Sachse Rod Shop comes to mind but their prices are sky high, but they do excellent work

https://shortyscustompaint.com

Rule 1

Apologies. Fairly new. Where are the Rules so that I can be sure to follow?

Rule 1 is just a colloquialism for "post pics".

No suggestions, but looking forward to following along if you'll share updates when you get started. Nice ride and great job keeping it around.

The Riley brothers in Gainesville do great work.

https://redrivercustomsllc.com/about

Any under the hood pics? Curious about which engine its got. Beautiful car!

Hood on the OP's car says 326

Definitely worth the money and effort to restore. That's going to be a great project and will no doubt be beautiful when you're done.

ETA- I don't know enough about 1967 Firebird hood badges.

ETA 2- after educating myself, I see that it is the base 326cu v8. Would still enjoy engine pics!

Diamond Dogs said:

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The Riley brothers in Gainesville do great work.

https://redrivercustomsllc.com/about

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I live in Gainesville. Can confirm they have really nice stuff parked at their shop.

Beautiful car.

I'll take pics of the engine. Still original. Dad parked it in 98 one day and then never drove it again. It's sat with gas in the tank and I towed it to the storage unit about a year ago after he passed.

Just now getting to it. Not sure I want to restore it, I've got 3 in college and can't afford to keep paying storage unit for it. Looking to fix up and sell, or just sell outright as is. Fixing up car's aren't really my thing.

Welcome any thoughts on what you all would think and where to go about selling to get the best price.

If you can get it running and driving you'll get a better price, obviously. I think that'd be your best bet if you're just looking to get rid of it. Classic car restoration gets expensive quick.

That being said, you'd either have to get it towed to mechanic to find out or drop the tank at the storage lot and clean it out then see if it'll turn over, start, or run with fresh gas.

Thanks for the reply. Suspect having to get it running is what is going to be costly. Everything else is good. Body and all is fine. The restoration is really an engine breakdown. I suspect the seals are bad, carb needs to be rebuilt, radiator replaced and maybe even gas tank, and transmission rebuild. 25+ years is a long time to not be run.

Friend has an old barn find Cadillac getting the treatment at this place in Alvarado.

https://www.smittysclassicsandcars.com/

Aggiemike96 said:

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This is EXACTLY in the wheelhouse of Derek from Vice Grip Garage. He loves the GMs from this era. Reach out to him?

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+1 for VGG

definitely the kind of thing VGG would buy and drive home. it's almost too nice for him though

I live in DFW and have been looking for a project to do with my oldest son (17). When I was a teen I helped my neighbor restore cars and worked on a firebird like this one (sans convertible top) in green. Was a great adventure and may be interested in talking to you if you still have it, want to part with it as-is, and can work out a reasonable price.

Let me know if interested.

Beautiful car - only advice I have is to sleep on your decision with it. Can't speak for everyone, but I have a few regrets of cars I've parted ways with.