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Soon after initiating Mylène's long-term resto-convertion,
I got another job abroad so I needed a good reliable car.
I was glad I could sell the 20 year old Monza and started 'a young Firebird'
quest.
4th generation Firebirds proved still to be a little bit too expensive for me so I opted for a 3rd generation make.
I always had a soft spot for a white '91/'92 model and luckily the first Firebird for sale
I discovered was a white '91.
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Asking price was well under going rates, however the car hadn't hit the road
for more than a year and had spent all this time in the open. And Firebirds -
being a sportscar - are usually on the second hand market because of a wrecked
engine or transmission.
The owner told me he had bought the car as a gift for his wife but she never liked it -
it was too big to handle in a small country like Belgium.
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In all honesty I was being told there was a slight problem
with the engine - nothing serious.
The dealer never got around to fix this. Nothing serious, really.
Well the price was a real bargain... and dad was a retired car mechanic.
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After taking her to an independent car examination center (just to be sure)
where she appeared to be in good condition the deal was made and I obtained
my third Firebird.
Hurrah...
And after some weeks she occasionally refused to start.
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Dad couldn't find the problem.
Partially because this car was heavily electrolyzed and computerized compared with my older Firebirds.
The dealer couldn't help me.
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Early in the next year I treated her on a new bodypaint - same color.
She was six years old, but white is a fast fading color and it really showed. That summer she looked like brand new again.
Soon I discovered she makes great cruisin' material too, especially in France
(great country to cruise American) and on our first holiday together I took her
all the way down to the Spanish border (1240 kms/775 miles) in one day.
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I drive this car now as a daily driver for almost 6 years without major problems,
besides having to change the cat once.
Though I have to be careful on bumpy roads.
And recently the locking system of the deck lid failed so I had to get myself another one
from the scrap yard.
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I find it odd, but most of my friends like her more than
Pamela Sue, my gorgeous red '77 Firebird.
Franka has a more modern and a fast look and there are people who seem to like this.
Sadly it's a more common car and it doesn't stand out of the crowd like a '77 does.
Besides, I like her every day more and more and more.
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And girls find it very easy pretending they like this car too... :-)
She's so easy to handle (I could write my name with her, really) and she makes a great eye catcher. Especially when I treat her on a long carwash and she starts to shine like a sparkling diamond in that fresh paint job. Most people in Belgium have never heard of Firebirds, so they think it's just another expensive American sports car.
Well, I'm not gonna tell them :-)
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