Hamburger wanted to apply his wealth of hot-rodding expertise to production-based American performance cars, namely GM’s hot trio, the Corvette, Camaro, and Firebird. The name “Street Legal” wasn’t ...

As a senior designer at G.M., he helped create the exuberant, elongated shape of 1960s and ’70s cars like the Pontiac GTO, the Bonneville and the Trans Am. By Adam Nossiter William L. Porter, a ...

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.

Augment a plaster hood with some royal treatment. Interesting molding, like you might find on a wall, will instantly spruce up the whole kitchen. Molding can also instantly add a touch of elegance to ...

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 ...