Camino LS6

Funny that you sat that. I hate the 4th gen T/A spoiler - I find it huge and gaudy, and it badly blocks rear visibilty. I much prefer the Formula/base car spoiler. Even so, I've always wanted to do a totally smooth version with no spoiler at all. I think the bodystyle was begging for a look like that.

Very similar recipe to the 5.0 Mustang LX, but a bit more upscale. Some of the cars were quasi-limited production, but mostly people more often opted for a base car or the T/A. Formulas are rare in all years. They began in 1970 and were available in all but a few years right up to 2002. I can't remember which years were skipped off the top of my head.

The Formula began in 1970, but this '69 Ram Air Firebird 400 convertible is what I'd call a pre-Formula. The Firebird 400 departed as the Formula arrived.

A lousy picture of the King of all Formulas, the '73 455SD (one of 43) The SD-equipped Formulas got the T/A's shaker hood.

"72 Formula 455

'91 Formula:

'98 Formula WS6 Ram Air Formula:

'92 Formula Firehawk #26 One of three with the all aluminum 383, the only one in this color: http://www.thirdgen.org/pictures-1992-pontiac-firebird#

What Z said.

And one of the reasons that my Firehawk was a Formula.

Rear fascia, front fascia. hatch (spoiler), lack of ground effects, less insulation,less standard equiptment (leather oprional etc.)... ... and best of all, a lower price. :AH-HA_wink: For me that was a no-brainer.

The 2-door post cars had frames ( '68 only IIRC) and those cars had wings. I believe the change was in '69. If you look at the rear of the front fenders on a Camino or a wagon, you will see that they are relatively flat, on a Coupe, they are rounded (curved outward) from top to bottom. They will not interchange.

The Formula Firebirds are what the RS Camaro should have been. They had (or could have) all of the T/A performance bits without the extra weight of a T/A because they came without the ground effects and extra insulation/ sound deadening of the T/A. As you may have guessed, this made the Formula lighter than a T/A, and with the same drivetrain, faster. There are lots of other little details, and yes I'm a huge fan of these rare cars (much,much more rare than a T/A). But I won't go into all of that right now and bore everyone else. Formulas are awesome, and my favorite F-body recipe. One more detail: All Firehawks were Formulas until '98. :AH-HA_wink: OK, one more: The rarest factory 4th gen Firebirds were the WS6/Ram Air/1LE Formulas.

Supersport: You can see more pics of it in this thread http://www.cheersandgears.com/forums/index...?showtopic=6717

http://img514.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3280230dnd8.jpg

Thanks. Nope, no frameless windows until '73. The Chevelles got an update (which eliminated the wing windows among other things) , but the wagons and El Caminos retained the original '68 design and kept their wing windows. If you look closely at an El Camino or wagon, you will see that the front fenders are not the same as a Chevelle coupe.

http://www.cheersandgears.com/forums/index...post&id=200

Fear and Loathing

If that last bit is true, then my livelihood has just evaporated. I hate this garbage.

Light mix falling here with heavy rain to follow later. Actual accumulation very nearby.

Now why didn't I think of that! Should have been the first thing that came to my mind!

Interesting take on the situation. I'm going to sleep on this one.

I think I'm going to leave this one right where it is for the night. Believe it or not, I temper some of my stronger viewpoints and we are edging oh so close to some of them now. I think I'd better just put down the philosophy and back slowly away... For now.

Now we begin to touch the core of things...

Words fail.