Sitting on 4 brand new 255/50 R15 Goodrich G Force sport tyres The body had a complete brand new one piece floor with toe boardsīoth quarter panels and rear outer wheel well’s replaced with stock GM panels
1969 pontiac firebird full#
It can only described as near to mint as you can get.Īt the time of the rotisserie rebuild it was fitted with a Pontiac 350 V8 but the original factory engine is with the car, although it will need a full rebuild.Īt the time of the restoration it had all new body and suspension rubbers was fitted with an energy suspension kit.Īll front end suspension and steering rebuilt using all new parts.įront drum brakes were replaced with discs and pads.Īll brake hoses and pipework replaced with new. Subject to a full frame off, no expense spared restoration 2 years ago. This beautiful Firebird is one if the first generation to be built. The car has a Fischer Body Unit No 523,224 and was built in the 2nd week of February at the Lordstown Ohio Plant. It was then we were able give her a good run out on the A14 and A12.Ĭoming soon: Pontiac Firebird 1969įinished in original Carousel Red with Parchment interior. Instead we loaded up the trailer and took a de-tour to the local garage to get some air. She fired up first time and if it wasn’t for the fact that the nearside rear tyre was completely flat we would have driven her back from the docks to our Pettistree workshops. Once the containers had been offloaded and signed in we were able to collect the car. She had been at sea for a number of weeks taking the trip over from Canada but a couple of days prior to the phone call we were expecting the ship to be arriving. …when we received the phone call from Ian at Schumacher Cargo Logistics to confirm the arrival of our 1969 Pontiac Firebird into Felixstowe docks. 600 were made with an optional sun roof.Īt the time, the list price was a cool £5,599, another 30 years on, the car is a true British classic, with prices heading in one direction from now…upwards!
1969 pontiac firebird manual#
Of the 3,000 produced for the UK, 2,000 were in Cherry Red and 1,000 were Black 2,800 were manual and 200 had an automatic gearbox. The black and red half-leather interior was common to both car colours.
Fitted with the 998cc engine, it was offered in Cherry Red (COG-BLVC843) or black (PMA-BLVC90) and was fitted with chrome bumpers and grille, a dedicated Coachline set and 1959-1989 crests, a security coded stereo and a set of Minilite-style alloy wheels. Launched in June 1989, the limited-edition Mini Thirty (30) celebrated the car’s 30th birthday and was based on the Mini Mayfair. We even bumped into our 1 969 Pontiac Firebird, still looking as good as the day she left our workshops. And whilst in Southwold we couldn’t resist a trip to the beach too.Īnd we weren’t alone in our beach trip. It keeps you active.”Īlyn Edwards is a classic car enthusiast and partner in Peak Communicators, a Vancouver-based public relations company.On a beautiful summer’s day we took a trip out to the coast, to inspect our 1990 Austin Mini 30. “I tell people who retire to get an old car and restore it. I keep it licensed all year so I can go to as many car shows as I can including the Christmas cruise,” he says. “I’ve always liked the car so I never sold it.
Top of his list is the Christmas Classic Car Cruise through Steveston with an end-of-the-year show in the Gulf of Fraser Cannery parking lot. The octogenarian owner drives the car to several shows a year. His car has traveled only 71,000 miles since new.
The restoration cost more than 12 times what he originally paid for the Firebird, coming in at $72,400. He left the welding in of new rear fenders and the painting in the original Carousel Red (which looks very orange) to the professionals. Article contentĭrawing on mechanical skills from working on cars back in the day, Graham attacked the restoration of his Pontiac Firebird 350 H.O. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.