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<font size=+3>Pontiac Firebird Station Wagon Concept Cars</font></center>

<p>This is an unofficial page for the two different types of Pontiac Firebird
station wagon concept cars built by GM. Information is limited, especially
on the 'net. If new information is found, it'll be added here.&nbsp;
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<center>1978 Firebird Trans Am Kammback</center>

<p>This interesting car was a concept car built by PMD (Pontiac Motor Division).
It was labeled as the "K" car for Kammback. The car never saw production
but two models were specially constructed in Italy for GM's Design vice
president David Holls. The concept was to put out a Firebird station wagon
that would provide a performance car to the public. The write-up that is
the fifth picture gives a good description of the origin of the car. A
silver wagon and gold wagon were built (total of two) and were 100% factory
original as they appear below. The gold wagon has been destroyed reportedly
due to internal company issues.
<p>From stationwagon.com: "The 10/1/98 issue of Old Cars magazine has a short
article (pages 23-24) on an experimental 1978 Pontiac Firebird 'shooting
brake' station wagon. Constructed for GM by Pininfarina, they were dropped
from production plans because of their projected $24-25,000 price tags (in
1978 dollars). There were evidently two running versions constructed - one
Firebird, and one Trans Am.  It's doesn't look like they had a tailgate, but
had two 'gullwing' doors that gave access to the rear cargo area. The Firebird
was crushed by GM, but the Trans Am survived to be upgraded to 1979 specs and
taken on the show circuit again.
<p>Click thumbnails for bigger picture:
<p><a
href="78K-Car-fb1.jpg"><img SRC="78K-Car-fb1_small.jpg" ALT="K Car Kammback Trans Am" height=86 width=100></a><a
href="78K-Car-fb2.jpg"><img SRC="78K-Car-fb2_small.jpg" ALT="Red Kammback Prototype" height=45 width=100></a><a
href="78K-Car-fb3.jpg"><img SRC="78K-Car-fb3_small.jpg" ALT="K Car Kammback Trans Am" height=58 width=100></a><a
href="1u86541.jpg"><img SRC="1u86541.gif" ALT="K Car Kammback Trans Am" height=100 width=167></a><a
href="78K-Car-fb4.jpg"><img SRC="78K-Car-fb4_small.jpg" ALT="Red Kammback Prototype" height=39 width=100></a><a
href="78K-Car-fb5.jpg"><img SRC="78K-Car-fb5_small.jpg" ALT="Red Kammback Prototype" height=87 width=100></a><a
href="78K-Car-fb6.jpg"><img SRC="78K-Car-fb6_small.jpg" ALT="K Car Kammback Trans Am" height=35 width=100></a>
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<center>1986 Firebird GTA Kammback</center>

<p>This is the GTA Kammback. It was a concept car where Pontiac tried
to design a Firebird with a station wagon style rear extension. It obviously
never saw production but the car does have some fans out there and actually
is not a bad looking car with a whole lot of functionality. This car may
have been developed in an effort to take care of the most basic problem
with third generation F-Bodies; a lack of space in the back end. A white
wagon and red wagon were built (total of two). The white wagon has long
since been destroyed in a fire, so this is now a one-of-a-kind and is all
factory original with no modifications. Both these cars also featured the
Recaro Seat Option, available from 1985 to 1986 (not to be confused with
Recaro Edition, from 1982 - 1984).
<p>Gert Hofman of Holland writes: "In 1986 somebody at Pontiac really
lost it and designed a station [wagon] model for the Firebird and called
it the Kammaback. Pontiac, of course, never produced it."
<p>Click thumbnails for bigger picture:
<p><a
href="86kam10.1.JPG"><img SRC="86kam10.1_small.jpg" ALT="Red Kammback Prototype" height=59 width=100></a><a
href="86kam10.2.JPG"><img SRC="86kam10.2_small.jpg" ALT="Red Kammback Prototype" height=43 width=100></a><a
href="tan18.jpg"><img SRC="tan18.gif" ALT="Red Kammback Prototype" height=100 width=186></a><a
href="tan19.jpg"><img SRC="tan19.gif" ALT="Red Kammback Prototype" height=100 width=147></a><a
href="tan20.jpg"><img SRC="tan20.gif" ALT="Red Kammback Prototype" height=100 width=208></a><a
href="wagon.jpg"><img SRC="wagon-small.gif" ALT="White Kammback Prototype" height=100 width=167></a><a
href="kammback72.jpg"><img SRC="kammback72.gif" ALT="White Kammback Prototype" height=100 width=184></a>


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<p><b>More Info</b> - The Type K

Back in 1970-71, Chevrolet entertained serious thoughts of bringing out a production Camaro station wagon. Preliminary development went along
jointly between Chevrolet and Pontiac, but the project faltered when the two divisions couldn't agree to use interchangeable doors on the Firebird and
Camaro.

The original Firebird Type K was done in 1977 under the direction of GM executive designer David R. Holls. Studio stylist Jerry Brockstein did much
of the detail work. The first type K (for Kammback) was conceived on the base Firebird, not the Trans Am. Early prototypes were built of fiberglass.

Since production in this country seemed out of the question, GM Design vice president William L. Mitchell met with Italian coachbuilder Sergio
Pininfarina and arranged to have two metal-bodied Type K's constructed for show purposes. In late 1977, Pininfarina delivered the twin wagons -- a
silver one with a red interior and a gold one with a natural beige interior. These were 1978 cars, later converted to look like 1979-80 models.

At one point, Pontiac and Pininfarina checked into the possibility of building Type K's in Italy or in a special U.S. plant. These limited-production
customs were intended for the American market at a list price of $16,000. Convertibles were also contemplated at that time. However, inflation and
other costs soon raised vehicle price to $25,000, so the plan ended up on the shelf.

The Deco International Corp. of North Hollywood, Calif., began building Type K replicas in May 1980. Conversions cost about $15,000 and consist
of fiberglass over a steel framework. Side windows raise electrically on gas cylinders.
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