Flared fenders! Custom air dam and rear wing! Hood scoops! Lifted rear suspension, Cragar S/S wheels, and side-pipes! That’s at least half the items on the Checklist of Automotive Awesomeness from any High School in the 1970s or ’80s. Simply add fuzzy dice, tie an animal tail to the antenna, install reflector-equipped grounding straps, deer-alerts, and a $25 chrome differential cover and you’ve pretty much got it made. This epic 1967 Pontiac Firebird in Whitestone, New York seeks a new owner (preferably sporting feathered hair) here on eBay where this car will go to the high bidder in a No Reserve auction.
If the rake isn’t gnarly enough, the new owner can turn it up to eleven by using the last open position on those leaf spring shackles. Sure; it needs some body work, but it’s nothing that five gallons of Bondo won’t fix. That rear wing doesn’t look quite right, as if it began life on the tail end of a Camry. The third brake light certainly adds an unwelcome touch of 21st-Century technology. Supposedly the seller found this thing in the garage of the house that they just purchased. They don’t mention how they got a title, but maybe it’s just a way to sell the car without admitting that they committed these atrocities?
I think that carpeting came from Home Depot, but kudos to the seller for tidying up in here. Even a car found in a barn need not look like a crime scene. It appears that whatever car donated these seats with the cloth K-Mart seat-covers had integral seat belts, surely confusing passengers who consumed more than three Fuzzy Navels.
This generation of Pontiac V8 could displace as few as 350 or as many as 455 cubic inches, and the seller believes it’s most likely a 400. A later dual-circuit GM master cylinder suggests an unusual (for High School) interest in stopping a vehicle that no one under 50 ever looked at and asked the question “Is that safe?”
I think I ordered the same fog light from J.C. Whitney when I was 17. Clearly someone deftly ripped the air dam from an unwilling donor vehicle, perhaps in a local junk yard, or perhaps from a poorly supervised neighborhood. Once installed, a true artisan exquisitely fabricated the wrap-around sides using roofing tin and a wanton disdain for symmetry. The air dam’s bottom edge, and perhaps the grille as well, bears scars from driveways, speed bumps, hurled cans of Milwaukee’s Best, and wayward critters. Best of all, no restoration is required; it’s already the perfect intersection of Mad Max and Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Brilliant! What is your high bid for this High School Time Machine?
This is Totally what you’d see in a high school parking lot c. 1976. I can almost hear Kansas’ Carry on Wayward Son blaring through the windows. Please don’t “restore” it, ultimate buyer.
I could be wrong. But if I remember correctly a 1967 Firebird could be had with a 326 V8 also. The car looks solid. (I know that is a scary statement on a New York vehicle.) I think that a restore/resto-mod/humanize project on this car could be somewhat painless.
I have a soft spot in my head for these old birds. The part owner and general manager of the Pontiac store that I worked at in the early 70s always had one of these in used car inventory for his wife to drive. (she loved those convertibles) Hence I used those birds to teach his kids (now like family) to drive. Many of evening driving around with the top down cruising down Lake Shore Drive. (LSD) (And yes I know the song!)
Indeed, V8 choices were 326, 350 and 400. The 455 came on the next generation ‘bird.
350 didn’t come along until 68.
dont forget the best motor the 428,and the legandary 389,421 older ones
its not hard to know read the numbers by the the distributor,mines a 67
straighten out some of the mess, throw in an ls1 and have a good time with it. Take a lot of work to make a decent resto-most but if the new owner has some skill could be done.
this is nice/beautiful compared 2 some of the crap folks buy at outrageous prices 2 repair [like dodge chargers that only have a title & 1 piece of sheet metal, no motor-trans]
Man could that drivers seat cover be any dirtier. I’d be afraid to sit in it without a hazmat suit on. I’ll pass thanks.
I think that’s coffee, soda and beer mixed in, too.
its when you put everything between your legs…soda, cigs, et al.
Between your legs = the original cup holders
“High” bidder is an absolutely correct description.
“Slipping on by on LSD” Aliota Hanes and Jeremiah…nobody under 50 would get that reference where I went to school in the 70’s it would have been 50 series tires and slapper bars the steering wheel for sure. The one thing it would it have had would be wired in house stereo speakers little less room in the back seat but Black Sabbath can never be too loud!!!
I was thinking more Kiss-Detroit Rock City
And an ostrich feather roach clip hanging from the rear-view mirror!
Stooges – Hard to Beat
Yeah, I can imagine Iron Man blaring through the speakers in a ride like this, I know that’s what I’d done. Absolutely none a that lousy Disco music!
House speakers in the back seat. Ouch! Yeah… I did that…
Yes! House speakers and a bean bag!
Paul Ryan is a bean bag
It wasn’t well executed in the first place. This isn’t a good project nor restoration candidate. It’s a parts car. Some cars are too far gone to be saved, this is a prime example.
Steve R
I have seen great cars from much worse
When you go to pick it up and David Spade answers the door.
This car could be worse. I find it strange that it has 90’s seats and rear spoiler on a car modified in the 70’s early 80’s.
Listed at no reserve, seller might have to pay somebody to take it away!
No title, just a signature on the registration. Hopefully not forged…
NY doesn’t issue a title on cars 73 or older, so the signed reg is probably valid!!!
That poor Firebird, shame on who did this to this poor thing. Bidding at $3,100 … heck I just picked up this 2006 Mustang for $3,500 and all it needed was a EGR valve and a set of tires. It may not be a classic but it’s still a cool ride.
