Sandblast rust on front fender extension, front valance panel, then body fill pits
I used the sandblaster on the front fender extensions because it was a bit rusted. Then I used body filler to fill in the pits that the rust made. I now realize it is best [...]
Installed passenger fender and hood
The passenger fender was installed a week or two earlier. Then I cleaned up under the hood and brushed on the rust oleum gloss black oil based paint. I read online that some folks mixed [...]
Cleaning and painting rust under the passenger fender
The best paint imo for rust and making non body panel surfaces cleaned up is Chassis Saver. Instead of driving around town for it, I tried rust oleum rust and reform. It seems decent but [...]
Installing the driver side front fender
After over 10 years of pausing work on the 68 bird, I decided to pick up where I left off. The body panels were still off the car. I had to hammer out some dings. [...]
Part 3 of Engine Hoist
After the fail with hoisting the engine on a lift plate, I decided to just use a engine lift bar. The bar or beam basically hangs over the middle of the engine and has four [...]
Problems with Pulling Out the Engine
There are a few different ways to pull out an engine and I was trying to find the best option. For my first attempt, I decided to lift the engine with a bracket bolted down [...]
Part 2 of Front End & Engine Removal
Now that the Firebird's front bumper and most of the front end is removed as shown before, I started digging in deeper to remove the engine. For this to happen, I removed the front fender [...]
Front Bumper Removal & Part 1 of Front End Restoration
After the Firebird's interior floorboards were replaced, I decided to start working on the engine and front end area. Our plans were to rebuild the engine with new aftermarket aluminum heads and clean it up. [...]
Restored Interior Firebird Floorboards
I showed before a post about the process of welding in the new floorboards, but forgot to post a final restored picture of the Firebird's floorboards with a new coat of paint. You can see [...]
Welding in New Floorboards
The previous post talked about the start of restoring and removing the rusty Firebird floorboards and this post will talk about welding the new floorboards in place. First thing that I had to do was [...]