1970 Pontiac Firebird Is Vintage Trans Am at Its Finest, Costs New Hellcat Jailbreak Money

These were some of the best-looking Firebirds ever made, and we believe we just found one that might actually be worth new 2024 Dodge Challenger Hellcat Jailbreak money.

What Pontiac managed to do with the Firebird nameplate is pretty wild, once you stop and think about it. These cars were basically rebadged and slightly restyled Camaros, yet never came off as the Chevy’s lesser cousins in any way.

Just look at the Ford Mustang and Mercury Cougar. The latter failed to keep up with the former, and aside from the Eliminator spec, you’d be hard-pressed to find a really interesting one. Also, after the first-generation, the Cougar tried to turn slightly more upmarket, as more of an Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme rival.

Not the Firebird though, because it managed to keep up with the Camaro every step of the way, up until the early 2000s. I believe that if Pontiac were alive today, the Firebird would have still made for a mighty strong muscle car – although it’s easy to understand why GM chose to shut Pontiac down for good. It happened during the 2008 financial crash.

Back to the second-generation Firebird, we’ve got a nice 1970 model year example to show you, and it’s a Trans Am.

The exterior is rocking a delightful color dubbed Polar White, which works well alongside the blue gradient stripe. Other visual highlights include the shaker hood, front air dam and spoiler, front fender vents, rear decklid spoiler, and a set of Rally II 15-inch wheels with F60-15 Goodyear Polyglas GT tires. This Trans Am also boasts power steering and power-assisted front discs.

Meanwhile, inside is where you’ll find black custom knit vinyl seats (bucket seats up front), engine-turned metal trim accents for the dashboard, a Hurst shifter, passenger-side grab bar, heater, an AM/FM radio (non-operational) and a Formula steering wheel. The interior isn’t exactly pristine, as there are multiple imperfections, especially on the driver’s seat. Still, this is a great-looking car overall, and it’s only showing 19,000 miles on the clock.

As for what’s going on underneath the hood, there’s an L74 Ram Air III 400 ci V8 engine you could write home about, with a four-barrel carburetor (rebuilt last year). This unit was factory-rated at 335 horsepower and 430 lb-ft of torque, with everything going to the rear wheels via a four-speed manual transmission and a Safe-T-Track limited-slip differential.

With roughly one day still to go in the auction, the highest bid for this car currently sits at $75,000, which is a hefty number. I wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up selling for even more though.