After a very long time I am finally driving our Firebird. Never drove it before as we brought it home in boxes and on a car dolly. Everything was there but it took me 15 years to complete. It was the "poor man’s" muscle car with the 326HO and 2 speed power glide which I still have but replaced with a 455 /700R4 combo. I spent a lot of time on this forum for information and ideas from various contributors. I gathered what I thought was unique and tasteful along with some of my own ideas. Thanks to everyone who shares and often times show frustration over trying to get something working.
We all want our car to be different in its own way. It took me a year to design and make the grill and decided to move the running and turn signals up into it. Color is 2011 Corvette supersonic blue metallic. Lots of purple pearl and love how it changes in the light. The rear quarter striping idea is from the car “Frost Bite” and the scoop idea was from Drew Helm, both of which are from info on this site.
I am sure I will get cackles from the purist for painting the bumper, designing a different grill, adding the front and rear spoiler, the hood scoop, and so on however I did keep it Pontiac under the hood. In fact I even bought a Chevy 350 but couldn’t bring myself to put it in the car. Either way, build your car how you want, you’re the one driving it.
I am still working out the little things but have put on 550 miles this summer in-between life. Last pic is my 91 year young mom wanting a ride in "that car"... She won't forget it!