Pontiac Firebird 1967 350 Convertible

Pontiac rushed the Firebird to market just over a month after the Chevrolet Camaro, sharing its cousin’s shape but running its own engine lineup. The convertible was the rarer of the two body styles that debut year, with just 15,528 built. Notably, the 350 cubic inch V8 most fans associate with later Firebirds was not actually available until 1968 – first-year buyers chose between a 326 or a GTO-sourced 400 instead.

Here is a classic 1967 Pontiac Firebird Convertible. This is a 350 powered example and is in excellent shape. The engine runs strong, this is practically a muscle car! Enjoy the video!

Pontiac needed an answer to the Chevrolet Camaro, and it needed one fast – the Firebird arrived just weeks after its GM cousin, built on shared bones but tuned to feel like a distinctly Pontiac machine. Fewer than 16,000 buyers chose the convertible body style that first year, making it the rarer of the two options Pontiac offered. Under the hood, the engine lineup tells a story that does not quite match what most fans assume about later Firebirds. What was actually under the hood of the very first Firebirds, and when did the engine everyone remembers finally show up?

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A Ponycar Built to Answer the Camaro

Pontiac introduced the Firebird on February 23, 1967, just over a month after the Camaro, aiming it squarely at that car and the Ford Mustang. It shared the Camaro’s Coke-bottle styling and integrated front bumpers, offered in coupe and convertible body styles. Pontiac built 67,032 coupes and 15,528 convertibles for the 1967 model year, priced from $2,660 for the coupe and $2,900 for the convertible.

The Engine That Had Not Arrived Yet

Worth noting for the record: no 1967 Firebird left the factory with a 350 cubic inch V8 – that engine was not introduced until 1968, when it replaced the 326. First-year buyers instead chose from a 326 cubic inch two-barrel making 250 horsepower, a 326 “HO” four-barrel at 285 horsepower, or a 400 cubic inch V8 borrowed straight from the GTO parts bin at 325 horsepower. A factory-correct 1967 Firebird runs one of those three engines, so a 350 under the hood today most likely reflects a later or period-style upgrade rather than what rolled off the line originally.

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