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Like most kids growing up in the 1980’s I wanted a Trans Am. I can remember my friends and I going crazy any time we saw one on our street and I now I finally have a Trans Am of my own.

My first car was a 1975 Firebird (which I still have) but for some reason I was always looking for a 70-81 Trans Am to fix up. I found this car by dumb luck, I walked out of work one day to see this T/A in the Parking lot with a for sale sign on it.

At the time I felt sorry for it, the paint was bad, seats ripped, it had huge chrome side pipes, small 9” steering wheel, and about six radio speakers cut in to the interior….but it was one of 857 Built in 1975 with a 455 4 speed. The car also has all its original body panels (NO RUST!) almost unheard of in the northeast. The only options the car was built with were the 455 engine, AM/FM Radio, chrome roof moldings and the interior/trunk lamp group. This car was built exactly how I would have ordered it new down to the steller blue paint with white standard interior….like I said it was dumb luck finding it!

The car has spent its whole life in the Allentown, PA area where it was sold new. The first owner had put on H-O Racing Headders and Holley Street Dominator intake and carb, ram air IVcam and other speed parts that were the hot set up in the day. I found a first place car show plaque under the seats, so It had a happy life untill the guy I bought it from got a hold of it. I got rid of the side pipes, and small steering wheel as soon as I got it home. When I cleaned under the seats I found enugh beer bottle tops and cigarette buts to fill a shoe box. Needless to say the Trans Am is better off with its third owner!

I went through all the brakes had the original transmission and 3:23 rear end rebuilt, added Polygraphite suspension bushings and new rear springs, then I collected all the parts to replace the interior and found an original radio and steering wheel for it.

As for the engine the car now runs a 1972 455 H-O quadrejet carb and Aluminum Intake Manafold, Flowmaster 2.5’ exhaust, Heddman Headders, MSD 6AL ignition box, Nunzi road race oil pan & relocated oil filter, Ram Air Restoration polished aluminum pulleys.

My plan is to have a fun street car I can enjoy driving, the way guys did things late 1970s before all the 100 point restorations, or high dollar pro street / pro touring crowd came along. There will always be a guy with a faster E.T. or nicer restoration. Having fun driving my car is what’s important to me, that’s why I bought it.