72 TA : New Project

[RPOLS3]

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Great thread Steve.

Jake

[SS427]

Can't wait for your next 'project'!!! Great stuff Steve!

[njsteve]

And to think I started this ill-fated project on 11/11/2004 and &quot;sort of&quot; finished it on 08/09/10.

I reread my first posting on the first page back on 11/20/2006:
&quot;I finally found a nice project car for the next year or so.&quot;

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What's 6 years between friends. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img]

[StealthBird]

Steve, as always, great work! I remember back in the mid 1980's we used to for old Firebirds cruising around that may still have that original valence. Most were either broken off or had the steel replacement version. But thank you for the great photo showing the differences between the two versions.

And that's the best nose alignments I've ever seen on one of these cars. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[StealthBird]

Ding! 1000 posts!

Just another comment, it's amazing these cars were actually cruising around back in 1972. They were full tilt race cars on the street. They make the other 71-72 A-body cars seem so tame in comparison, like family cars. The Trans Am was GM's flagship performance car, functional spoilers, functional aerodynamics, and the brute power of the best low compression 71-72 engine ever built, the 455 H.O. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

[njsteve]

I pulled it out of the garage today, just in time for it to start raining of course...

Here's a shot from 2004:



and one from today:



Doesn't seem like a helluva lot of difference other than the honeycomb rims, the fixed front spoiler and an empty bank account! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/burnout.gif[/img]

[njsteve]

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[StealthBird]

2004



2010



Steve, I can see a heck of a lot of difference! Looking at these two photos, look at the body panel gaps. The 2010 photo shows perfect alignment around the bumper, hood, and door.

Again, beautiful job.