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Jaimes 68 Black Birdy

  • Gotta love those Fast Food Stereo Installation wizards.  Lets just take this ice pick here and knock a hole in the dash and stick those heavy guage cables thru there.  Do not worry about the Wires they won't wear thru and burn down the dash and then th...

    • Gotta love those Fast Food Stereo Installation wizards. Let…
  • I was responsible for "Not Being There" during my customers time of need.  My shrink and I have good long cries about this damaged motor and my guilt.  I often wake up in the night with sweat ringing down my face and vivid memories of Pontiac Engines b...

    • I was responsible for "Not Being There" during my…
  • You would just sit there to if some machinist blew glass beads up every crevise of your body and left it there while he assembled you back together.  They even charged him money to fill his engine with sand.

    • You would just sit there to if some machinist blew glass bea…
  • It ran faithfully while all of it's internals were wearing away.  Drove it's owner to my shop.  When he took the sand sample to the Machine Shop they said "Let us know when it fails!"  Like that one year warranty was worth the sand it was written on.

    • It ran faithfully while all of it's internals were wear…
  • Accelerated Wear.  Do Not do this at home.  I had to put it out of it's misery.  No healthy core engines were ruined at my shop during this photo session.

    • Accelerated Wear. Do Not do this at home. I had to put it…
  • Rusted out core support, fender wells, battery tray, firewall, and other areas.  Do not worry we will operate shortly

    • Rusted out core support, fender wells, battery tray, firewal…
  • This is the first step in the "Nose Job".  I have to establish a before shot to guage improvment.

    • This is the first step in the "Nose Job". I have…
  • Now we are getting down to the nitty gritty.

    • Now we are getting down to the nitty gritty.
  • Off with the bad metal.  Identification of parts requiring replacement.  I had to buy a whole nother 68 firebird convertible just to get the extra parts needed.

    • Off with the bad metal. Identification of parts requiring r…