[thews]

Originally Posted by 1969400HO

Looks like the hood / fender on my 68, they seem to have this no fit thing about them.

Is your hood or fenders reproduction?

[1969400HO]

Originally Posted by thews

Is your hood or fenders reproduction?

I bought it and am suspicious that some parts like the front end fenders possibly are. .

[thews]

Here's an interesting 68 Firebird in Florida and I'll just call it the "money pit". It claims to have $26K in the engine alone and another $26K in paint. I don't like the two-tone paint, but it is tasteful. The car isn't finished (interior) and he's asking $49K BIN and it's at $15K with a reserve. It'll prolly cap out at $22.5K and go unsold. One of the "features" (if you want to call it that) is the smooth firewall. I personally don't get why that's cool? I grew up in CA in the 70's as a teen so I know what "radical" cool mods are, but to me it just seems like a waste of money... like painting the bottom of the car. I don't want to hate this car and I don't. I would actually love to drive it, though there's many, many things I would have done differently. Once again, if you build your dream car, it's your dream that the end result represents.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-Pontia...IAAOSwCdhgEF18

[vertigto]

Per the auction...LS2 - 780hp. Looks like mainly interior left to do. Interesting terminology in the vehicle description...

1968 Pontiac firebird ac heat air ride Forgeline wheels made for this car total coast involved tube sub frame dick brakes all around 4l60 Tranzmission Ford Narrowed rear end and much much more I have all the custom interior parts I have over 26.000 into engine 16.000 in frame 10.000 wheels 6.000 air ride 2.800 Tranzmission 4.000 rear end 26.000 paint and there’s more

[3fastgtos]

Originally Posted by vertigto

Per the auction...LS2 - 780hp. Looks like mainly interior left to do. Interesting terminology in the vehicle description...

1968 Pontiac firebird ac heat air ride Forgeline wheels made for this car total coast involved tube sub frame dick brakes all around 4l60 Tranzmission Ford Narrowed rear end and much much more I have all the custom interior parts I have over 26.000 into engine 16.000 in frame 10.000 wheels 6.000 air ride 2.800 Tranzmission 4.000 rear end 26.000 paint and there’s more

And “original other than interior,exterior, and driveline components” lol

[thews]

66 GTO in CA at $20.6K NR. Looks like a nice car.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1966-Pontia...EAAOSwRihgFIFg

[thews]

67 GTO at NR $18.8K from the same place in CA. Also a nice car.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-Pontia...8AAOSwXIpgFH6D

[thews]

71 Trans AM with only 4K miles on it for BIN $89.9K in Missouri. I realize that's a lot of money, but IMO it's cheap for this car.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-Pontia...4AAOSwsttfpY6O

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by thews

71 Trans AM with only 4K miles on it for BIN $89.9K in Missouri. I realize that's a lot of money, but IMO it's cheap for this car.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-Pontia...4AAOSwsttfpY6O

I love that car but....

SPECTACULAR, NO-EXPENSE-SPARED RESTORATION WITH METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL

...on a car with only 4K original miles?

[thews]

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

I love that car but...
..on a car with only 4K original miles?

That does seem fishy and I could see that if it was a former race car, but it's only been owned by one person and has the original drivetrain. Also says this...

"CHAMPION WINNER AT PONTIAC OAKLAND CLUB INTERNATIONAL FOR THREE YEARS (2010, 2011 AND 2013)"

[thews]

Here's an interesting car... 70 GTO Orbit orange 4 speed RAIV in Colorado at $5K with a reserve. Pardon me in advance if a member owns this car, but dude, what are you thinking? Offering this car with the original block at an extra price? What are you going to do with the original block if the buyer doesn't buy it? Who would buy this car without buying the original block too? IMO you hurt the price by even mentioning this, as any prospective buyer won't buy the car without out numbers matching engine.

Let's take this a step further... this car has all the stickers in place with a frame you can eat off. Would you actually drive it in the rain? I wouldn't. It's a trailer queen and an awesome car, but it seems like a car that belongs in a huge collection where it just sits and gets stared at. My second car was a 455 GTO 4-speed and I drove the hell out of that car when I was 16. If I can't drive it, I don't want it... just my 2 cents. Nice car though. It won't sell IMO.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-Pontia...QAAOSwl29gGd4D

[vertigto]

Originally Posted by thews

Here's an interesting car... 70 GTO Orbit orange 4 speed RAIV in Colorado at $5K with a reserve.

Up to $81,700.00 now.

I agree about not including the original block in the sale and really not sure why during the restoration you wouldn't rebuild/install the original engine (unless sleeving isn't going to fix the issue)?

[thews]

Originally Posted by vertigto

Up to $81,700.00 now.

I agree about not including the original block in the sale and really not sure why during the restoration you wouldn't rebuild/install the original engine (unless sleeving isn't going to fix the issue)?

I agree. That block is probably in really bad shape.

[necdb3]

Probably 4000 miles since restoration.

[thews]

Back in the late 80's and early 90's I used to comb the local Pick-A-Part yards in Southern California. On Wednesday they would put the new cars out, so I would go to the yards (two of them) after work and see what they put out so I could get to it first. I found some really cool stuff back then. Prolly the best was a RAIV intake on a 77 T/A I bought for $25 and sold for $450. One day I saw an old Pinto with a paint job done by some Dead Heads. Damn I wish I would have bought that hood. It was all done by hand and the hood was awesome. When I saw this hood it made me think of that car.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1977-Pontia...wAAOSwy6NgHLm4

[Shiny]

That's beautiful

[thews]

70 Lemans in Denver at NR $6600. Grandma's car with the poverty caps and a rebuilt 350. Little rust here and there, but a solid car that runs.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-Pontia...oAAOSwefBgHLz6

[shermanator2]

Originally Posted by thews

70 Lemans in Denver at NR $6600. Grandma's car with the poverty caps and a rebuilt 350. Little rust here and there, but a solid car that runs.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-Pontia...oAAOSwefBgHLz6

Is anybody else here biding on this car? I am going to look at it tomorrow with a friend that had one back in the '70s and would like to have one again. It would be better without the aftermarket engine parts, but it looks like that will not be too hard to reverse.

[thews]

Originally Posted by shermanator2

Is anybody else here biding on this car? I am going to look at it tomorrow with a friend that had one back in the '70s and would like to have one again. It would be better without the aftermarket engine parts, but it looks like that will not be too hard to reverse.

Sold for $8700. Did your friend buy this car?

[shermanator2]

Originally Posted by thews

Sold for $8700. Did your friend buy this car?

No, we looked at it, but for him who is not much of a mechanic, considering the costs to pay others to get it to where he would want it, the price was a little high.

The car looked pretty solid except for the rust shown in the pictures. The biggest negative was the aftermarket stuff on the engine. A bunch of little stuff too. If the engine and transmission were unmolested he might have gone for it.