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Barrett Jackson
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Are you buying or selling?
Great cars but a bit out of my price range. I prefer restored rather than custom though. I currently have a '69 Firebird conv't and a '70 Malibu. I've had both for 40 or so years. My son doesn't want me to sell them. 😕
Watching. Car market is super strong. With all this electric stuff coming soon I am thinking folks are buying now before prices go even higher .
Nice. I had a '67 Trans Am, one of just a handful made. White with the blue racing stripes. I couldn't get the title, had to ultimately let it go.
Pontiac Trans Am first year was 1969
That’s what most people think. I was wrong it was a ‘68. If I remember right the only outward difference from the Firebird was a side marker light. More precisely I remember it was made in late ‘68. It had the 400 and a vertical gate 4-speed.
. You might have had a 1968 Firebird 400 but not a 1968 Trans Am. 697 Coupes were built in 1969 and 8 convertibles which fetch in the Million dollar range for the convertibles. The TA was introduced in April of 1969
http://www.gtasourcepage.com/TransAmTimeLine.html
Wife's 1999 30th Anniversary Pontiac Trans Am Convertible with 13k mile . Blue factory wheels are in storage with original tires.
Would be a 69 as I HAD two of them at one time. Ram Air 400 c.i. with 4 speeds. Bought a 70 which was a major design change. Nice vehicles, of course, would have should have.
Of course it easily been made in late 68 like so many vehicles and be a 69 model.
So the guy I bought it from was misled, he told me it was made way late in the year, the year before they were technically introduced, part of a very small run. There were very few around so he paid a premium, which he couldn’t honor so he never got the title, and later that’s what killed the deal for me too. It was NOT just a Firebird.
when I was much younger a neighbors daughter rolled into the drive way in a 69 trans am ( brand new then ) hard top I loved that car it was a eye candy for sure of course my dad said its just a POS GM car ( he would have bled ford blue if cut )
she had traded in a 67 convertible Camaro on it
My dad always told me if I needed someone to work on my car...to find somebody who owns a bunch of Ford's.. cause they've had plenty of practice...
The original 69 Trans Am are still on most collectors short list. Although Pontiac never got the 303 cubic in engine to perform in the Trans Am series it still roared with the Ram engines. Today as in the past there are a lot of Clone..make believe 69 Trans Ams folks build and try to fool the customers. Do your homework with the Pontiac Historical Society before buying one
Pontiac had the "Formula" also. Don't see many of those either.
I remember a sticker along the side in the front quarter panel that said (in letters that I thought were FAR too small) TRANS AM. That's it. More than a few times I had people pointing at that and laughing, like "Dream on, loser".
Actually the word TRANS AM of the front of the front quarters was small. I mean it was the first one then the major change in 70. I really like the "functioning "shaker hood" on the 70 that opened the rear part of the cowl when you jumped on the gas. And yes, the big bird. Loved those days now. Wish I would have appreciated my youth more at the time. 🤐
No kidding. The Trans Am turned into one of these... I miss it even more.
I've seen so many bogus Tigers made out of Alpines it isn't funny.
No kidding. How do you tell them apart? Let it idle for 5 minutes.
Coolant on the driveway? Tiger.
Fricken hot blooded little monsters.