lonestar7

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Here's a very nice black 1989 Formula 350 with only 5,305 miles on the clock.
Load of good photos, must be over 100 of them, good original reference shots. I saved a bunch of them in my collection of original 3rd gen cars.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1989-Pontiac-Firebird-Formula-350-Only-5-305-Original-Miles-Very-Rare-Loaded-/111035927029?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item19da41c9f5

86TA355SR

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That is a nice looking Formula.

I did the same thing, especially the under hood pictures.

It is screaming for you to buy it!

TTOP350

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Me like. I've been looking for one like this... I'm going to watch it.
I'll list the non stock things on the car I see.
Cap/rotor
wires
some injs but not all (weird)
had a STB
aftermarket wonder bar
fuel filter
trans pan
oil filter (atleast use a AC delco)
Even with this stuff I'd like to have it.

IMissMy86TA

I too am downloading the photos for reference.
I see they touched the top of the lid of the coolent overflow tank.. mine was perfect till i touched it too.. then it came off like chalk..
Plan to repaint it by spraying white on a board and tapping the raided lettering against it. should work. my windshield cap has no white lettering and i see its white on here.. have to do that one too!

2007xl50

That is a super nice car, hope it goes to a good home. Look at all you got back then for under $17k, not anymore.

86TA355SR

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It's a 24 year old car.

I am curious to see if it sells. Be cool if someone from this board bought it.

IMissMy86TA

If I had the garage space I would..

ternandes

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It would be soooo hard for me to own that car without driving it.

TTOP350

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I have the space if you have the coin !!!

IMissMy86TA

yeah but I would have to drive to IL to see it! LOL and then you would have the keys too I am sure

TTOP350

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But it would be a worthwhile drive! Yes I would need the keys. Only reason being is fire. I wouldn't want the birds to be trapped in the birdhouse!
I did have Firehawk #13 in my garage for over a year.

IMissMy86TA

nice... I have free storage for my current f-bofy...next time wont be so lucky..lol

86TA355SR

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That is the down side of buying one of these with low miles...I feel guilty when I drive it.

To me, the best ones to buy are in the 40K mile range. They are still low miles and you don't feel bad about driving them since they have some miles on them. In other words, they aren't 'investment grade' cars at that point.

Anymore, I just drive my cars here and there and don't worry about the miles. I am never going to sell them and that is what they are meant to do...be driven and enjoyed!

that Formula is sick!

ROCFATHER

That's a gorgeous car no doubt! It needs someone (collector) to keep her in a museum. I would ride the hell outta her!

eseibel67

I'm also looking for an untouched car that has 100 hi res pictures so I can keep them on file for future reference. This Formula has ultra low miles, so I would expect it to be a perfect unmolested example, but for some reason it's not. I suspect someone did some stealthy performance mods.

I would like to know where the heater bypass valve it supposed to be located, inboard or outboard of the A.I.R. diverter valve? This car has TB heater bypass, so I can't tell if it's right or wrong.

TTOP350

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From the factory the heater bypass goes between the runners and the air diverter valve. The factory hose for the T-body 2 diverter valve is 3-4 inches long and has a small s type offset.

TallTim

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Thanks for posting Lone! And I thought I had a lot of pics of my car - Thats a 98 page PDF when I printed it...