69 Firebird 400 from the oldest Pontiac dealer in Texas ?
 

Finally did the trade with my buddy and he got his old 78 Formula W72 4 speed project back he bought 20 years ago (never had it running but is now) and got his 69 Firebird 400 car that he had bought 15 years ago that he had made a little hot rod out of .. I did a PHS on it to learn its origin story etc and after web searching the results for Schuch Motor Co in San Angelo TX I ran across the obit of the dealer owner and little gold nugget that apparently that was the oldest/first dealer of Pontiacs in Texas unless I find out otherwise and went back to 1926 as a Oakland dealer but still seem odd that it wouldn't be in Dallas or Houston IDK "They moved into town in 1947 When he joined his father, E.H. Schuch in the Schuch Motor Co. Automobile dealership. The Pontiac dealership was the oldest one in Texas having been started in 1926 even before the name was changed to Pontiac. He bought the dealership from his Father and in 1971 moved the Pontiac and Toyota Dealership from Oaks and Beauregard to Knickerbocker Rd.. In 1987 he sold the Dealership to Mike Mitchell, Sr."
Vin Number: 223379L112*** (Firebird Hardtop)
Color: (NN) Burgundy
Trim: (208) Black Standard Vinyl Bucket Seats
Engine: 400 cid – 4bbl Engine (code YT) w/ turbo Hydra-Matic Transmission
The optional equipment on this vehicle is as follows:
345 – Firebird 400
351 – Turbo Hydra-Matic Transmission
382 – AM Radio & Manual Antenna
414 – Dual Horns
451 – Deluxe Wheel Covers
461 – Deluxe Steering Wheel
472 – Console
501 – Power Steering (variable ratio)
511 – Power Front Disc Brakes
514 – Custom Petal Trim Plates
531 – Soft Ray Glass (all windows)
582 – Custom Air Conditioning
Your 1969 Firebird was built on 1/2/1969 at the Van Nuys California Assembly Plant and
invoiced to: Schuch Motor Co., Inc., San Angelo, Texas


https://youtu.be/KXN2eY9WXwE

Pretty wild they started that early and stayed in the business that long.
Congrats on the new ride