How many Firebirds were used in The Rockford Files?
Typically two to three cars were used for each season’s filming. Yet the ’78 models did extended duty from the 1978 season until the show wrapped in early 1980?
Can You rebuild a Firebird Pontiac Trans Am?
Firebirds and Trans Ams fitted with the special high-performance engines command the highest values, but certainly the more common Firebird and Trans Am V-8 cars are worth rebuilding. This Tech Tip is From the Full Book, TRANS AM & FIREBIRD RESTORATION: 1970-1/2 – 1981.
When did Pontiac change the motor mount on the Firebird?
In 1970, Pontiac revised the motor-mount bosses in the Firebird blocks to have five mounting holes; not all of them were tapped. The exception is the 1978 and 1979 400 blocks. They did not have the rear part of the motor mount openings at all.
What was the performance of a Pontiac Firebird in 1981?
By 1981, performance was all but gone. The Trans Am and the Corvette were the top contenders when you looked at performance numbers. The second-generation Firebird was still portly and Pontiac’s attempts at weight loss were not working out too well. By comparison, the four-door Bonneville weighed 100 pounds less in 1981.
Where is the date code on a Pontiac Firebird?
The date code for the Pontiac V-8s is found at the back of the block near the driver-side cylinder bank and distributor hole. The block casting number is found behind the passenger-side cylinder bank at the rear of the block. All engines installed in the Firebird have a block code.
When did the Pontiac Firebird SD-455 come out?
Available as an option on both Trans Ams and Firebird Formulas for the latter half of 1973 and again for 1974, the SD-455 almost didn’t see the light of day as a management change at Pontiac ushered in new bosses who saw little worth in what was then the fading performance-car business.
Firebirds and Trans Ams fitted with the special high-performance engines command the highest values, but certainly the more common Firebird and Trans Am V-8 cars are worth rebuilding. This Tech Tip is From the Full Book, TRANS AM & FIREBIRD RESTORATION: 1970-1/2 – 1981.
How long did the Pontiac Firebird engine live?
A group of engineers and a complicit engine-plant foreman who hoarded parts, along with the public salivation over the car–some 600 or so pre-orders surprised Pontiac brass–allowed the engine to live for two short model years, although only in the F-body.
What kind of transmission did Firebird have in 1973?
The numbers–and we do love talking numbers when talking about muscle cars–break down as follows: Of 43 Firebird Formula SD-455s made in 1973, just 10 had four-speeds. Of 252 Trans Am SD-455s in ’73, only 72 had the manual transmission.