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Superchared 1969 pontiac firebird3/16/2024 VI Drophead Coupé by Park Ward Mini Mini Cooper S MkI Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Salamanca by Springfield of Newhaven Ford Mustang GT Fastback Ferrari 250GTO Evocazione Mercedes-Benz 200T Estate Alvis SF 16.95 Silver Eagle Special Roadster Jaguar XK140 Fixedhead Coupé Competition Ferrari F355 Spider Bentley Mk.VI Convertible by Park Ward Bentley Turbo R Saloon by Hooper Plymouth Roadrunner Bentley Arnage Red Label Jaguar E-Type SIII V12 Roadster Mini Moke SE Mini Moke SE Mini Moke SE Triumph Spitfire Mk. Porsche 928 BMW 732i, Ex-Roald Dahl Citroën 2CV6 Dolly TVR Tasmin 280i Coupé Mercedes-Benz 380SL Roadster Ford Mustang 289 Coupe Bentley Mk. This example is a much coveted and beautifully maintained original motor car, offered with supporting documentation, and is priced attractively to sell. These iconic vehicles have a strong following in the UK today, and in particular the Brooklands Motor Museum do much to promote American Cars and continue to gather support for muscle cars of the 60's and 70's. From the cockpit, the driver enjoys open-top driving and a wonderful exhaust note in a car which epitomises the enjoyment of American Muscle Car motoring. This striking red Firebird is a much sought-after matching numbers car powered by the more desirable V8 engine: the 326 CID 5.3L, 5360CC with a two-barrel carburetor produces 250 hp delivered through the accurate auto gearbox. While primarily Pontiac-powered until 1977, Firebirds were built with several different engines from nearly every GM division until 1982 when all Pontiac engines were dropped in favor of corporate units. The Pontiacs were, for the most part, powered by various V8 engines of different GM divisions. This coincided with the release of the 1967 Mercury Cougar, which shared its platform with another pony car, the Ford Mustang. The Firebird was introduced the same year as its platform-sharing cousin, the Chevrolet Camaro. Please review our Term's Of Use for more information.The Pontiac Firebird was built by the Pontiac division of General Motors between 19. Information is subject to change and offered as is without any warranties or guarantees. Im not sure if the 1968 mountings are different.Īny proposed updates, changes, pictures, and/or corrections, please use our comment section below (may need to click on to access comments feature). Under the trunk floor there is a thick steel plate the has nuts welded to it for damper attachment…usually the nuts are rusted away. One bolt goes through the support brace and the other two go through the trunk floor. In the trunk there is a support brace between the trunk floor and the trunk gutter (there is re-enforcing frame work under the edge that the brace welds to. Front dampers weight 25 pounds while the rear dampers weight 50 pounds each and are attached by three bolts. I quess that today these little known canisters with weights and springs stand as a tribute to the superiority of Firebird over Camaro!Ī: Concerning vibration dampers. I think Chevy saw that solution and started putting them in Camaros too. They are a weight penalty, but worked very well. They used a classical mechanical engineers solution of putting in dampers. It was late in the development cycle for 1967 so they had to make a quick fix. When Pontiac was given the Camaro chassis to make their Firebird from, their engineers were unhappy with the way the Camaro convertable would shake around at speed. What are the body dampers (cocktail shakers) use for found in the trunks of 1967s and 1968s?Ī: I heard an interesting history of the cocktail shakers:
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