New member-67 Firebird in Houston

[rickpaw]

Hi all,

I'm a longtime lurker here, with a few posts here and there on lat-g. I spend most of my forum times over at pro-touring.com.

I spent most of my adult life in Portland/Vancouver area (Oregon/Washington), and had been living in Houston for the last 2 years. I bought a 67 Firebird 400 in 2006 from a guy in Puyallup. Spent 3 years restoring it from the ground up in my 2 car garage. Powertrain consisted of a rebuilt Pontiac 400/Turbo 400 combo.

I have a project thread on pt.com (link below) documenting the process.

http://www.pro-touring.com/threads/58528-Another-Firebird-project?highlight=

Here's a picture of the car when I came and looked at it.
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt250/rickpaw/67%20Firebird%20restoration/Arrival9_23_08002.jpg (http://s616.photobucket.com/user/rickpaw/media/67%20Firebird%20restoration/Arrival9_23_08002.jpg.html)

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt250/rickpaw/67%20Firebird%20restoration/Arrival9_23_08001.jpg (http://s616.photobucket.com/user/rickpaw/media/67%20Firebird%20restoration/Arrival9_23_08001.jpg.html)

After 3 years

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt250/rickpaw/67%20Firebird%20restoration/P1020116.jpg (http://s616.photobucket.com/user/rickpaw/media/67%20Firebird%20restoration/P1020116.jpg.html)

After a year driving it in Houston, got tired of the Pontiac drivetrain and decided to pull it out and swap in a 5.3/4l60e. :G-Dub:

I will document the LS swap in the project section. The swap is done for the most part, just working out the bugs.

[Che70velle]

Nice! Can't wait to watch the LS transplant.

[will69camaro]

Welcome! Good to see more people in the Houston are popping up. Lot of work looks like it took place in 3 years. I'm envious!

[rickpaw]

Thnx guys. I create a new thread in the project update showing the LS swap.