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Originally Posted by thews

78 Pontiac Sunbird at $6K BIN in Texas. A common feature in Car Craft, cars like the Sunbird/Vega were popular cars back in the day, because it wasn't too hard to put a SBC in one. If you did, they were pretty damn fast just due to power/weight ratio. Rumor had it in my hometown that someone dropped a Pontiac 455 in one and did a burnout so hard it bent the frame. That has to be true, because some dude named Dave told it was. The car has a Corvette engine and a lot of trunk space. Would make a great work vehicle.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/29751812927...Bk9SR6SIwfmOZg




The red one looks pretty Starsky and Hutchlike... oldies.

That Silver Sunbird Safari has the one year only 1979 Grills, Very few were made with those. All it took to but a SBC into a Vega/Astre was a Monza V8 doner car. It gets a bit trickier without one.
I would like to see a Astre or Sunbird with any Pontiac V8 installed (other than the short deck 301 or 265) As I played with putting a spare 326 into a Astre many years ago, I just dont think it would fit without major surgery, probably using a Tube chassis front end. I found they surprised people with just a warmed up Buick 3.8 in them. 220-250 hp at 1800lbs, and 3.73-4.10 rear gears they would run mid 13's in the 1/4. They were fun. and not to common today.