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1968 Pontiac Firebird Pro Touring Chevy Camaro Ls1 4l60e Restomod Restored on 2040-cars

Year:1968 Mileage:999 Color: Ruby Slipper (PPG Vibrance Collection) /
 Black
Location:

Metairie, Louisiana, United States

Metairie, Louisiana, United States
Advertising:
Transmission:Automatic
Body Type:Coupe
Engine:LS1 5.7 56K miles
Vehicle Title:Clear
For Sale By:Private Seller
Condition:
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VIN (Vehicle Identification Number)
: 223378L101013
Year: 1968
Interior Color: Black
Make: Pontiac
Number of Cylinders: 8
Model: Firebird
Trim: Pro Touring
Drive Type: 4l60e
Power Options: Air Conditioning
Mileage: 999
Exterior Color: Ruby Slipper (PPG Vibrance Collection)

1968 Pontiac Firebird Pro Touring style, LS1 engine, 4l60e transmission with 56k miles. 2 year frame off restoration started with a very solid southern car & finished in 2012. Complete American Autowire wiring harness from front to back. Complete new 4 wheel power disc brakes with stainless steel lines. Tubular upper & lower control arms with urethane bushings. Foose 18" wheels with new tires.  Complete new interior, headliner, door panels, carpet, front seats from 2002 Camaro with rear seat covered to match.(very comfortable unlike the original seats). Autometer Pro-comp gauge cluster, all working as should.  Complete Vintage Air surefit heat & a/c system with controls in the original location. Billet Specialty steering wheel for that pro-touring finish. Complete front to back dual  Magnaflow stainless exhaust system. Solid original car with only one patch panel on the right front floor pan. Paint is from PPG vibrant collection , color is  ruby slipper. Paint & body alignment is a solid 8 of 10(sand & buff would help), great car to show & enjoy driving. Small dent in deck lid could not get picture to show, I think painless dent removal would work & I could have it done if meets reserve. Most people say it looks great, but I'm a perfectionist & want to be as honest as possible. I've bought & sold many cars & I know what it's like to be disappointed with a bad description. I would much rather you tell me it's a better car than was described. Over the next few week I will be listing other cars from my collection, health reasons force my sales. With that said, I'm sure I forgot a few things so if you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me, George 504-452-9350.

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2023 Grand National Roadster Show Mega Photo Gallery | Hot rod heaven

Wed, Feb 8 2023

POMONA, Calif. — From an outsider's perspective, it would be easy to assume that the Grand National Roadster Show has always been a Southern California institution. After all, it celebrates the diverse postwar car culture of the region — hot rods, lead sleds, lowriders, and more. However, the show had its roots in NorCal in 1950 when Al Slonaker and his hot rod club showed their custom cars at the Oakland Expo. The GNRS moved to Pomona, California, in 2004. By then it had grown exponentially and seen about a dozen more car customization trends come and go. However, the show and its centerpiece award, the America's Most Beautiful Roadster prize, celebrate what is perhaps the first of those trends: the American hot rod in its purest form. Today, in its 73rd year, the GNRS is the oldest indoor car show in America. Annually it welcomes 500-800 cars, gathered into special themes like Tri-Five Chevys or Volkswagen Bugs. At this year's show, which was last weekend, a special hall was dedicated to pickup trucks built between 1948-98, including mini-trucks, groovy camper bed conversions, and resto-mods.  However, of all the vehicles presented, only nine are eligible for the America's Most Beautiful Roadster award. Winners get their names engraved on a 9-foot-tall perpetual trophy that was, according to The Ultimate Hot Rod Dictionary, the largest in the world when it debuted in 1950. Slonaker chose the word "roadster" initially because "hot rod" bore slightly negative outlaw connotations in 1950. Only American cars built before 1937 of certain body styles — roadsters, roadster pickups, phaetons, touring cars — are eligible, and they cannot have roll-down side windows.  Cars in the running for the cup cannot have been shown anywhere else before their debut at the GNRS.  Contestants for this accolade essentially build their cars to the a platonic ideal of a hot rod. This year the honors went to Jack Chisenhall of San Antonio, Texas, for his "Champ Deuce," a 1932 Ford Roadster. It's exactly what you picture when you think of a hot rod, but distilled to its absolute essence.  Other standouts included "Green Eyes," a two-tone green 1959 Chevy El Camino  with a heavily metal-flaked bed, "Blue Monday," a 1964 Buick Riviera lowrider, and a personal favorite, "Purple Reign," a purple and black 1951 Mercury. Cars may have started out as tools, but there aren't shows like this filled with custom refrigerators.

Lutz says GM was working on 5th-gen Pontiac GTO

Thu, 08 Aug 2013

Bob Lutz was one of the forces behind bringing the Holden Monaro to the United States, as the ill-fated Pontiac GTO in 2004. And while that car received critical acclaim, it was a sales disappointment. Now, Road & Track is reporting that our suspicions were correct - Pontiac was working on a two-door, G8-based coupe before it was shuttered.
In that R&T article, which is no longer available online, Lutz explained that the new GTO would solve many of the issues found in the original. Car Advice speculates that the new model would have look like a rebadged version of the Holden Coupe 60 Concept from 2008, a conclusion we also came to.
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Pontiac Firebird in latest Generation Gap scrap

Tue, 30 Sep 2014

Generation Gap is mining the Lingenfelter collection again this week to compare two very different interpretations of the Pontiac Firebird. An original 1968 example goes toe-to-toe with a 2010 Lingenfelter Trans Am to see whether the old man or the modern re-imagining takes the crown.
Being from the Lingenfelter collection, both cars are absolutely immaculate. The '68 packs a Pontiac 350-cubic-inch (5.7-liter) V8 with a claimed 320 horsepower and some classic, muscular style with a hood-mounted tach. Plus, it's painted in an understated shade of green that you don't usually see.
In the other corner is Lingenfelter's pumped-up take on the classic shape based on the modern Camaro, and this is just one of six concept versions ever made. It wears an eye-catching, vintage-inspired livery of blue with a white stripe package. Under its shaker hood is a 455-cubic-inch (7.5-liter) V8 with a reported 655 hp and 610 pound-feet of torque.