firebird info needed

[ironhwy]

Recently i purchased a 68 firebird 350 HO
i noticed the car didnt have the lovure in the quarter panels behind the doors
my question is
did they ever build a model without the lovures
or is it as i suspect and someone replaced the quarters with camaro quarters
anyone have any info on this?

 

[TURBOTWIN2]

I'm pretty sure they ALL had louvres, part of the styling enticement.
Maybe yours is a one off? Kinda doubt it.

 

[ChadF71]

I have had four 67 and 68 Firebirds and all had quarter pannel vents.

 

[Turbo Indian]

all 67-69 firebirds had the lovurs in the rear qtrs. hate to say it but some damn chebby lover got there hands on it.

 

[ironhwy]

yea kind of figured that as well
will be cutting those off and installing the proper ones for sure

 

[usetaboost]

I have a pontiac performance magazine with a 350 ho car on the cover. It has louvers. Congrats on the find though!

 

[$1987 GN$]

They were bad for rusting out there.

I had seen the metal cut out and just sheet put back in there on many of them.

Remember back then it was just another car, well sorta.

Later AJ

 

[corsair231]

Cool, Now just change the front end and rear panel, put some Camaro emblems on it and double it's value. (Flame suit on :biggrin

 

[need boost]

Yep someone put camaro quarters on it. Good luck with her though, I have a 68 400 firebird and wouldn't trade it for a cookie cutter camaro anyday ! People walk by the camaros at car shows to see mine just because it is NOT a camaro. Sometimes being diffrent is a good thing lol ! Daniel Ray

 

[usetaboost]

I won't even look at a camaro unless it's a nicely modded 2nd or 3rd gen camaro, or evena stock original. I'll take a nice hardtop or convertible IROC any day over a 4th or 1st gen. I love the boxy line styling of them! I don't even look at them half the time. I sneer at mustangs because I see so many of those turds also. I had a line on a 1st gen trans am once, wish I would have chased it down...oh well.