Restoring a 1968 Pontiac Firebird

'My Dream Car' host Danielle Trotta helps a son make a dream come true for his father. #FOXBusiness #MyDreamCar
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[@kittybitts567]

This car is a work of art. If I had $30 grand I'd buy that car. It's beautiful!

[@invinoveritas6859]

79 Trans Am,alway wanted one of those when i was a kid.......;))))

[@jd-kq2lq]

Where is part two?

[@marklengal9990]

I’m enjoying this series. I would change the manifold and get a smaller carb. No need to make this a drag car . At least not yet.

[@dennistaylor5052]

Just so everyone knows, there isn't a "Big Block Pontiac" All Blocks are the same "External" size. The difference is inside. 326,389, 400,421,428,455 all the same size block. Although not all parts will interchange, with out Mods.

[@DavidJones-me7yr]

You forgot the Pontiac 301, which came some years later lol

[@dennistaylor5052]

@@DavidJones-me7yr Only used 1977 to 1981, I refer to Motors people would actually want, and had after market parts available. Not many folks looking for a Motor that needed "Forced Induction" to make 200 HP and 340 lbs Torque. Who'd waste their time? 1977 to 81 wasn't exactly the "High Water" mark for Performance for any of the cars. 301 and 265 were short deck blocks, they're not in the same family, other than being Pontiac, same with the 303 Ram Air V that was never install at the factory, used for SCCA Trans-Am. 366 (short deck) used in NASCAR.

[@ryandoe9278]

@@DavidJones-me7yr you forgot to mention the 303 for that era.

[@DavidJones-me7yr]

@@ryandoe9278 I don't recall a 303, someone above mentioned it though.

[@kevinmanning4880]

You can't bore a 326/350 block to fit 455 pistons. So it is a small block.

[@nachos_70firebird66]

Bought my 1970 Pontiac Firebird for dirt cheap Sat for 12 year's. She's running and driving now. But man I love 1st Gen Firebird's

[@katateo328]

one of the best car in the world.

[@bdt5788]

Hmmm you Could've had a fully restored original for a few bucks more. I wouldn't have bought that for my Dad. Good luck with what you get back in 6 weeks

[@chuck3441]

Use a drop air cleaner don't cut the hood

[@johnnywallacewallace9421]

Sorry but that ain’t the car to have chosen. I’m all about cars that are maybe too fast, but that car ; with that engine and probably drive line too will be nothing but one big headache. It’s going to break often. You will eventually have to put a different motor/ drivetrain in it to be enjoyable. Sorry but the guy selling it knew certain of all of this. He should have never even tried to sell y’all that car. He knows that there are other a lot more fitting Firebirds out there that honestly would have been a lot cheaper in the long run. Too much money was spent making that car fast. It didn’t fit at all what you were looking to do. Sorry but he knew that

[@thechestnutking736]

Full blown drag car streetable? 😂😂😂 That’s what they all say. This dude is in for a rude awakening.

[@southernparadise9896]

“Budget of no more then $20k”….. You mean for under the hood only, right? 😏

[@thechestnutking736]

@@southernparadise9896 Exactly 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣

[@dennistaylor5052]

@@southernparadise9896 I spent over $16,000 for my long block from Butler Performance. That casting had an "Adnominally," machine shop called it a crack. So bought a Kauffman block and started over. Got $24,000 in the new motor and that's not counting all the other Mods, rear end $5,500 trans, Converter $2000 ect ect. It's a race car I drive on the Street, not exactly relaxing to drive, more like flying an airplane, just to get it started. The fella doesn't have clue what it cost to rebuild a car. This "isn't" the car for his Dad, unless his dad wants to work on it all the time. Bone stock 455 will give him 360 HP, 500lbs torque @ 3100 rpm, shift at 5200 rpm, the car won't over heat and will be fun to drive. And how's his Dad suppose to give the Grandkids a ride with no back seat and a Roll bar.🤔...Keep Looking, this ain't the right car for dad, I'm not some youngster saying this, I'm 73 yrs old. "Still liv'n the dream"😎

[@bootneylee9802]

Lol. Wtf is this? This doesn't belong on this channel. And that chick knows jack about cars. 🤣😂🤣

[@juanvelez514]

When can we see the finished project?

[@TheHsan22]

Was there another episode, completed with a happy dad?

[@wmmseo]

where is the rest? Part 2?

[@heknowsall7778]

Nice car but the 67 is nicer.

[@ryandoe9278]

How so?

[@stevec1746]

A proper "paint job" on a car like this costs $60,000. Minimum

[@sampson7941]

Dang Steve, $60,000 ? That sounds a bit much

[@freedom2084]

Why 60 grand?

[@in-rust-we-trust2831]

Source trust me bro😂😂😂my 68 just got painted and was 3500

[@abes9981]

@@in-rust-we-trust2831 I gotta paint my 68 after body work, mind asking what color you painted it and any pics ? Insta? Or on KZbin ?

[@ryandoe9278]

15k

[@dennistaylor5052]

"A High Performance Engine might cause some problems"......Nah...really???...😲

[@krdelux3919]

They are not restoring. They are modifying. There is nothing original about this frame and body.

[@everypitchcounts4875]

Pontiac also made the GTO, Judge and Tempest

[@Swizzenator]

Art they made

[@ryandoe9278]

Bonneville. Catalina. Grand Prix. And the stupid Aztec.

[@johnzabik270]

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[@sampson7941]

I have those same cylinder heads and intake. Yeah, it will not fit under the hood

[@douglasbanfill1925]

When they added that ridiculous hood scoop the show lost reality for me. Then they left the rollbar in the car. Its for dad....

[@ripvanrevs]

Lot of actual yutoobers restoring cars for themselves. These types of shows are too overproduced. Why I got rid of cable over 10 years ago.

[@Call_Me_Dragon]

👍🏼👍🏼

[@surf64.5overhead4]

Looks mostly restored already.

[@aris6744]

He thinks it's a drag car 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 he's mistaken power for speed. It's quick not fast.

[@RWayne-nu2fi]

What a horrible, horrible decision..... you could have bought a nice Firebird for your father for what you are going pay.

[@MoritaJunichiro]

👏🏻👏🏻🌏 finance📊fakers🇺🇸🚗💨💨💨👏🏻Big company👈🏻

[@in-rust-we-trust2831]

No such thing as a Pontiac big block

[@ryandoe9278]

No such thing as a Pontiac big block.