i think thats a '68 in the taco thing. i didnt see any vent windows. theres another commercial w/ a first gen bird sitting in a suburban driveway. i forget what its for. i love seein' these cars on tv. when i get mine back on the road, its going to every event i can get it to....dents, scratches, and all.
The other commercial is for Target, I think. An orange 68 firebird in driveway while the icecream truck drives by. It's right at the beginning of the commercial. Don't forget the firebird in the movie "devil's advocate".
OK, in addition to my 69 Orange 400/4-speed convertible, I have a 71 Red Pantera. There's really no comparison between the two cars. The FB is a crowd favorite and always gets compliments. It's a beautiful car. However, the Pantera, with super wide GT5 flairs and spoiler sits in the garage about belt high to the FB. It's very much cooler, faster, more exotic, and meaner with 345/45/15 rear tires on 13" wide wheels. It's ridiculously better handling than the FB which ain't in the same league. Both cars are fun to drive. The FB can hold its own against most 69 era cars and its a nice driver/sometimes show car. I drive the Pantera when I want to kick some butt.
And with that being said. Where are the other 2596 being hidden at Hummmm? Who cares what stage yours is at. Like HPP said drive it ugly. Get out and enjoy your piece of American muscle!!!!!!!!
Ok, where are all the early Firebirds? At the Pontiac/Oakland car show on 7/20 in Waterford MI, there were only 2 FBs, a modified 69 with a Chevy 454 crate engine (started life as a 6 cylinder) and a so-so 68 convertible. There was an additional 69 convertible in the parking lot. Lots of GTOs, a GT-37 and many big Pontiacs going back to the 1930s and one Oakland. There was even a 65 Pontiac Acadian (from Canada) which looked like a Frankenstein Malibu. The guy also has another one with a 327 factory engine. I was disappointed in the number and quality of the first generation FBs that showed up. So where are they. Do they really exist?
The Trans-Am Nationals in Dayton, Ohio in August is probably the place to see Firebirds. I could not go last year, but in 2001, they had 15-20 first generation birds, and 3 times as many 2nd gen birds. There were a couple of completely original cars. Good place to get pictures of what "stuff" is supposed to look like.
IM GOING TO HAVE MY 68 400 READY FOR HOT AUGUST NIGHTS HERE IN HOBBS N.M AFTER WORKING ON THE LAST FEW YEARS PAINTED MET BLUE GETTING A TAG FOR FRONT CALLING HER BLUEBIRD I KNOW ITS GOING TO TURN SOME HEADS
I went to a car show in Prinston WV. last month and was suprised to see two other 1st Gen birds. So that was 3 out of 140 cars and bikes, my 67 400 vert. 67 coupe and a 68 coupe. The 67 coupe was owned by a Nice young man (high school age)that was very energetic about 1st gen birds. Its great to see the younger genaration taking hold of these cars. I'm 41 and owned my first 68 coupe at 18 and nobody had seen one where I lived. There was no enternet to find other people that owned them. I found out that someone owned a 67 coupe about an hour drive from me and it was for sale so I brought it to. It sure is nice to see all these birds on the enternet and to talk to everybody about them. Thanks!
68drib wrote: Hey if you guys want to see more Firebirds in one place then you've probably ever seen, go to this web site. You'll like it!! www.bafb.org/index.html
That is Hugo's web site. He's in San Jose. Everytime I go down to the Bay Area, we try to get together with Hugo, and he gathers up the boys for a little cruise.
On that note, I'll take some pix for you guys at our Western Washington Firebird Club All Pontiac show next month on the 16th, just North of Seattle in Everett, WA. The first year, we had 23 First gen Convertibles alone! Not to mention all the hard tops! After that we had to break the class into a 67 class, a 68 class, and a 69 class! http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/3342/main.html and scroll down to Jim's pictures and Verdean's pictures of the last few shows!
Some how, the Pacific NW has become home for most of the 1st Gen Birds?
That is alot of firebirds Brett in one area, thats got to be some sort of record. I went to a fathers day car show which there were only four first gen there, three 68 hardtops 1 67 conv. which was mine and 1 69 conv. out of 1300 cars
Hey everyone, there's a 1968 numbers matching L67 Ram Air Firebird on ebay. Check it out!! Starting price is 29,000. If I wasn't married, I'd sell the house to buy this beauty.
I've seen the tace bell commercial and from the quick glimpse I saw, I think it's a 68. I don't remember seeing the wing windows for the 67.
I was just at the yearly car show out my way. It's called Das Aucfest. It's supposed to be more of the way of really old cars that are mainly stock shape. They also have your typical camaro's, chevelles, gto's, mustangs. Most are all stock with the expetion of people adding new intakes and carbs. I did see 4 firebirds!!!!! 1 was a 68 that I took a picture of and 3 were 69's. There was a lot of course of the 68 and 69 camaros. So guy had a 67 camaro RS convertibe that he was selling for 24,000.
"On that note, I'll take some pix for you guys at our Western Washington Firebird Club All Pontiac show next month on the 16th, just North of Seattle in Everett, WA. The first year, we had 23 First gen Convertibles alone! Not to mention all the hard tops! After that we had to break the class into a 67 class, a 68 class, and a 69 class!"
I'm picking up a 1967 Convertible 400 on Saturday 8/9. I'll be there.
I went to the Pontiac Nationals on Aug 9 in Norwalk. Had a great time watching all the old 61-62 Catalina SDs still doing their thing. I finally met Jim Wangers and got hime to autograph his book (great for all auto enthusiasts). I saw a handful of early FB cars in the show, mostly 67s and 68s. There were a couple of very nice 69 convertibles. I was very surprised to see a lot of early FB race cars, many 69s. All in all, it was a great event.
Well just got back from Hot August Nights in Reno last night. A reported 6K cars registered for HAN and probably another 3-4K in town that didn't pay the $200 to register. So out of a total of 9-10K cars and trucks, 13 first gen firebirds, that I saw( no sohc 6s). There may have been a couple more that I didn't see but I saw as many cars in four days as I was able to. My son said on the second day there he felt like he had been at Disneyworld for the last couple of days because we walked so much. My wife and I agree that the Peppermill was about the best place to look at cars. The Reno Hilton by far had more cars, more to do, and more to look at but traffic and parking made going there kind of a nightmare. Still you only had to park once and you could walk all day. The drive off parade yesterday lasted from 10 in the morn till..... I don't know. We left town at 12:30 and you couldn't see the end from the fifth floor parking garage where we watched it from. Pretty good swap meet. Think I found the two-four set-up I've been looking for($400 w/carbs). Spent my four bucks and I was done. I'll be registered in 2005. Totally a fun weekend.