This coupe has undergone a complete restoration. This is a unibody car, which means there is no frame with the exception to the engine subframe clip. The Firebird received a 2 year restoration with almost every major body panel addressed. The following is a list of items that needed to be addressed:

New Roof Skin
New Full front to rear floor pans including seat pans
New Lower Rocker Panels
New Trunk Lid
New passenger Door
New full rear quarters
New inner and outer rear wheelwells
New front dash to cowl dash pan
New rear window to trunk filler panel
New Front fenders, both sides, including inner wheel wells
There is no bondo, or patches. Every panel was replaced with new full metal material.

The car was originally delivered with a straight 6 engine and a powerglide transmission. The engine was swapped out for a 69 GTO block motor at some point in its life.
The 400 engine has been rebuilt and bored 30 over. It received a Ram Air III grind on the cam shaft. a new dual exhaust setup was installed. Anchored to this engine is a rebuilt 1969 Turbo 400 Transmission hooked to a non-posi rear end.

The build sheet indicates this car was originally Springmist Green with a Black Vinyl top and Black deluxe interior.
The car was repainted basecoat clear coat Silver ( which was a special order color in 1968 )
Finishing off the exterior is brand new front and rear chrome bumpers. Part of the Deluxe interior option was chrome wheel well trim which compliment the reproduction trim rings on the restored Rally II wheels. The car was originally ordered with the Deluxe black interior, and was completely redone with the correct deluxe interior, this time in Red to compliment the Silver smooth as glass paint. A satin aluminum trim piece around the inside of the window openings completes the Deluxe Interior option.

Other noteworthy points include a rebuilt front end, new radiator, aftermarket real wood steering wheel, new rear side marker lights, new radial tires, sound deadening insulation, power steering, power brakes, new drum brakes all around, correct water pump design, new front windshield, new rear leaf springs and shocks. Brand new wiring harnesses for the engine bay, interior dash, and trunk/lights.
Includes spare tire and correct jack set up. I have hundreds of photos documenting the restoration process and paperwork receipts.

Car has received over 30 trophies ( mostly 1st place ) including special awards such as Best Firebird, Best of the Best, and 2nd Place in a Pontiac regional Event.

Written Appraisal for $30,000 available for review, upon request.

Paypal deposit of $2,000 required immediately upon auction end.

Buyer responsible for ALL Transportation fees and arrangements.

Full payment required within 72 hours of successful bid.

Reserve Price is UNDER $23,000

Additional questions and photos are available upon request. imselling68-firebird@yahoo.com

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Sci-fi movie Jinn features car designer, Firebird-bodied Camaro

Tue, 08 Apr 2014

If you're an automotive engineer being tormented by an immortal being made of fire, then wouldn't you think it best to have a custom coupe called the FireBreather for your getaway car? That's the FireBreather in the image above, adorned by the red wings that once fronted the Pontiac Firebird, running away from a black cloud of evil in a trailer for the movie Jinn.
The Jinn is eternal evil, always waiting for the chance to make things float across rooms before going on homicidal urban rampages. The FireBreather is a Gen-V Chevrolet Camaro - from the V6 to the ZL1 - that's been through Classic Design Concepts' extensive list of exterior and interior modifications, including entirely new front and rear fascias and side skirts, sway bars and springs, Pirelli P Zeroes and an available Edelbrock supercharger.
The movie - FireBreathing chase scenes and all - was shot in Monroe, Michigan. You can watch the trailer below, but since the FireBreather only get a couple of seconds on screen, you can find out more about it on Street Legal TV and its official site.

Tony Stewart to star in Smoke Is The Bandit web series

Mon, 10 Mar 2014

NASCAR driver Tony Stewart is making good use of his nickname Smoke in new videos inspired by the 1970s classic Smokey and the Bandit. The original is one of the quintessential automotive movies of its era with a fantastic combination of slapstick comedy and great car stunts in a Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. If you've never seen it, check it out immediately.
In the new six-part Smoke IS the Bandit web series, Stewart takes on the role of Burt Reynolds' famous character complete with huge mustache. But instead of trying to smuggle cases of Coors beer it's Mobil 1 oil. The series promises to recreate many of the famous scenes from the movie and includes cameos from other NASCAR drivers.
To complete the look, future videos just need a quality replacement for a young Sally Field to ride shotgun. It would also be really cool if Reynolds could make a brief appearance at some point. Scroll down to check out the trailer and the first episode in the series.

1939 Pontiac Ghost Car commands $308,000 at auction

Mon, 01 Aug 2011

For the 1939 World's Fair, Pontiac built a Deluxe Six bodied in Plexiglass. Part of the Previews of Progress pavilion in which General Motors' Futurama showed off what was to come in the world of autos, the 'invisible' Pontiac is credited as the first transparent car in America. And there were no shortcuts taken with its body: the Plexiglass form was fabricated by the company that brought the material to market in 1933, Rohm & Haas.
The see-through sedan was sold at RM Auctions' St. John's auction in Michigan on July 30, fetching $308,000. Not bad appreciation for a domestic oddity that cost $25,000 to build when new. You can check out the high-res gallery of its innards, including copper and chrome metalwork and white moldings and wheels, and get the exhaustive details on it after the jump.

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