Well the Firebird has started for the first time!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't tell you all how happy I am. Or how anxious. I wanna go run it some more just to hear that sweet, sweet rumble but it's after 10 and my neighbor's window is all of 8 feet from my garage...

So exactly one year ago (4/19/06) I bought a 67 Firebird coupe that was missing many parts and hadn't run in "a decade or two" according to the previous owner. I've never done any restoration before so this has been a great learning experience. First time rebuilding an engine, first time rebuilding a transmission, first time rebuilding a carburetor. First time even owning a car that has a carburetor.

Anyhow tonight my fiancee and I did the final prep, hit the accelerator pedal a few times, and pushed the button (yes I have a button and yes it's temporary) then vroom it started up right away. I didn't expect that...thought for sure it wouldn't start. God that sounded awesome. I can still hear it. What a great 1st birthday for the bird

well many thanks to everyone for all the help. My lunch break for the past year has been spent reading firstgenfirbird, thefirstgensite, and classicalpontiac. On saturday I'll have some free time to change the oil and fire it up again...yessssssssssssssssss

oh yeah I got it all on video but in the excitement we forgot to shut off the camera so the file is quite long and large (180MB)...gotta figure out how to shrink that down


Dan

Why did you not expect it to start right up? I always expect then to start right up, and it's unusual if they don't.

Good for you Dan. I hope to fire mine for the first time tomorrow weather willing (as I will have to bring it out of the garage to ward off asphixiation during the initial break in).

I too will get a lil video of it for everyone...may even take it for a rap up the street if all seems tight...

I didn't expect it to start up so easily because it's my first time with all of this. First time with the engine rebuild, carb, setting distributor timing, etc etc. But man was I happy to hear that thing fire

David, my garage was really smokey last night even with a few fans going; had some transmission fluid dripping down on the headers... I can't move it out though cause I ripped apart the front passenger suspension in order to put in the fuel lines. Good luck with your startup

Is that what the kids are calling it these days? I have to get out more.

here's the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQqL50ioGVQ

Nice! You had some great help on that start up. She holds that timing gun like "Don't move or I'll shoot"! I bet you will be sharing drive time.

Great to hear Dan. Congrats. Its great to know there will be another bird back on the road.
Snap some photos of the car...Id love to see it.

man I got more pictures than I know what to do with. Here's about a hundred. Just click on the link then on the pictures, you shouldn't have to enter any passwords or usernames. There are two albums in this share

Yes that is a bee hive that I found in the kick panel and yes I did take apart the carb on my couch (shortly after knee surgery...I was bored).


http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=h3pd0q3.7zttgl2n&x=0&y=pg0oey

oops I think I arranged my two albums backwards. Album 1 is newer stuff, album 2 starts when I got the car a year ago. no pictures in there from the last month though

Nice.
Cant remember when i had that much space in the garage, but i'm work'n on it this year.