After: 1976 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am

Pontiac celebrated it’s 50th anniversary with the 1976 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am created a special model available in this year. Every year of the Firebird saw small changes mostly influenced by the rapidly changing safety and emissions requirements giving a wide variety of cars to choose from today.

Flaked

Be careful who you have paint your car and that they have done it correctly. This 1974 Alfa Romeo GT Veloce has a beautiful looking paint job but the heat from the engine caused the paint in the center of the hood to start flaking off. The paint had no adhesion to the layer below and is like the candy coating on a M&M. How fragile is the rest of the car as well?

Ultracapacitors

For years we have been testing homemade ultracapacitor banks in the old cars such as the one on the right. Now commercially available they are a considerable upgrade on original generator powered cars giving you constant power for lamps, quicker charging, easier on the generator, and most of all is not affected from being fully discharged if your car sits around. Due to the power output they are dangerous if you are not careful so do not install one yourself if you are unsure how to do so.

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