1973 Pontiac Firebird Esprit 400

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  1. jwdtenn

    jwdtenn Well-Known Member

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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    Paint it black, it'd look like Lon McQ's Poncho roaring up and down Seattle's streets in "McQ."
     
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    cammerjeff Longroofs Rule!

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    Good Looking car, but what did they do with the door panel armrests when they installed the repo door panels?

    Really makes the door panels look weird IMO

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    I am also confused by window cranks & Power window switch's

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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    There certainly are possible inconsistencies. I don't recall the door panels having that many visible screws holding them on
     
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    cammerjeff Longroofs Rule!

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    I see it has the cheep lower door panels without the map pockets & Arm rests. I think those were only available on the Base model Firebirds, not a Esprit Model. The door panels should look like this.

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    Also the dash has a grab handle that would indicate a deluxe interior, but it has the base model door panels (with the wrong lower section) and base interior rear seat side panels without ashtrays. It also has the standard seats.

    All that being said, if the car is solid the opening bid is reasonable as it would be easy to correct the door panels & remove the power window switch's
     
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    cammerjeff Longroofs Rule!

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    Looks like it sold, not surprising as the asking price for a 400 powered solid 2nd gen firebird was reasonable.
     
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    Ha ha!

    I thought exactly the same thing.

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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    The first movie line I could remember, and I was only eight years old when I heard it, was "Get some foam on this thing! I'm up to my butt in gas!"

     
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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    And, decades later, as I watched the scenes of the drugs getting stolen, I recalled all my memories of that building they they're in--the former Public Health Service hospital (currently Amazon World Headquarters). Those cream and Kaopectate green walls gave me the willies then and just about turn my stomach now!
     

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