How about a rust free 1969 Firebird with a 455 for $3,000? What’s the catch? First, I don’t believe the first generation Firebird had a 455 engine option. Next, you’ll have to clean out the seller’s garage. You get to keep the 4 new wheel dollies. It will be awhile before they are needed, though. You’ll find all this listed on craigslist in Stockton, California. There’s no VIN provided so there is no way to verify how this car was equipped when built.

Here’s the floor, or at least the driver’s side. It looks solid and bare. There’s definitely going to be lots of work to be done here, but at least you won’t have to cut and weld.

Here’s the engine, or at least the block. On the bright side, we can see it isn’t stuck or much else, actually. Can anyone tell from here whether it might be a 400?

Here’s the subframe. The creeper is also included but, of course, it will be awhile before you’ll have anything to crawl under. Do you think there is any chance the seller has all the parts? There are no pictures of any carefully bagged and labeled parts, just buckets with bits in the bottom. Could this Firebird be anything more than a parts car? Perhaps the remains could be used to rebuild a rusty or bent Firebird. The first step would be to verify the VIN. There should be one on the cowl and one under the dash where the fan would be. The block number provided doesn’t tell you much, except perhaps the “Y” indicates an automatic. On some GM cars, the last six numbers of the VIN might be there, but on Pontiacs, I think the number is on the front of the block near the bottom. If the VIN doesn’t come back as stolen, the metal work on the body is OK and you have deep enough pockets this Firebird would be rebuilt. There are, of course, many sources for parts, including hardware kits. It will be interesting to see if any of our readers have any ideas (besides “walk away”).