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The Pontiac Firebird started it's life in 1967 as a response to the Mercury Cougar. Sharing the same platform with the Mustang
, the Cougar was more upscale and were powered with a base Ford 289 V-8. Firebirds, on the otherhand, were available with vast array of engines. Pontiac inline-6 were the base engine, while the
Pontiac 400 can be had for performance. Convertable were also available as it was popular at the time. A total of 15,528 convertables and 67,032 coupes were sold in 1967. |
| Sprint OHC-6 were available for the firebirds from 1967 to 1969, and today it is considered to be a collector's item. There was little changes between the '67 and '68.
The total number of firebirds sold increased to slightly over the 100,000 mark. |
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1969, the year Trans Am is introduced to the world. The Trans Am only color option were white with blue stripes and is
powered by the Pontiac 400. Each Trans Am is powered by a Pontiac RA III 400 while 55 Trans Am is powered by the Pontiac RA IV 400. A total of 697 Trans Am were built during the year it was introduced.
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