The seller states that what you see in the pictures is what you get! This 1969 Pontiac Firebird is being advertised as a Firebird 400 clone. It is a roller with no engine and is listed for sale here on eBay. There are 4 days remaining in the auction. The car has received 24 bids and reached a price of $8,100. The seller states that the reproduction front fenders are worth $3,000 alone. The Firebird is located in Pennington, New Jersey.
The 1969 Pontiac Firebird was redesigned with the most notable changes to the front and rear ends, alongside slight interior adjustments. The 1969 had a prolonged production spanning 17 months into 1970 due to manufacturing issues with the new second generation model. Unfortunately for Pontiac, the reception to the restyling in 1969 among consumers remained lackluster, resulting in a decline in sales from 107,112 in 1968 to 87,708 total units in 1969. The Ram Air 400 was rebranded as the Ram Air IV with horsepower figures being under-reported. The 400 HO option, known interchangeably as the Ram Air, Ram Air III, or simply HO, witnessed a slight power boost during this period.
The interior is a blank canvas except for the dash and console. Two front bucket seats in poor condition come with the sale. The Pontiac Firebird Trans Am and the Chevrolet Corvette stood as the sole GM high-performance cars to maintain continuous production since their inception. The Camaro Z28 was discontinued in 1975 and 1976. The Trans Am, characterized by its standard HO engine with Ram Air (also known as the Ram Air III), offered the 400 Ram Air IV as the sole alternative, a choice exercised in only 55 coupes. A convertible was also offered in the Firebird and Trans Am.
The seller states tat the body is very solid along with the new fenders. The quarter panels have been replaced along with the cowl panel. A 400 scooped hood was added and a new lower valance has also been installed. The Firebird was originally a 350 cubic inch V8 car with air conditioning.
Blank canvas, yep that pretty much sums it up!
May as well continue the path with a strong 400 and manual transmission. Color of your choice, new interior and get it back down to earth. A nice set of period correct Rally rims and correct suspension components. The car is missing alotta parts and trim, but looks pretty rust free from the pics.
People need to stop doing this crap. Soon nobody will belive you even if you a real one, just like all the fake Snakes.
69 bird is my favorite year. $3k for front fenders?? I put two front fenders with inner fender wells for $1500 on mine. The gas tank is wrong. The filler neck should be about 6 inches long. If the quarter panels were done like the way the floor looks…all of it would need to be re-done. With the production of 87k compared to the 69 Camaro of 300k (I think every Motortrend TV show is either working on a 69 Camaro or you see one in the background), they are very rare birds
The 69 production year was longer due to the strike at GM delaying the changeover to the 70 models. Also, the Corvette is the only GM car that has been in production since it debuted, but even it missed one year, 1983, because the new model wasn’t quite ready for production. The Camaro was out of production several years in the early 2000’s before it was brought back with the retro look body.
This guy is fishing for a sucker. Not enough there for his pricing. Firebirds should bring more than Camaros because there were less of them made, but it isn’t that way.
You will have to fabricate everything missing from the nose you can’t find what’s gone it took me 8 years to find all the correct a/c brackets for a Pontiac 400 I will opt for a finished one and pay the 42k im getting old and don’t have the time required to finish this one I’m guessing a minimum 4+ years at swap meets,flea markets and yard sales in sourcing parts alone
Pretty good looking body and I really like the 69 Firebird but where he states you can buy the wheels for an extra $1,000 after cost of car, Where does the cost of the car end and the cost of the wheels begin? That seems a little odd to me. In my mind it would probably be better just to take his set of rollers and buy your own wheels. I know that Cragers are a little more expensive than the $1,000 he states you will pay but not that much more expensive.
Too much work to be done without a substantial garage to work in
Lotsa work to be done. Some of the front end parts aren’t around. I agree with the gentleman earlier, he’s fishing