"Shadowfax" - Jeremy's 15th Anv. Trans Am

[Jdseibe]

woah, WOW, shocked, and mad! You lucky dog. I would have LOVED that car! Nice pick up man, good luck with it and have some fun too. I love that style T/A wouldnt mind owning one myself some day.

Thanks! Yea I am very lucky that Scott was willing to work with me! Very excited about this project!

Here's a pic of how its currently sitting in my garage.. Can't wait to dive into it.. Before I do though.. Need to get house work finished before winter.. Ugh :\

[Darren]

woah, WOW, shocked, and mad! You lucky dog. I would have LOVED that car! Nice pick up man, good luck with it and have some fun too. I love that style T/A wouldnt mind owning one myself some day.

[92conv]

Thread title updated.

[Jdseibe]

So I figured I would update everyone on the plans with the car. I am going to be working on this car in different stages. What I want to do is get the car to a state that I can drive it and still be able to work on it as I go, eventually I will be working on all the small things that need to be done to it and then move forward from there. last night when I got the car into the garage I decided to check the casting number on the block to see if it was a 5.7 or 5.0 because Scott wasn't sure if the engine was the original or not. the casting says it's a 5.0, so now the next step is to see if the engine IS original to the car, I just wouldn't feel right swapping out the original matching 5.0 if that is the case.

So here is phase I of the plan:

- Pull the Carb. Rebuild and Clean it. (gunked up, doesn't wanna stay running without a little help)
- Inspect the engine to determine if any leaks are going on, and potentially replace gaskets where needed
- Clean up engine bay and replace hood struts
- Full tune up on car (plugs, wires, cap/rotor, fuel filter, etc, etc)
- If engine is original, might make sense to see if transmission is original too (trans is not acting right either, if original.. might make sense to get it rebuilt)
- If trans is original maybe a rebuild.. if not original I can swap in my Camaro's old transmission
- New tires all the way around
- Fix T-Top leak
- Clean the minor surface rust from the floorboards and maybe POR-15 them?
- Replace carpet and start re-assembling / cleaning / replacing interior plastics
- Go through electrical system and make sure everything is working.
- Do a thorough cleaning inside, outside and underneath
- Inspect and figure out what suspension pieces need to be fixed/replaced (bushings, etc)

at this point in the list.. I should have a car that is all good to go and driveable that I can still do a little bit of stuff to it at a time.


I will be updating everyone on progress with this! and get some detailed photos of everything!

also [MENTION=1515]92conv[/MENTION] if you want to updated the title of the project now to -> "Shadowfax" - Jeremy's 15th Anv. Trans Am

thanks everyone!

[Jdseibe]

You're welcome bud! Anytime I can convert a Camaro owner over to the "good side" then I have done my job well.

Enjoy it man, I'm sure you'll do me proud. Can't wait to see this thread progress now.

I just wanted to say thanks again! I will definitely take good care of this car!

Very nice! Is that a 15th Anniv. car? Tell us more about it.

I can't say alot about the history of it yet, Scott's is going to know a lot more about the car than I do.. at this point haha! I will be filling everyone in on details as I start going through the whole thing, I have it parked safely in my garage and will be tearing into it soon!

that thing sits pretty low for a roller. Looks really solid and nice, where are the interior pics ?

nah! this one isn't a roller just looked up the casting numbers on the block last night when I got home, it has a 5.0 in it.. but it sounds pretty beefy.. not sure whats going on inside of it yet.. but hoping for the best! no interior pics yet.. it is currently stripped right now.. going to be going through it and cleaning it all up and getting it lookin nice!

Sounds sweet.

The first T/A that caught my eye and got me shopping F-bodies again was a 15th anniv. car. I'm jealous.

I am pretty happy about the purchase! was never a big firebird fan.. but I quickly fell in love with this one!

[92conv]

that thing sits pretty low for a roller. Looks really solid and nice, where are the interior pics ?

dd they say it was a roller?

Yeah no, this isn't a "roller".

[DynoDave]

I'll fill in some of the details, but I'll let Jeremy tell his plans for it.

It is a 15th Anniversary car. It's an automatic. It was built at the Norwood plant. Car was sold new at Orson E. Coe Pontiac here in Grand Rapids, and up until now, spent it's entire life in West Michigan. Which given how solid the car is, that's surprising. It must have been stored winters by the previous owners. What's interesting about this car is that it was built after my Van Nuys car (also a 15th Annv), but has an earlier sequence numbered VIN . I saved it from the hands of an abusive, young hack a few years ago with the idea of doing "something" with it.(it's needs some love) That never happened, and due to a recent acquisition I ran out of storage space. So rather than see it sit outside, I offered it to Jeremy.

I'm certain Jeremy will enjoy the car, and will take to the next level. A level I never had the time or space for.

Sounds sweet.

The first T/A that caught my eye and got me shopping F-bodies again was a 15th anniv. car. I'm jealous.

[TylerT/AZ28]

that thing sits pretty low for a roller. Looks really solid and nice, where are the interior pics ?

dd they say it was a roller?

[Gregs_gsxr]

that thing sits pretty low for a roller. Looks really solid and nice, where are the interior pics ?

[92conv]

I'll fill in some of the details, but I'll let Jeremy tell his plans for it.

It is a 15th Anniversary car. It's an automatic. It was built at the Norwood plant. Car was sold new at Orson E. Coe Pontiac here in Grand Rapids, and up until now, spent it's entire life in West Michigan. Which given how solid the car is, that's surprising. It must have been stored winters by the previous owners. What's interesting about this car is that it was built after my Van Nuys car (also a 15th Annv), but has an earlier sequence numbered VIN . I saved it from the hands of an abusive, young hack a few years ago with the idea of doing "something" with it.(it's needs some love) That never happened, and due to a recent acquisition I ran out of storage space. So rather than see it sit outside, I offered it to Jeremy.

I'm certain Jeremy will enjoy the car, and will take to the next level. A level I never had the time or space for.

[DynoDave]

Very nice! Is that a 15th Anniv. car? Tell us more about it.

[92conv]

You're welcome bud! Anytime I can convert a Camaro owner over to the "good side" then I have done my job well.

Enjoy it man, I'm sure you'll do me proud. Can't wait to see this thread progress now.

[Jdseibe]

Here's my new whip! Thanks [MENTION=1515]92conv[/MENTION]

[Jdseibe]

Looks like the cam has .490 lift, which is the exact max. lift allowed by those heads as built. If I'm reading those numbers right, I'd like a little bit of a buffer there.

oops haha.. I was also looking at the summit vortec heads which had a lift of .520 and the aluminum ones caught my eye..

so what do you think makes more sense.. sticking with the aluminum heads and dropping in cam size or sticking with that cam size and going with the iron vortecs.. or finding a different combo all together?

[DynoDave]

Looks like the cam has .490 lift, which is the exact max. lift allowed by those heads as built. If I'm reading those numbers right, I'd like a little bit of a buffer there.