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Verdero68’s post about getting his son his first project seemed like ironic motivation to post my latest project with my dad…. A Verdero Green 68! (I know right???)

I will try to make this as short as possible but it’s a 50 year story….

My mom picked out her Verdero Green 68 Firebird around 1971. 350/2 car. In 1975 they were having a second kid (me) so they needed something bigger; they sold the 68 Firebird and bought a 70 LeMans two door hard top 350/2 car. The LeMans has pretty much spent it’s life with me, but they missed the Firebird and honestly I wanted it too!

After several years and many, many project cars with my dad we just never found the right 68 Firebird. Most were either too rusty, too beat up or too expensive

About two weeks ago he was at a trade event and he was talking to someone in his industry that also collects Trans Am’s. They were talking about the TA Nationals (they both live in Dayton) and the guy said he was taking a car to sell this year ….yup, Verdero Green 68 Firebird. Unfortunately a friend of his had passed and he was helping to sell his cars.

Now obviously this seemed like some good karma so dad went to check it out. Thinking it would be a normal Ohio car with its share of rust what he found was a very sold, complete original car. The previous owner bought the car in 1973 so he owned it for over 50 years. A deal was made and now the fun begins!

The PHS shows the car as a 400/4 speed car which it still has. The car has about 50k miles on it. Some nice day 2 mods were done to the car (headers, Holley, traction bars, cam, and a 4.11 rear) but it came with the original parts.

Hopefully we have the car running and driving by the end of the year, then off to the body shop in Q1 of next year.

Here are a few pics