When it comes to cultural impact, very few muscle cars punch as far above their weight as the Pontiac Firebird. When it arrived in 1969, it joined the burgeoning muscle car/pony car market that ...

1976 Pontiac Firebird W50 (Pontiac) The car’s exterior was adorned with blacked out lower trim, Formula badging on the doors, and a distinctive hood scoop. Under the hood, the W50-equipped Firebird ...

The Formula looked like a lower-level Firebird, but it packed a V8 under the hood, sometimes a very powerful V8. The 1970 Pontiac Firebird Formula, as probably only hardcore car fans know ...

The base Firebird came with a 3.4-liter V6 good for 160 horsepower, while the Formula and Trans Am had the 275-horsepower, 5.7-liter LT1 V8 under the hood, paired with a six-speed manual as standard.

However, the good news hides under the hood, where the original engine still starts and runs like a new unit. This Firebird Formula is not a spotless 1970 example, and the photos clearly highlight ...

Completed en­gines will then be shipped to SLP, which will install them in Firebird Formula models ... an aluminum hood, a five-point harness for the driver, and a Recaro seat.

then you can try and find yourself a Firebird Formula trim of the same generation. The Formula trim level came with the same pop-up headlights, flared fenders, and aggressive hood as its Trans Am ...

The Firebird Formula recently underwent a full restoration, which is why it's looking so perfect. The fiberglass hood does make the paint look a bit wavy, but those 15-inch Cragar chromed wheels ...