International Firebirds Lot#3

International Firebirds
Lot#3

This 1983 Trans Am comes to us from Vancouver Canada. Rob MacArthur is the owner. The bird has discarded its original engine and a 66' 327 sits in its place. The new mill sports a Holley Carburetor and Intake, a Crane cam, headers, and a 3" Flowmaster Exhaust system. A T5 5-speed tranny is mated to the engine. Besides the reworked engine the TA also has new suspension components and new brakes at all four corners. Rob approximates this combination is good for around 330hp. Several mods have been performed on the interior as well. A Camaro interior has been installed along with a stainless steel dash and center console.

This awesome Trans Am is owned by Murray McMillan of Oshawa, Ontario Canada. Murray writes:

"I am sending you this picture of my Trans-Am. It is fully customized. The flares, side vents, hood scoop and ground effect glass work is by RC Roadsters. The engine is a balanced and blue-printed 428c.i. Pontiac. Interior is by Citation with a gun smoke gray, midnight charcoal and silver design. I bought it new in 1977, and started work on it the same week. The 12-bolt Chevy Nova rear end and 400 turbo trans with 3500 stall converter gets the power to the massive P295R50-15's. The paint is Ferrari Black with 24 units of Russet Pearl. My girl friend Liz polishes everything ...he he."

This 1969 Firebird coupe is owned by native Frenchman Jean-Marc. This particular Firebird was actually built for delivery to Europe. The speedometer only shows km/h rather than the US standard of mph. Jean-Marc purchased it in April of '97, it features a 400c.i., automatic transmission, and a black deluxe interior. Plans for future changes are some new tires and rims and a paint job. The last picture in the set is a rendering of what the car is expected to look like after the changes.

Jean-Marc hosts his own website. Its in French but if you'd like to visit it click here. You'll find a few more pictures of his fabulous Firebird.

I bought this car, a PONTIAC FIREBIRD 1996 with a 3.4L V6, TARGA in August 1998 from a car dealer here in Vienna, Austria. It's my first American car and the difference to other cars is this head banging styling. No other European car can give you this look of muscle and power. So now I had my first 5.000 miles with my FIREBIRD, no problems at all, just a lot of turned heads. The FIREBIRD is a European model, that means km/h on the tachometer, has an 4-gear automatic gearbox and the only difference from the original version is a tuned fuel injection system and some changes made to the exhaust system which gets the car about 200 hp and a maximum speed around 140 km/h, but you must know that in Austria the maximum speed on a highway is 80 km/h.
Further changes are not planned at the moment, of course it's rather hard to get tuning parts for an American legend here in Austria, but I'll work on it.

Other FIREBIRD drivers send e-mails to me at: bulls91@gmx.at

This awesome red Trans Am belongs to Daniel Norman of Sydney, Australia. Daniel writes:

"Hi, my name is Daniel Norman. I live in Sydney Australia. I currently own a '75 Trans Am. I have only owned it for about 7 months but I am regularly trying to improve it. It has a 400 with a TH350 and a 3.08 posi rear. I have included some pics of it but I have changed it since the pics were taken, it now rides on a set of Turbo TA wheels which have been polished with the slots painted, I have also put a mild cam in the engine and swapped the Holley Street Dominator manifold for a stock 4bbl unit. The car picked up a very noticeable amount of performance with the stock intake, the Street Dominator isn't very good for normal use. It also uses less gas with the stocker (I could only get 150 miles from a 80 liter tank before). The engine also got a fresh coat of paint while it was apart. I have also fitted a '76 rear bar, a '76 nose is also planned. Some interesting facts, the car is a '75 but has a fisher T roof, a previous owner has had this done. The steering wheel is on the right hand side of the car while the brakes are on the left, there is a shaft that runs under the dash and the pedal is relocated. BTW: Great page, one of the best I have seen."

Thanks Daniel! Be sure to check out the last two pics in the set. I've seen other TAs where the master cylinder was actually on the right side of the car as well as the steering wheel. This one has a little bit different setup as Daniel described. As a side note Fisher Tops were not available from the factory till '77. Hurst tops were introduced in '76 and replaced midyear '77. It is a very interesting and good looking modification. Too often aftermarket sets are installed that I believe just don't look as good.

