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1980 Pontiac Firebird Base Coupe 2-door Trans Am Low Miles No Reserve on 2040-cars

Year:1980 Mileage:61413
Location:

El Paso, Texas, United States

El Paso, Texas, United States
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this firebird is not a show car just yet, it needs some work to make it perfect but still a great daily driver on good condition for its age. this car has been my daily driver but i no longer have enough money to keep her. the engine is an Oldsmobile v6 with a 4 barrel carb,  i don't know if its the original engine, ( some Pontiacs at this time had Oldsmobile engines originally ) it runs good and starts every time, it doesent do terible on gas considering the year it was made, still very torquey for a v6. the th 350 automatic transmission shifts perfectly. currently has only 61,413k miles, the TX registration is good until 6/14. 2nd owner since purchased new in California, Ive put more than $2,000 in her since purchased,
Pros:
- new alternator in 2012
- new fuel pump in 2013
- new u joints in 2012
- re-pained dark blue in 2011
- new turn signal relay 2013
- new upholstery in 2013
- new carpet in 2012
- replaced tires in 2013, they still have lots of tread
- custom sunroof with removable glass
- rebuilt transmission in 2013
- front brake rotors re-surfaced in 2014
- new battery in 2014
- pioneer radio with cd, usb, aux interface
- full tune up in 2012 ( new spark plugs, wires, timing, belts, thermostat, carburetor rebuilt )
- AC works ( not perfect ) has been recharged/ retrofitted to R-134a
- exhaust from a 400 firebird put in 2013 ( sounds awesome )
- trans am firebird fender scoops
- radiator and gas tank cleaned out in 2012
- all fluids replaced ( antifreeze, motor oil, trans. fluid, power steering, brake fluid, gear oil in rear end )

Cons:
- reverse lights don't work
- cruise control dosent work
- paint has small chips throughout that have been touched up
- currently has no headliner or dome lamp
- front nose has some minor damage ( shown in pictures )
- side door windows and driver side sunroof don't seal properly and leak water at the car wash
- engine shakes at about 1500 rpm's but is smooth at any other rpm range, i believe the carburetor just needs adjustment/ tuning but i don't know as i haven't looked into it yet.

overall this is a great car with lots of potential and i would love to keep her if i could. i reserve the right to end the auction at any time.

Vin # information : 1980 pontiac base firebird, sport coupe, 3.8L 231 cu. in., Van Nuys CA, Paint code - WA7116 ( bright blue ) 


On Mar-26-14 at 17:06:38 PDT, seller added the following information:

 this firebird is not a show car just yet, it needs some work to make it perfect but still a great daily driver on good condition for its age. this car has been my daily driver but i no longer have enough money to keep her. the engine ive found out thanks to a fellow ebayer, is what i belive to be the original buick 231 v6 with a replaced 4 barrel carb instead of a two barrel. it runs good and starts every time, it doesent do terible on gas considering the year it was made, still torquey for a v6. the th 350 automatic transmission shifts perfectly. currently has only 61,413k miles, the TX registration is good until 6/14. 2nd owner since purchased new in California, Ive put more than $2,000 in her since purchased,
Pros:
- new alternator in 2012
- new fuel pump in 2013
- new u joints in 2012
- re-pained dark blue in 2011
- new turn signal relay 2013
- new upholstery in 2013
- new carpet in 2012
- replaced tires in 2013, they still have lots of tread
- custom sunroof with removable glass
- rebuilt transmission in 2013
- front brake rotors re-surfaced in 2014
- new battery in 2014
- pioneer radio with cd, usb, aux interface
- full tune up in 2012 ( new spark plugs, wires, timing, belts, thermostat, carburetor rebuilt )
- AC works ( not perfect ) has been recharged/ retrofitted to R-134a
- exhaust from a 400 firebird put in 2013 ( sounds awesome )
- trans am firebird fender scoops
- radiator and gas tank cleaned out in 2012
- all fluids replaced ( antifreeze, motor oil, trans. fluid, power steering, brake fluid, gear oil in rear end )

