Hello to all. I am George, I live in Central Texas (small town).
I currently own four hot rods.
1. 1969 GTO. It is my baby that I have been restoring for several years now off and on. It has a Ram Air III engine, WS block, #48 heads, and a M-21 muncie 4 speed (rock crusher)
I purchased this car while in the Army at Ft. Benning Ga. Currently it is stripped down to the frame as I am doing a complete frame off restoration. I am adding hide away headlights as well as a few other options since the car came very basic and was used by the orginal owner as a strip racer. It is a PMD documented GTO.
2. I also have a 1972 Chevy SWB Pickup. It was my first daily driver restoration. It came factory with an eaton posi-track rearend which I rebuilt and changed to 3-73 gears. The engine is a cheyy 350 with a medium cam, accel ignition, headers, chrome accessories, etc. I also added a turbo 400 tranny with a shift kit and a b&m stall convertor.
However, after going through three teenage sons, the truck is in need of another restoration, even though it still runs fine.
3. My middle son purchased a 1981 Camero Z-28 from the original owner. The car is loaded with every option that came out that year including T-tops with the original covers. Even the factory cassett player still works. But, it is time to do a complete restoration as the body and engine are starting to show its age.
4. Finally, my most recent toy is a 1978 TA. I am just starting on this car which needs plenty of work. I purchased the car from the original owner who used it as a daily driver up until 2000. Fortunately it has the factory engine, trans and rearend. The car runs strong and doesnt use any oil, but like the Camero, time has taken its toll. Lucky for us there is ebay.
One last thing. My oldest son has a 1978,79,81 TA. The car was pieced together by the previous owner. It was a T-top car. I say was because about 18 months ago my son wrecked the car, (oak tree your in my way).
It was heart breaking to say the least, but he and his passenger were ok.
The TA didnt fair so well. It was totalled. I guess the only thing good thing about the car is that we now have a parts car. Anyhow, we had completely rebuilt the engine. The 400 block was bored 30 over, the crank was machined, and an extreme comp cam was added. The best part was the heads that the previous owner had installed were a set of #12 ram air heads from a 1970 GTO. Needless to say this car was a neck breaker. We saved the engine, but the turbo 400 tranny, like the rest of the car, didnt survive the wreck.
Sorry about the book, but I enjoy talking cars, especially Pontiac.
