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Old 03-20-2006, 12:04 PM
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Found my 78 Trans Am at a small local junkyard. I originally stopped there to look at a 78 that he had parked by the road. It was a t-top car that was pretty rusted out. He came out and told me that it was already sold but he had another one sitting out back.

Turns out he was the original owner of this TA and it had been sitting for 15 years. He used to go out every week and start it up but he had health problems a few years ago and didn't mess with the TA anymore. The car is all original and in really great shape. The only rust was on the driver side fender and a couple of small holes in the trunk and floor. It has hail damage from sitting outside though. The motors was locked up from water getting into the carb from a bad shaker seal but it broke loose finally.

I paid too much for the car but it was local and bought new at our local Pontiac dealership in '78 and that meant a lot to me. I nicknamed it blackberry cuz it had blackberry vines growing through the grills.