Year One Customer Car Show
1968 Firebird
Joe’s car is a strange bird indeed. Just take a look at the list of
options found on the window sticker, I bet the salesman was happy with
his commission check after this sale.
As most people know, the Ram Air option was one in itself, but then add
that to a
convertible and you really thin down the field. It is reported that only
12 Ram Air
convertibles were made in ‘68 (includes both I and II models), and as
of June of ‘99 there are only 6 known to still exist.
What makes this car even more rare (if possible) is the factory saddle
trim option which is
leather; we're talking about 1968 here folks. Joe says that his car is
even stranger still since
after close inspection, he noticed that the factory put 2 shocks on the
driver side (he said
that he had read an article about this back in ‘67 which stated that
Pontiac was experimenting with the notion).
Want another point of interest? Well, Joe still has the factory non-RA
scoop inserts that all
the cars came with. See the thing is, the dealer would install the RA
option while prepping
the car for delivery; the RA setup was shipped in the trunk.
| 1968 Firebird Convertible 2996.00 Destination charge 71.50 3067.50 Saddle Trim (leather) 263.30 Firebird Ram Air 616.12 4spd close ratio 184.31 Special order axle ratio (3.90) 63.19 Manual rear antenna 9.48 Radio am and fm 133.76 Speaker rear seat 15.80 Mirror remote LH 9.48 Custom seat belts front and rear 9.48 Tachometer-hood mounted 63.19 Auxiliary gauge cluster 31.60 Wheels rally II 84.26 Console 50.55 Chrome extensions-exhaust 21.06 Power steering-wonder touch 94.79 Disc brakes front-power 42.13 Glass-soft ray-windshield only 21.06 Power convertible top 52.66 Power windows 100.05 Custom trim option 114.80 deluxe wheel discs deluxe steering wheel pedal trim; rear whl moldings side roof rail moldings Mats front floor 6.85 Lamp-ignition switch 2.11 Lamp luggage 3.16 F70x14 Nylon 31.60 Options subtotal 2087.98 Total Amount 5155.48 |
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