'71 Firebird Formula 455 Project, Loaded and Then Some

[scuncio]

I rarely see a PHS with THAT many options. Neat car!

Link to 1971 Formula 455 Project Car auction (https://www.ebay.com/itm/334530095911?hash=item4de38c2b27:g:kkMAAOSwx8Bi9bH K&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoICIL66VxNhCQcPpAJ%2FT7vmPSIR fk14bw7BwmhsuKnlD%2BzF7GaikqmX0V%2BtV8UN0exEIRsYpn jYxXjxT48vItD6mRQP8WE3wO4Xus8aOi6%2BCyPSt%2FcYFNai NaNLMFxwj2kENpWdR946nPa7S0GnvEL7tBqRneBTKat5lY2uRG 97kxfp0IO2R%2Bm%2Bqa7vdYmJZy7DwTYWmzPT5sQs9K5K8ak0 %3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9y_04vlYA&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5337538513&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1)

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[southernfriedcj]

That's a lot of money for a rear end, roof, hood, spoiler and fender vents.

[Steve Shauger]

Is that a 455 HO which would make it more desirable. That is a major project....

[Tracker1]

Is that a 455 HO which would make it more desirable. That is a major project....

No it is the lesser 455, non-HO

[njsteve]

1971 was a weird year for the Firebird. You could get the base 325 HP, 455 4BBL with the regular cylinder heads in the Formula and also the 335 HP, 455HO with the round port heads, for a little more. They didn't sell many of the 325 HP version. Rare but not that valuable.

In 72 it was just the 455HO version of the 455.

[njsteve]

It is a very rare black car which was still an available color in 1971.

As you may recall in 1972, Pontiac didn't offer black as a Firebird paint option. (You could get around it by doing a special order paint color and paying $20 or so and then choosing black).