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[Greenbird76]

My name is Ron and I am from Connecticut. I have been into Pontiacs since I was 18 years old. Except for a 71 Lemans sport, all my other cars have been 2nd and 3rd gen Firebirds. I my present car is a metalime green 1976 Firebird Esprit. Besides boasting it's original color( that will get an eventual bare metal strip and factory color repaint), the interior is also a rare white deluxe vinyl with black accents. I am building a sleeper trying to keep the exterior and interior as stock looking as possible. I have been on quite a few other forums for a while now and just came upon this forum and decided to join it. I have rebuilt; restored or modified everything on my car. This car as it sits now is the best handling and looking 2nd Gen I have ever owned. I tried to use the best parts and materials I could come across. If you guy's have an area for build threads, I will post mine.

• new TRW coil springs; new ball joints; stripped and restored spindles, new wheel bearings
• New Eaton leaf springs with OER shackles and mounting kit
• New rubber OEM control arm bushings
• Restored front end- new Moog tie rod ends; stripped and repainted centerlink
• Rebuilt close ratio steering gear from Napa
• stripped and restored entire undercarriage
• welded in a goodmark tail panel; donor crossrail, donor frame rail rear sections; donor trunk extensions; donor rear quarter extensions; patched 3 small areas on floor- Rear of the rear wheels the car was a mess and had several inches of years old caked on mud that I had to chisel off in spots. The rest of the car surprisingly was in great shape!
• New fuel tank; original sending unit in great shape
• New calipers, wheel cylinders, brake hardware, front and rear rubber lines, rebuilt master cylinder; new stainless lines over differential
• Protouringfbody's solid body bushings in stock orientation; GenII sub frame connectors welded in the rear/ bolted and tack welded in the front for easy sub frame removal if needed.
• Bilstein HD shocks on all four corners
• Interior is 85% original including headliner and seats- Used SEM on some panels and refurbished seat tracks. Dash is all original and in mint condition
• SBC 350 conversion; 700r4 conversion with functioning 2100 lock up convertor
• Ws6 1 3/16th inch front sway bar; 5/8th inch rear sway bar; both with Energy Poly bushings
• Too much more to list!!

And her are a couple of pics

 

[melsg5]

welcome to the forum, beautiful car, should enter it in the show sponsored by Nutmeg Chapter of POCI

http://www.nutmegchapterpoci.com/nutmegchapterpoci_002.htm

 

[msmith1956]

Welcome aboard! Very nice looking car you have there!

 

[Greenbird76]

welcome to the forum, beautiful car, should enter it in the show sponsored by Nutmeg Chapter of POCI

http://www.nutmegchapterpoci.com/nutmegchapterpoci_002.htm

Thank you! I have heard of that show. I am a member of Charter Oak Firebirds, but due to issues out of my control(work and family), I could not attend many meetings or cruises last year. Hopefully this year will be different. The only show I made it to was the Quinnepiac show in May.

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[Greenbird76]

Welcome aboard! Very nice looking car you have there!

Thanks for the compliment. Up close it still needs a little work- needs to be stripped to bare metal and repainted the original color sometime in the future. Right now, I need to strip and chassis coat my donor radiator support along with all the nose brackets and hardware. I also want to restore the gray inserts of my grills. Next winter, will be rebuilding my w72 coded 78 400 that was pushing around 350hp with gobs of torque when I put it on an engine stand 15 years ago with a blown rear main seal.

 

[jimys72]

Welcome to the site from one newbee to another. nice ride you have there.

 

[CatSkinner]

Nice ride!