I know he would love to sell it to you. You would appreciate it. We have had some people come and look at it, but no one wants to pay what it is worth. They were all looking for buy-here-pay-here and/or they were expecting a brand new car for $3500. I mean come on, we put a rebuilt 300 horse police interceptor 350 in it and we figured out what to use to keep the functional hood on it!
Yeah, no one respects quality hot-rodding anymore. It's all just "I want this bolt-on 'cause it was on this guy's car in this one magazine". Please. Know what you're looking at when you buy it. If someone's put some real effort into doing it right, it's probably worth every penny.
And though I hate to admit (but it's true) Second and Third-gens didn't come with the highest-quality fit and finish from the factory, so some "stock" cars aren't perfect even if they've sat in a sealed garage their entire life.
Always have loved the second-gens because (in my opnion) they were the last of the "image" muscle cars. Loud paint and graphics, fender flares, turn-downs, maybe period-correct mag wheels, etc. A little cult statis doesn't hurt it's rep either. Still my favorite year for the Firebird. But Third-gens have that clean, simple "more bad a** than the same-year Corvette" look to them, even if they were down in the power department. Can't argue with the style either: it's eighties, but not outdated.