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Cheers or Jeers: 11 Mile 1979 Pontiac Trans Am

wildmanjoe

By wildmanjoe
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Cheers or Jeers: 11 Mile 1979 Pontiac Trans Am  

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  1. 1. Cheers or Jeers?

    • Cheers! Great to see one that hasn't been beat to death!
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    • Jeers! What would you do with something like this?
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wildmanjoe

wildmanjoe

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Cheers or Jeers: 11 Mile 1979 Pontiac Trans Am

This car has been stored in a climate controlled enviroment for 33years. This car still has factory original tires. Original window sticker has never been remove. Not sure what else to say the car is the way GM made it. WITH ONLY 11 MILES

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ocnblu Newbie

ocnblu

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Step 1: Buy Trans Am

Step 2: Grow Epic Porn Stache

Step 3: Roll Up in Trans Am

Step 4: Beat Off Bitches With A Stick

Any questions?

Camino LS6 Newbie

Camino LS6

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I like the car, but for the money it's going for. It's not a signifigant enough model to sit in a garage with only 11 miles on it. It should be well taken care of but still driven and had fun with (and look totally awesome in).

Actually, the tenth anniversary T/A is pretty rare (much moreso with the 6.6 and a 4spd.), and entirely worthy of being kept as a museum piece.

I had the worst case of car lust for these when they were new. A local Pontiac dealer (long gone) had a 4spd. example in the showroom in '79 when I first got my license. I'd take my '66 Dodge and pull in just to look at the T/A for extended periods of time.

I'd still like to have one of these.

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ocnblu Newbie

ocnblu

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Camino, your post is like Old Home Week for me. I've rolled up on lots and gazed at cool vehicles countless times. It's a bittersweet dream, mostly. But I wouldn't trade it.

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Camino LS6 Newbie

Camino LS6

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^ 10th anniversary is notable, but 7500 units is not quite 'rare' IMO. Granted- how many are left...

Only about 1,500 were 4spds. if memory serves.

Camino, your post is like Old Home Week for me. I've rolled up on lots and gazed at cool vehicles countless times. It's a bittersweet dream, mostly. But I wouldn't trade it.

I'm with you on that - I was so sure that I could earn enough money...

At 16, this car had me by the short hairs.

Camino LS6 Newbie

Camino LS6

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Total Firebird production in '79 was over 211,000.

Of the 10th ann. cars, only 1800 or so had the 6.6 Pontiac engine, the rest had the 403 Olds engine.

Unknown how many were 4spd. cars.

Robert Hall Veteran

Robert Hall

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The '79 Trans Am in dark blue caught my attention in an ad in Car & Driver and Motor Trend when I was 8 yrs old. Still like that year..

Camino LS6 Newbie

Camino LS6

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This was also the Daytona 500 pace car in '79, and a few of them wear the official decals (the showroom special I gawked at had them).

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Camino LS6 Newbie

Camino LS6

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I generally prefer the snowflake and Rallye wheels, but these wheels, on this car, are just right. They were never again used on another car in this form, but appeared in painted form on the T/A turbo pace car the next year.

Camino LS6 Newbie

Camino LS6

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It's cool. But 5K cool. Not 31K cool.

5k?

This car has 11 miles on it!

At the bid amount of 31k I'd say that yes, it has topped out. However, the car is worth 25k or more all day long.

A Horse With No Name Mentor

A Horse With No Name

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Camino, your post is like Old Home Week for me. I've rolled up on lots and gazed at cool vehicles countless times. It's a bittersweet dream, mostly. But I wouldn't trade it.

Agreed!

GMTruckGuy74 Newbie

GMTruckGuy74

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As far as Pontiac wheels go, I'm a precious little snowflake fan. I also love the Rallye II wheel.

I'm a snowflake, Rallye II, AND a honeycomb fan :smilewide:

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(My mom's '83 GP LJ had the Rallye II's)

Drew Dowdell Grand Master

Drew Dowdell

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The market for 70s T/As is very hot right now and any pristine or restored example will bring decent money - let alone a museum-quality car like this.

Queue Smoky and the Bandit remake in 5...4....3...

Camino LS6 Newbie

Camino LS6

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The market for 70s T/As is very hot right now and any pristine or restored example will bring decent money - let alone a museum-quality car like this.

Queue Smoky and the Bandit remake in 5...4....3...

It would probably be a box office hit...

Robert Hall Veteran

Robert Hall

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The market for 70s T/As is very hot right now and any pristine or restored example will bring decent money - let alone a museum-quality car like this.

Que Smoky and the Bandit remake in 5...4....3...

It would probably be a box office hit...

Surprised there hasn't been a remake...but who could play the Bandit?

Drew Dowdell Grand Master

Drew Dowdell

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The market for 70s T/As is very hot right now and any pristine or restored example will bring decent money - let alone a museum-quality car like this.

Queue Smoky and the Bandit remake in 5...4....3...

It would probably be a box office hit...

Surprised there hasn't been a remake...but who could play the Bandit?

It will probably end up being Jake Gyllenhaal

Robert Hall Veteran

Robert Hall

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The market for 70s T/As is very hot right now and any pristine or restored example will bring decent money - let alone a museum-quality car like this.

Queue Smoky and the Bandit remake in 5...4....3...

It would probably be a box office hit...

Surprised there hasn't been a remake...but who could play the Bandit?

It will probably end up being Jake Gyllenhaal

Danny McBride could do the southern character w/ a moustache well, I think..

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