Ram Air Hood Chrome

Took a few hours to shine this up:

Now it has to be removed to I can paint the nostrils black.

New steering wheel and Stewart Warner tach

Took out the original Pontiac Rally clock and installed a stewart warner gauge. Also installed a new 15" steering wheel

Console installation

Installed the console. Top plate still needs to be created. Here are pics:

Car show season is here!

Finally warm weather allows me to work on the car again.

1. Last weekend, installed OEM Pontiac rear "heavy duty" wagon springs. This weekend, took out my Moog front springs and removed half a coil. The effect:

Rear raised 2", front dropped 2". The rake looks pretty mean without being overly aggressive.

2. Some tuning needed to be done on the carb - there is a nasty bog, and the car needed to warm up to 180 before it could even be put in drive.

• Replaced accelerator pump with 10cc upgrade
• Backed timing off
• Tuned idle

Things should be straightened out now. Will start the car tomorrow to see how it goes.

3. Trunk woes

Trunk had several rusted holes along with being pretty rusty. Sanded down the rust, welded in some replacement panels, and put down a layer of primer. Next step is to speckle-paint the whole trunk.

Winter is here!

Car show season is over. The plan was to update the suspension over the winter, but that is put to the side, because I brought home this beautiful Pontiac:

2001 Pontiac Trans Am WS6!

Currently working on putting a console in the GTO. I took apart the console, sanded it down, and repainted.

Paint used: Duplicolor Satin Black (on both metal and plastic)

Console before resto

Sand and strip the main top

Painted

Painted body

Glove box door

Sanded glove box (felt was dirty and ragged)

To use the B&M shifter, I had to create a stand, placed under the console.

To enclose the top, we have 2 options -
1. A solid sheet of black plexiglass
2. A curved sheet of plastic, heated and curved to the shape of the B&M shifter enclosure. I will report on which we use.

Custom mirrors

Installed 71-81 GM sport side mirrors on the car. It looks good and fitting. They also don't move when the cover is put on the car (since the mirror is inside the shell and not outside on a swivel).

Too much power!

1. The engine torqued itself so hard the transmission crossmember ripped out of the frame.
Installed:
G-Force reinforced crossmember that bolts to the frame
Energy Suspension transmission mount

2. Sanded the hood to remove the cancer. Paint matches pretty well.

From:

To:




3. New wheels - 15x7 Rally II's with 235/60R15 Firestone Firehawk Indy 500s

On the road

Got out to 2 car shows last week.

On the way back from Rahway, then power went out. Seems like the ignition terminal was look and we lost the circuit. Today:
- fixed that
- ended up taping 2 unrelated wires
- installed RobbMc mini-starter
- tuned the choke
- installed Optima battery

Engine is installed in the car

The engine is now back in the car!

Tomorrow is final prep, wiring, piping, fluids... then I *should* be turning the key.

Pic of assembly before going in the car:

She's Ready!

Today, finished putting the engine today. It is ready, intake to pan.

Things in the mail that are crucial:
1. Motor mounts
2. Exhaust manifold bolts
3. AN Fuel fittings

Once I have these parts, the engine will be able to go back in the car.