Making the world a better place, one low-buck Firebird at a time

• Entrants: Ben Roberts, Bill Brees, Philip Severyn, Nate Hudson
• Event year: 2006
• Budget spent: $1851.99

Make the world a better place. A group of engineers from LuK–the clutch people–found this 1982 Pontiac Firebird already running a 455-cubic-inch Oldsmobile V8. Selling price? Just $850.

The car was rusty, the roof was chopped, but in the end, the Ohio team used the build to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity.

Make your own low-buck memories at the Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge Presented by Tire Rack and Powered by AutoBidMaster, held April 18-19, 2026.

The Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge is Presented by Tire Rack and Powered by AutoBidMaster, in Association with HPX Show, CRC Industries, A&A Manufacturing, Knight's Automotive and BendPak.

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Comments

DWNSHFT Dork
10/31/25 5:01 p.m.

From the A-pillar back, I can't stop seeing C4 Corvette.  The wheels don't help.

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