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That car is on the cover of the latest issue of HPP that came in yesterdays mail.
68' Firebird 400 convertible, numbers matching, solar red w/ deluxe parchment interior. 66' Pontiac Ventura Hardtop 66' Pontiac Catalina Convertible
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Check out that shifter Joe! Now you gotta find the right knob.
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That is a very nice looking Bird.
Wanting a Custom fit in an off the rack world. I don't have time for a job, I just need the money. 
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That's the one i've used for my home puter wallpaper for years. It's one of many on HPP's sight. My 68 was a Verdoro green/black vinyl car. Painted black over red when i bought it  May just have to change it back 
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Doesn't look like you need to change much of anything to get there.
Nice car!
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure. I feel like I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe. 1968 400 convertible (Scarlet) 1976 T/A - 455 LE (No Burt) 1976 T/A New baby, starting full restoration. 1968 350 - 4 speed 'vert - 400 clone (the Beast!) 1968 350 convertible - Wife's car now- 400 clone (Aleutian Blue) (Blue Angel) 2008 Durango - DD 2008 GXP - New one from NH is AWESOME! 2017 Durango Citadel - Modern is nice! HEMI is amazing! 1998 Silverado Z71 - Father-daughter project 1968 400 coupe - R/A clone (Blue Pearl) (sold) 1967 326 convertible - Sold  1980 T/A SE Bandit - Sold
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I keep waiting for someone to post what's not correct about it.
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I keep waiting for someone to post what's not correct about it. License plate... it should have mine on it. 
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Well, I have taken the "list" that you all provided me about my car and what needed to be changed etc. and I am determined to make mine as correct as possible.
Now my wife and I are trying to determine color. And we are down to the final three. Silver again, Vedoro Green or Mayfair Maize.
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My car is way too beat to ever look that good.
Say hello to my leetle friend..Presenting the "FIRETOAD"  
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You have already upgraded your car in so many nice ways, color won't matter except I think it should be a 'stock' color. I don't think the shade of silver you have is a stock color, is it?
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure. I feel like I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe. 1968 400 convertible (Scarlet) 1976 T/A - 455 LE (No Burt) 1976 T/A New baby, starting full restoration. 1968 350 - 4 speed 'vert - 400 clone (the Beast!) 1968 350 convertible - Wife's car now- 400 clone (Aleutian Blue) (Blue Angel) 2008 Durango - DD 2008 GXP - New one from NH is AWESOME! 2017 Durango Citadel - Modern is nice! HEMI is amazing! 1998 Silverado Z71 - Father-daughter project 1968 400 coupe - R/A clone (Blue Pearl) (sold) 1967 326 convertible - Sold 1980 T/A SE Bandit - Sold
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Well, I have taken the "list" that you all provided me about my car and what needed to be changed etc. and I am determined to make mine as correct as possible.
Now my wife and I are trying to determine color. And we are down to the final three. Silver again, Vedoro Green or Mayfair Maize. Green! For more than one reason.... 
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That car is on the cover of the latest issue of HPP that came in yesterdays mail. The car on the cover of the latest HPP is a '67.
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The car on the cover of the latest HPP is a '67. I guess I will have to take a look more closely this evening. Just saw the color and the site posted here and made the assumption.
68' Firebird 400 convertible, numbers matching, solar red w/ deluxe parchment interior. 66' Pontiac Ventura Hardtop 66' Pontiac Catalina Convertible
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I know only because the car belongs to a friend of mine.
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That pic doesn't do Nightshade Green justice. The FGF car show has one: https://firstgenfirebird.org/show/closeup.mv?CarID=15The color is quite different in full sunlight. These pics are better.   I owned a '68 GTO convertible in Nightshade. It's a beautiful green/gray metallic. I wish it was offered for a '69 color.
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That is not the car on the cover of the new HPP. Plum Mist car (Mattison's) and the Autumn Bronze car (Jim Mino's) and Brad, this is your copy since I have a bunch sitting here 
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When my car was painted I asked for and thought I got Palladium Silver. I think what is on my car now is Cortez Silver which I beleive is very close to the Pontiac Palladium. Not sure though...
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I need to find a copy, none of the newsstands around here stock it any more.
That Plum Mist looks entirely different under the lights at Cobo as in the sun in that pic.
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My copy should be in the mail box any time now.
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That Plum Mist looks entirely different under the lights at Cobo as in the sun in that pic.
I think it's just a poor repro of the magazine cover, here's an actual pic of the same car. 
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That's more like it. Nice pic!
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That pic looks like my OHC vert, um, when I started it the other day.  Kinda like the dog dish red line look. In the new HP they had a shootout with 2 birds running those little tires and rims. Both got in the 12's.
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That Plum Mist looks entirely different under the lights at Cobo as in the sun in that pic.
I think it's just a poor repro of the magazine cover, here's an actual pic of the same car. Yeah, I think they enhanced the cover pic a little to make the car look more purple? Brad, you've seen it and it's not that purple at all. The pics inside for the article show the color better
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Especially since on the cover that autumn bronze car looks to almost be red.
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Jim's car is sweet!! He has another RAII autumn bronze FB that he's finishing up too
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