Recent content by SamHatco

I haven't posted much on this site, but I thought this was very interesting https://www.facebook.com/LadBlab/videos/569514923195757/

http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/cps42IRMGFE If I only could win the lottery or had an extra 5 mil laying around. I just though I had a nice garage. :shocking: Sam

Could you reverse the cable on the torsion bar and the tension springs. Sam

Hey Wayne, didn't know you were over here. Yeah I'm kinda doing this backwards.. Your suppose to fix the garage up so you can restore the car. Since I finish the car I needed something to do...so I'm fixing up the garage. Sam

I just completed the upper sofit cabinets last night on the right side of the garage. All that is left is to paint and install the upper and lower trim to finish out the doors. Sam

Yes I plan to cover it up. It is so warped (and not from carrying the weight of the roof, it just dried that way) that I will have to use 1x8 and 1x6 to wrap it. I still have some stuff stored outside under plastic tarps so my first priority is to get the storage cabinets completed. Here is...

Here is a couple of shots of my bird sitting in her nest. She's very happy now. Sam

Workbench Cabinets Continued making progress on the workbench Finally painted the cabinets, installed them and put a double layer of 3/4" plywood for the top. My plan is to cover the top with black VCT tiles for my work surface. They are cheap, tuff, and if I mar one I can just replace it...

Workbench Cabinets I had a local cabinet shop build be some 37" tall cabinets that I'm going to use as my workbench. They are two banks of 6' cabinets with drawers. I plan on putting them against the back wall with a 30" space between them in the middle. These are full overlay door/drawer...

Actually, once I decided on a plan of attack it wasn't that bad. The most difficult part was the electronics and wiring. Spent 6 weeks studying the '04 GTO schematics and deciding which circuits to keep. Sam

Do it as fast as you can. Those LS engines rock. Hard to beat 425 hp and 24 miles to gallon. You are absolutely correct. In my opinion the holey grail of muscle cars is finding that 8th TA vert. Thanks, Sam

Thanks, you know I worked in this garage for 20 years with it being unfinished and I never could get enough light. With the sheet rock painted white and all those T8 strips, its a whole different ball game now. It certainly helps these old eyes now. It will be a pleasure to hang out there...

Yes, the motor is out of an '02 Trans Am, interior out of an 04' GTO. Yes I'm on pro-touring.com Thanks to all of you for the compliments on the car. I will be posting some pictures as I complete some projects in the garage. Sam

No, it's not one of the great eight! :( It's just one of about 12,000 convertibles built that year. When I was 16 and the Trans Am Firebird came out I told myself that I would own one some day. Took me 40 years to get one and I built it myself. Here ya go Here is a shot of the interior...

This is the little bird that goes in the house: I spent the last 3 yrs in my unfinished garage restoring this car. Sam