Ol' Fart's Firebird Fantasy

[oldskool]

Originally Posted by HandOverFist

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/an...856191096.html

Yeah, the Bird scoops and amber headlights really give that wagon some personality, don't they ?

I'll probably have to find something a little cheaper and a little closer to home. It would cost me a grand to get a car shipped from that far away. I'm in north Louisiana.

And something else I've realized is that for Stocker purposes, I need to find a car as complete as possible, at least body and interior wise. I never worried about it in the old days. I bought all the cheap Birds and A-bodies I could find and stacked 'em up behind my shop. When it was time to put another car together, I'd just go out back and snatch what ever I needed off another car and put it on the racer.

It's hard to believe now. But I bought literally dozens of Birds and Goats, and rarely ever gave more than $350 for 'em. And some of 'em had running 400 engines, TH400 or 4-speed and posi rear. If I'da knew they would be worth what they are today, I'd be a rich dude. I bought a '70 GTO vert for $350 off a used car lot--400, 4-speed.

When I got it home TJ said we oughta take it for a spin. So, I dropped the top and we took off up the road. It turned out to be my only street ride in a ragtop--well, except for a little test and tune in a '68 Bird I built for TJ to race. I may have had to give a whopping $500 for this one--don't remember. But hey, back then they were just old high mileage cars that nobody else wanted. Times have really changed.