'73 Firebird - Knocking off the ugly

[350TacoZilla]

Good looking car. My mom had a 79 trans am T-top silver anniversary model while I was growing up. 403 rebuilt, bored .030 over, aluminum intake, hooker headers etc. It ran good and sounded good. We drove that car all over including from MD to FL and back to see my great grandmother.

I have always had a build rattling around in the back of my head for one of these cars, start with a later car for the bigger back window then convert the tail to early style along with front clip. Painted gloss black with a flat black silhouette of an SR-71 on the hood and use the engine sections of plane as intakes. BLACKBIRD across the spoiler. But it will probably never happen with all the other projects I need to do or unload.

[raggedjim]

Originally Posted by 350TacoZilla

Good looking car. My mom had a 79 trans am T-top silver anniversary model while I was growing up. 403 rebuilt, bored .030 over, aluminum intake, hooker headers etc. It ran good and sounded good. We drove that car all over including from MD to FL and back to see my great grandmother.

I have always had a build rattling around in the back of my head for one of these cars, start with a later car for the bigger back window then convert the tail to early style along with front clip. Painted gloss black with a flat black silhouette of an SR-71 on the hood and use the engine sections of plane as intakes. BLACKBIRD across the spoiler. But it will probably never happen with all the other projects I need to do or unload.

The 403's get talked down but I had a 79 403 and it was a great car for the time.

Starting with a 75 up cab is the way to go if you aren't concerned about originality. They are way cheaper than the 70-74 and much easier to find. Sounds like a cool idea for a project, life is short, go for it!

[raggedjim]

Hot for teacher...

https://youtu.be/3GPhkZCj-lA

[HO455]

I like it!