Yep, its official, me and my father are going off the deep end. We are looking at buying yet another firebird. atm we have a sprint 67 thats being torn down. so we are looking at a big V8 (400) for our second one.

http://edmonton.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicle...QAdIdZ190949524


We have not gone to look closley at it yet, but we are told its had the floors and rockers repaired, its about 80% away from being ready for paint.

He does not know what was in the car origanaly, nor if the hood is origianl or a replacment. It has 350 written where the 400 emblem should be. Some weird canadian quirk? He does know it used to be a 4 speed but now its an automatic. He does not know what engine is in the car now, he knows its not a pontiac or chevy engine. he does know that it is a 350 just not the make. Its a wide engine,thats about all he knows about it. And no PHS yet.

He claims it can be driven home.

It boils down to its a non numbers running car. If the metal is repiared well and in decent shape, what do you guys think it would be worth?

If you mean "as it sits now" - maybe 3k - 4k.

Re-done nicely and complete, $12k - $15k.

$7500 way too much as a starting point.

I agree with 68tpls400, way too much for that condition.

As an aside, though, there appear to be all the right components for a real 400 car, down to the hockey sticks and the bumper emblem. I would guess that the 350 badges on the hood are some tongue-in-cheek attempt at humour.

Have the owner check the trim tag. The hood tach and 400 options are defined on the trim tag.

looking at what I paid for mine (vert) 10 yrs ago...and work needed to finish it (mine...I`d think $5k might be the high end of what you have there

You guys dont waste any time.

I do mean as it sits right now.

Me and my father dont like to share, we each need a car. So i wont be resaling it. I am going to go look at it this week hopefully and get a better idea of the condition.

That would be a neat find, an actual 4 speed 400 car.

Thanks for your guy's thoughts, i want to get it at a fair price.

$3500 sounds like a decent (but not great) deal to me. Myself I like a non-original car as it is a blank canvas - you can do whatever you want without feeling like you are destroying history.

Ray

I think Banshee has a 400 4 spd. for $4K

And here's his REAL phone number: (313)[CENSORED]

Owner thinks its a 350, but not a Pontiac or Chevy......??

yeppers, i am waiting on some pictures. and its painted Pontiac blue, but he is positive its not a Pontiac engine.

I wonder if it might be one of TOHCan's Super Buicks? The only other choice would be Olds.

Thats right, might be a 350 Rocket.

Well, we went and took a good look at it. here is the update for those of you eagerly waiting.

Been garaged 100% of its life so it has surprisingly little rust. He has only had it for a few months. Unfortunately, its been in the ditch at least once. Its passenger side sub frame has been heavily impacted by what appears to be a snow/ice bank. Might be fixable, but will take a bit of work. The body was slightly tweaked in that area as well, but thats an easy fix.

The body itself was pretty straight, with a sunroof that looked decent. Pretty sure it was professionally installed as it looks like a good fit inside and out.

The engine and transmission from this car are the real horrors. It is indeed a olds 350 with a 3 speed auto installed. Even has a custom made drive shaft for it. Block casting number 5549643A, i could not find alot of info on that engine.

The car has sat garaged for 14 years. The engine started right up and even broke the tires loose at 45 Mph.

After driving this hurting car i am very much looking forward to getting mine on the road.... even untouched for 14 years its still a blast to drive.

The engine and tranny where the deal killers here (none pantiac). The rest of the car is in overall not bad shape and is fixable within a reasonable amount of time.

Thanks again for your guy's help with this.