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Got the dash back in. The gauges and radio wired up, and the power antenna working. Refurbished the hvac controls as well. I need to order a new rug. Tossed the old junk out aside from the console pieces. Same with the seat covers.
Also got the rear window installed and trim back on. Looks 100x better than before.
Got the rest of the decals on. Went with the door lettering this time around. I owned a 78PC a few years ago without them, so I figured I'd switch it up.
Everything laid down nicely, but holy hell the transfer material Phoenix Graphics uses is a giant pain in the *** to work with. Way too strong, too much adhesive to comfortably remove from the decals one their applied. The lettering took a long time just to separate from the backing before I could put them on the car.
I'll grab a pic of it outside later, but here it is on the lift. I'm buttoning up the exhaust now.
I've been daily driving that 77 all year. Pulled out of the woods in Maine after sitting 27 years. It's a real W72 Y82 4 speed car. I currently have 6 TAs stashed in the garage. lol
I've been daily driving that 77 all year. Pulled out of the woods in Maine after sitting 27 years. It's a real W72 Y82 4 speed car. I currently have 6 TAs stashed in the garage. lol
I had a 72 and a 76 TA.
If my memory serves me correctly the 72 had the 455 and the 76 a 355.
Both were awesome cars.
I think my favorite of all my cars growing up was my 69 Firebird.
It had the 355, automatic, bucket seats, floor shifter and posi.
I sold it when I was in my mid thirties because it was hard to get the kids out of their car seats in the back.
I had a 72 and a 76 TA.
If my memory serves me correctly the 72 had the 455 and the 76 a 355.
Both were awesome cars.
I think my favorite of all my cars growing up was my 69 Firebird.
It had the 355, automatic, bucket seats, floor shifter and posi.
I sold it when I was in my mid thirties because it was hard to get the kids out of their car seats in the back.
I love em. The back seats are definitely tight. Anything smaller than an infant isn't fitting back there. lol
I've been daily driving that 77 all year. Pulled out of the woods in Maine after sitting 27 years. It's a real W72 Y82 4 speed car. I currently have 6 TAs stashed in the garage. lol
Stunning to me that a car like that sits ignored for over a quarter century. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be a rare occurrence but baffling to me regardless.
Stunning to me that a car like that sits ignored for over a quarter century. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be a rare occurrence but baffling to me regardless.
In this case the original owner died, and his kids didn't know what to do with it. So out to the woods it went, for a 27 year slumber.
The Pace Car has been off the road for 26 years before now.
The Corvette I'm using to turn it into the Corvette Summer car has been off the road for 30 years.
Been a while since I updated this thread. Got some new tires on it, replaced the calipers yet again, and now it's off to the dyno for a good tune, and the tint shop to get the windows done. Going 5% rear and 20% on the sides.
Got a text from the tint shop. They're wrapping up the tint on the car now. Went 20% on the doors and 5% on the rear. I already did the 5% eyebrow before it left. The tint shop is next to the dyno, so it's like one stop shopping. Couldn't work out any better!
Car is back from the dyno. Put down some pretty respectable numbers for a stock 6.0 with a camshaft on the smaller side. If I ran a tighter converter it probably would've put down a little more, but I like the driveability of the looser converter in it, and it should really work well on the highway.
Made 371HP and 358FT/LB at the tires. The goal wasn't to build a max effort setup, just something that has some decent power and has excellent street manners.
Thanks guys. It's been an interesting journey for this car. Initially I was gonna chop it up and make a race car out of it, but somewhere down the line it morphed into a somewhat restomod, cruiser build.
There's still plenty to do. Up next is the interior and sound system.
