1978 Pontiac Sunbird.
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:40 pm
Hello all the way from Norway im a new guy here. So I guess i have to tell my storie of how i got my hands on a Pontiac Sunbird.
I was born in 1988 and my mom and dad broke up in late 1989 so i never got to meet my dad before 2003.
When i was gonna meet my dad for the first time i remeber i saw a black car sitting in a corner on his property
and my first words that day was Hey thats a Pontiac Transss emm no thats not a trans am its to small what is it?
And my Dad told me its a Pontiac Sunbrid.
And that was how i was Introduced to the Pontiac Sunbird
Some years later in 2008 my Dad was cleaning up his property and got rid of some scrap cars and some other junk
so i did ask him what are you gonna do with the Pontiac? and he told me he was gonna scrap it
At that point i asked him how much he wanted for the car and he just gave me the car.
And that was a big moment for me since i always wanted an old classic Muscle car. I know the Sunbird its not a Muscle car
but it used to do 0 to 60 mph in under 2 seconds with the old engine.
So now i have a 1978 Pontiac Sunbird with no engine and a Seized transmission oh and thats not the best part
it got rust
When i got the car home it sat for a year before i got around to it and its in a bad shape.
I know why my dad did stop driving it and thats because of a crack in the engine block and 2 pistons was bad.
Im gonna post some more pictures at a later time but i have a small problem more like 4 small problems.
Since 2008 i have tried to get some rims that fit my car and ive hit a wall every time.
Thanks to this forum i've learned that the bolt pattern is 4x101,6 or close to it but what is the offset?
To this day there is 2 Bmw wheels in the front and i have no idea whats on the back wheels and all 4 rims have the 4x100 bolt pattern.
I did try some rims that was 13" 4x101,6 and the offset at 0 but it hit the caliper and thats a no go :/
I like to apologize for my bad English since i had to learn english true movies and video games.
I was born in 1988 and my mom and dad broke up in late 1989 so i never got to meet my dad before 2003.
When i was gonna meet my dad for the first time i remeber i saw a black car sitting in a corner on his property
and my first words that day was Hey thats a Pontiac Transss emm no thats not a trans am its to small what is it?
And my Dad told me its a Pontiac Sunbrid.
And that was how i was Introduced to the Pontiac Sunbird
Some years later in 2008 my Dad was cleaning up his property and got rid of some scrap cars and some other junk
so i did ask him what are you gonna do with the Pontiac? and he told me he was gonna scrap it
At that point i asked him how much he wanted for the car and he just gave me the car.
And that was a big moment for me since i always wanted an old classic Muscle car. I know the Sunbird its not a Muscle car
but it used to do 0 to 60 mph in under 2 seconds with the old engine.
So now i have a 1978 Pontiac Sunbird with no engine and a Seized transmission oh and thats not the best part
it got rust
When i got the car home it sat for a year before i got around to it and its in a bad shape.
I know why my dad did stop driving it and thats because of a crack in the engine block and 2 pistons was bad.
Im gonna post some more pictures at a later time but i have a small problem more like 4 small problems.
Since 2008 i have tried to get some rims that fit my car and ive hit a wall every time.
Thanks to this forum i've learned that the bolt pattern is 4x101,6 or close to it but what is the offset?
To this day there is 2 Bmw wheels in the front and i have no idea whats on the back wheels and all 4 rims have the 4x100 bolt pattern.
I did try some rims that was 13" 4x101,6 and the offset at 0 but it hit the caliper and thats a no go :/
I like to apologize for my bad English since i had to learn english true movies and video games.