The story behind the car in Dave’s own words‌ I have had some medical issues over the last several years beginning with a heart defect that was never detected until 12 years ago. I was rushed into open heart surgery to replace my main aortic heart valve (I have had 4 major surgeries since 2001). My son Jacob was 3 at that time: he always carried around this model car, a silver Firebird, that he absolutely loved that car. In the back of mind I knew someday we would do a restore together. About 2 years ago I was at a party and someone mentioned that they had a 1967 Firebird that they wanted to get rid of. My son and I went the next day to look at it, it was about 1/2 mile from our house, and the rest is history. It was a long process but we worked together designing everything. Jacob is turning 15 and will get to drive it for the first time in a few weeks. It’s a bored out 400 stroker kit, aluminum heads, high flow carburetor, racing pistons, racing cam, high rise manifold with a NOS kit. 595 horsepower, transmission 3 speed automatic quick shift kit, rear end 411 posi, wheels 22" low profiled, matching frame & block, custom roll bar, original bucket seats with 4 point race harnesses. Widened body shell on front & rear 1/4 panels.
CVNW November 2012
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