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The Accidental '79 Firebird

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2019 10:34 pm
by desertrefugee
You guys may have browsed through my "junk or project fodder" thread where I picked up three poor old forgotten Honda motorcycles. Friend of a friend passed away had them. His son was trying to clean out the garage so he can sell the house. Two Honda 750s and a Honda 400 Hawk.

And this Firebird.

Complete extra engine freshly built never fired. New crank, rods and pistons, rebuilt heads, two turbo350s, engine stand and the hoist thrown into the deal. Also pick up truck bed full of associated bits and pieces for the car including new in the box performer intake and carburetor. Numerous other new and used parts of boxes the guy was collecting to do a restoration. Arizona car. Zero rust.

I am embarrassed to even say what I paid for the car, but the young man simply wanted it out of the garage. So we came back for the car after we took the motorcycles home! Right place right time?

Re: The Accidental '79 Firebird

Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2019 8:30 pm
by Track T 2411
Dude, you censored2 censored2 censored2 lolol lolol lolol Pretty soon you'll be out of space in your new workshop! Congrats!

Re: The Accidental '79 Firebird

Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2019 8:38 pm
by 5speed
sweet. what are your plans for it? put it on the road, flip it?

Re: The Accidental '79 Firebird

Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2019 8:46 pm
by desertrefugee
My two sons grew up watching me restify cars and trucks. After divorcing their Mom 12 years ago, I switched back over full-time to motorcycles since they were cheaper and you could get more in less space.

This will be a group effort between the three of us. Then it will be joint ownership between the two of them. I hope they can figure that out… LOL. Truthfully, I had intended to flip it. They convinced me otherwise. And the more I thought about it, it might be my last chance to do a solid father-son project with both of them.

Soooo...

Re: The Accidental '79 Firebird

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2019 9:59 am
by Oldewing
Nice work, time with the kids is the best.


more tool boxes, less X boxes...

Re: The Accidental '79 Firebird

Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 7:53 pm
by Track T 2411
desertrefugee wrote:My two sons grew up watching me restify cars and trucks. After divorcing their Mom 12 years ago, I switched back over full-time to motorcycles since they were cheaper and you could get more in less space.

This will be a group effort between the three of us. Then it will be joint ownership between the two of them. I hope they can figure that out… LOL. Truthfully, I had intended to flip it. They convinced me otherwise. And the more I thought about it, it might be my last chance to do a solid father-son project with both of them.

Soooo...
action1 action1 action1 Let them fight over it, eh? lolol

Re: The Accidental '79 Firebird

Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 7:57 pm
by OCR
And post a video of the fight! hippie1 hippie1

Re: The Accidental '79 Firebird

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 7:57 pm
by 5speed
desertrefugee wrote:My two sons grew up watching me restify cars and trucks. After divorcing their Mom 12 years ago, I switched back over full-time to motorcycles since they were cheaper and you could get more in less space.

This will be a group effort between the three of us. Then it will be joint ownership between the two of them. I hope they can figure that out… LOL. Truthfully, I had intended to flip it. They convinced me otherwise. And the more I thought about it, it might be my last chance to do a solid father-son project with both of them.

Soooo...
awesome. could never get my son interested in working on cars,etc..his grew up in "gamer" times. However when I bought the jetta for him I told him it came with conditions.,..one being he was going to learn how to do basic maintenance on it. He is proficient now in changing his tires from summer to winter, oil changes and he replaced the emissions purge valve by himself.