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Each single-year Pontiac F-body restoration guide below covers the year-correct chassis-family discriminator at the cowl tag (108-inch F-body NOT 112-inch A-body GTO), the year-correct engine chain, the year-correct hood stamping, and the year-correct PHS paperwork authentication. Deep links into the live per-year leaf at /guides/<year>-pontiac-firebird.
Per-year guides
The seven-year first-generation F-body coverage ladder on the 108-inch F-body unibody (NOT the 1964-onward A-body GTO / NOT the 1974-onward third-gen F-body platform rework). Each card ladders out into the live per-year leaf at /guides/<year>-pontiac-firebird; the deep-guide storefront row turns into a Preview-only badge when the on-disk PDF has not landed yet.
1967 Pontiac
1967 Pontiac Firebird restoration — 1967-only launch-year first-year F-body 108-inch unibody, 1967-only first-year Pontiac 230 OHC-6 single-overhead-cam at 165 hp (NOT the 1967-onward Chevrolet 250 inline-six), base / Esprit only (NO 1968-onward Formula / NO 1969-onward Trans Am).
1968 Pontiac
1968 Pontiac Firebird restoration — 1968-onward second-year F-body 108-inch unibody, 1968-only first-year Formula 400 performance package launch, 1968-onward Pontiac 400 HO at 335 hp / 430 lb-ft, 1968-onward Formula 400-only cold-air hood stamping (shaker-style SN-60 cold-air hood, NOT the 1970-onward Shaker functional twin-snorkel scoop).
1969 Pontiac
1969 Pontiac Firebird / Trans Am restoration — 1969-onward third-year F-body 108-inch unibody, 1969-only launch-year Trans Am 303 cubic-inch Ram Air IV homologation specialty at 335 hp / 430 lb-ft, 1969-only WBC hood-scoop stamping, 1969-onward Pontiac 400 RA IV at 345 hp carryover on the Formula 400.
1970 Pontiac
1970 Pontiac Firebird restoration — 1970-onward refreshed F-body 108-inch unibody (NOT the 1967-onward launch-year first-gen), 1970-onward Pontiac 455 HO at 500 hp / 500 lb-ft, 1970-only Pontiac 455 SD at 310 hp homologation specialty, 1970-onward shaker-style SN-60 cold-air hood stamping.
1971 Pontiac
1971 Pontiac Firebird restoration — 1971-onward refreshed F-body 108-inch unibody continuity, 1971-only Pontiac Ram Air 455 homologation specialty at 335 hp / 480 lb-ft (a 1971-only homologation specialty short block distinct from 1970-onward 455 HO), 1971-onward Pontiac 455 HO at 335 hp / 480 lb-ft carryover reduction from 1970-onward 500 hp.
1972 Pontiac
1972 Pontiac Firebird restoration — 1972-onward refreshed F-body 108-inch unibody continuity, 1972-onward Pontiac big-block horsepower reduction (1972-onward Pontiac 455 HO at 300 hp / 415 lb-ft, down from 1971-onward 335 hp / 480 lb-ft), 1972-onward Esprit TRIM FINAL YEAR (the 1973-onward drops Esprit entirely in favor of Formula / Trans Am only).
1973 Pontiac
1973 Pontiac Firebird / Formula SD-455 restoration — 1973-onward refreshed F-body 108-inch unibody terminal-year (NOT the 1974-onward third-gen F-body platform rework), 1973-only Pontiac Super Duty (SD) 455 homologation specialty at ~310 hp with 1973-only Pontiac 455 SD cylinder head (~943 Formula SD-455 cars produced).
Era-bundle / seven-year overview
The 1967-1973 Pontiac Firebird / Trans Am era-bundle surface — the seven-year first-generation F-body 108-inch-wheelbase unibody combined with Trans Am homologation specialty (303 RA IV / 455 HO / RA 455 / SD-455) and the PHS paperwork chain. Pairs with the per-year grid above; the era-bundle is the seven-year overview, the per-year cards are the single-year deep-dives.
Open the 1967-1973 era-bundle deep-guide →