I think my favorite Trans-Am from an appearance stand-point is the 1977.
Unfortunately, 1977 was also the first year for smog-pumps and some other useless power-robbing “pollution-control” devices, so the 400 CID V-8 in the ‘77 was all but neutered.
Great looking car. Love the blue on white.
I remember them well. One of the guys at my high school had a green one...it was a real sweet ride in the day.
Used to have a Firebird Esprite. Great car!
Woodie....
Oh if only I was rich. Like Jay Leno :-) I am happy with my challenger but I would love to drive some vintage.
I worked at Red Lobster all through HS saving up to by a car. The day after I graduated I paid cash for a brand new 1976 Trans Am. Cost me $5,800.
I like the body style of the 1970 a lot more. The single headlights do it for me. Never owned a Firebird but a cousin had a ‘67 with 326 and 4 speed. I put a fair number of mile on it and, although not a fire-breather, a nicely balanced car. In Long Beach in 1969, had a fellow sailor friend who had a 1968 Firebird 400 with 4 speed. Now that one was a fire-breather. It was sort of tough to get off the line since he had stock size tires but being able to get axle tramp hitting third gear full out was loads of fun.
((whistle)).... that’s a beaut!!
A friend had a basic Firebird with the OHC 6 and a stick. Not a bad runner and odd enough to possibly be collectable.
Not to rain on everyone’s parade, but the Trans-am was not environmentally friendly. The engine weighed as much as a Prius.
Drool. What a car.
I owned a ‘69 Firebird. After I put it up a tree I bought a ‘vette.
What a beauty
This IS Hot Rod magazine pal.
Bought mine while it was still on the truck outside Jake Sweeny Pontiac in Cincinnati. Three years later I moved to California. Started taking the car to shows but on the side I really got into flying. In ‘84 I decided I wanted to buy and build a home-built plane. Had to sell the car to buy the kit. Worst decision ever made. I posted an entry here with pictures a couple of years back but the website that hosted the pictures started charging so you can’t see ‘em anymore.
To this day I think about the car,,,,, since the wall in front of me is not quite covered in pictures. Oh well.
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From a standing start, the fastest non-modified street car I ever saw was a 1973 Trans Am with the Super-Duty 455 engine. A very rare car to be sure. The owner really knew how to drive and knew how to control the throttle. There was a very short trail of burning rubber, and the car would sling shot down the street. If you were racing the guy from a stop light you got a good view of the rear end as he rocketed away.
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