Ugggh... Bumperettes. Sickening.

Yes. Because the R stands for Race car! People are all about the stickers. Even applies to Formulas to an extent. Every Firebird with a V8 magically becomes a Formula when the for sale sign goes in the window. Might be why Formulas are partially ignored. When every V8 Firebird is at least a Formula, what difference does it make.

True, but if one of those cars were an Iroc it'd sell faster than either Firebird, and for more money.

Some of us strongly dislike the white/gold/poop tan interior so much even the 3.8T can't save them. Agree on the 8K price, because it doesn't run. If the seller wants someone to buy the car and the not running doesn't matter, they need to make it run. Just the way it is. 75% of the market that would be interested in a low mileage car are going to walk when it won't even start and run. If I wanted to get my hands dirty I wouldn't be looking at a car with under 20k miles on the odometer.

See below, this was the only way to get 350 + Ttops in 91/92.

And the bumperettes were better? Wrong. The bumperettes made every 85-90 Firebird look like someone glued training wheels on the bumpers. It completely ruins the lines of the car, even if you squint and pretend it's a throwback to the split Pontiac grills of corporate styling history. The 91-92 Firebird bumpers did away with the squinty little turn signals, the bumperettes, and gave the car a wicked aggressive look. To each his own, but 91-92 Formulas are the second best looking thirdgen after the 85-90 Trans Am.

People that prefer Camaros just don't know any better. If they only knew how to dream a little bigger they could have a much better car for less money. The Firebird is always the better choice, partially because the resale value is lower. You get a better deal.

I will take bumperettes over body side molded plastic..... "ground effects"
I like the clean look of the 87-90 Formula

Oh man... You're going to make me divide by zero with that choice. I prefer cars without GFX generally, but the 85-90 Trans Am is perfection. Idk why I prefer that body to all others, it's just the way it is.

I agree.....I like them too....what about GTA's?

Even today, the 91-2 bird styling is still a love it or hate it look.. Still has no middle ground.

Same thing, but no tan interiors or it's ruined.

Until it runs its value is going to be low, period. All this nonsense 1 of 41 nobody in the market cares about but until it fires and doesn't sit there knocking like mad is what most would question. I wouldn't even consider paying much of anything for it until it ran.. good chunk of the rest of the world will be the same way.

There's some middle ground. I'm in it. Much prefer the pre-1991 front end, but I didn't hate the 1991-92. If I was looking for another Firebird and the best one available was a 91/92, I'd buy it.

There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who love the 91-92 beak, and those that prefer the exclusive company of other men. Go ahead, change my mind.

The swoopy 91-92 gfx are questionable, but come on it's not like we're talking about the Berlinetta or notch backs, or the 86 third brake light, or the 88 Camaro spoiler... Is there anyone I havent offended yet?

Its a great car. So happy it has T-Tops/350 and zero GFX.. The story is great, one owner great. And only driven to church on Sundays to boot! I've been searching around for a certain car that makes 500hp out of the factory from 2008-2010. They didn't make all that many of them. The wife wants to know what color, my response was anything but white or silver. she said no red either. I could be convinced to get silver if all the other colors were right. A guy only has so much money, and so much room, so hard choices have to be made. Oh, and did I mention that wheel option is really cool, although not a fan of those.

BizJetTech, what have you decided about the car? Buying it?

I have not made a final decision just yet, but I am leaning toward passing on it......I prefer the 87-90 Formula's & GTA's

Biz I’m completely with you on this one. I’d have no problem paying that extra IROC premium on a car like this, simply because it’s not an IROC lol. I mean after all, where else you gonna find another one? Of course they’re out there but you ain’t gonna see them often, and probably not this preserved. And to be honest if I had that kinda money laying around to spend on something like this, conversation over lol

Dude this had me laughing as hard as the creeper ordeal. Hilarious

If you're passing, can you tell us what the asking price is??

Funny post.

Second part made me laugh too. 3rd gen Firebirds were my favorites immediately when they first came out. I was just starting college. Every time they'd made a change, the small changes to the nose around 1984, the third brake light, the wraparound spoiler, I was like, "No! Don't mess it up before I can buy one." Although over time, I think they perfected the look and the 1987-90 cars where the best.

When I was finally out of school and making decent money, it was time for me to trade the Cavalier and buy the car that I really wanted. I was going to wait until fall of 1990 and buy a '91 Firebird. Then Motor Trend published the upcoming changes in 1991. I went out to the dealer shortly after that and in February of 1990 picked out my 1990 Formula before they were gone. Just to avoid that new nose.

I used to hate the bumperettes. I vowed to never own one with them and now I have 2 cars with them.lol They sort of grow on you after awhile though. It's blatantly, no I will say 100% obvious that the Pontiac designers were heavily influenced by the KITT car bumper when they created the final 91-92 nose. With that said, I prefer the 82-83 front nose with the grilles, but I do like the 91-92 nose as well.

Sorry, 100% wrong. take a look at the 1988 Pontiac Banshee IV. Both the nose and the rear wing. Straight off the show car. It also heavily influenced the 4th gen Firebird.

Yea the 91-92, and 4th gen, were heavily influenced by the Banshee.

i knew the "claybar residue " would come up.nice one

orange birds quote: no claybar residue,it was somewhat funny.this looks like the perfect $8000-$9000 car if you can confirm it hasn't been tampered with which im sure you can.

Beautiful Formula only thing missing is a stick shift but other than that awesome car. Forget the iroc the 91-92 formulas are the best looking thirdgens there’s a reason the 92 firehawk is the most expensive and sought after third gen today, it was the complete package looks and all. Everyone loves a nice iroc but there everywhere and not hard to find.