Posted on 11/10/2021 5:55:17 AM PST by Red Badger
VIDEO AT LINK.......................
Good luck finding a car that's more 1970s than this.
This 1978 Macho Trans Am has had its engine modified since being sold by Mecham Pontiac. (Vehicle Selling Solutions)
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A 1978 Pontiac "Macho" Trans Am has been listed for sale on Ebay in Bismarck, North Dakota, but the story of the rare muscle car starts much farther south.
The car was born at the Mecham Pontiac dealership in Glendale, Arizonza, where brothers Dennis and Kyle Mecham decided to do something about the Trans Am 6.6-liter V8's malaise era power, which maxed out at just 200 hp.
The Macho T/A for sale on Ebay was the 69th of 204 built in 1978. (Vehicle Selling Solutions)
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1970’S PING!..............
Dated a girl that had a Black one with Gold.
Did you pick her up on the side of the road?
Was she wearing a wedding gown?.................
And you let her go?! (the car)
Square headlights = POS....
Polyester shirts and vinyl seats virtually guaranteed your sideburns were dripping with sweat by the time you got to the disco!
After ‘75...
Had to let them both go, she was a hairdresser top right of the matrix. It was only going to be a short term deal.
Was her nickname Frog?
Is that truly a trans Am? And them did it transition? Does it have special rights now?
Was her name Tiffany?
I had a 78 Camaro and a 99 Firebird....................
Sold for $450K:
https://www.onallcylinders.com/2014/12/15/burt-reynolds-1977-smokey-bandit-trans-fetches-450k/
I read the article. The dealership that built these basically added headers, rejetted the carb and did some suspension work and body graphics. They turbocharged some of them.
Nothing to special.
My Dad had a 1979 Trans Am. Last year for the Pontiac 400 engine. He bought a kit to soup it up.
Headers, intake manifold…..
The thing I remember most about the kit was that it made the hood scoop functional.
Used hinges and magnets.
Fast car for the time.
Dad sold it and the young guy wrapped it around a tree within two months
The gold and chrome around the windows and T-tops don’t mix.
Well I’m holding out for a 1973 TA with the 455 Super Duty engine, not that I can afford one, but I’m gonna dream big.
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