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a_florida_man
a_florida_man Dork
3/8/25 9:13 p.m.

A note about the gold car... the rear differential is an OEM 4 wheel disc assembly out of a late (79 and up) 2nd gen.

Best estimate is that it has a 3.42 ratio.

a_florida_man
a_florida_man Dork
3/9/25 11:20 p.m.

Its raining sideways here.

The gold esprit is indoors for the first rainstorm in 20 years.

The brown formula is getting and extended wash.

But it does feel good that the cars are on a gradual path to recovery of some kind now.

A 12x20 event tent is arriving tomorrow. Next week it will be used as a storage base for the stuff I have to more around to get the challengecar ready. After this month it will be the sorting and re boxing room for all of the parts.

Feel free to donate a shop... lol this garage stuff is getting tight, :)

untchabl
untchabl HalfDork
3/10/25 1:04 p.m.

Time to build a shop. Or build a pole barn for storage then close it in later as funds allow.

a_florida_man
a_florida_man Dork
3/13/25 12:07 p.m.

Build sheet for the gold esprit:

785th 1971 Firebird built.

Built in Aug for the Sept new model release.

Delivered to Jerry Earl Pontiac on the opening day for 1971 Pontiacs.

Jerry Earl was the son of Harley Earl.

a_florida_man
a_florida_man Dork
3/13/25 12:11 p.m.

Brown Formula 400 Build Sheet

Texas car.

Confirmed 400

No spoiler.

Tony Sestito
Tony Sestito UltimaDork
3/13/25 12:25 p.m.

Did you have scans of the build sheets, or did you use PHS? I've long considered doing a PHS on my car; my build sheet is long gone. 

a_florida_man
a_florida_man Dork
3/13/25 12:32 p.m.

In reply to Tony Sestito :

PHS

llysgennad
llysgennad HalfDork
3/13/25 5:56 p.m.

So they both started with 14" rally 2 wheels. Nice. Pretty well equipped, both of them.

a_florida_man
a_florida_man Dork
3/13/25 8:07 p.m.

In reply to llysgennad :

Yep, and today they both have 15"x8 wheels.

I think the gold car might have to stay 15" due to the rear disc brakes.. IDK.

Tentatively the plan is to make the Esprit into the highly modified "fun" car.

455

4 speed

15" wheels / 4wheel disc.

no AC.

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