I have a different source that agrees with the 4,466 Firebird 350 H.O. production. That source is Hemmings Classic Cars March 2014 issue. For anyone with a 1969 Firebird I highly recommend buying a back issue. It's very informative.
Thank you for this info too. I've just got the Rotella book (thanks to Jim) and I'll try and get a look at this as well. Thank you. The references I have found to 100+ 350 HO verts in that year are all internet anecdotes, not referenced sources.
Originally Posted by Jimc2002
Thanks for posting the pictures. And yes, I LIKE that car. Enjoy your new Firebird.
Rotella's book is a pretty good one about the 1st Gen.
I know I found it "interesting" driving in Australia when I was there after well over a million miles and many decades on the left of the car and right of the road in the US. As an Australian Firebird owner coached me, (paraphrasing) "If you look out your side window and see the curb, your in trouble". But in a month there, I only went in one shopping center exit.
Before my current firebird, I had a '68 vert (photo below). It was a RHD. Trouble was the geometry of the car didn't seem right. The car didn't handle properly at all. I had to get rid of it in the end. Very sad. When I got the '69 I decided on a LHD, because the it hasn't been butchered. Driving LHD on the left side of the road is actually very easy when you get used to it. Some people here think it's a bit unsafe, but I can't see that myself. There are times when being on the left side of the car is safer and other times when it's not. But surprise, surprise the same is true sitting on the right.