This awesome blue convertible 1969 firebird is owned by Dan Swartswe. Dan writes:

"Hello! Here is some pictures of my '69 Firebird convertible. It has a 350 engine and a 400 automatic transmission. Power steering, power brakes, power top and tinted windows. I live in Sweden, the car was imported to Sweden in 1973. I bought the car in 1986 and I have restored it bit for bit during the past 13 years. It is a nice car to drive and I will never sell it I think."

Dan Swartswe
Sweden

This killer black Trans Am is owned by Scott Chatterton. Scott writes:

"I currently own this '79 T/A with the 403 olds engine and Auto tranny. This is my first Trans-am and I bought it two years ago for $1350 Canadian. It needs a little body work and I don't think the motor has been touched since day one. I love this car due to that fact that in Australia, where I immigrated from three years ago, muscle cars like this are quite rare and expensive. This is quite a novelty for me to own and drive everyday to work except in winter time when it is parked! I hope to restore it one day to a much better shape and keep it for my 3 year old to drive as he loves it so much as well! I'm quite a novice when it comes to T/A's and I'm learning new things all the time. Thanks for your web site, I'll visit quite often I think."

This fantastic looking Trans Am is owned by Adam Rehorn. His brother Lee was kind enough to send me these pics and information. Lee writes:

"This car is all original, including paint, decals and trim, and it has only 93,000 km on the odometer. Having never been winter driven, it has no rust and shines like new. Perhaps its strongest suit is the interior, which is even better than the outside. Power, of course, comes from the Turbo 301, pushing fumes through a cat-less exhaust. It has tilt steering, power windows, a noise-dampening package and the WS6 package as major options. Aftermarket accessories include rear window louvers, a Pioneer stereo and American Racing rims (with chickens in the spinners!)."

E-mail: Adam Rehorn

This radically customized 1990 Firebird belongs to Ralf Kutting. Ralf writes:

"You're right, the European cars are really boring. I think the guys from VW, Opel, Fiat etc. were trying to beat each other in making the cheapest and smallest car and forgot about the FUN that people should have while driving their cars. I'm afraid I can tell you nothing else about my car than that it was built by GENERAL MOTORS-DETROIT in 1990. I guess it's a BASE model, because it's got only about 140 hp. I've found out, that the car-saler where I've bought my FB got it from an exotic-sports-car-shop in Vienna to get people's attention - and it worked."

Ralf recently finished a 2 long year make-over to completely transform what was before a nice-looking but plain 1990 Firebird into the highly customized and racy looking street cruiser it is now. Ralf writes:

"Hi there! It's me, Ralf from Austria - the owner of the (formerly) red 1990 Firebird in your international gallery. As I told you before, my bird would become heavily modified with a complete body kit from a German company, and it would also get a completely rebuilt engine with a few more hp ;-). Now, after more than two years of intense work it is finally complete! These things have been changed:

Super Street Front

Super Street Spoiler

Ground Effect Kit

Modified Stingray hood scoop

Modified Trans Am rear bumper

M3-look side mirrors

Alu pedal-set

Crane Compucam

K&N airfilter

Pioneer soundsystem
*(The whole bodykit was made by www.otp-vondracek.de)

Further modifications will include:

Eibach lowering kit

Sports exhaust system

wheel spacers front/rear

I hope you'll post these new pictures on your site and maybe even keep one of the old pictures up, to show what the car looked like before all those modifications.

Best regards,
Ralf Kutting

This blue '69 Firebird Convertible is owned by Björn Holmstedt. Björn writes:

" I'm a Swedish firebird owner, who really liked what I found on your page. I have totally restored my -'72 formula 350 over the last six years. But meanwhile I cruised around in different other Pontiac muscle-machines. I had made all the work myself, sandblasting, welding, paint, interior and so on... A total frame-off resto. It feels good when you cruise the streets, now when it's ready. Sorry to say that I really don't have any good "after" pics of it. But here's a pic of my convertible '69."

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