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1968 Pontiac Firebird Convertible/gm Ram Jet 502/beautiful 1 Of A Kind on 2040-cars

Year:1968 Mileage:100
Location:

Nine Mile Falls, Washington, United States

Nine Mile Falls, Washington, United States

 

Car purchased from the Original owner.  Extensive body work.  Shaved door handles, mirrors, firewall smoothed.  Hours of work on the hood to get enough clearance to close with the huge crate engine and still look stock.  Mini Tubbed.  Gas fill relocated behind the license plate.  Rear bumper removed and smoothed.  All work done on the car was by professional builders who specialize in high quality custom cars.  One of a kind.

Engine- GM Performance Parts crate engine, Ram Jet 502.  Custom polished manifold.  Factory Fuel-Injected Big Block Power.  502 HP @ 5100RPM.  Torque  565 @ 3200 RPM.  500 lb. of torque from  2200 to 5200 rpm.   Ceramic Coated Headers.   Fuel System- Ricks Hot Rods Inc- Stainless Steel  Gas Tank, Narrowed for use with mini tub suspension. In tank fuel pump.  March billet serpentine kit.   Polished aluminum alternator and water pump.   Polished aluminum radiator with dual electric fans.  Fesler billet aluminum (polished) hood hinges.  Polished billet aluminum master cylinder.  3 inch Custom Mandrel Bent exhaust system. 

Transmission- Keisler Engineering Inc 650 HP/650 ft-lb 5-speed Transmission assembly, incl customer built TKO-600 with low profile internal offset shifter, Keisler mini-billet shift tower & special lever stub, 99 lb weight, Ratios: 2.87, 1.89, 1.28, 1.0, 0.64.  Balanced Drive Shaft for TKO.  11” Keisler Titanium /Aluminum Bell Housing.  High performance clutch kit, 650 ft. lb rated, including modern pedal effort nodular iron pressure plate, high torque clutch disk with rebound control.

Rear Suspension/drivetrain- Chris Alston’s Chassisworks Inc.  g-Bar rear suspension package with canted upper bars, poly bushing style lower control arms, includes Varishock Quickset 1 coilovers & springs.  Strange Street Axle Package.  31 Spline S/S axles.  Ford 9” custom housing narrowed, 3.70 ratio,   Strange

Front Suspension Fat Man Fabrications complete front subframe kit.  Tubular control arms, Baer Drop Spindles, power rack and S/S hose kit, connection kit, and sway bar.  2” more ground clearance. 

 Baer Brake System.  Intro Wheels “Matrix”- 20x10.5 rear with Nitto NT 555 Extreme Perf 285/30ZR-20  and 18x7 front with 235/50/18. 

Interior- sound proofing, wool carpet, suede/smooth leather seats, dash, and door panels.  Covan carbon cluster with Auto Meter gauges.  Vintage Air- BiLevel Heater w/defrost.  Custom Front Bucket Seats.  Trunk paneled and finished.  Custom console.  Power windows front and back.  Automatic door poppers.  Billet Specialties polished steering wheel.  All interior work professionally done.  Custom door panels.  New top, high end canvass with custom boot. 

 

 

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CNN chronicles young girl building Pontiac Fiero

Fri, 26 Oct 2012

At fourteen years of age, Kathryn DiMaria has already done what many self-proclaimed gearheads won't even attempt in their lifetimes. The Dearborn, Michigan teen is rebuilding a car from the ground up.
The intrepid youngster asked her parents when she was just twelve to start a Pontiac Fiero project, even offering to pony up all the funds herself. Father, Jerry DiMaria only expected the project to last a few months, but two years later, Kathryn is still at it. In this CNN video, the two are at Maker Faire (a DIY festival) rebuilding a 3.4-liter V6 engine out of a Chevrolet Camaro to replace the 2.8-liter mill found in the Fiero.
The whole family hast pitched in, with Kathryn's mother teaching her how to sew in order to complete the interior, father Jerry providing much of the technical know-how, and even her sister is chronicling Kathryn's progress through photos. Jerry even started a thread in a Fiero forum which has been live for two years and is now 22 pages long. Of the project, one forum member wrote, "welcome to the madness."

GM repairing 40,500 Pontiac Vibes as part of Toyota airbag recall

Wed, 09 Apr 2014

General Motors has confirmed to Autoblog that the Pontiac Vibe is included in Toyota's just-announced recall action. The Vibe and the Toyota Matrix share a large number of parts, including the affected cable to the airbag.
"About 40,500 Pontiac Vibes from the 2009-2010 model years are included in the Toyota recall. Toyota designed and engineered the Vibe for Pontiac. GM will service customers with these vehicles when Toyota makes the parts available," said GM recall spokesperson Alan Adler to Autoblog in an email.
The recall covers 1.3 million Toyota units in the US, including 2009-2010 Corolla, Matrix and Tacoma, the 2008-2010 Highlander, the 2006-2008 Rav4 and 2006-2010 Yaris, plus the addition of the 2009-2010 Vibe. The models all have their airbag module attached via a spiral electrical cable. The connections on this cable can be damaged when turning the steering wheel. Once broken, the airbag deactivates and the airbag warning light comes on. Toyota has an improved part, but it's still making preparations to begin repairs. It will begin notifying owners soon.

GM recalls 61k more vehicles in three campaigns

Sun, 05 Oct 2014

Following a stop-delivery order for its new midsize trucks and a rash of recent recalls, General Motors is issuing three more campaigns covering 60,575 vehicles in North America with 57,182 of them in the US. As of October 1, the automaker has issued a total of 74 recalls (see the ridiculously long chart to the right) this year covering 26,495,070 units in the US.
The largest campaign covers 46,873 examples in the US of the 2008-2009 Pontiac G8 and 2011-2013 Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle imported from Australia. It's possible for the driver's knee to hit the key and make it move from the "Run" to "ACC" position while driving. GM says its Holden division is developing a fixed-blade key that's supposed to fix the problem by only allowing it to rotate toward the "On" position. There has been one crash caused by this fault but no injuries or fatalities.
The second recall is for 10,005 units of the 2004-2007 Cadillac CTS-V and 2006-2007 Cadillac STS-V because "the fuel pump module electrical terminal may overheat." This can cause a flange to melt and allow the pump to leak fuel. GM specifies that the remedy for the CTS-V is replacing the fuel module and fuel tank jumper harness, but it doesn't specify how the STS-V is being repaired.