My father in law bought the 69 350 coupe new in 69 and used it as a commuter car. That sounds so funny today. But it was a great cruiser for the 3 days a week he traveled from NY to Philly on Navy business. Apparently the cops were very forgiving of uniformed officers in those days. He would routinely try to "beat his last time".
The old guy loved trains and had a radio that he could hear the engineers talking and knew where and when the trains would be at a known crossing. He would take the grand kids to get ice cream in the Firebird and then they go to selected spots and "bag a train". The kids would love it. Especially when they blew the horn for them. When I got the car after he passed I found a railroad spike on the floor in the back seat. One of the kids must have collected it.
