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Pontiac Firebird Archive
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![Pontiac had been a pioneer in the muscle car field in the early ’60s, with its highly competitive big-displacement H.O. and SD V-8 engines. By the latter 1970s, that whole […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1979-Pontiac-Firebird-Formula-Starlight-Black-Bring-a-Trailer-15-front-3q-left-vignette.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage M/T Road Test: 1979 Pontiac Firebird Formula – Last Call For The Hot L78/W72 Pontiac 400 V8")
Vintage M/T Road Test: 1979 Pontiac Firebird Formula – Last Call For The Hot L78/W72 Pontiac 400 V8
Posted on October 23, 2025 | 15 CommentsPontiac had been a pioneer in the muscle car field in the early ’60s, with its highly competitive big-displacement H.O. and SD V-8 engines. By the latter 1970s, that whole […] -
![It would appear that we at Curbside Classic have stumbled across two 1967 Pontiac Firebirds in the past, both convertibles: There was an aqua car with a 326 V8/automatic, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1967-Pontiac-Firebird-02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1967 Firebird Convertible – With The Rare And Special OHC Inline-Six")
1967 Firebird Convertible – With The Rare And Special OHC Inline-Six
Posted on August 7, 2025 | 15 CommentsIt would appear that we at Curbside Classic have stumbled across two 1967 Pontiac Firebirds in the past, both convertibles: There was an aqua car with a 326 V8/automatic, and […] -
![So I was visiting a friend of mine in one of San Salvador’s residential areas, a peculiar vicinity from the 1960s, built for the military when they were considered a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_20240114_161625068.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 6.6 – Prolonging The Magic")
Curbside Classic: 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 6.6 – Prolonging The Magic
Posted on January 19, 2024 | 21 CommentsSo I was visiting a friend of mine in one of San Salvador’s residential areas, a peculiar vicinity from the 1960s, built for the military when they were considered a […] -
![(first posted 2/4/2016) The cost of rehabilitating a “damaged” nameplate can be high. So is the cost of introducing and marketing an entirely new nameplate. If you introduce a high-quality, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1998-2004-cadillac-seville-sts.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive Histories: When The Old Names Died (Part III)")
Automotive Histories: When The Old Names Died (Part III)
Posted on February 4, 2022 | 63 Comments(first posted 2/4/2016) The cost of rehabilitating a “damaged” nameplate can be high. So is the cost of introducing and marketing an entirely new nameplate. If you introduce a high-quality, […] -
![(first posted 5/22/2014) I think it’s time for a bit of seventies F-body love. In fact, I’m betting that between the California sun and those classic F-body curves in front […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/77-78-Firebird-interior.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977/78 Firebird – Jim Rockford’s Kissin’ Cousin?")
Curbside Classic: 1977/78 Firebird – Jim Rockford’s Kissin’ Cousin?
Posted on August 1, 2021 | 45 Comments(first posted 5/22/2014) I think it’s time for a bit of seventies F-body love. In fact, I’m betting that between the California sun and those classic F-body curves in front […] -
![North American Curbivores will be familiar with this feeling. You go to a classic car show and every Chevelle is an SS and every Mustang a V8. You know there […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/1982-pontiac-firebird-v6-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC For Sale: 1982 Pontiac Firebird V6 – A Big Brown Bird, But Is It A Turkey?")
CC For Sale: 1982 Pontiac Firebird V6 – A Big Brown Bird, But Is It A Turkey?
Posted on February 13, 2020 | 43 CommentsNorth American Curbivores will be familiar with this feeling. You go to a classic car show and every Chevelle is an SS and every Mustang a V8. You know there […] -
![Labor Day is celebrated on the first Monday in September in both Canada and the US. Besides being another great excuse for a BBQ, block party or a trip to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1967-1968-pontiac-firebird-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: Sun Lovers Of Vancouver")
CC Outtakes: Sun Lovers Of Vancouver
Posted on September 2, 2019 | 13 CommentsLabor Day is celebrated on the first Monday in September in both Canada and the US. Besides being another great excuse for a BBQ, block party or a trip to […] -
![You may have noticed there’s something not quite right about this Firebird. That’s because it isn’t a Firebird but, rather, an Arcadipane Imitator. It’s a Holden Monaro dressed up with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/arcadipane-imitator.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Design Outtake: What’s Wrong With This Firebird?")
Design Outtake: What’s Wrong With This Firebird?
Posted on May 22, 2018 | 27 CommentsYou may have noticed there’s something not quite right about this Firebird. That’s because it isn’t a Firebird but, rather, an Arcadipane Imitator. It’s a Holden Monaro dressed up with […] -
![We all know the story of how the Fox-body Mustang was almost replaced with the FWD, Mazda-derived Ford Probe. What some of you may not know is GM nearly made […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/gm-80-prototype-6-.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive Histories: The GM-80 Camaro/Firebird – F-Body (Almost) Becomes FWD-Body")
Automotive Histories: The GM-80 Camaro/Firebird – F-Body (Almost) Becomes FWD-Body
Posted on April 10, 2017 | 48 CommentsWe all know the story of how the Fox-body Mustang was almost replaced with the FWD, Mazda-derived Ford Probe. What some of you may not know is GM nearly made […]
