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Re: A Firebird GTA the way they should have bult it....
happy holiday to the third gen crowd..... here's hopin santa drops lotsa 3rd gen parts in yer socks. i wont get to find out about mine until boxing day, me wif's an ER nurse and has to werk christmas.... so jis me an de dawg....
Re: A Firebird GTA the way they should have bult it....
Originally Posted by 427seven
happy holiday to the third gen crowd..... here's hopin santa drops lotsa 3rd gen parts in yer socks. i wont get to find out about mine until boxing day, me wif's an ER nurse and has to werk christmas.... so jis me an de dawg....
I have two Daughters In the medical fields as well, I hope every one stays home as much as possible to make their jobs a little easier. Hoping for a much better 2021!
Re: A Firebird GTA the way they should have bult it....
Originally Posted by zman1969
Dear Santa, I want 427seven to make me same seats except without ******* belts , Please
I've been very good this year
little Richie
if it calms yer squirm to see those belts, the ones in the car are quite a bit wider, so if ever needed they would distribute the impact weight - a bit....
Re: A Firebird GTA the way they should have bult it....
Originally Posted by 427seven
if it calms yer squirm to see those belts, the ones in the car are quite a bit wider, so if ever needed they would distribute the impact weight - a bit....
even at this age the sight of that belt, my instinct is to protect the crown jewels lol you must have been in upholstery buis? great work - again!
Re: A Firebird GTA the way they should have bult it....
Originally Posted by skinny z
And WHO would that be in the Firebird...?
ya, stumbled across some old video TAPE from the racing days, trouble digitizing it, but since I've done that I have a whole bunch of it, hours, have to get around to editing it one of thee days.....
Re: A Firebird GTA the way they should have bult it....
Are you O.K. up there? On vacation? I'm getting impatient here. This is like a soap, or like Yellowstone or something. You do a bit, then disappear for months. I want to know what happens. Keep telling this story!
Re: A Firebird GTA the way they should have bult it....
Originally Posted by TA-hawks-3rdgen
Are you O.K. up there? On vacation? I'm getting impatient here. This is like a soap, or like Yellowstone or something. You do a bit, then disappear for months. I want to know what happens. Keep telling this story!
LOL, no no no. As with all builds, I was progressing nicely on finishing a stereo install, and ended up liking another color better for the carpet. So ended up ripping the whole interior out again and put in something really nice.....
Re: A Firebird GTA the way they should have bult it....
Carpet on the right is that factory color, I found a color called 'opal' that really gets set off by the extra metal i put in the in the paint. I had to fit it to the roll cage again, so one step forward, five steps back....
Re: A Firebird GTA the way they should have bult it....
just fer interest sake, carpet weights are significant. three levels available are no padding(left), jute only(center) and the premium sound deadening tar, jute and all (right). logic dictates that there will be a difference in weight and there is. Passenger compartment only, left 6 pounds, center 12 pounds, and the fat one on the right weighs 32 pounds. the one one the left and the one on the right are NOS and the one in the center is from yearone
Re: A Firebird GTA the way they should have bult it....
i didn't like that the factory replacement outlets all have one "gray" color for the foot pads that is used on all the different shades of gray carpeting
so i sewed in my own using the same leather that is used on the rest of the interior
Re: A Firebird GTA the way they should have bult it....
maybe side stepping the clutch,doing fun crazy john force burnouts,i really dont know...why is this a quiz? do i win your car if i guess correctly(PLEASE)
Re: A Firebird GTA the way they should have bult it....
Originally Posted by 427seven
Not the VFN, but when I was doing the bodywork I considered integrating the headlight covers into the hood. The hood I used was open and had to be closed over, but I wanted to have the really stock look so did it the way it ended up. If I were doing it again though....
Sorry if I've missed it but what hood did you use? Beautiful car!
Re: A Firebird GTA the way they should have bult it....
as always, good work
but WHY oh WHY is that shifter handle clocked so wacky? I'll never understand this. At over a decade of car shows, races, events.. I've seen these B&M shifter handles facing upside down, sideways, and oddly crooked. In such a well done build like this, please tell me that you won't be leaving it like that.
Re: A Firebird GTA the way they should have bult it....
Originally Posted by IROCZman15
as always, good work
but WHY oh WHY is that shifter handle clocked so wacky? I'll never understand this. At over a decade of car shows, races, events.. I've seen these B&M shifter handles facing upside down, sideways, and oddly crooked. In such a well done build like this, please tell me that you won't be leaving it like that.
the shifter handle shown is not the one that is normally used, although the regular one is about the same shape. i cannot speak for why other people do what they do, however, i do know that some people position these handles (especially the t handles) at odd positions just to be odd. i can assure you that the final position of the handle in this car will be determined by what werks best for the driver in terms of being able to operate the transmission with this shifter. historically this t shifter has werked best for me in a position pretty close to the one shown. the shifter and the transmission are manually operated, so the driver has to be in control. this car also has an altered seating position which in turn alters access to the shifter. my experience as a road racer also influences this, the right hand needs to be at the steering wheel at most times except when yer shifting, so the 'back and forth' movement between the wheel and the shifter also plays into the position of the handle. a driver's dimensions also influence the handles' position.
Re: A Firebird GTA the way they should have bult it....
I partially understand, I'm just always in awe of how weirdly some people mount the T-handle. At least you had an explanation and racer related reason. I've come to the conclusion that most T-handle owners simply just screw the T-handle down to wherever it stops on the threads and call it "done", instead of positioning it in a horizontal orientation and then threading up the jam-nut from the underside. At least that is not you, or me.
Last edited by IROCZman15; 03-29-2021 at 08:03 PM.
Re: A Firebird GTA the way they should have bult it....
with the passenger area carpet replaced, the cargo area had to be redone as well. getting the material was difficult, as ACC would not sell anything more than 1 yard sections at a time, whenever they became available - as in cut offs. i did finally get it, and the cutting and sewing was exactly a copy of what was in there before except for an extra seam at the front of the cargo area.
an extra seam had to be sewn in the crown of the cargo carpet once again, the lighting casts an off color hue
12-15-2020, 06:34 PM
