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This is my 87 Trans Am which I imported
from Florida back in 1999. After trying to hunt down
a rust free car in Britain I gave up and went the import
route from a dry State. Unfortunately the downside from
getting a car from a really dry state is that the paintwork
was shot and the interior was baked. Needless to say
the restoration has been fun and taught me a lot along
the way.
Amongst some of the changes have
been a retrimmed interior, new Goodwrench 350 ci engine
fitted at Autopontiac with a 2.5" inch
exhaust with Hedman headers and electric EGR valve later
to really appreciate the sound of the SBC and rebuilt
700R4 gearbox with shift kit.
In order to upgrade the ride i've
fitted KYB Gas-a-Just shoks and GR2 struts, Wonderbar,
heavy duty tie-rods and Eibach lowering springs which
means it now handles very well.
In order to make sure the car stops
the brakes have been upgraded with stainless brake hoses,
dimpled and slotted EBC discs and EBC Redstuff pads,
all highly recommended as the standard third gen brakes
are, well, awful.
Last major work was a bare metal
respray completed to a high finish at AmericanTechnique,
at the same time a fibreglass aerospoiler was installed
due to the inherit rust problems the original rubber
version has.
As per any classic car the work is
never done and i've still got a few things i'd like
to do, but that's the fun of owning an American icon.
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