Hello: I recently purchased a 1967 400, 4 speed Firebird which I will be restoring in the near future. The car is completely numbers matching (engine, transmission, differential) so I want to do it right. I have a couple of questions for the firebird community: 1) What book/s are good sources of information to help with the restoration? 2) The car originally had a Silverglaze exterior with a Blue (dark metallic) interior. The car now has a red interior and exterior. I was thinking of keeping the red interior and going with a Starlight black exterior. How much of an impact will the color change from original (even though both are 1967 colors) have on price? 3) Any advise on a good, reputable machine shop in houston that specializes in pontiac engines.
Thank you.
1) there are two books that are valuable for info, the GM body book and the GM repair manual...I have both , both bought on EBay , +_$25 ea...you can borrow these from me too 2)silverglaze sounds like an interesting color too, you could keep the red interior with it? Todd Will is a great painter, he`s on the NW side, you can see his work on a couple of our guys cars 3)machine shop or engine builder? Scroggins Machine shop downtown, plus others...Lee A for engine builder..plus a couple of HALF guys ...Drew has built a great 455 for his, and is helping Paul out with one now, we DO have "monster garages" sometimes to help ea other out too
whereabouts in Houston are you located? and JLT, is it a vert or coupe? I`m assuming coupe since you didnt say specifically... Kelly ,our Corpus member has a 68 coupe , black with red. Todd , our Bellville member has a 68 black with black convertible
