1968 Pontiac Firebird 400 Coupe 100% Ground Up Restoration, 6 Speed Resto-mod on 2040-cars

This restoration started in 2004 and finished last fall 2013.  All work was done in my garage by myself, except for the motor and rear end, which were professionally rebuilt. I never thought I would even come close to selling this car.   I love everything about it.  What I found out after nine years of working on the car when I had time while raising 4 children was that I loved the work and the journey to get from the beginning to the end.  I loved every minute of the work it took to get this awesome car finished.  Now that I have it finished, I miss the work.  I want to start another project.  I don’t have the space to keep a finished car and start another car.  I am torn about selling it but after nine years my life and goals have changed.  I just don’t see myself driving it enough to keep it.  Whoever buys this car is getting something that was not originally meant to be sold.  It was meticulously restored with thousands of hours over nine years of my time and sweat to make it what it is today.

This listing is for a 100% full ground up restoration of a 1968 Pontiac Firebird 400 Coupe.  At the time of this listing, there is only 691.8 miles on the car.  Every inch of metal, every nut, every bolt, every washer was stripped, cleaned, and reused if possible.  The body of the car has a 400 hood, new roof, new doors, new full rear quarters, new inner and outer wheel wells, new trunk pan, new floor pans, and new dash panel.  Anything that was not good to use was replaced.  The gaps are all straight and the same on each side of the car.  The hood is gapped better than any other Firebird you will see.  Just look at the pictures.  They speak for themselves.  The color of the car is by BASF and is a metallic “Black Cherry” base coat/clear coat system.  The car looks black in the shade or in the dark.  In the sunlight, you can see the cherry metallic pop though and is quite appealing to the eye.

The deluxe interior is new. Seats are custom made with 100% leather made to match the style of the deluxe interior seats.  I have had many compliments on the leather seats.  Vintage Air A/C installed.  New custom radio with a 6 disc changer in the trunk that looks vintage but it is modern technology. It will play cd’s, mp3, or songs on usb.

This was an original Verdoro Green car with standard green interior.  It had a 350 two- barrel motor.  It now houses a 400 motor that has a casting # YS 806589 which was built in 1972.  It is fuel injected with the Holley Commander Pro 950 system with a wide band O2 sensor.  I will include my laptop computer with the software installed to tune the motor to your specifications.  It has Edelbrock aluminum heads, Edelbrock aluminum water pump, Doug’s ceramic headers, and Billet Specialties serpentine system.  The stainless steel gas tank is from Rick’s and is made for EFI systems so the system will never starve itself when when the gas is low and going around sharp corners.  The electric fuel pump is in the gas tank.  The motor was dyno’ed at 425.5 hp and 485.5 ft/lbs of torque. I have the Dyno sheet to prove it.  The motor has an MSD distributer and ignition system.  The aluminum radiator has two 1600 cfm fans to help keep the system cool.

The 6-speed transmission is a Tremec T56 magnum from Keisler Engineer.  This transmission is rated to handle up to 650hp motors.  The new drive shaft came custom with the transmission.  Since the car goes fast the brakes were upgraded to drilled/slotted zinc plated power disc brakes in the front and rear along with complete new set of emergency brake cables.  The brake lines are stainless steel and braided stainless steel at the wheels.  The front suspension is tubular upper and lower control arms with Edelbrock shocks.  The rear suspension is a new set of multi leaf springs with Bilstein shocks.  The rear end was upgraded to an Eaton posi-unit, 3.93 gear ratio.

The steering box was upgraded to a quick ratio from CPP along with a new rag joint.  It has a new tilt steering column with a Grant wood steering wheel.  The interior gauges are new from Auto Meter and are the “Cobalt” models.  Complete new Painless wire harness from front to rear.  All Glass is new and power a window set-up was installed.

I have well over $60,000 invested into this car.  Over $25,000 into the motor, transmission, and rear end alone. 

I have hundreds of photos to show the extent of this restoration.  The winning wid will get all photos I have taken through the process.  There is absolutely nothing to hide here.

Even though this car is totally restored and for all practical purposes, a new car, it is being sold “AS IS” with no warranty implied.

Please only serious bidders that understand what a well built classic car with modern upgrades is worth.  Anyone bidding with less than 10 ratings or low ratings will be cancelled and banned from this auction.

$1000 due via Paypal within 24 hours after auction ends.  Winning bidder will need to contact me to make final payment and make arrangements to either pick up car or arrange for transport at buyers expense.