[79 400 SE]

I would like to see a registry for these cars as I bought one 6 months ago and am curious how many still exist. I would bet that not that many are still around as a lot of people didn't realize how rare they were. I watch for them on E-Bay and over the last 4 years or so I don't think I've seen more than 10-15 for sale. I live in the Denver area and have personally seen 2. One was a couple of years ago and didn't have the original motor and the other one I passed on buying for $4000.00 but that was 15 or so years ago. A registry would be great and could possibly help owners collect info on their cars.
I am currently trying to find out the history on my car as it is missing 2 important things to me (The build sheet and the original tranny) About all I know is that it was sold in Pennsylvania, spent some time in New York and then Wisconsin and I bought it from a dealer in Kansas and it now resides in Colorado. I don't know alot about the forums and clubs but perhaps the Bandit Trans Am Club could provide some info if they have any of these cars registered. Just a thought.
I also am curious as to what was the last W-72 car ever built. I contacted John Witzke and for a few short months mine was the last "known" one but then I found a regular W72 T/A on E-Bay built the same week (4th week of May, 1979) with a higher VIN than mine. I was told by the current owner of that car that it originally belonged to a "Big Wig" at GM or Pontiac. I e-mailed the info on that car to John but I'm not sure if he ever got it. He has been a great source of info and his website on the W-72's is fantastic.
If you want to contact me personally let me know and I will send you my e-mail address. Good Luck.

[Mr W72]

At one time it was believed that a particular 1979 Trans Am once owned by George DeLorean was possibly the final W72 car produced based on certian comments by Mr. Delorean. For a while it had been thought that a couple of Van Nuys serial numbers 2W87Z9L182XXX produced on May 8th 1979 was the final or close to the end. But since there were two assembly plants, Norwood cars have lower numbers for the same period of time. Example 1979 Norwood produced W72 car with serial number 2W87Z9N179XXX has a production date of 05D on cowl tag or last week of May 1979 which is clearly the latest date I have recorded. So theortically it is very possible the final W72's were produced at Norwood even though it is now known that more W72 cars rolled off the Van Nuys assembly line during the 1979 model year. Although not confirmed, I have also been told that the last 40 or so W72 cars were suppose to have been sold to GM exec's.

Hope this sheds a little light as to what I know about the final W72 cars.