![]() The exhaust tips exit through the rear bodywork, giving Sid that Italian sports car flair he was looking for, but the soundtrack produced by the 550hp Mast Motorsports LS3-based V-8 is more in keeping with a Firebird that looks like it’s been built for The Punisher. After some back and forth design talk with Ben, we came up with a final rendering as a blueprint to build the car.” The factory front end was so big and bulky, it had to go. As Troy put it, “The one thing I knew we had to change was the front end of the car. Transforming this first-gen Firebird into the nationally recognized pro tourer it is today really began once Troy and Sid enlisted designer Ben Hermance. He’s a talent for the ages, destined for good things.” Those good things, as it turned out, include this ’69 Firebird turning heads at SEMA, ours included, along with being chosen as one of five finalists for Street Machine of the Year at the Goodguys Rod & Custom Association’s PPG Nationals show in Columbus, Ohio, back in July. Troy is developing a name for himself, and it’s nationwide. Sid, the owner of this Firebird and a number of other custom classics, explained Troy’s uncanny ability to turn metal into art like this: “He has no formal training in bodywork, but he’s a master at it. Call it an annoying convergence of talent and passion, but whatever it is, Troy and his crew at BBT (Built By Troy) are already producing some of the finest hot rods in the country, having opened for business just six years ago. Troy is just 27 years old, though his fabrication skills and the team he’s assembled at BBT Fabrications in Champaign, Illinois, do suggest he’s been at this for more decades than most of us have been alive. His must-haves were a European sports car theme flush-mount glass a dark charcoal gray, exotic sports car interior and a modern LS-powered drivetrain.”Īt this point, some of you might be assuming that Troy is an old, gray-haired hot rodder who used to hang out with George Barris and Boyd Coddington, but nothing could be further from the truth. Sid had a lot of trust in me after we finished the first car, so he only had a few things he was set on with this build and left the rest to me. After talking a bit, we decided that the ’69 Firebird would be the car since it is very similar in body style to the Camaro. This longer manufacturing code is useful for tracking paint usage.According to Troy, “Sid approached me a couple months after we finished the first car we built for him (a ’30 Ford roadster) wanting to build a pro touring muscle car. The longer GM paint manufacturing code, sometimes called the "Fisher paint code", is WA3921. Careful when using this paint code along with the make and year to specify this paint since it is may not be unique. ![]() The short make/year code for this paint on a 12444 in 1969, is 52. The use of this paint is for main body and special order color. We have records of this color appearing on the following models: Camaro, Chevelle, ChevyII, Corvair, Firebird, GTO, and Nova. The color formulation has been used between 19, primarily by Chevrolet but also by Buick, GM, International Harvester, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac. ![]() Other common color promotional names include Colonial Red, Crimson, Matador Red, Red, and Signal Red. This red automotive paint color is most commonly known as Garnet Red. This code is listed in our database as a cross-reference to PPG code 2076 therefore, the results below are from that code. At we have records of this paint for over 16 years of use, across 5 manufacturers/makes, and with 6 unique promotional names.
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