1971 Pontiac Firebird

Formula 350 Coupe

v8 350

Automatic

226871L112889

Clear

Gasoline

Full PHS documents, Runs and drives. Garage kept the last 20 years. Only driven to the local gas station. Original color was gold. Fully optioned with power windows, locks, cruise control and A/C. Rubber suspension mounts are worn our so there is a lot of body roll. Air shocks in the rear to control ride hight. Damage to body on passengers side from previous owner. Passenger fender is very hard to find and rippled. Tires need to be replaced. Transmission and power steering both have slow leaks. The brakes are all new and work well. The gas tank leaks at the filler tube, so I do not fill it all the way up. Let's call it what it is, it is a project that needs to be gone over from front to back. It is a fun classic to drive around the neighborhood while slowly working on it. It turns heads even in it's current state. The primer black spot is because I took it to maaco and their classic car guy quit so they gave it back after he started to strip it. I sprayed some primer on it just so it would have some protection. Very minor rust. One small spot behind drivers door. No rust on floor boards or trunk. quarters behind rear tire are rusted through on the outside of the drivers side and have started to rust on the passenger side behind the rear tire. A simple patch panel could be welded in behind re tires to eliminate rust damage. This car would be a great winter project. Very doable restoration. Could be a an 80k show car or a 30k driver. Your call. If you have the skills to straighten up the body then this is the project for you. The mechanical stuff is easy to work on since the rust is minor. If you do not have the skills to fix the body then expect to spend money at the body shop. THE PARTS CAR - I have a spare parts car. (1971 numbers matching esprit but it is a rust bucket. I only bought the parts car for the passengers side fender and it can be towed away. It has no title but I bought it off my neighbor so the title could be obtained if it were mandatory. He is a hard guy to catch at home so it would take some work to get the title) Will try to post some better pictures. Feel free to ask questions. This is my dream car so I would love to restore it but I just can't find the right body shop and I don't have the skills to do the body work. Time to give it to a better home... Would love to see pictures when it is done and would like the right to buy it back if the purchaser is a flipper. $500 dollar USD deposit required within 48 hours of auction closing and I can't store it, I would not be selling it so please pick it up within 7 days of auction close or a daily storage charge of 30 dollars a day will be added. I'm a very reasonable guy so just communicate with me and I will work with you. Purchaser responsible for shipping but I'm happy to work with a shipping company if you are using a service like ushipit. On Sep-30-16 at 22:36:41 PDT, seller added the following information: The reserve has been met so it is going to sell to one lucky bidder. Even with the body damage the price is extremely low for a PHS documented fully optioned formula 350, numbers matching. I feel like the original description was a bit misleading focusing mainly on the damage to the front fender and I want to be a accurate in my description as possible so here is some more data. To be clear there is more body damage than just the passenger fender being wrinkled about the tire. The previous owner did something to it that caused all the front body panels to be misaligned. The hood does shut it is just open because we took pictures of the motor. It appears the front sub frame fork is tweaked. My guess is that the front fork bent up a bit into the passengers floor board. I'm not a body guy but it seems like a frame machine could pull the arm back down. Maacco said it just needed a shim but you see the work they did... I'm told it is a very doable fix and even a common problem. The parts car is a 71 with all the exact same parts. The 1971 model has the extra fin in the front fenders giving it that cool shark gill look. Which I think they only did in 1971 making the fenders extremely rare. I was told a camaro fender is a directly replacement but the fin would need to be cut in. Anyway please feel free to ask questions. On Sep-30-16 at 22:43:58 PDT, seller added the following information: I was just told by a friend that the front subfork is high grade steel and likely did NOT bend. It is probably the floor board that tweaked and a new one could easily be welded in. Maacco was offering a short cut with a shim instead of replacing the floorboard. Anyway as you can see I'm not a body guy and hope I have not caused too much confusion. It is really is a nice rare bird deserving of a restore. On Sep-30-16 at 22:55:45 PDT, seller added the following information: Added more photos as promised.