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I bought this 73 Formula 400 today. It was sitting in a backyard here in the Bay Area. I sold the neighbor a car and while at my dealership we got to talking about my old Firebirds and he said his neighbor had one in his backyard. He got me in touch with the neighbor and I now own the car.

It was bought in 2000 from the original owner. The current owner never registered it so I received the original 1973 pink slip for the car. The car was bought with a problem with the original 400 motor and it was pulled and had the shortblock taken to a local machine shop. Unfortunately, the machine shop closed up and the original block disappeared. The Firebird had a cover thrown over it and it sat until today.

Luckily, the owner still had everything that came off the original motor minus the shortblock and distributor. He swears the carb is original but the numbers show as being for an automatic car. #7043266 0861. The 4 speed transmission is matching #'s.

The paint is original and in good shape. I am going to recover the seats and dye some interior panels that have turned green and the interior will be great. Trunk is perfect as well as the floor pans. Owner says spare is original. Still has nubs on it.

There is some rust around the rear window that will be repaired and spotted in as well as some scratches on the hood. The plastic front valance needs minor repair. We are trying to maintain as much of the original paint as possible.

I have a complete rebuilt 1972 400 that I will put in the car for now so I can drive it while putting together a correct 73 motor.

Below are a bunch of pics of the car and parts at my warehouse and a couple of the car in the yard where it was found.

Until today this car has never lived more than 10 miles from the dealership that sold it new.

Richie