Well i guess my shifter is the rarest since it hasn't been mentioned my original 82 firebird s/e has the silver Pontiac logo in the button.

 

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That's cool.

 

It is only in 82 s/e 's.But out of 10 firebird s/e's i have seen in person in the yard i go to.All have had there shifters removed (I e knight rider people)
And the other s/e's had the red logo.My 82 is the only car that i have seen with the silver logo rare indeed.It also has the Grey firebird under the key locks and Grey firebird logo in the door handles

 

Silver is just faded red.

 

Ya that could also be possible,But i doubt it since my car is an s/e with tan int and grey and black ext.Even the firebird cap in the middle of the steering wheel is silver.

 

I suppose it's possible that the S/E's had color coded shift *****. They did have color coded wheel caps and inserts for the door handles. T/A's did not. I suppose they might have done it for the shifter. But yeah, the ones I have look silver, but they are faded red.

As far as stuff from the 2nd gen, yeah, the LG4 was in the Camaros. Pontiacs had Pontiac engines still.

They did take some styling cues. The taillights look similar, the bulge hood on the T/A's was supposed to be for the turbo motor in 80-81, fender vents.

They had optional snowflake rims in 82, they could have been the same ones as 2nd gen.

 

Hi all!
The picture of the second gen bird shifter emblem was used by Pontiac from 1970 to 1972, then changed to the red Pontiac crest from 1973 to 1975, then changed back to the bird for 1976 to 1981.
I have never seen it used in a third gen. All the early third gen Birds had either the red Pontiac crest or the gold crest. The silver Pontiac crests have always been faded red that I too have found! They had some red still in them!
The second gen bird emblems are from what I've seen in person, and off the Pontiac parts book!

Hope this helps,

George

 

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No "Bird" buttons at all on any model third gens.
All were the Pontiac crest.

The shifter and button were gone and replaced with the T shifter when the 700R4 was introduced for 83.
It still may have been used in 83 as the 200C was still available along with the 700R4 on exports only.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong....but wasnt the first LG4 available in 1976 with the introduction of the 305??

 

That would be the LG3 in 1976-79:

Bore and Stroke 3.736 x 3.48
HP 140 @ 3800
Torque 245 @ 2000
Compression 8.5:1
Carb 2V

LG4 came in 1980

Bore and Stroke 3.74 x 3.48
HP 155 @ 4000
Torque 240 @ 1600 (230 @ 2400 California only)
Compression 8.6:1
Carb 4V

 

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