@@mrp2561 thanks man.....yeah I don't think people realize I only do the classic cars in my spare time. My regular job is fixing crashed cars all week long. 😂
Awesome job on that car! I really think white letters on the tires would set it off perfectly. Companies like Tread wear, have diy kits you can customize to your taste.
Beautiful car, excellent work! I was wondering what you were going to do for a carburetor. That one looks like an Olds Quadra-jet. Obviously, it will work fine, but the Olds bowl vent is in a different spot than the Pontiac Q-jet, which is why I can tell it's an Olds Q-jet and not a Pontiac. The Pontiac Q-jet would need to use that 5/8" hole in the forward part of the hump in your Pontiac air cleaner base that you plugged up. The 5/8" hole in the Pontiac air cleaner base is needed with a Pontiac Q-jet because that's where the bowl vent sticks up on the Pontiac carb. The vent is tall enough that it has to go thru that hole and into the front area of the air cleaner base. That locates the vent forward of, and outside of the air filter, and so it is exposed to unfiltered air. It uses an o-ring at the base of the vent on the carb to seal between the carb vent and the air cleaner base to prevent dirt from seeping in around that 5/8" hole. The Olds bowl vent, like you have, is simpler. It's located further back, within the interior area of the air filter, so it gets filtered air, and doesn't need any clearance provision on the air cleaner like the Pontiac Q-jet does. You may already know this, and if so, maybe somebody else will find it interesting 🙂.
@@grand73am thank you. That carb is a Jet Performance Stage 2 Pontiac Quadrajet part #32102. I've used Jet Performance carbs on a few different Trans Am builds and I've always been very happy with them.
@@classicreaction5340 Thanks for the reply and part number! I looked it up, and see that they call it a Pontiac "style" q-jet, probably mostly because the fuel inlet is in the front. Pontiac, Olds, and Buick use a front inlet, differentiating them from Chevy that uses the side inlet. That's not an actual original Pontiac q-jet, because all original Pontiac q-jets have the different, larger, bowl vent further forward on the top of the carb, as I described before. If you Google some pics of original Pontiac q-jets, you'd see what I mean. I think Jet is combining parts from Olds and Pontiac, using the Olds top (air horn) in this case, maybe even the body, but with Pontiac linkage on the primary throttle shaft so there's proper clearance with the Pontiac intake, and you can hook the cables up correctly for a Pontiac. I have a number of Q-jets that I've rebuilt for my collection of 70's Pontiac, Olds, and Chevy projects, so that's why I know the differences. I used to restore Classic cars for a living, similar to you, but retired now and working on my own cars for fun. I'm not criticizing or denigrating your carb, as it looks beautiful and seems to be well built, and starts and runs great. Can't ask for more than that. Nice to buy one ready to go and works right. I was just curious about the differences I saw. Thanks!
@@CarmenCammarata some days aren't very fun but when you get to a point like this and see the car you dreamed about, it makes it all the hard work worth it.
Spared no expense. This is epic! The car is really nice. So when can I drop off mine?? lol. My car would take you longer than a year to do, it needs way more than this one did. I’d like to get it all weathered in and get an interior back in it so I can drive it and just enjoy it. Thanks for sharing, it’s inspiration to get back on mine.! Thanks again. Love it!
@@mdcobra001 thank you so much and thanks for watching too! This one definitely took longer than I planned on, but it was built in my spare time and it's probably my favorite car I've ever done. And yes.....even the stupid windshield squirters are like $60 so expenses were a big part of this car. 🤣
Looks incredible.
The TA came out beautiful Jay👍👍👍
@@MrWill73 thanks Will! Glad to be able to enjoy it a little bit instead of working on it. 😉
I can appreciate all the work and you have collision work too ...hats off to you bud!
@@mrp2561 thanks man.....yeah I don't think people realize I only do the classic cars in my spare time. My regular job is fixing crashed cars all week long. 😂
Perfect! Like the headlight upgrades too!
Thanks! The headlights are an inexpensive upgrade and are basically a plug and play installation that anyone can do.
Awesome job on that car! I really think white letters on the tires would set it off perfectly. Companies like Tread wear, have diy kits you can customize to your taste.
@@joebutterfield4143 thank you! I was actually on the Tredwear website earlier today and I'm debating on buying a kit.
Beautiful car, excellent work! I was wondering what you were going to do for a carburetor. That one looks like an Olds Quadra-jet. Obviously, it will work fine, but the Olds bowl vent is in a different spot than the Pontiac Q-jet, which is why I can tell it's an Olds Q-jet and not a Pontiac. The Pontiac Q-jet would need to use that 5/8" hole in the forward part of the hump in your Pontiac air cleaner base that you plugged up. The 5/8" hole in the Pontiac air cleaner base is needed with a Pontiac Q-jet because that's where the bowl vent sticks up on the Pontiac carb. The vent is tall enough that it has to go thru that hole and into the front area of the air cleaner base. That locates the vent forward of, and outside of the air filter, and so it is exposed to unfiltered air. It uses an o-ring at the base of the vent on the carb to seal between the carb vent and the air cleaner base to prevent dirt from seeping in around that 5/8" hole. The Olds bowl vent, like you have, is simpler. It's located further back, within the interior area of the air filter, so it gets filtered air, and doesn't need any clearance provision on the air cleaner like the Pontiac Q-jet does. You may already know this, and if so, maybe somebody else will find it interesting 🙂.
@@grand73am thank you. That carb is a Jet Performance Stage 2 Pontiac Quadrajet part #32102. I've used Jet Performance carbs on a few different Trans Am builds and I've always been very happy with them.
@@classicreaction5340 Thanks for the reply and part number! I looked it up, and see that they call it a Pontiac "style" q-jet, probably mostly because the fuel inlet is in the front. Pontiac, Olds, and Buick use a front inlet, differentiating them from Chevy that uses the side inlet. That's not an actual original Pontiac q-jet, because all original Pontiac q-jets have the different, larger, bowl vent further forward on the top of the carb, as I described before. If you Google some pics of original Pontiac q-jets, you'd see what I mean. I think Jet is combining parts from Olds and Pontiac, using the Olds top (air horn) in this case, maybe even the body, but with Pontiac linkage on the primary throttle shaft so there's proper clearance with the Pontiac intake, and you can hook the cables up correctly for a Pontiac. I have a number of Q-jets that I've rebuilt for my collection of 70's Pontiac, Olds, and Chevy projects, so that's why I know the differences. I used to restore Classic cars for a living, similar to you, but retired now and working on my own cars for fun. I'm not criticizing or denigrating your carb, as it looks beautiful and seems to be well built, and starts and runs great. Can't ask for more than that. Nice to buy one ready to go and works right. I was just curious about the differences I saw. Thanks!
You get to do what many of us dream about.
@@CarmenCammarata some days aren't very fun but when you get to a point like this and see the car you dreamed about, it makes it all the hard work worth it.
Spared no expense. This is epic! The car is really nice.
So when can I drop off mine?? lol. My car would take you longer than a year to do, it needs way more than this one did. I’d like to get it all weathered in and get an interior back in it so I can drive it and just enjoy it.
Thanks for sharing, it’s inspiration to get back on mine.! Thanks again. Love it!
@@mdcobra001 thank you so much and thanks for watching too! This one definitely took longer than I planned on, but it was built in my spare time and it's probably my favorite car I've ever done. And yes.....even the stupid windshield squirters are like $60 so expenses were a big part of this car. 🤣
Do you have a link to those head lights?
@@MsThomasvideos if you search for "4×6 LED headlights" on Ebay or Amazon there are a bunch of different styles, including the ones I have.