1987 V8 Pontiac Firefly on BAT in BC Canada

[cammerjeff]

We used to see these Canadian versions of the Geo Metro occasionally around the Detroit area, haven't seen one in at least 10 years, my wife used to want one so she could put a Serenity plate on it.

A lot of work has gone into this one, if it were close to me I would probably own it just for the WTF factor to take to Norwalk's Tri-Power weekend this year.

No Reserve: Rear-Wheel-Drive 1987 Pontiac Firefly V8

Bid for the chance to own a No Reserve: Rear-Wheel-Drive 1987 Pontiac Firefly V8 at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #18,388.

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I Like the welded arrowhead detail in the back, nice touch!

This picture shows the only thing (besides the rust) that I don't like about the car, how far to the left the pedals got pushed to fit the SBC into the car.

 

[92 Sunbird LE]

Thanks for sharing Jeff, pretty much a drag car I would guess or a run around town car.

Heard of Firefly's but never seen one till today, in my NY street racing days , ran up on to its cousin the Suzuki Swift with a turbo against my 151 Pontiac Monza.

One guy posted in the comments he would stick with a 401 Gremlin instead of having a foot in the glove box , lol.


Doug in P.R.

 

[cammerjeff]

They posted some videos of it autocrossing, at the moment its sits at $3500.00 no reserve auction, but I don't know if that is US or Canadian Dollars.

 

[melsg5]

So this was a Suzuki import labeled as a Pontiac?

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[cammerjeff]

Yes it was, but only in Canada, they sold it as a G2 in Mexico

What Was The Pontiac Firefly?

Pontiac of Canada was well known for selling gently tweaked variations of Chevy products for exclusive distribution north of the border. The 1976-1987 Pontiac Acadian for example, was actually a retrimmed Chevrolet Chevette. Canadian Export: 2011-2014 Lancia Thema But for a period of time, the...

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