[FBird69]

Hello TATAs!

Back in the day, I owned two (2) brand spanking new 10th Anniversary Trans-Ams (TATA was not a term used in 1979, at least not referring to a car), both with 4-speeds. If I recall correctly, they were $10,700 each (plus tax). I bought them because they were tough to find and I was going to flip them and make a few bucks. For the one in the 8mm film below, I asked the dealer to leave the plastic on the seats & steering wheel - that's the way they came to the dealer. It was a bit difficult driving home with the plastic on, but I wanted it to look like brand new for the next guy. It had 16 miles on the odometer when I sold it! I think I made about $1000 on this one and less than $500 on the one I drove which had less than a 1000 miles on it when I sold it. For the film, I did change out the stick shift knob as I thought the Hurst one looked a lot better - that's what we did in the day.

Enjoy the film, I apologize in advance for the poor cinematography - remember, I have no professional film training and it's 8mm film, no way to play it back to edit - had to take it to the drug store and wait a couple of weeks for it to get developed, no one-hour photo in those days! Also, I look through a viewfinder, not the actual lens so WYSIWYG ain't so. And, the auto-focus left a little to be desired.

Link here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PIZuAO67LY