Cons:
- there is a dent on the passenger fender just above the wheel well
- reverse lights don't work
- cruise control dosent work
- paint has small chips throughout that have been touched up
- currently has no headliner or dome lamp
- front nose has some minor damage ( shown in pictures )
- side door windows and driver side sunroof don't seal properly and leak water at the car wash
- engine shakes at about 1500 rpm's but is smooth at any other rpm range, i believe the carburetor just needs adjustment/ tuning but i don't know as i haven't looked into it yet.

overall this is a great car with lots of potential and i would love to keep her if i could. i reserve the right to end the auction at any time.

Vin # information : 1980 pontiac base firebird, sport coupe, 3.8L 231 cu. in., Van Nuys CA, Paint code - WA7116 ( bright blue ) 

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A case for Pontiac's return

Wed, Apr 5 2017

Sadly, many brands have disappeared off of the automotive landscape over the decades. Many people have imagined over the years of restarting defunct automotive brands. A few of those dreamers even made prototypes to shop around and to established connections with investors. But, alas poor Yorick, however valiant an effort, many brands are shuttered for good, rarely to be heard of again except in historical tales or maybe seen in car shows. So, what do you do when you win the lottery? Not just any lottery... In fact, it is a lottery that takes care of you and your loved ones for life? You and your family don't have to work, ever. You can give to charity, pay other people to do those projects that you've been putting off, and so on and so on. But, you're still a Car Nut right? There begins the conundrum. Do you buy and fix cars, new premium cars, old muscle cars, or classics, or maybe, just maybe, do you buy the rights to an old departed automotive brand and bring it back to life. Hmm. Which brand? The problem with the old Pontiac was that it was an additional badge engineered vehicle in the portfolio of GM. The meant the brand was diluted by competition from its own parent company, in addition to the competition outside the camp. So, if it were to come back, it would have to be different. Yet, it would still need to keep true to its roots at the same time in order to wake up its armies of existing fans. Even those that aren't fans of Pontiac cannot deny that Pontiac has a long heritage of legendary vehicles. So do Packard, and Studebaker, and others. So, why would a lottery winner choose Pontiac as the marque to bring back? That's easy! Pontiac's long heritage is closely tied to performance vehicles that made many of a teenager drool. Even more important though is that Pontiac is still fresh on people's minds. The brand itself is only recently departed. So, Boomers, Generation X, and Millenials all would all be able to identify with it as opposed to brand names that disappeared multiple decades ago and that now have a more limited appeal. The return of Pontiac couldn't just be another launch of a badge engineered vehicle. It would have to be performance oriented, yes. But, it would have to be unique in some way, a niche brand. What niche though? Look at the automotive landscape now and you see that Tesla is the one out there grabbing at the wide open electric niche with success.

GM doing fine at retaining Pontiac owners

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This isn't the first time we've reported positive news about General Motors retaining former Pontiac owners. Get a few more stories like this latest report from Edmund's Auto Observer, and it will mark an ongoing positive trend for GM. Edmunds.com crunched the numbers to see how well the General is hanging on to customers after shutting out the lights at Pontiac, and it found that nearly 40 percent of Pontiac owners stayed with a vehicle from a General Motors brand.
The numbers are a little lower than an earlier R.L. Polk & Company study, but Edmunds says General Motors is keeping more former Pontiac buyers than it has since 2007. Most are turning to vehicles from Chevrolet, especially during January and February of 2011, when GM incentivized Pontiac owners to stay under the umbrella. Those moves seem to have worked, and 28.1 percent of Pontiac owners trading up made the jump into a Bowtie.
Buyers that have gone elsewhere have largely stayed loyal to Domestic automakers, with Ford picking up the most conquests from Pontiac, with 9.4 percent switching. Toyota and Honda picked up 7.4 percent of the pool of former Pontiac drivers. The numbers are defying any predictions that Pontiac buyers would completely exit the General Motors fold, and have climbed up closer to parity with the retention figures of other GM brands from a 2009 low of only 16 percent retention.

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