Preface: Having watched first the Ford Mustang and then the Chevrolet Camaro record into the pony car retail, Pontiac when all is said got into the act in the centre of 1967. The Firebird was offered with both six and eight roll engines, like the Mustang and Camaro, and was based heavily on the Chevrolet Camaro chassis.

Pontiac did try to pamper it their own and would beget a European styled and hifalutin pony car that could mug its own against its more savvy meet.

The Pontiac Firebird was released five months after the Chevrolet Camaro, and offered buyers choices of six and eight wobble engines. Pontiac was adept to use that further epoch to sire a sui generis singularity for the Firebird, regardless of having to use the Camaro chassis and some corpse panels. In the face using the same front fenders, doors, and care for fenders as the Camaro, the Firebird’s styled split front grille, beaked hood, and GTO-slitted taillights gave it a distinctly Pontiac show.

But the key differentiator was under the hood, where the Firebird offered a range of Pontiac engines. Initially, five divergent Firebirds were readily obtainable, named after their particular locomotive choices. At the bottom was the poor 230 cubic inch OHC six spin locomotive with a fasten on 1bbl carb, rated at a measily 165 bhp. Stepping up to the “Sprint” story got the customer a 230 I6 with a 4bbl carb rated at 215bhp.

Either six stagger was linked to either a three or four aid handbook or two-promote inevitable transferring. Although the six stumble engines were more stalwart than Chevy’s offerings, most buyers wisely opted for one of the to hand V8 engines. At the bottom was Pontiac’s 326 V8 with a two tub carb that was rated at 250 bhp. A individual “H.O.” (Luxurious Yield) type of the 326 V8 bespoke with a four vat carb was rated at 285bhp.

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