1971 FIREBIRD FORMULA 455 HO 4 SPEED 24 ORIGINAL ONE OWNER MILES GARAGED KEPT

1971 Pontiac Firebird FORMULA Additional Info:

HELLO FELLOW EBAYERS HERE I HAVE MY CAMEO WHITE WITH BLUE INTERIOR ONE OWNER VERY RARE 1971 FIREBIRD FORMULA 455 HO 4 SPEED CAR POSSIBLY THE ONLY ONE SPECIALLY ORDERED THIS WAY AND ONLY HAS 24 ORIGINAL MILES (YES ITS TRUE 24 ORIGINAL MILES) ON THE CAR AT THIS TIME, THIS STORY STARTED WITH MY UNCLE WHO WAS A PROFESSIONAL DRAG RACER BACK IN THE 60S AND 70S AND HAD THREE RACE CARS AT THE TIME AND SPECIALLY ORDERED THIS RARE FIREBIRD BRAND NEW WITH THE INTENTION OF DRAG RACING IT ONLY SO HE ORDERED IT EARLY IN 1971 WITH NO OPTIONS ONLY DRAG RACE READY WITH THE 455 HO ENGINE AND HEAVY DUTY CLOSE RATIO 4 SPEED TRANSMISSION BUT DOES HAVE THE FACTORY DISC BRAKES AND POWER STEERING THRU A GOOD FRIEND WHO WAS THE GENERAL SALES PERSON AT RAMSEY PONTIAC IN EASTON MARYLAND AND FOR PONTIAC GUYS THIS WAS THE ALL NEW HOT AND FAST CAR AT THE TIME AND HE RACED IT ONLY A FEW TIMES LOCALLY AT TRACKS AROUND THE MARYLAND AREA AND WE ALSO TOOK IT TO TWO BIG DRAG RACING EVENTS IN INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA AND CANADA IN 1971 AND 72 WHEN I WAS A YOUNG TEENAGER, REMEMBER HE HAD TWO OTHER CARS HE RACED MORE THEN THIS ONE AT THE TIME REASON THE MILES ARE THIS LOW AT A QUARTER MILE AT A TIME AND IT WAS THEN PUT IN DRY STORAGE IN 1974 FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS AND REMOVED WHEN I TOOK OWNERSHIP OF IT 15 YEARS AGO AND SHOWING ONLY 9 ORIGINAL MILES ON IT AT THAT TIME I TRANSPORTED IT TO MY HOME IN CALIFORNIA AND SINCE RETIRING I NOW LIVE PART TIME THERE AND PART TIME IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND HAVE IT TITLED IN MY NAME AT MY RESIDENTS IN CALIFORNIA WHERE THE CAR WAS FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS UNTIL I BROUGHT IT BACK HERE TO MARYLAND LAST YEAR WHERE ITS STORED IN AN CLIMATE CONTROLLED GARAGE, THE CAR IS NOT MATCHING NUMBERS NOW OR IN STOCK CONDITION AND THE ORIGINAL ENGINE WAS BLOWN UP WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF RACING IT THATS WHAT DRAG RACERS DID BACK THEN AND THEY ALWAYS HAD ANOTHER ENGINE ON THE SIDE LINE IF ONE WENT BAD NOBODY CARED ABOUT MATCHING NUMBERS BACK THEN, MY UNCLE THEN INSTALLED ANOTHER EARLY NEW 455 CRATE ENGINE HE HAD IN THE CAR WHICH IS IN IT NOW AND ONLY RACED IT A COUPLE MORE TIMES THEN HE DECIDED TO RETIRE THE CAR, I HAD ALWAYS LIKE THIS CAR AND WHEN HE DECIDED TO PART WITH IT THATS WHEN I RECEIVED IT AND WAS THEN TITLED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN MY NAME BUT JUST BEFORE I DID GET IT I ASK HIM IF HE WOULD COMPLETELY REBUILD THE DRIVE TRAIN SO IT COULD BE A STREET DRIVEN CAR I COULD TAKE TO LOCAL CRUISE NIGHTS AND SO THE MOTOR, TRANSMISSION AND REAREND IN THE CAR AT THIS TIME AND ALL SUSPENSION, EXHAUST SYSTEM WHERE ALL COMPLETELY REPLACED OR REBUILT FOR STREET DUTY, THIS IS THE NICEST SOUNDING 455 ENGINE (GREAT CAM SOUND) YOU HAVE EVER HEARD AND THE 4 SPEED TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY REBUILT ALSO WITH ALL NEW GEARS AND THE REAREND STILL HAS THE VERY RARE ORIGINAL HEAVY DUTY DANA REAREND SETUP THAT MY UNCLE INSTALLED WHEN NEW FOR RACING AND IS ALSO COMPLETELY REBUILT FOR STREET DUTY AND THEN I HAD THE CAR REPAINTED IN THE ORIGINAL COLOR OF CAMEO WHITE DUE TO ALL THE RACING GRAPHICS AND STICKERS THAT WHERE DOWN THE SIDE OF THE CAR BUT I DID LEAVE THE ORIGINAL RACING NAME ON THE REAR SPOILER AND HAVE ANOTHER MATCHING PAINTED SPOILER WITHOUT THE RACING NAME ON IT IF YOU WOULD RATHER HAVE THAT ONE AND ALSO I HAVE THE ORIGINAL BACK SEAT, I HAVE ONLY TAKEN THE CAR TO LOCAL CRUISE NIGHTS THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND PUT 15 MILES ON IT SINCE I HAVE HAD IT DUE TO THE REASON FOR SELLING THE CAR IT NEEDS TO BE ENJOYED LIKE IT SHOULD BE, THE CAR ALWAYS DRAWS A LARGE CROWD WHEN EVER ITS TAKEN OUT, YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED THIS IS A NICE TURN KEY READY TO GO ORIGINAL RUST FREE RARE FIREBIRD FORMULA 455 HO CAR THAT YOU WILL BE PROUD TO TAKE ANYWHERE. PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS OF THE ORIGINAL WINDOW STICKER AND DEALER DOCUMENTS WHEN PURCHASED NEW AND THE LAST TWO PICTURES IS WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF RACING IT. BUYER PAYS ALL SHIPPING COST IF NEEDED, THIS CAR IS 47 YEARS OLD AND SOLD AS IS CONDITION WITH NO WARRANTY IMPLIED ALL SALES ARE FINAL. THE CAR IS FOR SALE LOCALLY ALSO AND I HAVE THE RIGHT TO END THE AUCTION EARLY. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS SEVEN SIX 0 FIVE ZERO 8 EIGHT FOUR 0 FIVE. HAPPY BIDDING AND THANK YOU, EDDIE