72 TA : New Project

[Mr70]

Quit your day Job.

[mockingbird812]

That's so beautiful, I'd wear it as a hat.

[njsteve]

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That's so beautiful, I'd wear it as a hat.

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I was thinking more along the lines of a broach, or maybe get another wheel and try them on as two "pasties" for the more daring ladies out there!

[mockingbird812]

Better not be T3's then!!! Or those bad boys will be training wheels down around the ankles!

[njsteve]

Just for giggles I tried a little experiment on the Parts Place reproduction fat wheel I bought last year off of ebay. While it is dimensionally correct version of the early "fat wheel," the makers used a hard plastic-like, urethane with an incorrect heavy grain and fake mold seams on it.

I used the orbital sandle with 220 grit and sanded the edges more round where they meet the spokes and partially sanded down/smoothed the entire rim and especially the fake seam they had molded into the outer circumference of the wheel. I then sprayed it with several layers of the Plasti Dip spray. I think that is the trick for the repro wheel if you wanted to use one of these for your GTO or T/A. It really got rid of the plastic repro look and now looks like the original black foam.

I might install this wheel as my primary wheel and use the original one for shows (in the event I ever finish this confounded, eternal project)

[southernfriedcj]

Steve, your skill and imagination on this restoration continues to impress and amaze me!

[njsteve]

Southernfriedcj, how's your old NJ T/A doin? any photos? I could use the incentive/moral support.

[BARN FIND]

Steve I was reading "Fabulous Firebirds" last night and it says in there that all 70 Firebirds came with a 12 bolt rear end no matter what model. Is that true?