Puzzle #1944 - 1975 Mid-Engine Firebird Proposal

Otto Puzzell · March 18, 2011, 04:17:53 AM

Know the story? For 1 point, please respond below to identify the car this was intended to be, and the year.

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Otto Puzzell · March 25, 2011, 04:15:14 AM

Rookies by the score, and not one guess...

Aaron65 · March 25, 2011, 06:27:48 AM

Some kind of a Fiero styling study?

Otto Puzzell · March 25, 2011, 01:32:34 PM

No, but you're not a million miles from a correct ID, either.

Aaron65 · March 25, 2011, 01:33:36 PM

Maybe a Reatta study?

Otto Puzzell · March 25, 2011, 01:36:24 PM

Colder...

Allemano · March 25, 2011, 01:38:33 PM

Is it radioactive?

Otto Puzzell · March 25, 2011, 01:41:33 PM

No, I don't think so...

Aaron65 · March 25, 2011, 05:45:08 PM

Is it meant to be an Oldsmobile?

Otto Puzzell · March 25, 2011, 05:56:26 PM

Still chilly

Aaron65 · March 25, 2011, 08:37:41 PM

Is this the GM P-Car proposal from 1979 (ish)?

Otto Puzzell · March 26, 2011, 04:06:25 AM

The P-Car was the Pontiac Fiero, wasn't it? This is not a Fiero, nor a Fiero proposal.

Aaron65 · March 27, 2011, 08:46:34 AM

It's not a Corvette clay, is it?

Otto Puzzell · March 27, 2011, 08:58:49 AM

Not a Corvette

Aaron65 · March 27, 2011, 09:00:37 AM

Is it meant to be an electric vehicle?

Otto Puzzell · March 27, 2011, 09:43:02 AM

No

Otto Puzzell · April 04, 2011, 05:32:51 AM

Pros?

Arunas · April 04, 2011, 11:42:19 AM

Pontiac anything?

Otto Puzzell · April 04, 2011, 11:53:29 AM

Yes!

guido66 · April 04, 2011, 12:56:33 PM

Banshee related?

SeaLion · April 04, 2011, 03:37:05 PM

Pontiac Firebird?
It is a scale model, and just a mirror model (modelled just one side and placed against a mirror to look like a complete 2-sided car).

Otto Puzzell · April 05, 2011, 05:05:56 AM

Quote from: SeaLion on April 04, 2011, 03:37:05 PM
Pontiac Firebird?
It is a scale model, and just a mirror model (modelled just one side and placed against a mirror to look like a complete 2-sided car).

That's it. Though it had little chance of entering production, this was a model of a proposed mid-engine Firebird, worked up way back in 1975, when "screaming-chicken" Trans-Am Firebirds were still on the ascent. Here is the mid-engine car with it's chicken unhidden.

Arunas · April 05, 2011, 05:30:15 AM

A mirror does the trick

SeaLion · April 07, 2011, 01:52:09 PM

I've done the mirror trick myself:

Allemano · April 07, 2011, 02:08:24 PM

Impressive work!

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Puzzle #1944 - 1975 Mid-Engine Firebird Proposal