February was one very busy month, the amount of time I got in the garage shows. Sorry only one picture this month. Intermediate Shaft Painted On the second week of February we had one of those 49 degree winter days, so I used the opportunity to paint the intermediate shaft. It came out excellent. I […]
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The project progress has slowed in the second half of October, but I’ve still made a lot of progress with the interior and wiring. New Windshield I had the new windshield installed and man it looks good! Guardian Auto Glass of Columbus did a great job! Interior The first weekend I had the windshield out, […]
This was a big month for the Trans Am! Brakes They’re done, but not without a fight! At the last minute I deviated away from my original plan of running Metallic brake pads all around after reading in the service manual as well as on the popular Firebird, Trans Am and Camaro forums that the […]
Another slow month with the Trans Am. Two of the 4 weekends I was out of town, for only 2 weekends I got a lot done. Here’s an outline of everything that has been happening this past August, 2012. Rear Axle and Stabilizer Bar Pretty much the whole month focused around the rear axle. I […]
Another busy month with the Trans Am, progress is slow but steady. Below is an outline of everything that has been happening since in June, 2012. Firewall I got a little further with the firewall, installing the cowl vents and the wiper motor. I’m not as pleased with the paint I picked for the wiper […]
Another month has come and gone, and progress on the Trans Am has come to a crawl. Below is an outline of everything that has been happening since in May, 2012. Brakes – Part 2 of 3 Putting the brakes back together has become a bigger challenge than I first thought. As of this blog […]
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Project Trans Am – Month 25
Another month has come and gone, and progress on the Trans Am is slow but steady! This post is an outline of everything that has been happening since in April, 2012. Drivers Door Done! This was a three part project. As described in last months update, I had to rebuild the hinges as well as […]
I’m now 2 years into my 1981 Pontiac Trans Am project and things are just now starting to come together! This post is a good outline of everything that has been happening since February, 2012. Front Suspension Together Again The front suspension is back together! I have to thank my my friend Joel for helping […]
I’m now 22 months into my 1981 Pontiac Trans Am and it feels like I’ve got nothing done! But this blog post is a good outline of everything that has been happening since November, 2011. Short Block Assembled The hiccup with the wrong piston valve relief was sorted with the machine shop relatively quickly. After […]
So I’m now 18 months into my 1981 Pontiac Trans Am project and things are just now starting to come together. From April – July I really didn’t get to spend much time on the car, our new baby was coming (born June 27th) and preparing for/having him took precedence! I even had to neglect […]