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Carefully planning and mapping out this project, Art, Jr. knew exactly what he wanted to do, "The conservative side of me wanted to restore the car back to stock but the little people in my head wanted to have fun. So we started with the engine, I picked up a 455 engine--no substitute for cubes." A dual-snorkel GTO air cleaner base from Sonic Motors got tabs welded on by Art for the T/A specific shaker wingnuts. Notice the custom aluminum support bars (bracing the fender and radiator) made by Jeff Esmel similar to those on later Firebirds.
1970 1/2 Trans Am - Runnin' Down a Dream

Carefully planning and mapping out this project, Art, Jr. knew exactly what he wanted to do, "The conservative side of me wanted to restore the car back to stock but the little people in my head wanted to have fun. So we started with the engine, I picked up a 455 engine--no substitute for cubes." A dual-snorkel GTO air cleaner base from Sonic Motors got tabs welded on by Art for the T/A specific shaker wingnuts. Notice the custom aluminum support bars (bracing the fender and radiator) made by Jeff Esmel similar to those on later Firebirds.  View Related Article