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12-14-2011, 05:35 PM
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First firebird ever built!
Well, long story short... We have the first and second 67 Firebirds ever built(00001 and 00002), and need help getting these into the right hands! Any info you could provide would be great.
I've posted in other Pontiac forums, and someone reccommended I post in this site. Below is my photo bucket with pictures of the 00001 convertible and 00002 hardtop in the background. http://s1187.photobucket.com/albums/z386/swfirebird/ |
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12-14-2011, 05:48 PM
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Welcome to the site! How in the world did you find those two cars?
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12-14-2011, 05:52 PM
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These appear to be the first V8 firebirds produced during the 1967 model year, but that does not necessarliy make them the first Firebirds produced as there were Sprint 6 models also produced at Lordstown, OH plant (VIN code U). Those would have a VIN like:
223677U600001, with a 6 in the first digit after the plant identification...
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12-14-2011, 06:06 PM
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Hmmm, that's a good point! And you may have cleared up one thing for me.
On the firewall tags where the consecutive build number is, the first car has "SHOW1" and the second car has "SHOW4" I could never figure out why they skipped. Maybe SHOW2 and SHOW3 were 6 cylinder cars??? Consecutive Build Number: Located to the right of the Assembly Plant Code. It is the consecutive body build number and indicates the sequence the car came off the assembly line. This number will not match the actual sequential VIN number. |
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12-14-2011, 06:28 PM
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Welcome to PY!
And congrats on finding those 2 Birds. Maybe post this in the 67-69 Bird Section Also? 
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12-14-2011, 06:33 PM
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Welcome to the forums! I also own a 67 Firebird. Looks like the early cars got the GTO steering wheel, as the standard Firebird wheel was a little different with plastic spokes with no brushed aluminum trim on the spokes? Have you ordered the documents from Pontiac Historical Services? They can often shed some light on details of the car.
They can be found here:http://www.phs-online.com/
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12-14-2011, 06:50 PM
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Neat, however I have never seen a 67 "A" or "F" body car with the clear and colored steering wheel as is on the red car.
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12-14-2011, 06:56 PM
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Where are you located and how long have you owned them?
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12-14-2011, 06:58 PM
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Wow, incredible find! Definetly the first two V8 Firebirds produced at Lordstown.
I would like to hear the background story on how you got them. I assume if you wanted to get them into the "right hands" that these cars are for sale? Welcome to PY. |
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12-14-2011, 08:47 PM
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I'm speechless!
How did you ever come to own these two special cars!
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12-14-2011, 09:03 PM
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@ Don
Located in SE Michigan Roughly 20 years for the #1 car and 15 years for the #2 car |
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12-14-2011, 09:16 PM
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Wow... very cool. Would love to hear more of the story on these.
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12-14-2011, 10:00 PM
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Awesome....what a find. I hope they stay together as a pair.
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12-14-2011, 10:12 PM
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That is great. Welcome to the community. Look forward to reading more about the cars.
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12-15-2011, 12:29 AM
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These cars should be in the new Museum, and a few pages in HPP too. Would be cool to see the Cammer show cars someday..
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12-15-2011, 03:06 AM
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sw- Put the coffee on... Keefe will be there momentarily...
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12-15-2011, 10:01 AM
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I'm speechless.
Welcome to PY; I'm from SE Michigan as well, and looking forward to hearing more on this. K
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12-15-2011, 10:19 AM
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These two Birds probably have a cool history.
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12-15-2011, 05:29 PM
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A little more info on the Birds'
#223677U100001 12B ST 67-22667 LOR SHOW1 BODY TR 258-A R2 PAINT L2 MSR 4F 326 Convertible, 2sp Auto and #223377U100002 12B ST 67-22637 LOR SHOW4 BODY TR 259-B P2 PAINT XL 2XGS 4F 326 H.O. Hardtop, 4 speed P.S This is just a thought. Since these cars are SHOW1(VIN 00001) and SHOW4(VIN00002) and because gtoMN pointed out that 6 cylinder cars would have also had a 00001 VIN number, I wonder if the first six cars came out like below with each motor available at that time? Show 1 - 326 Convertible Show 2 - 6 cyl?? Show 3 - 6 cyl Sprint?? Show 4 - 326 H.O Hardtop Show 5 - 400?? Show 6 - 400 Ram Air?? |
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12-15-2011, 07:16 PM
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Do you known where they were sold new?
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