A National Firebird and Trans Am Club featured car is the ’67 Firebird of Bob Schneider.  Here is the story:

PONTIAC FIREBIRD 400, OUT OF WICHITA, KANSAS TURNED 53 YEARS OLD IN MAY 2020

A company transfer landed me in Wichita in the spring of 1967.

After seeing several great ads on TV for the new Pontiac Firebird Series, I went to Scholfield Brother’s Pontiac dealership in Wichita, Kansas. This was a new dealership. After looking at several cars on the showroom floor, the salesman and I went out to the lot and I spotted a new ‘67 Pontiac Firebird 400 4-speed white top convertible, red on red, with red line tires and dog-dish hubcaps. I was stricken!! After test driving this beauty, I knew this was the car for me. She was sleek, fast and responsive. No decision here!! I made a deal on the spot and drove her home!

Fast forward to 2020: Our BABY is still in great condition, garaged and happy. She is original, with approximately 92,000 miles. She has quite a track record for travel and has been driven from Kansas to Nebraska, then to Missouri, over to Georgia, then up the coast to New Jersey and back to Nebraska, ending up in California in the mid 70’s. These travels were connected to my being drafted into the Army, serving as an MP in Vietnam. I did my MP training in Augusta, Georgia and my wife, Diana, drove the Bird from Nebraska to Georgia. I met her in Topeka, Kansas after my company transferred me there. I proposed to her in the Bird, on our first date. We will celebrated our 53rd wedding anniversary in December 2020. She loves this car as much or more than I do. After our four children were born, she would load them in the car and take them to school. (Back in the day when no seat belts were required) Today they are all in their 40’s, and they are happy we have the little red convertible they remember from their childhoods, riding with Mom with the top down and going to Dairy Queen for ice cream cones.

We lived in Colorado Springs when I returned from Vietnam and our beauty loved the snow and loved going up Pikes Peak. With three feet of snow on the ground and the top down on the car, we would take friends and family members visiting to the top of the Peak, having a grand old time. The road up was always open in the winter months. We also enjoyed racing up in the summer months.

We also have a garage buddy, a 2004 red on red Corvette convertible. These two red rubies sit next to each other, under car covers, and we drive them on Sundays to various events and car shows. It’s been a fast and fun 50 years. Having maintained this Firebird in perfect running condition through the years has been a joy to us, as well as family and friends. I hope you have enjoyed reading about

our “JEWEL”. She is 100% all original bone stock GM Pontiac, with ALL matching numbers!! I am also sending pictures for you to view. Warm Regards,

Bob Schneider & Family, Sacramento, California.