“I tell people who retire to get an old car and restore it. I keep it licensed all year so I can go to as many car shows as I can including the Christmas cruise,” he says. “I’ve always liked the car so I never sold it.
Top of his list is the Christmas Classic Car Cruise through Steveston with an end-of-the-year show in the Gulf of Fraser Cannery parking lot. The octogenarian owner drives the car to several shows a year. His car has traveled only 71,000 miles since new. The restoration cost more than 12 times what he originally paid for the Firebird, coming in at $72,400. He left the welding in of new rear fenders and the painting in the original Carousel Red (which looks very orange) to the professionals. Article contentĭrawing on mechanical skills from working on cars back in the day, Graham attacked the restoration of his Pontiac Firebird 350 H.O. Documented with the broadcast sheet, two-page window sticker, Protect-O-Plate, order form, dealer invoice, payment receipt and temp tag application, this 1969 Pontiac Firebird 400 coupe has all the features that collectors expect in Pontiac’s classic first-generation muscle pony car.įrom the Jackie & Gary Runyon Collection Main Attraction Mecum Gallery Exposition Sale Main Attraction From the Michael Fux Collection Main Attraction The John Justo Collection Main Attraction The Gary Thomas Collection Main Attraction The Shelton Collection Main Attraction From The Jerry Brewis Estate Collection Main Attraction From The Jerry Brewis Estate Collection - Road Art The Al Berman Collection Main Attraction The Don Salmon Collection Main Attraction The Paul Mazze Sr.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 1969 Pontiac Firebird 49512, Kentwood, Kent County, MI. Exterior special features also include a hood-mounted 8,000 RPM Pontiac tachometer and the desirable “Hurst Equipped” emblem on the trunk. This 1969 Firebird Convertible is powered by a Pontiac 400 V8 backed by a TH400 automatic transmission. Power steering and brakes were chosen along with the heavy-duty springs and shock absorbers included in the Ride and Handling package, and they’re complemented here with redwall radial tires on Hurst-style 5-spoke wheels with trim rings and Hurst center caps.
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The Firebird 400 package also included twin hood scoops and “400” hood and trunk emblems.įinished in Code R Matador Red with a black interior, it features the Custom Trim interior option package that includes bucket seats and wood-grain trim on the dash and center console, factory air conditioning, Soft Ray-tinted glass, a Delco AM radio with 8-track stereo tape player, the optional power antenna and the in-dash clock. It was sold new at Jim Harrell Pontiac in Tampa, Florida, with an original sticker price of $4,729.27, a figure that reflects a total of more than $1,900 in additional optional extras, beginning with the W66 Firebird 400 sport package incorporating the base 400 CI V-8 engine with 4-barrel carburetor and, in this case, the M40 Turbo Hydra-Matic 3-speed automatic transmission with console-mounted shifter. Finished in its original color combination of. Well documented and fulsomely equipped, this gorgeous 1969 Pontiac Firebird 400 Coupe from the John Justo Collection was the recent recipient of a comprehensive frame-off restoration to factory as-original condition. Presented is an award winning 1969 Firebird that has been meticulously cared for since its restoration. Despite a complete redesign scheduled for 1970, GM’s F-body pony cars both received significant exterior restyling that resulted in two of the most muscular-looking cars of the classic era: the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro and its more aggressively styled Pontiac counterpart, the Firebird.
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