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1979 firebird

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The sale includes a Pontiac Historic Services build document. Formula Coupe were available in 1979 (7 versions, see below for more details): Pontiac Firebird Formula 4.9-litre V8 2-bbl automatic (aut. Additionally, the PWH suffix on the same pad stamping corresponds with the L78 400ci engine.Īdditional photos are presented in the gallery below showing the suspension, chassis, and driveline, as well as corrosion on portions of the mechanical components.ĭocumentation includes a window sticker displaying a total price of $8,564.55 along with factory options and specifications. The following versions and sub-models of Pontiac Firebird 2nd-gen. The engine stamping shown above includes the sequence 29L162536, which matches the ending sequence of the vehicle’s chassis number. The car is one of 321 Formula examples equipped with this powertrain combination according to the selling dealer.

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The numbers-matching 400ci L78 V8 was rebuilt at the time of the refurbishment, and power is sent to the rear wheels through a four-speed manual transmission and a limited-slip differential. The five-digit odometer shows under 57k miles, approximately 100 of which have been added by the selling dealer. The three-spoke steering wheel sits ahead of an engine-turned instrument panel housing a 100-mph speedometer, a 6k-rpm tachometer with an inset analog clock, and auxiliary gauges. Interior equipment includes air conditioning, a Delco AM/FM stereo, optional door handle ornamentation, and the pedal trim package. The cabin features black vinyl covering the front bucket seats, and matching trim covers the dashboard, door panels, and rear seats. The vehicle is equipped with the WS6 Performance Package, which included power four-wheel disc brakes, a quick-ratio steering box, and a larger sway bar. Features include a dual hood scoops, a rear spoiler, louvered tail lights, ‘screaming chicken’ and Formula graphics, and paired chrome exhaust tips exiting behind each rear wheel.Ĭast-aluminum 15″ snowflake wheels wear Firebird-logo center caps and are mounted with older Goodyear Polysteel radial tires, which the selling dealer states are in need of replacement due to age. The car was delivered new in Starlight Black (19U) and was stripped and repainted during prior ownership according to the selling dealer. Reported to be the sole example sold new in California for the model year with this powertrain combination, this Firebird Formula is now offered with a window sticker copy, PHS documentation, a copy of High Performance Pontiac featuring the car, and a clean Michigan title. It was first delivered to Bob Warren Pontiac in Manhatten Beach, California and was previously owned by the selling dealer, whom subsequently re-acquired the car in 2021. The car is equipped with a numbers-matching 400ci L78 V8 that is paired with a four-speed manual transmission and a limited-slip rear axle equipped with 3.23:1 gearing. This 1979 Pontiac Firebird Formula underwent a mechanical and cosmetic refurbishment while under prior ownership in 2011, and work is said to include rebuilding the engine, repainting the exterior, and refreshing the interior.

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rum-dum-dee-dum · 3 years

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#formula #firebird #pontiac #2nd gen muscle

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gcaussie · 6 years

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My Ponti Girl

#pontiac #firebird #formula400 #downunder #australia #american muscle #musclecarpics #musclecar #muscle car #classiccar #classic #classic car #cruisin #gm #2nd generation #2nd gen #ramair

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oldmotors · 4 years

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It sure is yellow! And appropriately so, since this is a Pontiac Firebird “Yellowbird,” a one-year-only special model for 1980, RPO W73. By this time the 2nd-gen Firebird was ten years old and had been freshened at least three times, acquiring its latest front and rear treatment a year earlier. Having survived a brush with cancellation in 1974, the latter half of the 1970s were a bonanza for Firebird sales; helped in part by the famous association with “Smokey and the Bandit.” 1979 was the car’s best-ever year, with more than 211K sold. With so many flying off the lots, there was a combination for every buyer even in depressed 1980 - and starting in 1977 Pontiac launched a series of “color” specials, the #Yellowbird being the final iteration. The new specials were aimed specifically at Women - by Pontiac’s estimation 30% of Firebird customers by 1976. There were color editions of the Trans-Am, but it was the quieter Esprit that got the color editions - previewed by a concept “Blue Bird” model in powder blue at the 1976 Chicago Auto show. A hit with showgoers, the idea became the 1977 “Sky Bird,” which telegraphed what was to come. The Sky had elaborate pinstripes and a special (very 1970s) bird decal on the B-pillar. It came in Lombard Blue, a color not shared with the other Firebirds, with darker blue accents on the bottom and a blue interior. The car used Pontiac’s new “snowflake” wheels, color-coded to the car, a design that spring from Bill Porter’s studio just like the earlier “honeycomb” Firebird wheels and the overall design itself. The Skybird was a moderate success, and returned in 1978 - but was replaced at mid-year by the next version, the Red Bird - which executed a similar treatment in a deep red scheme, now with optional T-tops. The Red Bird, which used a regular Firebird color with gold graphic accents, continued into 1979 before giving way to 1980’s Yellow version, which once again used a unique color and got some of the “gold” edition Trans-Am’s interior pieces. The interior was tan instead of yellow. A subset of the Esprit, the Color cars were never common but the Yellow, being that only 17,277 Esprits were made in 1980, was the rarest. https://www.instagram.com/p/B_VEp3jly2k/?igshid=1d9ov1imsmki8

