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1979 Pontiac Redbird First Drive

This is the first time that this 1979 Pontiac redbird moves and stops under its own power in 28 years. So, a little back story on the bird. It is still owned by its original owner, my grandma. She drove it from 1979 up to 1992 when the old engine quit. My grandpa pulled the old engine and the transmission out. After that it sat in the garage for about 28 years collecting dust and dead mice. During fall of 2018 I asked my grandpa if I could work on the car with him. He agreed and the first thing that we did was roll it out of the garage and wash it with the pressure washer. We got most of the dust off and so we then decided to tackle the interior, and by tackle i mean vacuum it out. I still remember the strong odor that the inside of that car had, a mix between mothballs and dead mice. After we got the car cleaned out we put it on jack-stands and spray-painted the engine bay. A few days after the paint dried we got a new 301 V8 engine rebuilt along with the rebuilt transmission in and mounted on a pair of brand new engine mounts. The transmission was supported by a jack stand for a couple of months while we hooked everything up on the engine. After we got everything hooked up, we then mounted the transmission on the transmission mount. the next thing we did was get a new radiator, the old one had a couple of leaks and would have been too expensive to replace the core. After we got the radiator and all the hoses and lines hooked up we then moved onto the carburetor. Boy am I glad we decided to clean it out, that 2 barrel had so much gunk in it I honestly don't think any fuel would have been able to get into the engine. The next thing we did was get a 2 foot long fuel line and stick it in a bottle and attempt to start the car. The first attempt was unsuccessful because the bottle we used couldn't hold enough fuel to fill the float bowls in the carb. After we filled the bottle again we tried to start the car again it started but didn't want to idle well. Link here for that sweet V8 sound:    • 1979 firebird running after 28 years   After the engine started me and my grandpa started to mess with the timing and idle speeds as well as replace the old fuel tank with a new one. After we got that tuned in, we got to work sand-blasting and painting the stock air-cleaner. We then painted the drive-shaft and put it back on the transmission and rear diff. After that we got to work on the rear differential. All that the rear differential needed was good cleaning and refill. While we had the cover off we decided to check on the axles and bearings to see if any of them needed to be replaced. The passenger side axle and bearing had some wear spots so that got replaced. After the axles were either replaced or checked they were slid back in the shaft and secured to the diff. We then put the cover back on and filled the differential with fluid. The next thing we did was to start to take a look at the brakes and braking system. After looking at it for a bit we decided to replace the entire braking system because it would be sad for us to put all of this work into that car only to have the brakes fail and have the car smack into a tree. We replaced the brake lines going to the rear when we did the fuel tank. We started by removing the master cylinder and brake booster. Now, I love Pontiac, but the little things that they did that made it easier for them to assemble made it an absolute pain in the butt to remove. They had the studs secured on the interior of the car with the threads and bolts facing the brake booster. also the threads gave you about an inch of clearance between the end of the stud and the booster. It took me and my grandpa 3 hours to take those 4 locking nuts off. After we got the old brake booster and master cylinder off we put the brand new one on and then we bleed the master cylinder to get all of the air out of the system. The next thing we did was hook up all of the brake lines and rebuild the rear drums. We then bled the system and tested to see if the brakes were spongy or not. Thankfully the brakes didn't feel spongy so we hooked up the ebrake (just in case) and took it off the jack stands. the rest you have probably seen in the video above. The next thing we will do is get some exhaust.