Thought to be completely original and never restored, this Firebird may be a rare sight for more reasons than one. Appearing impeccable inside and out this ’67 Firebird is a like a dream come true. Although many of us dream of V8 muscle cars, this ‘Bird packs a smoking gun in the form of an OHC inline 6. In excellent shape, this Firebird has been bid up to $12,200. Take a look at it here on ebay out of Baltimore, Maryland.
Although many of you may have been hoping to find a V8 under the hood, this car packs a rather unique and cool engine known as the “Super Sprint 6” which is a rather fancy 230 cubic inch overhead cam inline 6 that can produce numbers upwards of 215 horsepower when equipped with the Quadra-jet Carburetor. The 6 cylinder weighs less than a V8 and offers fair power to be “comparable” to what would have been a stock V8 option. The engine compartment is very tidy, but could stand some detailed cleaning to really make it shine. The mileage is listed at 48,000 miles, and from looking over this car it certainly seems feasible.
The golden interior is nice with only a few minor details that detract from it appearing as new. The driver side carpet area is a bit dingy but I am willing to bet with some determination and a solid shampoo job, that the carpet could be cleaned up nicely. The remainder of the interior looks great, with no major issues obvious from the photos. The only other issue that I can see is that there are a few cracks in the steering wheel. Beyond that this ‘Bird looks close to new.
Breath taking, gorgeous, and fantastic, have you ever seen such a solid first generation Firebird? The paint is radiant with its mirror like finish. The photos reveal no real issues with this muscle classic. The rockers and quarters look like they did when leaving the factory. That is not to say that this car hasn’t been repainted, but the seller describes the car as 100% original and un-restored. If that is really the case, this Firebird seems more than worthy to appear in a museum, or in the careful care of a privateer. With its excellent appearance inside and out, would you jump on the opportunity to own this 6 cylinder muscle car?
Gone
I guess someone already scooped this one up…and rightfully so…this one was a beauty….
I always wondered why I didn’t see more of these on the used market. They were excellent little cars esp with the 4 speed. I owned a 68 Tempest Sprint, while bigger, still ran well with the Quadrojet powered over-head cam 6. Loved that car!!!! In the day there were several manufacturers making hop up items for them and they could be tweaked pretty well….I’m at work or I’d post a pic!
I am restoring a 68 tempest except mine has the 400 in it I love the car though. and it is the tempest sport.
Well, shucks! No conversation or asking price. Really disappointed. Just got the pic and this one really perked up my ears. Was really interested. Oh, well, just not to be.
Nice looking ride but it sold quickly as was the case with other cars in recent days on Craigslist and E-Bay that were featured here on BF.
Hope it was a good as it looked.
I’m not a huge fan of this era Firebird, but I have admit that for a few seconds I was reconsidering my decision to get a new roof on my house this spring. Glad it’s sold!
“Replace rotten roof vs purchase ’67 Firebird” = EASY decision, if not very responsible!
I would have purchased the firebird then as fast as possible flipped that puppy for a profit…so a monsoon hits flooding you out I recant, great choice fix that roof!
The car is perfect as is with the 6 cylinder. I hope the new owner knows that.
Very nice Firebird, I saw a 67 GTO last summer at a car show that had the OHC 6 cylinder. Told the owner I had no idea you could get one in a GTO, he said it was all original and a special order car.
JW, I wasn’t aware a six came with a goat however, as I’ve been learning from the gang on this site anything is possible with special order. Unless, this person was economie minded I find it difficult to vision a six in the engine bay, almost sacrilegious!
I don’t believe a 6 cylinder was offered in the GTO. You’re probably thinking of a LeMans or a Tempest.
No way a 67 GTO was equipped with the OHC 6, probably a lemans sprint.
Dad’s first Firebird. This exact car even down to the wheel covers and Sprint OHC6 option. He traded a Corvair Lakewood wagon on this car at Bendall Pontiac in Alexandria Virginia (the first of many).I remember him “sprinting” us kids around the block in it. Only difference was his came with red wall tires.
What a fun car that would be with a 4:11 rear and a 6 speed trany.
Nice car, although I don’t this this engine was a Sprint. Even in lo-po form, they went surprisingly well, when attached to a four-speed.
Sadly, in the days of Big Block V8s, the perky little Chevy-based six was pretty much ignored.
The OHC head was an evolution of the stillborn Cadillac V12 project of the early 1960s. I know someone who worked on the latter (dumped for cost reasons and considered ‘unnecessary’) and we’ve talked about both engines in detail.
What a beautiful car, and great to see without a crate engine shoehorned into it. Damn that sold fast! Love the first gen Firebirds !
Seems a shame to hook a Sprint 6 up to a 2-speed automatic. Would this have been a Powerglide since the bottom end of the engine was Chevrolet? Or a Super Turbine 200 like the Pontiac V-8s had?
The bottom end of the Pontiac OHC6 was NOT a Chevy block, unique to that motor.
I would have jumped on this ASAP sad to see it gone!!
I had thought the sprint had an aluminum cam cover.
It isn’t really a “cover”. It’s more like a cam carrier, and it’s aluminum.
Picture stolen from Hemmings.
JW, I wasn’t aware a six came with a goat however, as I’ve been learning from the gang on this site anything is possible with special order. Unless, this person was economie minded I find it difficult to vision a six in the engine bay, almost sacrilegious!
A friend of mine had one. And he and I had to walk 10 miles in the middle of the night to his house because in trying to show me the power of the engine he inadvertently left the rear end scattered in parts over 100 feet of the road. The engine sounded like a 6 but went like an 8. I would think properly set up they would eat up a V8 in road race with plenty of curves.
My Great Uncle had one of these; red with a black vinyl top, and a power glide. It also had a fold down back seat. After getting above about 2,500 rpm, that car would really move !
Great car. Great photos…..finally. i would like to see the other 67-68 Firebird under the cover in the driveway!
Not sure the car came with the optional rocker and wheel well trim but any option combo back then was possible. looks nice with it. Has power steering but that is about the only option aside from the trim that I see.
Under door photo on passenger door is kind of weird in that it is either cracking or flaking???
really nice car.
If that engine was that good why did it disappear seemingly so quickly.
Money. They cost more to build than a conventional OHV 6 cyl engine and were a low volume engine. I still to this day think Chevrolet would have been better off using this engine with two cylinders less to put in the Vega rather than the POS they came up with. Since being built off a Chevrolet 6 cyl block it would have been no problem to transfer this over to 4 cyl block that was available in the Nova. All the legwork had been done.
It was also hard to sell a 6 cylinder engine as a performance engine.
What we take for granted today was innovative back then and people didn’t want to take the chance of problem on a new car.
Sold fast for three reasons
Low mileage original
Price
Extremely rare car
I have only see one these in person and that was in 1969. None seen till this one
I had a ’67 that I bought off the show room floor for $2,500 (SOB!) Unfortunately it was T-Boned by a guy running a stop sign in 1969.
The OHC Sprint engine made for a much better balanced car than the nose heavy V8s and still had plenty of power. With a four seed, which mine had, it was a really fun car to throw around on twisty roads.
If this was truly a Sprint package it should have had a hood mounted tachometer, one of the truly useful gimmicks to come out of Pontiac.