94 firebird - Should I buy this car?

$6000 is a bit high but thats because of the extra warranty

Thanks for the feedback. I ended up buying the car last night. I also managed to talk them down another $300. Even though $6000 seemed OK, something about it made me feel it was a tad high for an almost 10 year old car.

Oh well, get out the champagne and welcome me to the Firebird club!

Sid, wouldn't you really rather have a '74? ;^)

I know I would...

The Vampire, "Muffin Man"

No disrespect to the '74, but I would rather own a newer one. I was in my teens and growing up while the 81 and up were popular, so I got hooked on these generations of the car.

You can't disrespect this car,

Nice car, Vamp. Looks exactly like mine.... except for the sunroof, color (mine is now black, no decals), and I have a Flowmaster exhaust. 455 auto with 69k on the clock. Just love the '74!! :^)

a '74 with a hatch roof? also your rear spoiler looks like '79-'81 vintage

So basically it's exactly like yours in every way except the roof, color, engine, transmission (400/4-spd)... *laughs* But yes. Love the '74. I don't like the wrapping rear glass, and of course no cat! I've got nearly 120k on the clock, but starting to restore it soon. Hope it won't take too long. I miss driving it.

The Vampire, "Muffin Man"

I'm going to find out about the roof when I strip the crappy paint that's on it (see if they were installed, or if the roof is a transplant), but the spoiler is correct and it's a #'s matching car.

The Vampire, "Muffin Man"

Oh yeah, and I have turbine style wheels on mine. So... other than the listed items, our 74's are Exactly the same! (big grin) ;^) HD

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I missed this thread.

One big plus about the 74's is that they're exempt from smog testing here. (Any car over 25 is. )

NOI

Best part is no cat. required in any state...

The Vampire, "Muffin Man"

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Yup. You can put in whatever engine you want, and run no cats.

That is my dream......

NOI

Ahh... but there is something magical about that original, numbers matching engine. Of course, if some dweeb yanked it and stuck in a cheby or whatever, then I guess a guy is SOL, and then more power to him to build his dreams. HD

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Personally, if I were to get a numbers matching one, and I wanted to go with simething larger, I would keep the original engine and make sure I could return it to original condition later on.....

But that's just me.

NOI

I'd rather keep the car together. Simple reason is that I want it to stay that way. If I want a car with more power than what I have, I'd have to do too much to the chassis to bring that up to par. I'd rather just get a car that's not original and build it for the track and, for that, I'd probably go Camaro and drop a Rat in it.

The Vampire, "Muffin Man"