After several months of anxious anticipation, the 1970 Pontiac Firebird Formula 350 is finally finished. Readers will recall that its front end was heavily damaged during an engine fire in July 2022, after which, its owner, Ferdi Raquelsantos, had the car delivered to JSK Custom Paint and Auto Works in Marulas, Valenzuela City for the necessary repairs. The damage repair ...

All the necessary work – body repair, engine and transmission overhaul, paint finish – has been performed by JSK Custom Paint and Auto Works on the 1970 Pontiac Firebird Formula 350 that suffered an engine fire in July 2022. The car’s owner Ferdi Raquelsantos decided on a vibrant color of Plum Crazy Purple, which was generously applied after all the ...

After his 1970 Pontiac Firebird Formula 350 suffered some damage from an engine fire in July 2022, owner Ferdi Raquelsantos took his muscle car to JSK Custom Paint and Auto Works, where it was partially disassembled, the damaged and rusted portions repaired, and the body was prepped for paint. Ferdi opted to have the car painted in Plum Crazy Purple, ...

While working on the restoration of his 1970 Pontiac Firebird Formula 350 that was damaged in an engine fire in July 2022, owner Ferdi Raquelsantos realized that the amount of work needed and the list of parts, as well as the funds required, were growing exponentially. Aside from the burnt-out parts that had to be replaced, Ferdi wanted his Firebird ...

After it was damaged in an engine fire in July 2022, owner Ferdi Raquelsantos had his beloved 1970 Pontiac Firebird Formula 350 taken to JSK Custom Paint and Auto Works in Marulas, Valenzuela City for restoration. JSK proprietor Johnson Tan promised that like a phoenix – the mythical bird that got burned in a pyre and then rose from the ...

After extinguishing the fire that engulfed the engine compartment of his beloved 1970 Pontiac Firebird Formula 350 in July 2022, owner Ferdi Raquelsantos initially tried to determine the cause of the fire. He learned that a rubber fuel line had burst, spewed gasoline around the engine, which was somehow ignited by a misfire from the distributor or by the hot ...

On a sunny Sunday morning in July 2022, Ferdi Raquelsantos, started his classic American muscle car, a 1970 Pontiac Firebird Formula 350, to warm it up while waiting for his family in front of their house in an exclusive gated village in Alabang. As the Chairman Emeritus of the Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines (EVAP), Ferdi usually drives his ...