Frequently Asked Questions
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Miscellaneous - Production Totals
Short answer: From the 1969 Firebird Pontiac Engine Production Logs:
| Code | Trans | Count |
|---|---|---|
| WN | manual | 2,455 |
| XC | auto | 2,670 |
| YR | auto (early-prod type?) | 2 |
That’s 5,127 total 350 H.O. engines — so not many originals likely survive. By comparison, 56,052 standard 350 engines were built:
| Code | Count |
|---|---|
| XB (auto) | 11,673 |
| YE (auto) | 35,915 |
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Short answer: The only firm figure is from the 1968 Engine Production Log: 2,099 total Firebird H.O. engines (1,415 4-speed + 684 auto). Everything below is estimated from the coupe-to-convertible ratio:
| Variant | Est. |
|---|---|
| 400 H.O. (coupe & conv) | 2,087 |
| 400 H.O. convertible | 350 |
| 400 H.O. 4-speed | 1,400 |
| 400 H.O. auto | 650 |
| 400 H.O. conv w/4-spd | 250 |
| 400 H.O. conv w/auto | 100 |
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Short answer: More year-by-year information is in the dedicated sections of the First Generation Firebird site:
- 1967: 1967 Pontiac Firebird History
- 1968: 1968 Pontiac Firebird History
- 1969: 1969 Pontiac Firebird History
Fully detailed option breakdowns await a complete database.
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Short answer: The 1968 Ram Air Firebird totals are genuinely uncertain. Fred Simmonds (PMD) once published a matrix listing 12 Ram Air convertibles for 1968, but later it was said the totals are unknown because only RA II VINs (May–Aug 1968) were searched — no full search of RA I (Aug 1967–May 1968) was done. So most figures carry a “?”.
| Variant | Count |
|---|---|
| RA I | 413 ? |
| RA II | 110 |
| RA convertible (total) | 12 ? |
| RA I convertible | 7 ? |
| RA I coupe | 407 ? |
| RA II convertible | 8 |
| RA II coupe | 102 |
| RA I 4-speed | 321 ? |
| RA I auto | 92 ? |
| RA II 4-speed | 98 |
| RA II auto | 12 |
| RA I conv 4-spd | 6 ? |
| RA I conv auto | 1 ? |
| RA II conv 4-spd | 7 |
| RA II conv auto | 1 |
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Short answer: There’s no reliable count of surviving Firebirds — the best you can get is state-by-state registered-car data, and there are likely more first-gens sitting unregistered in garages, fields, and backyards than restored ones on the road.
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Short answer: 1968 Firebird production (some figures from Fred Simmonds/PMD research; others are estimates based on the Engine Production Log and the coupe-vs-convertible ratio):
| Model | Total |
|---|---|
| Coupes | 90,152 |
| Convertibles | 16,960 |
| 400 option | ~21,000 (est.; 21,354 engines built) |
| 400 auto (base) | ~11,000 (est.; 11,151 engines) |
| 400 4-spd (base) | ~7,500 (est.; 7,563 engines) |
| 400 convertible | ~3,500 (est. by ratio) |
| 400 H.O. | 2,087 |
| 400 H.O. 4-spd | ~1,400 (est.; 1,415 engines) |
| 400 H.O. auto | ~650 (est.; 684 engines) |
| 400 H.O. convertible | ~350 (est. by ratio) |
| 400 Ram Air I | ~413 (414 engines) |
| 400 Ram Air II | ~110 (127 engines) |
| 400 Ram Air convertible | 12 (per Fred Simmonds, 7/89) |
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