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Pontiac firebird-the auto-biography / Marc Cranswick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cranswick, Marc, author.
- Series:
- Made in America Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Firebird automobile--History.
- Firebird automobile.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (242 pages)
- Edition:
- New fourth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Exeter, England : David & Charles Publishers, [2023]
- Summary:
- An updated, enlarged fourth edition of Marc Cranswick's complete model history of General Motors' upmarket F body variant. Featuring a new foreword - and five new sections - written by legendary Firebird designer John Schinella, plus 128 new photos and 24 extra pages, Cranswick brings the Firebird legend to life in even more glorious detail.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Foreword by John Schinella & Introduction
- Firebirds … who knew?!
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Enter the pony car – Pontiac’s new Firebird
- Room for another player in the specialty car arena?
- Two heads are better than one
- Chapter 2. Engineering & design – what made the new Firebird fly
- Looks are everything
- Playing it fast but safe
- A most unusual engine in the motor city – Pontiac’s OHC I6
- Chapter 3. The magnificent five ride – the Firebird model range
- Pontiac’s track stars – the Sprint 6 & Firebird 400
- Revisions to the Firebirds
- Chapter 4. Sport, courtesy of the Great Ones
- Six in a row doesn’t go? The PFST & Fitch Birds
- SCCA Trans Am duty
- A notable track spin-off – the Firebird Trans Am
- Better breathing – the Ram Air family
- Chapter 5. The second generation European-look Firebirds – Pontiac’s all-new Firebird for the ’70s
- Under the microscope – second generation Firebird design detail
- The new four tier model Firebird range
- Early model specifications
- Chapter 6. The tiger still lives in the tank – Firebird performance in the early 1970s
- 1970½ Firebird Formula & Trans Am – last of the premium fuel motors
- The 1971 Pontiac Pegasus
- The 455 HO Formula & Trans Am – after the octane has gone
- 1973 – getting ready for a brave new auto world Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78711-766-9
- OCLC:
- 1457636333
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