67 Firebird Trans Am? - Page 3

Rick · #21 10-19-2004, 05:52 AM

My car has documentation, I have 2 broadcast sheets (found one under the back seat and one under the driver) on the bottom of them it says "Tag Fitch & CO.". Also the PHS billing card shows that Pontiac's engineering department paid for the car and it was shipped to the northeast zone.

The first Fitch with the 400 engine would have the same documents also. Not sure what the other 4 or so would have. I guess it would depend on who order them.

-Rick

Rathbone · #22 10-19-2004, 10:12 PM

I meant the guy who said he had a 67 TA, would have to be able to prove it in some way. It's existence goes against all common knowledge.

BigG · #23 10-24-2004, 04:07 AM

1969 was the First year and yes there was one on ebay finished at around 32000 but it was a project car and non numbers I have 3 69 TA/s all numbers matching one in finishing stages of museum quality frame off and paperwork any intersted the offers need to be very close to 100000 oh yes the first one is a four speed as is one other and the last is an auto

Belair62 · #24 10-24-2004, 05:02 AM

I was going to offer you 150k but I couldn't get in touch with you because you didn't fill out your profile !!!

**Mr70** · #25 10-24-2004, 06:37 AM

And I was going to warn you about Belair62 mentioning that,but I couldn't get through to you because you didn't fill out your profile !!!

StealthBird · #26 10-24-2004, 09:55 AM

There was a 69 Trans Am project car on E-bay a month or two ago. It went for less than $10,000.
1969 Trans Am hardtops, fully restored, are anywhere from $30K-60K now, depending on engine (RAIII or RAIV) and trans (auto or stick). What's truly astonishing is that these cars were $10K-$20K back around 1999. They have literally tripled in price in the past 5 years. The demise of the Firebird line in 2002 also added interest. Go figure, just a little while ago, someone on E-Bay sold a real 69 Trans Am hood for $8,000, and it wasn't NOS, it needed work.

As was stated above, there's no such thing as a 67 Trans Am, and the Fitch cars were predecessors, but the Trans Am nameplate debuted at the 1969 Chicago Auto Show.

Canucklehead · #27 10-25-2004, 09:03 PM

Any idea who has the 8 convertables out there?

Keith Tedford · #28 10-26-2004, 01:25 AM

In '68 I had Ram Air Firebird with the Ram Air I engine. It didn't even say Ram Air on the car. It was balanced and blueprinted, had headers and the Royal Bobcat kit installed. I never heard of a Factory built Trans Am Firebird until they came out in '69. Jerry Titus and others had Firebirds built for Trans Am racing before '69 I believe.

StealthBird · #29 10-26-2004, 01:35 AM

I believe all 8 of the 69 Trans Am ragtops have now been found. The elusive 8th one was found a few years ago, and I believe it needed restoration. The other 7 are either restored or in the process of being restored. Last one I saw sold went for $125,000 at the Rockford, Illinois auction a couple years ago.

The eight 1969 Trans Am ragtops were not just a limited production run for Pontiac executives, that was just all that anyone ordered. The Trans Am was not very popular in its first year, but it quickly turned into a very significant Musclecar, historically speaking. They were also pretty darn fast.

Canucklehead · #30 10-26-2004, 01:54 AM

does anybody know who the owners are?. I heard that the last lost one was found as a trans am racer and was being restored to original street dress????, anybody know anything about that?