[form74]

Originally Posted by Formulabruce

Quote from seller > " New message from: bzmarinas (99Blue Star)
It's always been a 1970. I put a 75 rear end on it. Has the original 70 motor, heads, tray and 12 bolt rear end. I have owned the car sense 1982 and before me, my dad bought the car new in 1970. Thanks"
IMHO .... Seems like the "rear end" started at the cowl tag...

Put a 75 rear end on it

More like he took the front clip / Vin tag and put it on a 75 Body.

[unruhjonny]

Originally Posted by form74

Put a 75 rear end on it

More like he took the front clip / Vin tag and put it on a 75 Body.

the floor and/or subframe should make this easy to identify;
the floors are different for 1975;
I believe the trunk floor was also revised for 1975 - but I could be mistaken...

['ol Pinion head]

a common swap for decades has been bolt a '70-72 Firebird loaded endura & whatever fenders didnt have rust in them, onto a nothing special '75-76-77 Firebird. Over the years Ive bought three such deals & cut them all up for parts. Looking at old records, managed only three good late style doors, two good '75+ quarters, and a few early fender rails out of the mess of them. Having bought hundreds of partscars, such street urchin cr@p seldom has great sheet metal. The most hideous of the three, I picked up from a local apartment complex handyman. That particular '77 contraption had a pop up sunroof, shag carpet, & early Olds 400 out of an '66 442. the early Olds 400 was worth many times more to me, than the muddled up fenders & far from nice endura nose & boogered up Formula hood.

[bird72]

Originally Posted by 'ol Pinion head

................"street urchin" cr@p .............

I Like that term, it so fits too many of them