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srtlife · 7 years

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SOURCE: @SneakySnakes

SRT Viper Nationals 2K17 | Records Falling!

“1st Viper Andy Wheeler 9.71@139 (set world record) 2nd Viper Elie Bejjani 10.06@141

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1st Viper Jake Thomas 8.25@180 (set world record) 2nd Viper Evan Davis and Drag965 9.35@157

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1st Firebird Jason Grace 7.90@170 2nd Viper Ross Baird 7.82@183”

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lastreetcars · 6 years

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What are your thoughts on this 2nd Gen Pontiac Firebird?🤔Comment below!👇Owned/Built by @skippyzgarage Thank you for the tag! - Follow:@MuscleCarShots - #1973 #pontiac #firebird #400r #transam #formula #photography #superduty #esprit #musclecarshots #picoftheday #classiccar #2ndgen #musclecar #custom #americanmuscle #vintage #hotrod #gm #pontiacpowered #secondgen #classic #v8 #fbody #boosted #ramair #protouring #instagood #photooftheday #photographer From @musclecarshots https://www.instagram.com/p/BmwK99cFF45/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=h5zk3qdc7zz0

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rgarcia415 · 12 years

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#muscle cars #firebird #trans am #2nd gen firebird #Chevrolet #gm #pontiac #Model

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oldmotors · 4 years

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The original #ChevroletCamaro was only a few months old when Chevrolet’s styling studio 2 began working on its replacement. As before, the second-gen Camaro would share a platform with the Pontiac Firebird, but virtually everything external on both was a sharp break from the past. Over the course of the 1970s, the radical new shapes would serve through a very turbulent decade and become all-too-familiar before finally bowing out in late 1981, but in the early days, the future was bright. - Bill Porter’s Pontiac was informed by softer forms found on Jaguars and the like, while Henry “Hank” Haga’s Camaro had a more angular look with a front clip informed by 1950s Ferrari and Maserati racers. Slated for a late 1969 introduction, the pair had the kind of sleek shapes usually associated with Italian Carrozzeria, not Woodward Avenue. Clean and curvy, the complex stampings needed to create them were difficult to tool up - which pushed their introduction back to late February of 1970, being called a “1970+1/2.” - They looked daring and radical and sacrificed, at first, none of the speed of their immediate predecessor. The base models and RS, with less adornment, looked closest to the stylist’s pen, but it was the Z/28 that was the top choice for speed. The original Z/28, of course, had been intended to homologate the car for SCCA Trans-Am racing. On the 2nd-gen, there was less of a direct relationship between racing and road. The Z/28 now used the 350-cid LT-1 shared with the Corvette rather than the specialized 302, now with an optional Automatic. It was no less fast at first, but by 1972 falling compression ratios (for emissions compliance) slowed it down. - The biggest obstacle for the new car though, was that Muscle cars were in decline - emissions was part of that but so were soaring insurance rates and changing tastes. For the first two and a half years, the 2nd-gen Camaro was pretty much everything the designers hoped it’d be, other than a sales success. Sales fell from 235K in 1968 to just ~68K in 1972, a year where production was cut short by labor troubles. The top-spec Z/28 was the worst affected - less than 5,000 were made in 1971, and half that in ‘72. https://www.instagram.com/p/B45Q4GEl7QR/?igshid=1dvfb5ymb4hyr

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