Daryl Pye of Mount Pearl was atop Signal Hill two weekends ago with his 1967 Firebird, and the classic car seemed to draw as many eyes as did the famous views. Some folks even stopped to take photos with the car, which was fine with Pye. He’s a die-hard Firebird fan, and besides the ’67 model, he owns a 2002 model. Classic car fans might know the ’67 model was the first Firebird ever produced, while the ’02 model was the final Firebird to roll off assembly lines. To match the vehicles, Pye has tattoos of the Firebird logo, one ’67 and one ’02, one on the left arm, and one on the right. Pye purchased the ’67 model in 1979 when he was a 17-year-old living in Ontario — even though he had originally planned to buy a brand-new car. “I was driving down the street on my motorcycle, when I saw the car across the street,” said Pye. “It was $1,600, and I went home and told my mother I was buying it. She said, ‘No you’re not, you’re buying the new car.’  And I said, ‘No, I already bought the other one.’” When the owner wrote up the bill of sale, Pye realized he didn’t have his wallet on hand. “I drove up the street of my buddy’s, and asked for a loan of $10,” said Pye. “And he said, ‘What do you need $10 for?’ and I told him I was buying a car.” True to his word, Pye put the $10 down payment on the Firebird, and the bill of sale, which Pye displays proudly in his garage alongside the bill of sale for the ’02 model, bears witness to that $10 down payment. Claire Squibb photo