The 68 panels didn’t seem to fit very well but I did find screw holes that seem to be for a 68 style panel, I just made up my arm rests, got some foam from Joanns. Will try to install soon.
Finally getting around to putting some tunes in my wife's 68 (non-AC). I've got all the parts on the way (head unit, amp, 6X9s in enclosures going behind the seats on the floor, amp kit, wires, and a super cool dual dash speaker replacement. Here's the million-dollar question for you cats that have done this/got the T-shirt. What are the steps to access/replace the dash speaker? Of course, I'll have the head unit and ash tray out to start... Will that be enough opening/access to get to the old dash speaker? Thank you. r/RJ
Maybe they crunched the numbers looking for fat males that lean on steering wheels to get out? Did Pontiac have a 'fat guy' box to be checked on the order form at the dealership?
All I know is that I rarely if ever see an intact deluxe wheel like Jim's. I have a pretty good black one stashed away but it is not perfect. That is why I fixed up a Formula wheel with the wings down Firebird.
Dylan, I'm curious what you decided to do with your 68 convertible? Did you end up going with a Dynacorn body?
I'm in a similar position, although mine is a 350 convertible. I've replaced both quarters and tail pan. But now I want to replace the trunk pan and from what I've read online the tail pan needs to be removed to get the new trunk pan in (which i SHOULD have done at the same time but didn't). In addition, the floor pan needs some work as well. Whomever had this car before me did some questionable patch work so might be better to just replace the whole floor pan. Also the top inner cowl and upper dash have rot. I have most of the parts (purchased from Classic Industries) so it's mainly the labor I'm concerned with. I have a young child so spare time is valuable and hard to come by these days so I'm debating to farm out the work, or just bite the bullet and buy a completely new body from Dynacorn or similar and then transfer the VIN.
I am glad to hear that. The 455 I am sure is a bottom end street monster. 3:36 is right next to my favorite 3:23 gears. My car was originally an OHC-6 so it came with 3:23 rear gears. Great take off, decent highway. My car has always been a wreck since I got it. The little bit I drove it just to move it up and down the driveway the 455 felt incredible. I now have a 1979 Trans Am rear with the disc brakes in it. It has 3:08 gears which are much better for highway use. I have a set of 3:23's that can go in, but my four speed is a Super T-10 with the 3:42 first gear. That much gear is too much for the 3:23 so I am leaning on keeping the 3:08's in there. My 1977 TA was set up that way. Even with the 3:08's I could start in second gear no problem.
