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09-17-2008, 01:11 AM
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Re: Lordstown Ohio Plant
Rich:
According to the PHS, they built less than 1500 Ram Air III 4-Speed Firebirds and over 500 of those were Trans Ams. So, it's already pretty rare but, the Lordstown thing has me scratchin' my head. Ed
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09-17-2008, 01:14 AM
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Re: Lordstown Ohio Plant
A friend of mine I work with is finishing the resto. on a 1970 GTO Ram Air IV car which I was told is also pretty rare.. He has owned the car since high school and a couple of years ago found the numbers block for the car in the Akron, Ohio area... Car is very cool.. I don't know too much about Pontiacs.. I'll tell him about your car.. He is a big Pontiac Buff..
Rich
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09-17-2008, 03:36 AM
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Re: Lordstown Ohio Plant
Thanks Rich. I'd be curious what he knows about them. I've always wanted to own a Ram Air IV car but every one I go to see has already lost it's motor. Ed
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09-18-2008, 12:55 AM
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Re: Lordstown Ohio Plant
Thanks. I also found out some more info on Lordstown on the PY site. Apparently, I must have owned a number of these cars as Pontiac did not move Firebird production to Norwood until April of 1968. I guess that I just didn't notice back in the day as I had a number of 67 and 68s. The only 68 that I have now in a Van Nuys car. Ed
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#6
09-19-2008, 10:01 AM
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Re: Lordstown Ohio Plant
I had a 69 Firebird that was built at the Lordstown Plant. It was just a standard 350 model out of the factory. I specifically remember the LOR and being somewhat disapointed it was not built at the nearby Norwood plant.
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#7
09-19-2008, 11:58 PM
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Re: Lordstown Ohio Plant
I beleive JohnZ was working at Lordstown when the change over was done... He said he had nothing to do with Norwood by the time the Firebird was moved over there...
Norwood would have been a heck of a place to work in late 69... with Pacers, T/A's, COPO's, ETC coming through
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