Featured on AutoHunter, the net public sale platform pushed by ClassicCars.com, is that this 1969 Pontiac Firebird Coupe.

For me, the one factor cooler than a primary technology Camaro is its alter ego, the Firebird. I’m not certain if it was as a result of the star of Booker, a present I watched within the Nineteen Eighties, drove one, or due to the refined completely different styling. However to me the unique Firebird is the very best wanting of all of the early pony automobiles.

Our AutoHunter Highlight automotive is just not your common 1969 Firebird both, because it has been restored to appear like a Trans Am mannequin and has fairly a couple of different niceties added as nicely.

The automotive is described by the vendor as a restored 1969 Pontiac Firebird coupe styled after the 1969 Trans Am that acquired new paint, a Classic Air local weather management system, and an upgraded Ridetech suspension. For those who have no idea something concerning the Ridetech suspension, google it and you’ll perceive what an enormous distinction this makes to this Firebird. The automotive is powered by Pontiacs superior 400cid V8 and is backed by a four-speed handbook transmission. Options embody a rear spoiler, energy steering and brakes, and bucket seats. Completed in white with blue stripes over a black vinyl inside, this Pontiac comes from the promoting supplier with a transparent title.

The outside of this Firebird shouts Trans Am in each element. Throughout its restoration, the outside was completed in white and accented with blue stripes. Options embody chrome bumpers, a fender-mounted antenna, hood scoops, twin rearview mirrors, fender scoops, a rear spoiler, Trans Am badging, and a blue tail panel. The vendor additionally features a walk-around video. The automotive rides on a set of interval right 14-inch Pontiac II Rally wheels which can be wrapped in interval right Firestone Large Oval bias-ply tires. 

The inside appears to be simply nearly as good as the outside. The vendor states that it’s furnished with right materials black vinyl entrance bucket seats and an identical rear seat surrounded by black vinyl door panels and trim. Options embody handbook home windows, energy steering, a Hurst floor-mounted handbook transmission shifter, an AM radio, and a Classic Air local weather management system.

Underneath the automotive we see among the good additions to this automotive. It has been accurately modified with Ridetech tubular higher and decrease management arms and coil-over shocks oat the entrance in addition to Ridetech coil-over shocks and a sway bar on the rear. Braking is supplied by energy drums. A twin exhaust system exits on the rear finish.

Underneath the hood is a non-original Pontiac 400cid V8 and backed by a four-speed handbook transmission. The engine options embody chrome valve covers, a Holley four-barrel carburetor, and a chrome air cleaner.

Now if this was an authentic 1969 Trans Am it could price fairly some huge cash and wouldn’t have the added advantages of an even bigger engine nor the intense improve to the Ridetech suspension. Nobody would do this to an authentic 1969 Trans Am. The fact is that the Ridetech suspension is solely wonderful. It takes a 1969 automotive and provides it dealing with prowess that approaches a Trendy Camaro. The thought of getting a basic Pontiac Firebird with the dealing with of a contemporary pony automotive is one thing that I believe is superior. It’s the good automotive to tackle the Sizzling Rod Powertour and even the Bandit Run. It’s fairly merely an ideal driver basic pony automotive.

The public sale for this 1969 Pontiac Firebird Coupe ends Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. (MST)

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