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1974 Firebird Formula 350 on 2040-cars

Year:1974 Mileage:102221 Color: is in pretty good shape except for the rockers which will need to be replaced and the passenger door has a lot of bondo and needs to be replaced
Location:

Salisbury, North Carolina, United States

Salisbury, North Carolina, United States
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 I bought this vehicle about two weeks ago.  I told the owner I would give it a good home and one day restore it.  Long story short, a 1972 Formula 400 was traded in at the Chevy dealership down the road and I was able to buy the vehicle (pictured).  Of course what this meant to my wife was that I must be willing to sacrifice about every car in the garage for this car I had to have.  Therefore I have currently 4 vehicles listed on Ebay.

This car is an awesome, original car that will make someone a great, matching numbers, formula without much work.  Everything is there.  The original, numbers matching, VIN stamped block of the Pontiac 350 motor that runs and drives.  Sounds good.  No smoke, taps, knocks or anything that would look like trouble.  There is a miss I think but it does start right up and run.

The interior is also all there and is factory original Deluxe Saddle.  The seats are fairly worn but not necessarily needing to be recovered.  It NEEDS a headliner and a rear shelf.  The door panels could clean up and look OK.  The dash is dirty but maybe the dirt protected it because it has no cracks.  As hard to find, expensive, and general pain in the butt the dash pad is, this one will clean up and look pretty good.  Same story with the console.  No cracks, so it will clean up and look pretty good.  Gauges seem to work and the fan does blow on all speeds.

The exterior is in pretty good shape except for the rockers which will need to be replaced and the passenger door has a lot of bondo and needs to be replaced.  There is a spare passenger fender that comes with the car.  The car retains most of its sheet metal except for the passenger side.

There is some surface rust underneath the car but the frame is solid and will NOT need to be replaced.  Just the fairly typical areas have rust.  Lower quarters, rockers, lower fenders.  Floor boards have some surface rust but as I looked quickly I could see some rust through areas, but nothing you could fit a baseball through or anything like that. 

My plan for the car was to pull motor and replace seals and gaskets.  Clean and spray the engine bay.  Clean up the interior and put in a headliner and a carpet (over new or repaired floorboards) and put a decent driver quality paint job on the car.  Then enjoy a super solid driver that would be a numbers matching, all original, Formula car.  Please ask questions and good luck!


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On May-03-14 at 15:28:55 PDT, seller added the following information:

 I have had a couple questions on the panels that were replaced and if the car had been in North Carolina long.  I looked through the documentation I had on the car and found a copy of the accident report!  It happened on March 1st, 1982 and the Firebird had been parked in a parking lot and was hit by another car at 3:00pm.  The passenger fender was replaced and also the right side parking lamp, grill and the valance.  It also says that at the time the left and right upper quarters were at least painted if not replaced which to me would indicate the roof and upper quarters were borrowed from another car as I see dark paint or primer.  Furthermore I have documentation until at least 1987 were the car was in Pennsylvania as well as a receipt for a transmission overhaul in 1983. 

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