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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
03-31-2024, 02:45 PM
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Rear Sway Bar Bushing Options?
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giles
Ric, I think your choices are urethane, heater...
Ric,
I think your choices are urethane, heater hose or NOS. I would not recommend urethane for subframe or control arms, but I suspect you’ll never know the difference on a rear sway bar. Ames...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
01-21-2024, 02:01 AM
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Great pic of new '70 TA's on the lot
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giles
I’ve seen a bulletin where spacers were installed...
I’ve seen a bulletin where spacers were installed in the front lower control arm between the arm and bump stop to lift the front end 2 or 3 inches. This was done to avoid shipping damage to the...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
11-27-2023, 01:45 AM
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never seen a rear speaker like this
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giles
I don’t think a rear speaker got a cover like...
I don’t think a rear speaker got a cover like that until ‘72. I think all ‘70-‘71 custom trim cars and base trim cars with a rear speaker option got the mesh package tray.
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
11-25-2023, 05:13 PM
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My original steering wheel
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giles
The spokes in these close up shots look right. ...
The spokes in these close up shots look right. For some reason that first picture in the first thread entry looks very “silver”.
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
11-25-2023, 12:32 AM
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My original steering wheel
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giles
Looks great. I do have to comment about the...
Looks great. I do have to comment about the spokes. Should be black. I’ve seen many high dollar restorations recently which have Formula wheels with silver or bare metal spokes. These cars never...
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64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
10-22-2023, 03:02 PM
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64 Tempest Convertible Project
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giles
Finally done! (Are they ever really done?) Have...
Finally done! (Are they ever really done?)
Have put a couple hundred miles on and overall works pretty well. I still have a few things to do but I am comfortable enough that I’d drive anywhere...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
10-22-2023, 12:28 PM
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Would you do this to your Firebird? GM Did
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giles
Firebird? Not quite, other models and other tests...
Firebird? Not quite, other models and other tests absolutely. As a test engineer for Buick in the 80s I ran what was called the “windrow gravel test” on a pre-production ‘86 Grand National. The...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
03-12-2023, 01:01 AM
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painting my valance
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Fenders hood and valance should be black on the...
Fenders hood and valance should be black on the backside as they were painted at final assembly paint shop. The body shells were painted in an entirely different paint shop at Fisher Body next door....
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64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
03-11-2023, 09:34 PM
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64 Tempest Convertible Project
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giles
Good thing I’ve not been in a hurry! 4 years...
Good thing I’ve not been in a hurry! 4 years since my last post and still not complete! But it is all done except the convertible top. Material is on order and that last step should be completed...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
09-17-2022, 05:37 PM
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1970 valve cover wire holder? (not spark plug)
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giles
I’m not so much of a purist that I won’t put in a...
I’m not so much of a purist that I won’t put in a few deviations from stock. Replacing the crappy cost-saving ‘71 plastic wire holders with the super deluxe ‘70 wire holders is one of them!
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
09-11-2022, 12:22 AM
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F60-15 Polyglas GT's Finally Back in Production
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giles
Got a set from Kelsey tire last year. Great...
Got a set from Kelsey tire last year. Great looking, terrible driving tire. I have F60s on Rally IIs and Goodyear Eagle RS-As on honeycombs. It’s a pleasure to drive the radials. The Polyglas are...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
03-26-2022, 09:22 PM
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1973 TA PHS related question
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giles
PHS document is an invoice not a build sheet as...
PHS document is an invoice not a build sheet as some claim in ads. The invoice was what PMD billed the dealer and only included options that cost money. You’ll see a transmission choice on a...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
03-06-2022, 12:18 AM
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Gear Vendor Overdrive
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giles
Steve T (455hota) on here installed a gear...
Steve T (455hota) on here installed a gear vendors unit behind a THM 400 20 years ago on a 71 TA he had at the time. I was interested but decided against it for my car when I saw how much he had to...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
02-12-2022, 01:43 PM
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Original motor options
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giles
Engine VIN stamp was done right before the engine...
Engine VIN stamp was done right before the engine dropped into the chassis. Prior to this they did not know in which car a given engine was to be installed.
Engines were built at Pontiac engine...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
01-02-2022, 09:11 PM
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70 TA auto trans PQ tag
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giles
FYI all THM 400s were built in the Willow Run, MI...
FYI all THM 400s were built in the Willow Run, MI Hydra-matic plant. When assembled a PQ trans did not know if it was going to Norwood or Van Nuys (or Pontiac, Fremont, Baltimore, etc A-car plants)....
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
12-19-2021, 04:42 PM
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SD-455 Test Car ?
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PMD-owned car. 13M386 Michigan manufacturers...
PMD-owned car. 13M386 Michigan manufacturers plate
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
12-18-2021, 09:18 PM
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Ram Air IV Formula
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Rocky has a good take on what marketing and sales...
Rocky has a good take on what marketing and sales were thinking with regard to the RAIV option. The attached page from the ‘70 Product Assembly Document tells us that engineering and manufacturing...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
10-13-2021, 10:07 PM
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70 Van Nuys Trans Am undercoating
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giles
Norwood is correct about the side of the wheel...
Norwood is correct about the side of the wheel well. It is the same rubber shield, just installed differently at each plant. The rubber shields were however continued through most of ‘71 however. ...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
07-18-2021, 06:53 PM
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Six early TAs
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Six early TAs
When is the last time you saw six early TAs in a row? From the GTOAA show yesterday in Bellevue, WA
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
01-05-2014, 12:11 PM
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Undercarriage Cleaning and Painting
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giles
FYI Ford sells a higher temperature DOT 3. I'm...
FYI Ford sells a higher temperature DOT 3. I'm going to use this stuff in my next brake overhaul;
http://www.fordparts.com/Products/Chemicals-Brake-EnginePerformanceFluids-Cleaners.aspx
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
12-05-2012, 03:10 PM
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Engine Vin Stamp
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giles
FWIW, I would expect the likelihood of engine...
FWIW, I would expect the likelihood of engine serial no. (MUN) errors to be low. The Pontiac engine plant only built Pontiac V8s so the MUNs were always in the same location and sequential. The...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
01-31-2008, 11:32 AM
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70-73 Tire pressure decals
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giles
If there is one thing I excel at, it is dumbing...
If there is one thing I excel at, it is dumbing down!
Anyway that says...
482400 KM is used on all except TA and Formula
428399 KN is used on TA and Formula
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
01-13-2007, 12:33 PM
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70 Trans Am INTERIOR question
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1,463
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giles
As to what was intended; I think that 71 WAS...
As to what was intended; I think that 71 WAS supposed to have stitching and that 70s and 72 and later Firebirds are not supposed to have stitiching on the 1/4 trim. How were the cars actually...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
07-29-2006, 10:01 PM
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Battery cable question
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2,492
Posted By
giles
Generally anything with ram air exhaust manifolds...
Generally anything with ram air exhaust manifolds had the positive cable routed to the front of the block and underneath the LH exhaust manifold. The positive cable and tube would not fit between...
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