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[SBC-68-FIREBIRD]

Hi Guys,

Been a member of your forum for a while now but dont do much posting. Saw this new section & decided to post up some pics & info on my toy.

Its a 1968 Firebird that I bought from Adelaide back in August 2005. GAS455 & myself went on an adventurous  road trip one weekend & towed it home. It was a stripped rolling body that came with a lot of new parts. I had it sandblasted & painted. Got it home from the painters October 2006.
Got it finished & registered May 2007 but has been a work in progress since.
Exterior –
2 pack Shockwave Blue ( factory Ford colour ).
Body it totally standard except for the hole through the bonnet.
Wheel arch moulds & sill moulds have also been removed.
Interior –
Factory deluxe black trim kit. New seats, hood lining, door trims & carpet.
Billet Specialties steering wheel.
B&M quick silver shifter.
Auto meter tacho, oil pressure & temp gauges. Guages fitted in heater control panel.
Panasonic stereo.
Boot –
Carpeted with custom storage boxes along sides to protect rear quarters.
Suspension –
Factory rear multi leafs reset approx 2” lower.
Heavy duty  front coils reset approx 2” lower.
Koni shocks all round.
Factory front sway bar.
Jegs bolt in subframe connectors.
Caltrack traction bars.
Wheels & Tyres –
Billet Specialties Street Stars, 17” x 8” front & back.
Nankang 245/45’s on the front & 255/45’s on the rear.
Mickey Thompson 275/50/15 rears for the strip & bicycle tyres up front :) .
Drivetrain –
406 small block chev, factory 400 cast crank, 5.7” rods, forged pistons – 10.7:1 comp.
Comp Cams hydraulic roller 242/248@50. 540” odd lift. 108 lobe centre.
AFR195 Eliminator heads. ( off the shelf )
Edelbrock dual plane RPM airgap intake manifold matched to heads, 830 double pumper Holley.
1.75” 4 into 1 headers into twin 3" pipes. Hooker Aerochamber mufflers.
Turbo 400 with modified valve body.
TCE converter, 9.5” diameter, 3800-4000rpm stall.
12 bolt diff, 3.73 Eaton Posi, Richmond gears, Moser billet axles & housing ends.
Performance –
383 rear wheel horsepower with old converter & 2.5" exhaust.
11.45 @ 118mph so far.

[Hemifish]

Very Nice Ride , Hope My New Toy Looks This Cool:drink:

[usa383]

Awesome looking car mate.I want one

[rattusrex]

Nice choice of colour. Eddie

[69DirtyRat]

Nice pix! are they from a mag shoot or did you take them?

[SBC-68-FIREBIRD]

Thanks guys ! Darren, your GTO looked very hot.

The first couple of pics are when I dropped it off at the panel beaters the week after I bought it. The rest of the pics were taken in front of a mates barn here in Sydney by a photographer named Ken Stevenson for Nitro magazine.

[Bumblebee]

Car looks great, like the shot with the head lights on.

[73Transam]

Hi Scott, Yes love your ride mate, cool looking car, GIVE ME:rol:

[GTA390]

No complaints here, that looks NICE

[68PONY]

Wow! , looks good , goes good , must sound awesome, we have simular specs in the engine department , i have a 408 small block with the same manifold and my comp cam is a 242 - 248 @ 50 mechanical roller 608 lift and afr205 heads , pro systems carby 830cfm double pumper but my rear end is geared for freeway driving 3.25's , i still have the old 8 inch diff , when i get the 9 inch ill give it a squirt down the quarter , my old 351 ran a 12.8 @ 106mph
cheers chris.