Hi everyone. I have tried to find this in the forums. I have read a variety of articles out there discussing the 1969 Convertible Firebird equipped with the 350 H.O. engine.
Many are quoting that the production of convertibles equipped WITH this 350 H.O. engine option were only 112. This number is referred to from a variety of articles....speaking of different cars out there.
PHS says they do not have a breakdown of coupes vs. convertibles....only the well known production #.
2,670 XC coded 350 H.O. engines were produced and installed, 2455 WN 350 H.O. and just 2 YR 350 H.O.
That's 5,127 TOTAL 350 H.O. engines.
There were 74,673 coupes.....11,641 convertibles.
There are lots of other production # details out there though so I could see how someone may be able to ascertain the number from analyzing the overall production stats.........and I'm wondering if someone out there either has one of these cars (as I do) and knows how the 112 # was derived....or can point in the proper direction.
Nice car! Have you used the search field on this site? There are posts that go back a number of years.
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I have never seen production figures on the 350 H.O broken down by hardtop vs. convertible. I think someone just extrapolated those numbers from the total 350 H.O. production long ago, and everyone has used that since. I have the Simmonds sheets for the 1969 OHC-6's and for the Firebird Ram Air cars, but have never seen one for the 350 H.O.'s. So in short, the breakdown of auto vs. stick is well known, but not by body style.
I also have the engine production sheets for 1969, broken down by engine code. I think that's what PHS based their figures on long ago.
Thank you Mike. Interestingly I used your site quite a bit when I was researching some cars. I almost bought a 400 car and found your detail on that car really useful.
I couldn't find it listed on your site. I have seen the engine production #'s by engine code.
Would you share the Simmonds sheets as well as the numbers for automatic vs. manual transmission. I have not seen this yet and it may help as I narrow things down.
