Ok some of you already know me and the car, but hey , i thought id pad this out a little and some of you may have never seen it.
My car is a 1980 ( i thought it was an 81 originally ) Firebird.
It started life as a base model Esprit, but by the time i got it, the original 6 pot had gone replaced with a 305 sbc.
Both the car and engine were very tired and after an embarrassing return from a show ( it was smoking so much a fiend thought i was doing a rolling burnout! ) i ripped out the old heart and replaced it with a rebiult 350 sbc.
This has had a few goodies sprinkled in it from arp, cloyes etc and is bored and balanced etc, the heads were treated to a mild flow and all was done by myself.
The bodywork was redone by me in my backgarden, including the primer spray as i didnt have any shelter and it was the only place i could do it.
Parts are hard to come by in the UK and i didnt have the stateside friend as i do now ( Bless you Jeff ) so alot had to be formed by hand.
The car was sprayed in a one off mix of 2 pack pearl and i didnt know that Pontiac had made a similar colour ( the Skybird ).
I love the car, i love V8's and it gives me great pleasure to drive it im proud to be assocaited with these cars and the great frienship that they bring.
Id just like to add, the car used to belong to a friend of mine who is no longer with us, so to Darren heres to you mate!!
i think ive said enough, heres some pics, i love a chat so give us a pm!
