Your MIL seem to be a little cooler than mine.
What does she have going on there, is it mostly stock?
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Your MIL seem to be a little cooler than mine.
What does she have going on there, is it mostly stock?
The new daily. Bought without graphics and let my 11yo son design them. He did awesome. I really like the design behind the rear wheel.
Not my style by any means, but that's awesome that you let him do that.
Does that mean he gets to drive it?
I see you're pony, but I'll give it the bird.
2nd gens make a better looking race car.
I'd have no problem with that. The only shame of that one (if any, really) is Firebirds seem to be a bit more rare than the Camaros of the same vintage.
We'll differ on that point. I'm okay with the Camaro/Firebird up to '73, after that I lose interest. And I say that having owned a '76 Camaro and my first base/clear overall paint job being on a '79 Firebird.
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The Firebird market is weird. Speaking of the 1st and 2nd gen cars, a Firebird will typically sell for 2/3 of what a comparable Camaro sells for, and I don't know why. T/As are an exception. I prefer the 'Birds and T/As, but I'm partial, I have a '67 if you don't remember, one of something like 1,100 produced not accounting for color or option combos.
Edit; I don't know how accurate this is, and I don't have time to dig deeper, but this is what google returned for 1st gen production numbers.
Edit again; the above AI stuff seemed off and misleading, so I did it, I dug a little deeper.
So that's 276,683 1st gen Firebirds to 699,138 1st gen Camaros.
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Rewatching "the accident", it still messes with my mind. He had been through so many accidents that had all the makings of being fatal, and he survived them. That accident was not the one that I would have imagined ending that way. Yes, we all know and understand the mechanics of what happened to his body, but still, to watch that accident again, all these years later, I can't help but find myself in some level of disbelief.
Somewhere on either Craigslist or Marketplace (I use my wife's account to parous the local listings. I liken it to pumping gas while smoking a cigarette...), there's a fella selling a first-gen Firebird project that has had everything converted over to Camaro parts. If I recall, he's asking a Camaro price, as well. I don't see why anyone would go through the trouble unless, I guess, that they were damn sure that they were building it as their "forever car". Even then, the justification eludes me.
One of my cousins did that to a '80-'81 Turbo car 20 years ago. F'd it up in my opinion. The one you're speaking of, did they go all the way and do sheet meatal too, like quarters? Either way, I'll guess he'll be lucky to get 1/2 of anything, and that's if he finds a fool to buy it.
Basilar skull fractures are an oddity, but also a common cause of death in motor racing, historically. Head and neck restraints have all but eliminated them.
Yes, he did the quarters and whatever else was "needed". I will give him credit for being upfront about it all, but he likely wouldn't have a choice, as anyone who'd be willing to pay his asking price (I only remember that I thought it was outrageous, knowing what he had done) would likely run the VIN and choke when they caught on to the ruse.
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