While both transmissions are two-speed automatics and share architectural concepts, they are different gearboxes with no interchangeable parts. Notable, is that the seller indicates this Firebird connects to its rear wheels via a Powerglide automatic transmission and then corrects himself to state that it is a Super Turbine 300 – it’s a good catch on his part. The seller claims that this Pontiac “runs and drives great”. This Sprint has the more desirable version of 230 CI motor, fed by a Rochester four-barrel carburetor and good for 215 HP. The OHC Pontiac six was manufactured between 19 in two different sizes, 230 & 250 CI. ![]() The thought here was European efficiency from smaller engine with greater power due to higher RPM capability. This was in keeping with Pontiac’s General Manager and father of the GTO, John DeLorean’s view that inspiration came from places well beyond GM’s buttoned-down, staid approach to automobile design. Pontiac took that basic design and modified it for OHC architecture. Its standard power was the “Stovebolt” six-cylinder engine, displacing 230 CI and good for 140 HP. ![]() Generally, is this era, one thinks of a six-cylinder engine as appropriate for the Librarian Special, not the thing of American power. The differences were the previously mentioned, identifiable Pontiac nose, some body panels, the interior, differential and, typical within the GM hierarchy at the time, the engine. In the case of the Firebird, it shared dimension, suspension, sub-frame and the basic birdcage with the Camaro. While the Cougar was physically larger (longer wheelbase) than the Mustang, the architectural similarities were there. The Firebird was to the Camaro what the Mercury Cougar was to the Ford Mustang, a higher-brow version. This beautiful 1967 Pontiac Firebird Sprint is located in Ontario, New York and is available here on eBay for a current bid of $8,699. The most significant difference in motive power belonged to Pontiac with its Overhead Cam (OHC) inline six-cylinder engine option and that’s exactly what we are going to review today. At their inception in 1967, they were very similar the difference primarily being the engines and the notable Pontiac proboscis. Many assume that a Chevrolet Camaro and a Pontiac Firebird are essentially the same car.
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