I think this car and your Mustang appeal to slightly different markets.
that is a cool ride for $3,500
Not that cool. Its a v6. Pass!!!!
Man, you guys are tough. Currently with just 1 day left on the auction, it’s at just $3100, with no reserve. All, or most, of the dumb things somebody did to this car, are easy to fix. I think it’s a great deal for a first year Firebird.
Flares are not an easy fix. The seller makes it clear the car needs a full restoration, there are obvious signs of rust, the mechanicals are a question mark. Why bother. Firebirds aren’t particularly expensive, anyone would be wise to start with something better.
Steve R
You got that right about the flares. Door sills / rockers are full of bondo.
Everything will probably need to be gone through to make it a decent reliable driver since there’s no history or even a key for the doors & ignition.
Lots of way better alternatives for less overall work & $$, as Jimmy showed above with his $3500 Mustang.
The only thing I see missing is a giant Sun Super Tach attached to the steering column with a hose clamp. LOL
I can tell you from running sidepipes on my Javelin that those rockers are gone.
Looks like there’s already 50+ lbs. of bondo on it. Strip the bondo and pick up a half a second in the quarter! LOL
Hey did they ever say if it ran or not?
Air conditioned from the factory. Don’t see many with that. Shame about the sunroof flares, etc. The “customizer” was really into molding lights in, including what appear to be 1968 Firebird front turn signal/parking lights.
67 with a 68 front clip. 67 quarters (marker lights in 68 but the marker lights on this car are added on and I believe NOT in the same place the 68 marker light would have been. 68 Marker light hole would have been further back and higher to place the “arrowhead” marker light. 67 doors. Front valance with wrap around light is definitely 68. It doubled as a marker light and a turn signal, pretty sure, because I don’t believe a 68 had a marker light in the front, that wrap around took care of that.. “shell” of the car is same in 67 & 68. That is a 67 center console.
there is a lot of work here to make this vehicle presentable. bondo, flares, rust, air dam, etc……
this is a ’67 but the front valence if from a ’68. the 2 speed transmission means that originally it came with nothing bigger than a 326.
I agree with Todd that this Firebird has all the hallmarks of a 1970s teenage owner. In my town, there was a hunter green 1968 RS Camaro that got the fender flare treatment plus a fiberglass flip up front-end. I try not to be judgmental about modifications that people make to their cars but this one broke my heart. It sat in his garage for years and he turned down every chance to sell it.
I remember them days…Don’t forget to add air shocks to the list. It ain’t cool, unless it’s “Jacked up”. With this car, the first thing I would buy, is a radiator cap, and then find another car to put it on…
Newer internal regulator alternator, master cylinder, many other hacks….kinda scary kids ..
Those aren’t seat covers, they are actually seats from a early 90s Acura Integra.
nobody noticed this is a 68? ( side marker lights)
Well, what year is it.
The doors are 67 with the vent windows, no vents in 68.
The front clip is a 68 with the wrap around lights in the front of the fender/valance.
The rear quarters, well the marker lights introduced in 68, all be them incorrect in style (Pontiac Arrowhead was the style in 68) I don’t think they are in the right spot to have gone into the factory marker light opening.
I have had a number of first get birds. I think this is a 1967 with a 1968 front clip…
Funny story, my first Firebird (not knowing any better) I bought with a buddy in 1984 at 18 years old. 1969 car with 68 doors and a 67 front clip. Took me a while to figure out what I had but the car got newer as I drove by !!!! By the time was done with the car all the body lines matched and looked right, I had a lot of people scratching their heads on cruise nights!!
67-68 doors would not have hung on a 69 Firebird, Tom. Now, I had a 74 Firebird Formula where someone had tried to make a Camaro door work! Now that was a Franken-Bird!
New York State didn’t start issuing titles until the 1973 model year, so selling this isn’t a huge issue, mostly just getting a current NYS registration and a bill of sale.
Just another low buck, salvage yard built beater. Cars from this era were fairly easy to keep on the road, and they were dirt cheap back in those days. Obviuosly somebody put a lot of work into the car. If the car is solid enough I think preserving it as time capsule would be the best idea. Be fun to take it to some snooty “cars and coffee” event.Just be rockin’ a mullet!
I had a 69 Firebird 400 back in those fun days of youth. My friend Ron had a 67 with that overhead cam 6 cylinder.
I don’t believe 68s had vent windows.
Look underneath, my wife’s ’69 Camaro, same basic car, had so much rust underneath that eventually there was nothing left of the unibody to weld the front and rear suspensions to anymore. The warning was you could not shift it when braking since the body would close up, front to rear, and it was running crab-wise since the rear axel was held on by the shocks, the differential/drive shaft and ONE spring end still attached to the unibody. And the rockers were OK. But the area below the rear window had rusted out, looks like that was fixed on this one.
This car needs to be in a movie, as-is.
I laughed like crazy when I saw this ad. I live a few minutes away from this beauty. About 2002-03 my buddy was looking for a project car and this is one of the cars we looked at. I’m not one to run away from a rough car but I couldn’t drag him away fast enough. The engine was out at the time but the car looked exactly the same, this needs a LOT of metalwork. Its loaded with bondo, only God knows what’s hiding under that amazing paint and filler. You’d have to be in love with it to try to restore it and have deep pockets. Talk about a blast from the past!