What a significant milestone! The car hasn’t seen an engine since fall of 2010! Engine is in! Bryan came down the first weekend of July and helped me get the motor in! Thanks Bryan!!! The process went smoother now we had the right bolt pattern on the flywheel. Installing the engine with the transmission was […]
Category: Project Trans Am
1981 Turbo Trans Am resto-mod project.
April was a very productive month! Thanks Bryan for coming down to help me install most of the interior!!! Dashboard Covered and Installed! In March I started working on the dashboard, my original plan was to cover it with a dash cap made by AccuForm. I got the dash cap last year, at the time […]
March has been a productive month! The cabin is now fully insulated (minus the doors) and many other interior details are starting to come together! Insulation Completed Not much to go into detail about, but I have pictures, so check them out! Carpet Installed Carpet is a little tricky to install, but as long as […]
This month was not as productive as I had hoped due to my New Media Expo / CES trip for work. I did get some things done though! Interior Insulation and Deadener I’ve been slowly installing the sound deadener and insulation into the car. Here are the latest pictures. The deadener is done. As for […]
With the Christmas holiday and all the weekend road trips to visit family I didn’t get much done this month. Insulation I have about 75% of the insulation and sound deadener installed so far (not including the doors, which I plan on insulating in the summer). Firewall and HVAC I got the AC Delete installed! […]
It’s been another slow and steady month working on the Trans Am. It feels like I haven’t achieved much this month, but referring to my TODO list I’ve knocked out a lot of stuff. Passenger Compartment I’ve done a lot of work preparing the passenger compartment for the Interior. I removed surface rust on the […]
The project progress has slowed in the second half of October, but I’ve still made a lot of progress with the interior and wiring. New Windshield I had the new windshield installed and man it looks good! Guardian Auto Glass of Columbus did a great job! Interior The first weekend I had the windshield out, […]
This was a big month for the Trans Am! Brakes They’re done, but not without a fight! At the last minute I deviated away from my original plan of running Metallic brake pads all around after reading in the service manual as well as on the popular Firebird, Trans Am and Camaro forums that the […]
Another slow month with the Trans Am. Two of the 4 weekends I was out of town, for only 2 weekends I got a lot done. Here’s an outline of everything that has been happening this past August, 2012. Rear Axle and Stabilizer Bar Pretty much the whole month focused around the rear axle. I […]
Another busy month with the Trans Am, progress is slow but steady. Below is an outline of everything that has been happening since in June, 2012. Firewall I got a little further with the firewall, installing the cowl vents and the wiper motor. I’m not as pleased with the paint I picked for the wiper […]