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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 09:45 PM
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I started off with two cars a firebird and a wrecked z28 Camaro and this is what I ended up with! It has everything from the LT1 Camaro even the Camaro interior. I'm in the middle of a t top conversion right now. I plan on doing the ceta mod also in the near future. Tell me what y'all think.


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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 09:56 PM
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Whoever did the paint job imo did a horrible job matching it. you can see that the fender and the door are two completely different colors. 2ND the car is way to low in the last pic. Maybe some better pics, but definetely do some blacking out, like side markers, 5% tint, etc. To give it a sharper look. If it still has the 93-97 tailights, i'd get the honeycomb (1998-02) kind, and the ceta mod flat black. Leave the tailights, maybe darken them just a little. Just my .02. I feel like i didn't spell alot of words correct, but i am tired as hell right now, lol.
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 10:05 PM
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Hmm interesting, Im just curious though, why didn't you just buy a LS1 TA? I suspect you probably spent more putting those two cars together than if you just got a TA. Either way nice work.
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 10:07 PM
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The car was a painted all at once the color is spot on. It just looks that way in the pictures. It does have the honeycomb taillights, and is 5% tint all the way around.
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 10:09 PM
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I already had a dd lt1 Camaro and bought the firebird for a drag project, after wrecking the z28 had everything needed to put it together.
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 10:10 PM
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That thing looks sharp. I wouldn't do a T-Top conversion. You never see 'Birds with a hardtop. It looks great as is!
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 10:18 PM
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Looks good im with spd-kilz leave it hard top.
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 10:20 PM
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Lol too late guys already in the middle of it.
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by vetteboy99
Whoever did the paint job imo did a horrible job matching it. you can see that the fender and the door are two completely different colors. 2ND the car is way to low in the last pic. Maybe some better pics, but definetely do some blacking out, like side markers, 5% tint, etc. To give it a sharper look. If it still has the 93-97 tailights, i'd get the honeycomb (1998-02) kind, and the ceta mod flat black. Leave the tailights, maybe darken them just a little. Just my .02. I feel like i didn't spell alot of words correct, but i am tired as hell right now, lol.
You need go sleep buddy there's not a pic of the taillights paint matches great and it got a good stance and dark *** windows

OP it looks great
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 10:35 PM
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wow, nice work!
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 11:03 PM
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so... you just stuck the camaro stuff (engine and interior) into the ls1 trans am body?
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 11:41 PM
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I know you said Firebird and it has a hard top, makes sense. So how come it has everything Trans Am? You never said the Firebird was wrecked. You had to have changed all of that stuff since no 98-02 TA ever came as a hardtop. Not sure if you could get a LT1 TA as a hardtop. Was year is your Firebird and what was wrong with it?
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Old Oct 3, 2011 | 12:36 AM
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From the first picture, the Firebird looked like a 3.4L V6. He must've done a 98+ front end conversion.
He's missing a sideskirt though.

*Edit* Nvm. I see both skirts in his garage now...

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Old Oct 3, 2011 | 02:12 AM
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Looks good as a hard top.I like everything except for the lt1 camaro dash..

So you started of with a 95ish firebird
Swapped in a lt1 and interior into the firebird
Then bought a 98+ trans am front end etc?
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Old Oct 3, 2011 | 04:15 AM
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Yes started with a 93 firebird. I got from the junkyard. I was going to use it for a drag car, but after I wrecked my dd z28 I used all the parts on the firebird and did a 98-02 front end conversion.
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Old Oct 3, 2011 | 04:19 AM
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Here is a picture during the motor swap process.
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Old Oct 3, 2011 | 02:21 PM
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Sounds like an interesting build. Car still looks sharp! Good job.
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Old Oct 3, 2011 | 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by HotWhipT/A
Not sure if you could get a LT1 TA as a hardtop.
You can. They're somewhat hard to find though

http://www.fquick.com/garages/Pontia...Am/1995/11945/
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Old Oct 3, 2011 | 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by TA/Z28
The car was a painted all at once the color is spot on. It just looks that way in the pictures. It does have the honeycomb taillights, and is 5% tint all the way around.
LOL color looks fine from my screen. Question, why didn't you do the t-top conversion before paint?
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Old Oct 3, 2011 | 03:19 PM
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Because Hardtop FTW!!!
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