[unruhjonny]

/\ two questions:
1) when did it sell?
2) what brought it that high?

Looks to be a 1978 based on the shaker, and I see the wrong caps - so odds are this was a celebrity's car....

[RamAir]

Today
https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0118-32...c-trans-am-se/

[unruhjonny]

weird.
I read the brochure, it reads as though his cars as something spectacular - maybe the hype between it being one of his cars pushed it that high...
I believe most '77 TA's used the "short" shaker, and undoubtedly the center caps in the picture are wrong...
That one makes absolutely zero sense... unless second gen Firebirds are going up again...

[Norwood]

Originally Posted by RamAir

Today
https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0118-32...c-trans-am-se/

Somewhere Bert is smiling.

[weranc55]

Originally Posted by Norwood

Somewhere Bert is smiling.

I think Ray is smiling.

[necdb3]

Originally Posted by The Boss

The Blue 72 4spd sold for 33k? What was wrong with that car?

Chris, I'm down here and looked at that car. It isn't a 72. It has a 70 vin, 70 seats, 62 heads, no data tag, etc,etc,etc. It is a cobbled together car. I don't understand how that ran through the auction as a 1972.

[Judge273]

Originally Posted by necdb3

Chris, I'm down here and looked at that car. It isn't a 72. It has a 70 vin, 70 seats, 62 heads, no data tag, etc,etc,etc. It is a cobbled together car. I don't understand how that ran through the auction as a 1972.

Well, that's first hand information. Yet, results stand as facts...

[Bentwheelbob]

Originally Posted by necdb3

Chris, I'm down here and looked at that car. It isn't a 72. It has a 70 vin, 70 seats, 62 heads, no data tag, etc,etc,etc. It is a cobbled together car. I don't understand how that ran through the auction as a 1972.

Oh, it was a ‘70...No wonder it sold so cheap. I may sell my Y88 and buy two or three ‘70’s.

[necdb3]

Originally Posted by Bentwheelbob

Oh, it was a ‘70...No wonder it sold so cheap. I may sell my Y88 and buy two or three ‘70’s.

Too Funny,

Thought that it brought fair money for the condition. I am surprised as someone could dispute that it is not as advertised. I looked for the data tag to find out if it was a code 26 car and even that was missing.

[Norwood]

Originally Posted by Bentwheelbob

Oh, it was a ‘70...No wonder it sold so cheap. I may sell my Y88 and buy two or three ‘70’s.

Oh Bobby you are still cracking me up

[OVERULD]

Bob must be in the Sweet Apple Pie tonight, chasing it with Knob Creek!

[77 Canamman]

Originally Posted by unruhjonny

weird.
I read the brochure, it reads as though his cars as something spectacular - maybe the hype between it being one of his cars pushed it that high...
I believe most '77 TA's used the "short" shaker, and undoubtedly the center caps in the picture are wrong...
That one makes absolutely zero sense... unless second gen Firebirds are going up again...

I see several details that are off, in addition to the filthy interior.

[Judge273]

Originally Posted by Norwood

Somewhere Bert is smiling.

Or Ernie?

[starlightblack]

Somebody is betting on a survivor upswing for 2nd Gens here with this sale. Impeccable condition aside, I can think of a lot of cars I could buy with 30K that are more interesting than this 17-seconds-in-the-quarter 301 auto. Truly to each their own.

[starlightblack]

pic, not even WS6 equipped

[Formulajones]

Originally Posted by starlightblack

Somebody is betting on a survivor upswing for 2nd Gens here with this sale. Impeccable condition aside, I can think of a lot of cars I could buy with 30K that are more interesting than this 17-seconds-in-the-quarter 301 auto. Truly to each their own.

Ugh!! You got that right.

[71GP76TA]

Originally Posted by Judge273

How about your 72?

I'll have to check

[Judge273]

These numbers are amazing! Even with the reality factored into it.

It's happening...

[71GP76TA]

Originally Posted by starlightblack

pic, not even WS6 equipped

The one my parents bought new is a twin to that car...except theirs had rallys.

[71GP76TA]

Originally Posted by Dens71TA

Libbey Owens Ford was the original supplier of glass. It wasn't bought by Pilkington until the mid-1980's. and they continued to use the LOF name for North America until the 2000's when Pilkington itself was bought up.

Pilkington branded '70-81 Fbody glass didn't exist until several decades after car production ended. Pilkington was a UK based glass company back in the 1970's and had nothing to do with LOF then.

I always assumed the glass in my '70 was aftermarket. Until the question came up earlier..