Ol' Fart's Firebird Fantasy

[oldskool]

Originally Posted by Adam Strang

Hey if you`re interested I am selling my `68 GTO F/SA car ready to go. 400 350/325 hp.

Hey, thanks for the offer. But if I had plenty to plunk down for a race ready Stocker, I wouldn't be doing this thread. And, as mentioned earlier, I am not a big fan of the '68 Goat. Just don't like the bumper/tail light set-up. I'm not sure why--maybe it's just me. But I love the '69 rear.

Speaking of buying a race ready Stocker, if I'd had the coins, I'da probably bought Mike Morgan's Bird. He did quite well with it at the US Nationals.

http://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=54677

http://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCSt...r2014#indextop

http://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCSt...r2014#indextop

http://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCSt...r2014#indextop

[oldskool]

Just started cruising the net to see what's out there.

This '72 GTO is the 1st thing I saw that is interesting.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pontiac-GTO-...US_Cars_Trucks

[64wgn]

oldskool, not sure if it would work for you or not but there is a decent looking 71 LeMans wagon on Minneapolis minn craigslist now. Sorry, but I cant post a link

[HandOverFist]

Originally Posted by 64wgn

oldskool, not sure if it would work for you or not but there is a decent looking 71 LeMans wagon on Minneapolis minn craigslist now. Sorry, but I cant post a link

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

[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.

[Dwight Southerland]

http://easttexas.craigslist.org/cto/4796957483.html


http://shreveport.craigslist.org/cto/4841245286.html


http://fortsmith.craigslist.org/cto/4841158976.html


http://littlerock.craigslist.org/cto/4827976687.html


http://batonrouge.craigslist.org/cto/4845166129.html


http://tulsa.craigslist.org/cto/4840084797.html


http://carbondale.craigslist.org/cto/4828614149.html


http://northmiss.craigslist.org/cto/4835095290.html


http://bham.craigslist.org/cto/4820748901.html

[oldskool]

[QUOTE=Dwight Southerland;459262]

http://fortsmith.craigslist.org/cto/4841158976.html[/URL]



Hey thanks for the links. That Lemans in Fort Smith looks interesting. Wish it was a little closer, so I could go check it out. Google says I'm over 350 miles and nearly 6 hours from there.

But I think I'll contact him anyhow, for more details. Thanks again !

Just sent an E-mail for more info.