NONE of you will believe what I found in my garage this morning. A truly unique and experimental factory 1967 Firebird 455 Ram Air VII prototype:

I submit as evidence:

Prototype factory experimental 455 engine with unique aluminum intake manifold, cylinder heads and carburetor – each signed by the head of Pontiac Engineering “Vic Edelbrock”.

Prototype factory aluminum 4 core radiator signed by the Pontiac designer “Rodney Red”

Large tube factory headers in an experimental factory coating called “powder coating” WAY ahead of its time. Personally stamped by the assembly worker who installed them, “Doug”

Prototype factory “Ram Air” kit including under hood “air catcher” and unique air cleaner from the famous Pontiac racing sub contractor “Warpath”

Totally unique and one of a kind gloss black underhood finish. None of that sissy 30% gloss black Pontiac put on every other 1967 Firebird.

Experimental factory high bucket racing seats finished in a unique high end vinyl called “Pleather”. Stitching design matches the factory rear seats.

Unique front suspension featuring more experimental racing parts such as “tube – like” control arms from another factory racing parts subcontractor “Global West”. This also include the prototype GM single piston front disk brakes as opposed to the leaky 4-pistion types put on all the other cars.

Totally one of a kind experimental factory DUAL traction bar setup with the mono springs personnel signed in black marker by the female factory installer: “With Love, Monica”. This setup is totally unique as this car came from the factory with the super rare Turbo 4000 auto transmission. Factory documentation says auto 1967 cars NEVER came with dual traction bars!

Complete, rare factory HD 4-pinion 3.55 Safety-Track rear axle also finished in that experimental factory coating “powder coat”.

Complete experimental Rally Gauge cluster with console clock that turned up to be the prototype for the ’68 Firebird instruments (steel blue faces instead of black).

I will follow-up later with my total PROOF of this one-of-a-kind automobile through grainy still photos and jumpy, out-of-focus videos including a complete lack of credible paperwork.

I am only asking $2,000,000 for this totally unique piece of automotive history. First person with the cash in hand at my house gets it!!!

I completely forgot about the factory prototype 15 inch Rally II wheels:



NONE of those wimpy 14 inchers that everyone else got

Experimental 455 engine with prototype aluminum heads, intake manifold and front pulleys:

PROOF!!! Shot of the motor being tested on the dyno at Pontiac Engineering!!!!

Prototype front suspension, disc brakes and experimental gloss back "powder coat" in the subframe:

Dont forget the one of a kind handstamped valve covers and red test coil that never was put into production

I can go 1 better. Unique factory matching red vacuum hoses:

TOTAL PROOF: Prototype Trans Am aluminum rear axle cover - Says "T/A" on it. Undeniable proof!!!

Here's the factory instructions for the experimental '68 Ram Air System:



Factory prototype aluminum radiator:

Here's the ABSOLUTE proof that my car was the protype for the planned, but NEVER produced 1967 Pontiac Firebird 455:



Sorry about it being upside down!

Wow! What a rare car... would you take $80K for it?
Nice pictures!

$80k? That's an insult! I'll give you $160k!!!

Wow! I'm almost convinced. I'd need to see some really dark pics of the inside of one of the rocker panels first though, just be sure.

Oh, come on - those bids ARE WAY TOO LOW for this totally special automobile.

As requested, shaky, dark, blurry door panel and trunk photos on their way. Sure wish I had Photoshop to take all my nice crisp digital photos WAY out of focus.

Also wish I had taken some photos of the factory experimental bondo snakes inside the passenger door panel before I had it replaced!!!

Factory yellow markings still in place I presume...?

Hey, I have that same radiator. And my 67 has Astro Ventilation!

Wow, what dealer was able to get that ordered for you?

Wow, another nut ball...

Maybe you would get higher bids if you posted crappy videos of it on Youtube

What...... no rivets?????

My sources tell me factory rivets didn't show up until the 1969 model year.

THIS JUST IN: NEWLY DISCOVERED PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE!!!

Monster factory front anti-sway bar:



Pontiac Engineering genius Vic Edelbrock's personal signiture on the cylinder head and prototype high performance steel braided hoses:

This car has nut balls? That has to be a rare option. Must be an engineer car.

Mr. Edelbrock's genius also extended to suspension pieces. Here's the totally factory Edelbrock shock. The red paint signifies that this is a factory racing part. If you look even closer, you can see Monica's personal message of affection on the top of the mono leaf spring:



Here's the factory LH traction bar. I have the only factory built car with an auto transmission that has this:

MORE HARD CORE REAL EVIDENCE

All the original floor pans are covered with this thick prototype sound deadening fluid called VB-1X. Took me years to get it chemically analyzed and to track down the manufacturer. This photo also shows a crude copy of the RH traction bar floor reinforcement plate. It MUST be a factory prototype:



Last but not least is the evidence under the carpets. It's a well known fact that Pontiac Engineers chewed gobs of Juicy Fruit gum and that the Pontiac Genius himself, Vic "Vrooom, vroooom" Edelbrock, was a heavy smoker:

Isn't that floor coating the same stuff they use to paint the stealth fighters?

actually ,none of you have the real test car...its mine...the Buick rimmed test car, the real secret car/...anyway the for sale test car subject has been removed to "buried topics"...so was 'his friends' topic.

Let that topic sleep with the fishes

we can always hope , but I doubt it....these types usually dont give up

This thread has shown enough evidence for anyone to make a well educated decision on what has been presented before us. Next weeks topic "how to make your car numbers matching with late model parts"..... Stay tuned!!!!

I hear Mr. Edelbrock later starred in the Marlboro man commercials.

And after that, he was the studly Old Spice dude for a while...

Congratulations on your find. You have a nice piece of history there, I hope you plan on keeping it stock.

Earlybird will chastise you if you don't!

That's easy. I'll just claim the next mod came that way from the factory!

Actually I am pretty much done with all I plan to do besides paint.

Does it have any of the rare front or rear spoilers???

OK, now you've gone TOO FAR!!

I have a protype too!?!? WOW! Anybody interested....will sell for $75,000 cash! today!

Nah, no spoilers.

I have come across documentation that suggests the styling designers clashed with the spoiler engineers over the fact that the trunk mounted "455" could not be mounted (and therfore seen) in the standard trunk lid emblem location.

o, but it can....it will look like the original location from 'afar' ( a fire , in Texas accent!)...I myself placed the 400 emblem in the almost correct location onto my prototypes rear mounted spoiler , (must have been 'factory' as it was there when I bought the car...I`ve got picture to prove it too!
and that non existant 455 most likely had the Buick 'slant' to the emblem too right?