#Firebird Convertible

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1968 Pontiac Firebird Convertible with a 360HP 428 cubic inches (7.0 liters) engine.

Ashland car show, September 2024.

Fujifilm X-T50 with XF 23mm f/2.0.

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This is a great day in automotive history!!! At least, for me. For the first time in over 20 years, I drove my 1967 firebird convertible!!! I am restoring it because it's an amazing car!!. The mechanics are good to go. Now it's time for body work. This car is the first year that they made a firebird and is convertible so it's quite a rare gift to have one. 1967 is my favorite automotive year!! They made such great cars that year. I am sooooooo excited!!!!🤗 the ides of March might have been a bad day for Caesar, but it's a great day for me!!!! Vroom, vroom, vroom. Yeehaw!!!! 😍😁🤗❤️❤️❤️

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1970 Chevrolet Camaro

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1967 Pontiac Firebird Convertible

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1967 Pontiac Firebird Convertible

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Stutz Bearcat II Convertible, 1988. Based on a Pontiac Firebird with fibreglass bodywork built by Carrozzeria Saturn. Just 12 example were made between 1988 and 89 selling for $125,000 and a 13th was made from spare parts in 1995

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Pontiac Firebird

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Firebird convertible

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1969 Pontiac Firebird Convertible

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1967 Pontiac Firebird 400

Pontiac Motor Division (GM)

Magazine Ad, 1967.

Intro (Information Ahead, Don't Worry)

Believe it or not, I'm a Pontiac fanatic. My first two cars were Pontiacs (rip to my G6, and right now, I'm trying to revive my Formula🙏), and I still cry over any Pontiac I see on the streets or rotting away in random neighboring yards. I go to car shows often to see if I can spot the crown, the firebird. A lot of times, yes, but more than most times, it's always the Smokey and the Bandit classic (hey, I'm not complaining; the screaming chicken is a beaut).

I figured that, for my first car feature on this page, it'd be one of my favorites... from one of my favorite body decades.

Information

1967 was the first time we saw the Firebirds roll out, and thus, four generations ('67-'02) and four models (Firebird, Esprit, Formula, Trans Am) were born. A competitor to the Ford Mustang after the Chevrolet Corvair restyling f*cked up GM's wanting pony car victory, the Pontiac Firebird originally had a coke-bottle style (which later faded once Gen 2 was designed -- it's the '70s now, what can I say?) and the "Magnificent Five" (Firebird, Sprint, 326, HO, and 400) featured many different customizations. Interior colors featured Blue, Gold, Red, Black, and Parchment (not including seat colors, which are the same but differ seat choice), while the exterior had Starlight Black, Cameo Ivory, Montreux - Fathom - and Tyrol Blues, Signet Gold, Linden Green, Gulf - and Mariner Turquoises, Plum Mist, Burgundy, Silverglaze, Regimental Red, Champagne, and Montego Cream (not including top colors, which are the same but differ top choice).

Three of the "Magnificent Five" (326, HO, and 400) included a V8. The 400 had the highest horsepower, at 325hp / 4800rpm (Ram Air = 5200rpm) (400in3), and the max torque of 556nm / 3400rpm. Along with the Sprint and HO, it had the four-barrel carburetor. All were RWD and had hardtop or convertible options.

The car depicted above is a Firebird 400 convertible (if you brighten the photo, you can tell by the red oval-lined tires), which appears to be Regimental Red with a red Strato bucket seat interior.

Links 'n' References

"1967 Pontiac Firebird Selling Facts" - PDF

"1967 Pontiac Firebird 400 Build Information" - PDF

"Pontiac Firebird" (yes, I used Wikipedia. What about it?).

"Pontiac Firebird 400, 1967" - Carfolio

"1967 Pontiac Firebird 1st-gen. 400 Coupe" - Automobile Catalogue

"Vintage Pontiac Car Ads From the 1960s" - ClickAmericana (Photo source link).

[dinosaurwithablog]

I just put this 400 Pontiac engine in my firebird!! It drives so well!! It sounds beautiful 😍 I love my new engine!! 😍 😁😁😁

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1967 Pontiac Firebird Convertible

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1967 Pontiac Firebird convertible

1967 Pontiac Firebird convertible

John DeLorean posing next to a pre-production Tyrol Blue 1967 Firebird convertible. John was very tall (6' 4") but he looks especially big here because this Firebird was sitting lower than a production model. DeLorean wanted a super low European stance for the new 1967 Firebird, but the ride was simply too harsh and the engineers had to resort to a more livable stance for production models. This particular 1967 Firebird that John is standing next to is a fiberglass mock up that had just been given the Firebird name. Previously, it wore Banshee and GM-X badges before they decided on the name Firebird. The Firebird script and Firebird emblem on the front fenders are simulated, not die-cast. - MCN

[dinosaurwithablog]

I have one of these. It's red and a convertible. I love this car. I'm in the process of restoring it. I just need to get some body work done and get it painted. Everything else has been rebuilt. It's so much fun to drive this car!! I love old muscle cars. They make me very, very, very happy.

That's my car. As I said, it needs body work. I'm gonna drive it for the summer and finish restoring it during the winter!! Pontiac is driving excitement!! 😁😁😁

1967 Pontiac firebird

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Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Type K, 1977. The original Firebird Type K was done in 1977 under the direction of GM executive designer David Holls. The first Type K (for Kammback) prototypes were built from fiberglass. However GM's Design VP met with Italian coach builder Pininfarina and arranged to have two metal-bodied Type K’s constructed for show purposes. In late 1977, Pininfarina delivered the twin wagons - a silver one with a red interior and a gold one with natural beige interior. These were 1978 cars, but later converted to look like 1979-80 models.