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Re: 1980 Pontiac Sunbird Formula

Postby wheels777 » Fri Sep 26, 2014 8:37 pm

Hood mold continued
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Re: 1980 Pontiac Sunbird Formula

Postby wheels777 » Thu Oct 09, 2014 7:08 am

More hood action
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Re: 1980 Pontiac Sunbird Formula

Postby Formula Nut » Mon Oct 27, 2014 1:01 pm

130+ trap...
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Re: 1980 Pontiac Sunbird Formula

Postby wheels777 » Mon Oct 27, 2014 8:48 pm

Formula Nut wrote:130+ trap...

We just ran it in Florida. Just got home last night.
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Re: 1980 Pontiac Sunbird Formula

Postby wheels777 » Tue Oct 28, 2014 6:06 am

While in Florida
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Re: 1980 Pontiac Sunbird Formula

Postby drsab2000 » Thu Nov 13, 2014 12:44 pm

One question. Is there anything you can't fabricate! Fantastic!
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Re: 1980 Pontiac Sunbird Formula

Postby beakerztoyz » Thu Nov 13, 2014 10:09 pm

and to think when i needed to fit the hood over the motor in my sunbird i had to resort to this Image

am I really following those pictures correctly to assume from them you built your own fiberglass hood and scoop :shock:
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1980 monza spyder.... v8

If I woulda known then what I know now....I never woulda got an h body
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Re: 1980 Pontiac Sunbird Formula

Postby wheels777 » Fri Nov 14, 2014 1:15 am

beakerztoyz wrote:and to think when i needed to fit the hood over the motor in my sunbird i had to resort to this Image

am I really following those pictures correctly to assume from them you built your own fiberglass hood and scoop :shock:

I fabbed the scoop from an old mustang hood that was thrown out due to rust. My friend Ed made the mold and the hood for discarded composite materials. I have the mold in my barn.
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Re: 1980 Pontiac Sunbird Formula

Postby wheels777 » Fri Nov 14, 2014 1:19 am

drsab2000 wrote:One question. Is there anything you can't fabricate! Fantastic!

yes, Circuit boards. My youngest son has to do them for me.

Here is some fun fab work.

http://paccracing.synthasite.com/1-5.php

Links to the next page is at the bottom or top. Second half of the build is after day 94
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Re: 1980 Pontiac Sunbird Formula

Postby beakerztoyz » Fri Nov 14, 2014 2:28 am

I fabbed the scoop from an old mustang hood that was thrown out due to rust. My friend Ed made the mold and the hood for discarded composite materials. I have the mold in my barn.


wow.... I am totally in awe of your fabricating skills.. thats amazing.. and it looks wicked! if your barn wasn't so far away and shipping wouldn't be a big nightmare i'd totally be asking how much to make me one!
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1980 monza spyder.... v8

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Re: 1980 Pontiac Sunbird Formula

Postby wheels777 » Fri Nov 14, 2014 8:27 am

beakerztoyz wrote:I fabbed the scoop from an old mustang hood that was thrown out due to rust. My friend Ed made the mold and the hood for discarded composite materials. I have the mold in my barn.


wow.... I am totally in awe of your fabricating skills.. thats amazing.. and it looks wicked! if your barn wasn't so far away and shipping wouldn't be a big nightmare i'd totally be asking how much to make me one!


Thanks. My whole family is involved in the builds. We finished the build in the parking lot at the hotel in Florida and ran 10.77 the next day at the Grassroots Motorsports Challenge.
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Re: 1980 Pontiac Sunbird Formula

Postby wheels777 » Sat Nov 22, 2014 8:29 am

Len wrote:I knew i posted a pick of a sunbird upper and a monza lower nose took some time to find but here it is ! mind you the lower is attached to a monza and the upper is just placed on top ! There was some talk on the post and some more options . If you search my posts on page 4 or 5 under the title
" A different look " that is where the post is.Dang someone has to teach me how to do links
Library%20-%20244.jpg


Hey Len,
Do you have a side picture of this? Did you do the back bumper?
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Re: 1980 Pontiac Sunbird Formula

Postby wheels777 » Sat Nov 22, 2014 8:32 am

Pic did not carry forward.
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Re: 1980 Pontiac Sunbird Formula

Postby wheels777 » Sat Feb 14, 2015 7:45 am

The Sunbird in Grassroots Motorsports Magazine - April 2015 issue, pages 5, 46-48 and 54 :D
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Re: 1980 Pontiac Sunbird Formula

Postby 79440bird » Mon Aug 17, 2015 11:47 pm

That's a big scoop. Looks pretty good. Did you make a mold for the under brace or did you use wood? Looks like the scoop will hit the windshield when you open the hood. Does it have the stock latch at the front and hinges in the back?
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