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1997 Firebird Y87 5spd

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Hey guys,

just starting some kind of a build thread,

bought a few days ago a 97 bird with the 3.8 , Y87 code, black with grey interiors, t-top and manual tranny.

i love it, but it needs major works,

i already left it in a body shop because the previous owner hit a pole coming out of a corner (yup he spun, and he hugghed the pole with a door...).

it has some rust all over the under carriage.

interiors are in pieces, i need a lot of interior parts (gonna open a thread soon) starting from the upper part of the dash (the one that faces the windshiels, to sun visors, radio, ebrake bezel, radio and so on.

i also need to do a full tune up with new fluids.

only mod is the alluminum DS

if you want to follow me on youtube this is my channel (no bird yet on it)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6TtHsgUpcylmfI9r6pyCyw?view_as=subscriber

and insta

https://www.instagram.com/tommyvercettitorque/

238000ish km

any input is much appreciated

thanks!

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at the body repair shop, should came up pretty good on this side .

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it should get black again today (no more scratches, no more hail, no more dents on this side).

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Wow. That was fast... Do you ever rest? :)
yeah i suffer some serious insomnia lol

i'm just hoping it looks nice!
and i got it back, this side is almost near perfetc. pic doesn't show it properly.

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yesterday i replaced both the radiator and the ac condenser. they were non existent enymore.
...and, took a shower with coolant lol
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just got it back from the body shop from the last details , looks pretty good to me, what do you guys think?
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Looks very good. But is the short piece of the body side molding missing on the fender?
that's correct, it's been missing since i bought the car.
can't really find one here in italy, i'll scout ebay sooner or later.
my dumb bird developped a new issue, the horn goes on by itslef lol

i had to take off the positive terminal of the battery to make it stop.
That's odd. ...for now, why not pull the wire from the horn itself?
There's a relay under the dash, driver side:

thanks for that pic!

bty, i had wire behind the whole airbag assembly that was setting off the horn. it's now fixed.

30 mins ago i left it at the shop in order to get the ac re-charged.
just bought a 93-97 ome trans am ram air hood...will updated when it comes ;)
LT1 style Ram Air (WS6) hood was only available 1996/1997. The optional package was available on both the Formula and Trans Am.
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thanks Fred, i'll post pics when it arrives.

so, yesterday night i got hit AGAIN, i'm pis*sed above any recognition.

the feneder that was just reparired is now damaged again, and the bumper is cracked . bumper is now also sitting about half an inch lower than what it used to be.

car will be back to body shop monday.


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and the hood just arrived...what is supposed to go into the vents? some kind of grills?
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Black plastic inserts:

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nice ! thanks! gonna scout ebay and fb market for a pair of those inserts...any link is appreciate. shipping to florida , so i can ship by myslef to italy.
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