It starts in high school, when he purchased his first car: a blue '76 Firebird with a '74 Formula hood. His best friend at the time had a '74 Trans Am painted Admiralty Blue with a hot-rodded engine.

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 ...

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 ...

For F-body devotees, the Firebird Formula was a landmark car that said ... Look closely at the hood, though-there's something different about it. The Formula had an aerodynamic bulge on only ...

That of course, is this 1971 Pontiac Firebird Formula 455. The first thing that ... The air that's rammed under the hood goes to feed a big block V8. This model year was the first for the 455 ...

As a devout Firebird enthusiast ... a tribal Phoenix into the hood. I wanted the car to have that old-school look, though." See All 13 Photos The Formula was completed just in time for A.J ...

Re-introduced in ’87, the Formula 350 was the top of the line Firebird, packing a 5.7-liter L98 engine under the hood, capable of producing—wait for it—upwards of 225 hp and 310 lb-ft of torque.

and Firebird, Pontiac finally upped the ante from its previously modest engine offerings to something more potent under the hood in 1987. After a lengthy hiatus, the Formula variant of the ...

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 ...