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Old 06-09-2009, 02:39 AM
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Default Re: Telltale signs of an orig 69 Firebird 400

Diego, the 350 H.O. did indeed come with the scooped hood. The 350 H.O. is rare, I've probably only seen 3 or 4 in my life. The 350 H.O. never had Ram Air as an option, but they came with the scooped hood. The factory brochure isn't a good reference in this case. They show the 350 H.O. with two hood tach nacelles, which never made production. Pontiac's original design was to have one nacelle as the hood tach, the other nacelle was hollow. There was a flexible hose (66-69 W-30 style) that connected the nacelle to the air cleaner. There's also a photo showing both nacelles with hoses attached. This obviously wasn't a good setup, as the hoses probably kinked when the hood was closed, but it made for a great photo with the hood up.

The 69 high-perf Pontiac brochure shows the 69 Judge with the prototype white Judge stripe, again, an item that never made production.

These brochures were (usually) printed and delivered to the dealers before the new models arrived, which meant the photography, printing, etc. occurred weeks, even months, before the cars were actually delivered to dealers. In this case, they had a few items in the brochures that never made production.
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