Took a look at it today.






Posted pictures to my photobucket :
http://s262.photobucket.com/albums/ii106/colorado68/stuff/
They will be the last 21 pics or so (before the cruise ship pic).
The body tag indicates paint was Cameo Ivory with Dark Teal interior. This is a custom paint and not usually seen on 68 Firebirds.
Made in Lordstown Ohio 4th week of June, body number 3,890.
It does have what appears to be a sprint engine, at least the manifold is for a sprint and has the split exhaust with a quadrajet.
The q-jet number is interesting... 17054906 which would usually indicate it's a 1974 Chevy. Also, the date code is odd being 1892, which would have been built the 189th day of 1972. After looking up the number it appears this carb number was used on 68 & 69 firebirds, so a service replacement. Being a q-jet it would only have been for a sprint.
The hood has the OHC emblems but no evidence of Sprint badges on the rockers. The owner has had the car 25 years and been parked since 1991, he’s the third owner. It has been repainted as I saw over spray underneath by the gas tank but appears it was painted exact same color. Maybe it was in an accident?. Some rust in the trunk but not all the way through. It did turn over and start for a second with ether, but wouldn’t stay running. He said it hadn’t been started for 5 years so more likely gas had gone bad.
3 of the 4 cocktail shakers are missing, radio was gone and the burlwood dash plate removed. Aftermarket speakers in the kick panels. Top is dark blue and power, weather stripping was shot throughout. Wheels look good.
A PHS is needed to determine if it’s truly a Sprint, if it is and the driveline matches, this would be a decent buy. Otherwise, the car is overpriced.
The owner didn’t seem to know much about cars and it’s just been sitting in his garage for years. He seemed a little cautious about doing business out of the area but did say I could circulate this information to the FGF group ( I told him about FGF). He’s interested in seeing it go to someone who will restore it.
If someone wanted to run the PHS, enough info is shown in the pictures.
The car is only 20 min from me, so if someone was really interested in this and needed more pictures, I could help out.
Also, the owner said he bought the car 25 years ago with 34K miles and was sure the 44K shown on the odometer was original.. FWIW.