Anyone see that really nice bird in the latest HPP magazine? He put a spoiler on the back from a latter model bird not a TA but somthing like a 80s somthing. I thought it looked really good.

Yeah, Southern Comfort. Really nice vert.
I dont know about the spoiler though?
It didnt look odd, but I didnt notice it right off the bat. Lets put it this way, it didnt take anything away from the car.
The jewel in this months edition was the cylinder head article. I have 75 6x #8's and it answered a lot of my questions.

I thought the article said the rear wing was off a '84 Trans Am.

I also thought it looked great. I wonder if he had to modify the pedestals to get it to fit right?

That car was my cousin's first car. I couldn't beleive it when I read the article. The "Marconi Pontiac" referred to in the article was owned by my father's uncle. I called my cousin and told him his high school car was in HPP.

NO WAY!
That is really awesome. Could you imagine that, seeing the car you owned 36 years ago.
So what did your cousin say when you told him?

Can someone post a link or a scan of the pics to the spoiler for those of us that don't have a subscription?

Thanks.

Here is a distance shot of it from the NPD catalog on line... best I can do until I get home and can scan it and then post...


http://www.npdlink.com/modules.php?name=firebird

Not good enough to really see it - Sorry.

I saw on line that it was NPD's choice in the Old Towne show in Orlando, and managed to at least find this...

Brett - 67 Drop Top 455!

My cousin had that car sometime in the 1980's. He said "NO WAY!" just like you did. I need to send him the magazine. I tried to scan it but I'm kinda scanner inept. Despite how I set the resolution, my scans end up being huge files.

Trick for downsizing images...do a search for "Microsoft Image Resizer". Download it, install it, right click on an image and select "Resize Pictures" to make a smaller copy. It's free, it's easy to use, and it doesn't run on Mac. I'm not sure about older Windows versions, either.

Vikki, is there anything that you have problems finding, you are some kind of information junkie....it totally amazes me!

I have trouble finding time to do what I should be doing...I'm an FGF junkie

I use/work on/repair computers 16 hours a day, so I find a lot of cool tools to make my life easier. And I'm always looking for free ones

Wow, I thought I was the only one that did computers as much as I do.

Guess I have competition.

i got this one free for imac

cool! I don't usually have so much free time I can play with animated gifs, but I like it!

I WISH I HAD TIME FOR THAT STUFF.IT MUST BE NICE.OH WELL,NEXT TUESDAY I WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CARABEAN SEA ON A CRUISE SHIP WITH A PRETTY LADY.MY 1ST VACATION IN 2 YRS.AT LEAST I MADE IT A GOOD ONE

Didn't get a chance to scan it myself... Doh!
Terry, which Cruise Line? I used to work in the cruise line industry for quite a few years... Enjoy and have a great time! Going out of Lauderdale or Miami? (I assume Lauderdale)

I miss the travel, but not the lack of pay!

(back to the topic) I'll see if I can scan it tonight or tomorrow and post unless John get's it scanned (72 dpi and scan @ about 75% - 50% size)

Brett!

i have to do stuff like that to keep from going crazy...er. Free time isn't all it's cracked up to be.

I'M CRUISING ON THE SUN PRINCESS ON A 10 DAY EASTERN CARABEAN CRUISE.I LIKE THE ONES THAT LEAVE PORT EVERGLADES AND RETURN THERE.I HATE FLYING...AND SCOTT,YOU HAVE GREAT SKILLS WORKING ON CARS,WHY DONT YOU PUT THEM TO USE WORKING IN AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP.THAT WILL KEEP YOU BUSY...

thanks for the compliment Terry.

Another example of an 80's TA spoiler can be seen on my car.....the pedestals DO have to be modified to fit correctly, but it's not hard. I have some better pics of my rear spoiler if anyone's interested.....can probably see it pretty good in the pic in my signature....

Drew

Okay....maybe you can't see it really well in the online car show pic. I have some better ones if anyone really want to see it.

That's a right fancy car you got there Drew. I'd like to see more pics just because it's pretty, but it's not really necessary.

Drew,

I for one would like to see some pictures. I think the 82-84 T/A spoiler almost looks at home on the car. How did you modify the pedestals?

John

Okay, don't start yelling about my lousy scan.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rossettij@sbcglobal.net/album?.dir=821a&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos

I think Kenny G's Firebird has 3rd gen spoiler on it.

Yes, Drew what did you do to modify it to fit?

I also would like to see more pics, Drew. The wing is nice.
Brent

I too would like to see those pics Drew.

On another note, has anyone tried to fit the Firebird/TA spoiler from like an 89 that has the 3rd brake light in the center on a first gen?

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/5/web/545000-545999/545143_5_full.jpg

Here is a link I found to a good example. I for one would LOVE to have a third brake light on the back of my '69. I think it would be sweet looking.

i havent seen that one yet but im shur we will sooner or later.

Eventually you will. As soon as I saw the article I bought one off eBay (before this thread started).

I'll at least mock it up, but may not go on permanently for a while.

I've been thinking wing with a 3rd brake light for a while. Was wondering if a 3rd gen would fit and now at least I know it will without. May have to fab to get it flush with the trunk (wiring comes out the bottom). We'll see when it gets here.

Watch out guys, the originality police may come and send you all to the Pontiac State Pen for "re-education" due to this discussion

Modifying the pedestals really wasn't that hard. I positioned the spoiler where I wanted it and marked the holes. Drilled the holes and set the spoiler in place.....you HAVE to raise the rear of the spoiler to have the right contour to the body and make any downforce at all and you have to shorten the height of the pedestal in the front to ensure you get enough stud length on the inside of the trunk lid. I simply flipped the spoiler upside down and using a drmeml and cutoff wheel I trimmed the fiberglass pedestal back to where the sides are flush with the stud supports are. (also even with the shoulders spoiler studs)

I re-installed the spoiler and made "U" shaped spacers out of some scrap aluminum bar stock I had. I raised the rear of the spoiler to where I wanted it and installed the spacers.....then installed the nuts on the studs on the underside of the trunk lid and tightened it up.

Once I had it where I wanted it and at a more appealing angle I masked off the trunk lid about 3 inches on either side of the pedestals....basically covering the trunk lid under the pedestal and either side to keep excess fiberglass off the primer. I then mixed up some duraglass and filled the gap between the pedestal and trunk lid. Don't worry if you can't fill the seam all the way from front to back....

Once it cured I removed the spoiler from the trunk lid and flipped it upside down. I taped off the studs and filled the bottom side of the pedestals with more duraglass making a solid base. Once this cured I sanded it to match the contour of the trunk lid.

I have several pics showing how well the spoiler fits the car, but don't have a place to host them. If someone can post them that'd be great!

Drew

Drew just go to: http://login.yahoo.com/config/login?.src=ph&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos&.intl=us&.linkdone=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/
Sign up and its as easy as dragging an dropping the pictures in.

you can also host them with http://imageshack.us/ and put the pic right here in a post, rather than linking to it. that's what I use.

I've prototyped the wing with 3rd brakelight using an scrap trunklid and spoiler I got from eBay.

Haven't figured out how to upload images to this site yet.

Maybe if someone can school myself and Drew we can share them.

Drew, love to see your mods as well.