Firehawk came home

[GTOger]

In late 1991, my dad & I walked into Don Carter Pontiac in Plano, TX and told the dealer to enter RPO B4U into the system. In June of 1992, Firehawk #010 (out of a total production run of 25) arrived.

For the past 5 years she has been stored in our warehouse facility outside Downtown Dallas. Today she took to the streets for the first time in 5 years, and came home to the house, where we introduced her to the ZR-1.

I've waited too long to get these images and I wanted to share them with the group here that has been so helpful with the Corvette projects.

[scottfab]

Absolutely beautiful car. And RED too !!!

[Coupe89]

Cool.... Any pics of the T-Ram?

[mike100]

Nice ride.

Interesting-I never realized the Firehawks had ZF 6 speeds. I actually ordered and owned a 92 1LE that I ordered in 1991. Took 5 weeks to make and deliver from the Van Nuys Factory to the dealer about 100 mi south of there.

Mine had the deluxe interior and power window which I had ordered separately. $17k. I don't even want to know how much you had to pay for that firehawk. I don't think I ever saw one either.

[GTOger]

Originally Posted by Coupe89

Cool.... Any pics of the T-Ram?

Here ya go, Coupe89. Sorry I have not yet properly cleaned under the hood.

[GTOger]

Originally Posted by mike100

Nice ride.

Interesting-I never realized the Firehawks had ZF 6 speeds. I actually ordered and owned a 92 1LE that I ordered in 1991. Took 5 weeks to make and deliver from the Van Nuys Factory to the dealer about 100 mi south of there.

Mine had the deluxe interior and power window which I had ordered separately. $17k. I don't even want to know how much you had to pay for that firehawk. I don't think I ever saw one either.

Yeah, it was a little bit of a different story. There were long delays in getting that ZF in, actually. Something to do with the input shaft having to be changed from what was in the GM parts bin, IIRC. Somewhere in a file drawer there are lots of faxes back and forth with Ed Hamburger at SLP about it.

The Firehawk came first for us, so by the time we got the ZR-1, we were already well familiarized with it (and the secret reverse plunger that always vexes car washes, valets and friends). It also had the 1-4 skipshift, which was bypassed after about, oh, 150 miles.




The car now has just over 5500 miles on it. Which is a bit of a shame, and something I'm hoping to rectify.

[Coupe89]

I didn't know they came with a different center console
I see the cup holder is not broken too. (They snap easy)

[GTOger]

The center console was made custom by SLP in order to properly fit the shifter for the ZF. At the time we took delivery of the car, my mom drove a '91 GTA, fully loaded with every conceivable option. By contrast, the stripped-down nature of the Firehawk reminds me of the original Z-28's. No more comfort than is absolutely necessary. "We'll give you a radio with a tape player and air conditioning, but that's where we draw the line."

Driving the 2 cars back to back is a trip. They are completely different. It's kind of like the difference between Bruce Lee, who will elegantly use his masterful skills to vanquish his foes one after the next and your cousin nobody in the family will talk about who just got back from prison where he learned to fight. They're both going to hurt whoever gets in their way, just with completely different styles.

[Hog]

Beautiful car(s). The F-body was not an inexpensive car, they listed at about $40,000, the same price as a 1997 LT4 Firehawk.

Nice pieces of history there.

[LGAFF]

Awesome car!

My 87 TT has the experimental intake that GM was going to use on the 1LE.