[camerjeff]

I am also a sucker for unique, and Astre's actually handle pretty well and are comfortable to me, the seating position fits my 5'10" frame well, and if they have the upgraded interior like this example does the bucket seats are actually the base seats for the same year Firebirds. If they don't have the upgraded interior they have the horrible Vega seats. This one even has the rare tilt column. Other than slow they actually drive very nice IMO.
I passed on it when I realized that it had the weaker 6.5" rear axle (as opposed to the not as weak 7.5") and all my spare parts are for the later 76-79 model year cars with the torque arm rear suspension so quite a few of the interior parts are unique to the 1975 model year cars, along with the rear suspension and brakes. But I was tempted by it. But the owner wanted around $5K for it back in the early 2000's and I thought that was way overpriced. So I passed. But it did drive very nice. Also the Vega engine was a turn off. I was used to 77-79 Astre/Sunbirds with either an Iron Duke or a Buick V6 under the hood.