Firebird help

[bighauler1]

Well guys, a while back I bought a bird shell to use for the camaro, but have since decided to build both. I need a good local (nj) source for used parts. Any body have any ideas. I have seen Frank's, but I am hoping for a place I can drive to after work and scour a while or something.

[mike mitchell]

sound like you need the yellow pages for your area. then there is old reliable, ebay.......

[bighauler1]

I have spent a tiring amount of time on ebay and craigslist, and the yellow pages didnt quite work out either. In northern jersey, a lot of great cars went to heaven thanks to eyesore laws and registration requirements, so finding classic parts in general is a challenge. I was kind of hoping for maybe a word of mouth connection or something. The camaro-firebird shop in paterson has become a general junkyard with no f-bodies in inventory at all, like 12 years ago, and after that there doesn't seem to be much more. The boneyards have new cars only at this point...oh well

[Pete R]

You want new sheetmetal whenever possible, but I've had great luck buying parts on eBay. Here's a partial list of what I've bought:

1. A new MSD distributor - $130 (retail $270)
2. A new Weiand Stealth intake (clear powder coated!) - $75 ($125 before coating)
3. New Crane Fireball heads - $650 ($1500 when you could buy them)
4. A rebuilt 8.5" 10-bolt with 3.73 posi and disc brakes - $800 ($1300)
5. New ivory houndstooth seat covers - $250 ($550)
6. A complete 302 engine block - I won't say (priceless)
7. New Cosworth pistons for the 302 - $400 ($1200 when made)
7. Rebuilt Delco power brake booster - $50
8. New MSD-6AL ignition control - $125 ($240)

I could go on, but most of these were much better deals (including shipping) than I could have gotten locally. I drove to Carlisle to pick up the 302 engine and paid the seller $50 to deliver the 10 bolt, but otherwise everything else went UPS/Fedex - the heads cost over $125 to ship!