fender was installed a week or two earlier. Then I cleaned up under the hood and brushed on the rust oleum gloss black oil based paint. I read online that some folks mixed in a hardener to make it just about as good as products like chassis saver. But then I also read that hardener is not needed [...]

6 01, 2024

Cleaning and painting rust under the passenger fender

By |2025-01-31T14:11:24-05:00January 6th, 2024|68' Firebird project|0 Comments

The best paint imo for rust and making non body panel surfaces cleaned up is Chassis Saver. Instead of driving around town for it, I tried rust oleum rust and reform. It seems decent but I later switch to regular ole black rust oleum oil based paint. For the price, the oil based product doesn’t seem much worse than chassis [...]

30 09, 2011

Part 3 of Engine Hoist

By |2024-10-15T13:33:21-05:00September 30th, 2011|68' Firebird project, All Firebird & Classic Car Posts|0 Comments

After the fail with hoisting the engine on a lift plate, I decided to just use a engine lift bar. The bar or beam basically hangs over the middle of the engine and has four chains which can be bolted down to the 4 sides of the block. Once you have the engine lift bar bolted down, you can slowly [...]

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