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bascom123 · 10-22-2007, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by jttrettel

Bascom123,
Nice car....very green. Is that a factory green color or is it a more modern hue? Also, any plans to change out the chevy engine for a traditional pontiac?

I just picked it up, did nto realize the motor was a chevy. how can you tell the difference?

Colour I was told is Candy Apple Green it is very metallic.

Tom-Brandl · 10-19-2007, 05:25 PM

fast400 · 10-21-2007, 12:47 PM

....here's a pic of my Germany TA clone...

amcmike · 10-21-2007, 01:53 PM

Beautiful fast400. Wish I had mine here to take on the Autobahn if even just one time.

Tom-Brandl · 04:35 PM

No german number plate though...

Should look like this:

Edit:

Perhaps I better post a Firebird pic...

amcmike · 10-22-2007, 04:35 PM

Easiest giveaway for me is the cylinderheads. The exhaust flange is a heck of a lot lower and angles down more than the other engines.

jttrettel · 10-22-2007, 06:43 PM

Bascom123,
Could be a SB 400. I don't know enough about Chevy's to tell you what to look for, but I am sure there are some ID numbers to look for on the block that would confirm what it is. Shouldn't matter as long as you are happy with the performance and you are not planning to modify the engine. If you are planning to change something on the engine, it may come into play.

bascom123 · 10-29-2007, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by jttrettel

Bascom123,
Could be a SB 400. I don't know enough about Chevy's to tell you what to look for, but I am sure there are some ID numbers to look for on the block that would confirm what it is. Shouldn't matter as long as you are happy with the performance and you are not planning to modify the engine. If you are planning to change something on the engine, it may come into play.

have confirmed via the suffix code is is either a 73 Chevelle or 76Impala SB 400 chevy. Now i need to get to the casting code to figure out which it is.

Thanks all!

400 plus · 10-25-2007, 06:18 PM

Hey Dom got NOS?

tr709 · 10-25-2007, 10:20 PM

my 67 vert

SweBird · 10-29-2007, 03:32 PM

Björn: Here is the Body tag. Taken with cellphone camera:

Bjorn · 10-29-2007, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SweBird

Björn: Here is the Body tag. Taken with cellphone camera:

SWEBIRD, looks interesting...I can see the General Motors Continental, Antwerp, but not read the rest...but it sure looks like it was made over there...

sixt8bird · 10-31-2007, 12:16 AM

Never seen this before or heard of this. Interesting. I would think that the car was sent there but then converted to their standards by the factory there. It would cost way to much to send individual parts or to remanufacture all the parts there. I'll have to remember this one .

A.J. · 10-31-2007, 05:35 AM

There were a lot of American cars assembled in Europe during the 50 - and 60:s. Antwerpen is only one of the plants. I think it was taxes and Import/export rules that forced this.

einstein · 11-13-2007, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by sixt8bird

Never seen this before or heard of this. Interesting. I would think that the car was sent there but then converted to their standards by the factory there. It would cost way to much to send individual parts or to remanufacture all the parts there. I'll have to remember this one .

There is a guy in the UK on the FGF email list who owns a 69 Firebird Sprint coupe built at Antwerp, VIN code "X". I think he said it's the third one he's owned, but I think the others were 68s. Andy is his first name, cannot recall the last name.

When he popped onto the list a few months back it was the first one I had heard of. Check out that Camaro link - it's about the building of Camaros in the Phillipines, but mentions GM Continental in Antwerp Belgium.

Bjorn · 11-13-2007, 09:16 AM

according to my friend Andy here in Houston ,there is one of those Antwerp Firebirds in Vegas too, the guy who had it in Europe brought it back here...I think he said it was a golsd car, supposedly in very good condition.....

Bjorn · 11-13-2007, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by einstein

There is a guy in the UK on the FGF email list who owns a 69 Firebird Sprint coupe built at Antwerp, VIN code "X". I think he said it's the third one he's owned, but I think the others were 68s. Andy is his first name, cannot recall the last name.

When he popped onto the list a few months back it was the first one I had heard of. Check out that Camaro link - it's about the building of Camaros in the Phillipines, but mentions GM Continental in Antwerp Belgium.

Glenn, maybe you can ask this Andy from the L list to send a good picture of his tag? less blurry?

400 plus · 11-09-2007, 09:01 PM

Bjorn · 11-12-2007, 11:41 AM

not just mine , but a "few"...from our meet saturday

11 all in all in the pic...12th car had left...

more pics in the "Lobby" under "this weekends meet"

http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=540443

einstein · 11-13-2007, 09:30 PM

Not participating on the list these days, Bjorn; besides, any old email I've saved would be in my home computer which isn't really mine anymore and I'm traveling too much to dig for it when I am home. Not much time for forums either. Maybe somebody else can ask the list?

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