I would avoid the vinyl top idea. Having been in high school when the vinyl top phenomenon was at its peak, (I was a sophomore in 1973) I can tell you that vinyl tops are NOTORIOUS moisture traps, and will likely result in your roof panel rusting, hidden by the vinyl. By the time you notice anything rusting under the vinyl, it's too late. Leave it painted. It looks great as it is.
Leave the roof alone. I grew up with two of these. I fell in love when I saw my bother coming up the hill I heard the car changing gears he had craigars and side pipes Wide tires in the back This car is so beautiful and so much fun. I went and got a 72 and put a 455 in its 4 speed. I Blew transmissions and blew rears having to be towed home. I drove this car to its limit. I know exactly what it can do and how it responds. I know it classic young fellow but go have some fun. It's best in the parking lot with snow so it's not so hard on the car. Next is rain. and empty wet parking lot to do 360s You have fun and not really beat on the car but go through a few rear tires. Worth the FUN. Then it Dry ground for when your really feeling radical the back swings out the wheels keep spinning through the gears this is the ultimate fun. I can do a 180 on the side street. I'm so happy to see this again. Have FUN. A rare formula fan. I can stare at this car it's beautiful. Maybe you give my kids a ride in it one day. :) They 13 and 16 boys that love cars.
Hey I think we will take your advice and leave the roof alone. Glad to see you guys like the car and it would be nice to take your kids for a cruise. Maybe one day they will have one of their own.
My first car was a used 70 formula, same color, with a tan vinyl top. I had no funds to do much more than airshocks and a few other crappy mods. This brings back memories, loved that car. Thanks for sharing
Beautiful rare '70 Formula, you're a very young guy and yet you did a very good job with this video, there's a lot of Classic and Musclecar dealerships out there that don't do half as good a job with their videos ( can you hear me Volo cars of Illinois) as you did with this one, quite impressive.
Hey there young man. I have to admit to you that you have one "AWESOME FIREBIRD" My 7 and 9yr. daughters totally went wild after seeing your video. After watching it they
I now have a 70 Esprit all original survivor. Castilian bronze (67 code). Paint on mine is 52 year old lacquer. Yours looks awesome. Had a 71 Esprit for 27 years (Rosewood brown with the original tan vinyl top. Vinyl ruined the roof (rust) after 5 years.
Very cool car. You should have lots of fun with it. There's a lot to learn about these cars if you want. The PY Forum is a good place. They'd love to see your car there.
Congratulations Jason, please don’t make the same mistake I made when I bought my dream car back in 79, it’s a beautiful 1973 Trans am with SD-455 4sp. My mistake I took off the original intake manifold with its 800 carb, exhaust manifolds. Distributor and replace all with performance parts just so I could go faster than the car already was with 310 HP from the factory. Unfortunately what’s done is done. Later found out my dad threw all my parts away 😂
No Vinyl roof & Don't paint the roof Black, please...Alot of the roofs start rusting underneath the vinyl. FYI Pontiacs dont have big blocks or small blocks, U would think a 400 would be, but someone informed me back when I had a 67 Firebird, 400, 4 spd. Pontiac just has 1 block size & they change the internals to get different engine sizes. Awesome Car, and the seats are Leather? Now that is nice.
@@lukabaresic2657 Sorry, A crank isn't a block. If you wanna get technical, you could call the 301 motor a small block....sort-a. All other traditional blocks from 55-79 were the same outter dimensions. But if you wanna call a 421, 428, 455 a "big" block, it's your right. We use-ta live in a free society where we had freedom of speech. That's diminishing fast. But as of today, you can say it. :)
1970s did not have those braces that go from the fender to the radiator support.. No such thing as a Pontiac small block or big block, they're not Chevy's..
Both posters are wrong- the fender braces they are taking about for this model and series (70-73) did exist- however it was for 73 ONLY Yours is correct
Tbe hoods were my fave part. They are gutless really. I had 1970 400 ci was 200 hp of pig power. What a slug. I sold the hood for 500 bucks in the 1990s and scrapped the tank. It reminded me of a tank. Slow and.loud. Now I think they are better than new cars at least you can soup it up make it fast and that good and style is cool now. Back then I was 17 and hated the tank. This one's beautiful.
@@markblaine7460 LOL. Funny stuff. But I do believe G Shock is right. A big cam with no hedders, is a contradiction. Be nice if you were to put on a set of factory Ram Air D-port exhaust manifolds. Then the car would be complete. And I didn't hear you mention a plastic top, but I agree with the nay Sayers. Hard-tops are way cooler.
@@markblaine7460 no such thing as a Pontiac Big block or small block for that matter... The crank size mains does not determine whether a block is a big block or not.
Speak up much?! Why the subdued narration?........Pontiac's never HAD a big block. After '58, when they had a 370 cubic inch motor, EVERY subsequent V8 (326-455) used same block..of which NONE were "big blocks". Poorly narrated, w/excessive wind noise as well. A shame.
