New member here and I figured I'd start a new thread even though we all seem to be looking for that '68 bird in this section. I'd love to find a '68 coupe, preferably numbers matching, but slightly tweaked is ok too. The short story is I've been in the middle of a frame-off restoration of my '71 Camaro for about a year now and I need to switch gears so to speak. This project is ballooning out of control and I think I need to put it aside for a while to keep my sanity. Anybody have any leads on something complete or very close to it? Any help would be appreciated.
I was thinking there might be a picture from another thread here.
Sorry, that was not a serious answer to your question.
1968 400 Coupe, verdoro green, black vinyl top 1968 400 Convertible, verdoro green, black top 1971 Trans Am, cameo white, auto 1970 Buick Skylark Custom Convertible 350-4(driver)
The search is much easier and faster if you are not particular about numbers matching.
If you are just looking for a short term ownership for immediate gratification, numbers matching won't be a benefit if you spend the right money for what you want.
Vikki 1969 Goldenrod Yellow / black 400 convertible numbers matching
I bought my 69 vert 11 yrs ago...its not numbers matching at all....nobody that sees it seems to care...I dont care...I enjoy driving it and [people enjoy seeing it....the numbers match imo is just for 'collectors', and will cost a bunch more....if you just want to enjoy it and have fun....just buy a car you like!
Nmbr mtch is only an issue when you go to sell, then everyone who is a potential buyer but really isn't going to buy a car, and who has seen too many auctions on Speed Channel, wants to tell you the reason they are not ready to buy your car is b/c it is not mtch nmbr. After you hear that from 4 or 5 time wasters (lets be frank) you will bemoan you don't have that nmbr mtch car. But as luck would have it when you sell it, the guy that actually produces the cash is not concerned about mtch nmbr. Anytime I sold a car that wasn't and someone b!tched that they had to pass when they found out about the car NOT being mtch nmbr, I had a simple way to call their bluff- I offered them my 400 HO car with correct #s and of course then it was the color that was wrong, or the price was a little too high. So unless you are going concors and want top $ for the car, it makes no difference!
1969 Firebird 350 Coupe, Rust free Texas body, formerly brown, now a TA clone with quality spoiler, latching hood and TA wheel; 1969 GTO Convertible Expresso Brown/Parchment(currently painted red). Both numbers matching. My first love was a Cameo White 67 326 Coupe, bought back in 1983, at the age of 17, for $1,200. Been hooked since on PONTIAC! Working on a 67 400 ragtop for customization-Gulf Turquoise/Parchment/400/4 spd! My winter project!
I agree! Numbers matching is way over used and over emphasised by people who probably don't even own any "collector cars".Even some of the best numbers matching cars out there probably have more non-original (parts that were not originaly on the car) than some "drivers" have. Not to mention cars that have had the numbers changed just so that they could say that they are numbers matching. Buy for enjoyment, have some fun, let the investors worry about all the numbers crap.
Oh they stamp blocks all the time, there are machinists out there that supposedly specialize in that for all the RA and Judge guys who have the 6 figure cars. Those RA engines are not around in the cars much anymore so they need to be "made to order!"
1969 Firebird 350 Coupe, Rust free Texas body, formerly brown, now a TA clone with quality spoiler, latching hood and TA wheel; 1969 GTO Convertible Expresso Brown/Parchment(currently painted red). Both numbers matching. My first love was a Cameo White 67 326 Coupe, bought back in 1983, at the age of 17, for $1,200. Been hooked since on PONTIAC! Working on a 67 400 ragtop for customization-Gulf Turquoise/Parchment/400/4 spd! My winter project!
Our cars have been around for 40+ years. If a car has the original engine and is topped off with the original blinker fluid then great, its a very rare car indeed and probably should be in a museum. But these cars were built to be driven and in most cases driven hard. No one had any idea what they would be worth some day or they would have made a hell of a lot more of them; they would have all been moth balled and now would be worth a lot less.
Here's my take after wrestling with what to do with my non-numbers RA. Would I like to have the original engine in my car? Yes. Would I like to have a non-original but correctly numbered engine for my car? Yes. But more than the latter I would be happy with a service replacement engine for my car. Had I owned my car at the age of three and blew up the motor back in the day, I would have taken it to the local Pontiac service center and that is what they would have put in it. How could that be any less "correct"? These cars are mechanical devices, parts will wear out or break.
So with that in mind I'm going to start the restoration on my car and get it back on the street where it belongs and where any Pontiac 400 with my RA setup will make me happy.
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