I debated whether to even log on here today. Thanks for the support guys. Things have been pretty bad for me the past few years. The cars have been a good diversion and winning a bunch of cool stuff I can't afford was awesome! I should have looked around for a more appropriate section to post in but I guess it's all good now thanks to a mod. I just always logged into the "911 tech" or "for sale" sections before, and should have thought before posting.

Danny, you'd be in the passenger seat in the pic above if you'd been able to make it out to the track Oct. 3. You would have got a kick out of watching how fast that car behind me pulled me on the back straight after I gave him a point by!

Just so there's no confusion most of the P cars that I've run with are faster on track than my old bird. If you see one behind me in a pic anywhere I'm probably going to give them a point by at the beginning of the next straight.

Here's a link to a couple pages with pics and specs and another link to a build thread involving the cage, seats, harnesses, and fire systems install.

GM F-Body Trans Am / Firebird Club all years T/A welcome! - Trans Am Message Board T/A, Formula, Esprite 78 81 1978 1981

The 14 Car safety thread, Roll Cage, Kirkey seats,Fire systems - Pro-Touring.com

Is that Sebring? Saw your write-up on the standing mile. What a nightmare! I would have been raging if I were an entrant.

Oh...T/A's are for sissies (that's why I'm selling mine...want it?). Just need to fix #7 exhaust lifter.

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John...great story on the "yard" find car. Thread on roll cage is excellent...great fab skills. Plus Pcar content!!!

Made the cover of Popular Hot Rodding....worth looking at the links he posted, guys.

Some pics from John's links
 

Before

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after


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Congrats, that is one heck of a prize bag of goodies!

That's a sweet looking car!..I don't care what any a-hole tech forum joykill has to say.. :)

Especially considering its stablemate....Euro Carrera cab widebody!!!


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Congrats on winning the competition, having never won any competition it must have been a great feeling when you found out.

I have recently taken up motor sport photography and it's not so easy as point and shoot. So don't jump on me when I say the first photo for me is just ok! But the second one you posted is so much better in many many ways - composition, focusing, exposure etc..... I can only imagine what you would have won if you'd entered the second photo.

Here's a great forum for motorsports photography....

Motorsports - Canon Digital Photography Forums

It is mainly for Cannon enthusiasts, but all the techniques apply to any camera.

Again congrats, you must be stoked!!


Matt

Being a Mopar fan, all I can say is Nice car. :)
Looks good, thanks for sharing.
Don't worry about the perfect people, one day we will all be as good as them.

Thanks for the compliments from everyone!

Danny: Yup thats Sebring in the pics. The 1 mile Land Speed Race in the Everglades was quite an experience. There's a couple groups holding races regularly there now. Email me if you want to go watch one. There's one for "exotics" Nov 14. I was thinking of going to. Judging by the hardware that showed up for the "open" race I entered, the exotic race should bring out some amazing cars.

Dueller: Thanks Jim! The Firebird was featured in PHR as well as being on the cover and has appeared in another PHR as well as HOT ROD. I recently ran into David Wallens from Grassroots Motorsports at a NASA HPDE a few weeks ago at Palm Beach International. He took a lot of pics of the car so it might show up in that publication at some point. It is a Grassroots kind of car, with almost all of the work done by me other than some welding/fabrication stuff like the cage and tranny work.

Matt Kellett: The same buddy took both pics at the same tack but 3 months apart. I hadn't gotten the 2nd one when I entered the contest.

Rick V: I like a lot of cars. Drove a 70 Challenger in H.S. and a 71 Valient as a DD for years as well as a few other Chrysler models over the years.

cool Poncho, Grass Roots Motorsports!

Byron would get wood over that car

Tell Dave Wallen's Hello from me!

He runs a very cool mag. I think I might have scared his man Per!

Jim

Absolutely love the details of the roll cage integrating into the factory looking interior. Very, very nice!

Steve has restored a couple of 70 'birds. That enduro bumper always gives him fits to get it just right, especially as he painted both of the cars black (Steve paints almost every car black - LOL).

Love the plates too! "not a ta" hahahaaa!!!

angela

I will be sure to do that. With the GRM stickers on the windshield and spoiler in the winning pic I'm sure they'll do something with it. I've been thinking I'd take a drive up to the GRM offices one day anyway so this might be a good excuse.

When I ran into David at PBI he was sportin a pair of the low cut, flat sole, waffle print, VANS I wore when I raced BMX. Reminded me of days gone by when I also wore them as regular sneakers. LOL

I thought the plate said "no tata". Your interpretation makes more sense.

I used to get some grief from Pontiac purists that thought I'd "ruined" an original 70 Trans Am. I'd explain that the car was an Esprit I modified. Then I got the NOT A TA plate so I could just point to it or they'd see it first and not start in on me. I moved to FL recently so that plate is retired now.