My grandfather helped build the alaskan highway during ww2. He took a picture after every section they finished and certain sections look very much the same. Not usually into the patina look but the car looks great.
Love the car. It really is a great build thats not the norm.. love to own that but its far out of my budget. Long time Volvo guy owned a ton of them. Currently daily a 05 s60 2.5t AWD. More Volvo content would be fine by me.
Mistake #1 not rebuilding the factory poncho engine, see butler performance, yeah, that's why😂😂😂😂 besides you can shave a couple hundred pounds off the poncho engine with aluminum heads and intake, nice headers, and all the lightweight but extremely strong components that can be installed in the short block. That's #1. The crossmember I can understand as it will upgrade handling to a new level. Personally I've never had any problems driving a firebird or any pony car for that matter but I actually know how to drive without all the abs, traction control, and fancy new suspension. I learned to adjust the factory suspension to do exactly what I want instead of cutting and welding in non factory parts. However, it's your budget, your build, so make it your own! It aint gonna win any trophies at pebble Beach but if it is a joy to drive then who cares right?
This is making me rethink the motor swap for my 61 thunderbird. It's no performance car so I'm starting to think a 2.3L ecoboost with 10r80 would be nice especially if I'm going to do hotrod power tour. Also I drove my wife's 2017 kia Sedona through that tree in June of 2023 makes that firebird look like it has tons of space.
No idea if you’ll see this or not, but at ~48:12 when you mention it looks like something in a movie, I’m fairly certain The Goonies was filmed there and that exact turn was part of it. Also great work on the car, I wish I was able to do this kind of stuff.
You guys are confusing the hell outta me with your kilometers and liters talk when you're American, driving on a desolate highway at "well over _100kmh_ and everyone passing us" (yes, because I thought the typical HW speed regardless of postage was 80mph lol, you guys are puttering).... I kept thinking you guys were Canadian and were just traveling through Alaska through to the States, hit your channel and it says nope, you guys are American, kinda like me as an American, going to the UK or Liberia and saying KMH 😅
Reminds me of the old 67-69 Firebird Sprint's, but better lol .... only question or concern I really have, and I don't know if it's unfounded as I haven't seen the return trip yet, but why did both of you guys build this cool Firebird, but only one gets to drive it? Only 30mins through, I'll edit if something changes, but as of now, if I was the other guy, I'd be pissed just sitting there 😅 Edit: um, where are your rear rotors and calipers at?
