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The First Two Firebirds are Found and Restored
Not a Camaro, but close.
Just found this story in my email. https://myclassicgarage.com/social/p...mpaign=14email The TV show "Fast N' Loud" host Richard Rawlings says he has found what the industry calls the "Holy Grail" - the first two Pontiac Firebirds ever built. Simply called "#1" and "#2," the prototypes were produced by Pontiac engineers for testing and to determine if they were to be mass produced. 
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04-18-2014, 01:15 PM
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Saw this on Fox News this morning. Pretty cool.
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04-18-2014, 01:33 PM
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cool they were found, but technically not lost.
not overly cool that GasMonkey got their hands on them...I hope they did what they are supposed to do with these and NOT make a traditional Gas Monkey car out of them...or even do anything that Gas Monkey would do to ANY car.
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04-18-2014, 01:44 PM
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This pic was in the article. I hope this is one of the finished products.
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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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04-18-2014, 02:49 PM
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Not sure who in the industry is calling this the "holy grail" - that is hype. Finding a Hemi Cuda ragtop, any Hemi Cuda ragtop (let alone the first one) trumps this find. For non-muscle, there are many documented Bugatti, Ferrari, etc. finds that trump this.
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04-18-2014, 02:50 PM
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I dont know. I dont buy the story of them being prototypes. Could they be the first 2 mass produced? That sounds more plausible.
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Oh no they will now be put back together half azz so they can be flipped for cash
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Check out this picture of an actual 67 Firebird Convertible. Notice it has "Gills" on the rear quarter panel just behind the door. Also the front bumper is different. And it looks like on the prototype it is grafted on the Camaro nose. The bumper does not match up well with the front fender. Then again the bumper may be warped and it could just be more of their half assed work.... I can't see anyone paying $650K for something so unfinished looking.
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04-19-2014, 12:32 PM
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Those were different times when an ordinary person could get #1 and #2 off the lines. Can't do that today unless you are Rick Hendrick.
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Personally, I hope it is NOT one of those Ponchos. Because if it is, aftermarket wheels have no place in a correct "restoration" for a museum, even a prototype's restoration. Those are not the correct wheels for that car, what else did they do incorrectly? If that's one of the prototypes, the car has been turned into a custom, not restored. Prototypes from that era are very hard to restore correctly but it absolutely has been done. Here's a "one of none" car: the 1970 Buick GSX prototype, which was 100% DOT legal when made and was restored to original condition as it appeared in the 1970 show car circuit, at great effort: http://www.buickperformanceclub.com/GSXPrototype.htm
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