[keith k]

Originally Posted by 2manyT/A'S

You know...it's funny......that's about the time when I started looking seriously at 70-72 T/A's....and most EVERYTHING I found for sale was trashed or crashed,worn out, rusted out,miled out JUNK....AND expensive......Hemmings was the "candy store" back then.......but there was never anything close for sale .......and at that point,wasn't prepared to travel to buy a car...not too FAR,anyways...

In the early 80's.......I bought a running,driving,#'s matching 70 T/A automatic.......for less money than the carburetor is worth today.. ..it was a rusty "bondo bucket" but it was mine and I could drive it....and I DID........It was my "winter beater" ...... the late model T/A was parked at the end of October and the 70 T/A got the studded snow tires......hell,it was rusty anyways....we never get much snow around here but it was an interesting "winter car"...

The first 3 pics were taken on the way home...the day I bought it...

Wow - a "Patriot Edition" (with a Ram Air IV shaker decal, no less!)
Cool car. What ever happened to it?

Originally Posted by 2manyT/A'S

I heard tell of a 70 T/A .......Lucerne Blue with GREEN interior.......that's just plain WRONG.......

Yes, owner posted some pictures of it on this site several years ago - I thought I'd saved the pictures, but can't find them now....

[2manyT/A'S]

Originally Posted by keith k

Wow - a "Patriot Edition" (with a Ram Air IV shaker decal, no less!)
Cool car. What ever happened to it?




Yes, owner posted some pictures of it on this site several years ago - I thought I'd saved the pictures, but can't find them now....

It's funny how things change.....by todays standards....it's a 'totally restorable" car......

But back then....there was more rot in the back end than I was prepared to deal with.....

Sold it to a fellow in Kalispell,Montana in late 89.......

I had pulled the original YZ....(it was getting tired)..... and stuffed in a warmed over 455 c/w 744 cam and #96 heads....Super T10 4 speed ....and a WS6 disc brake conversion on the original 12 bolt....

The buyer just wanted all of the original parts......so I pulled all my "upgrades" off and sold it as a numbers matching "basket case"...

It actually resurfaced about 20 years later ....(2010?) a buddy of mine ....south of Seattle........bought it from the estate sale......EXACTLY as I had sold it...20 some years earlier.......He didn't keep it for long.....I believe it's in the Portland,OR. area now....

I ended up finding a #'s matching 72 T/A with minimal rust issues....in comparison to the 70....so it was a good upgrade for me....

Sorry to hijack your thread,Transam1972...........

[transam1972]

in the early 1980s I spent a lot of time at a niteclub/golfcourse in Hackettstown N.J. called the Nook..the owners wife drove a 1972 T/A white that they originally bought..it was pretty beat by then...I got mine in 85..only saw those 2 in my life...seems like everyone on the forum has a 72...perhaps we need to change the name to 1972 TRANS AMs & friends!!!!!!!!!!!.......I wonder if anyone has an idea how many are left???

[2manyT/A'S]

Originally Posted by transam1972

in the early 1980s I spent a lot of time at a niteclub/golfcourse in Hackettstown N.J. called the Nook..the owners wife drove a 1972 T/A white that they originally bought..it was pretty beat by then...I got mine in 85..only saw those 2 in my life...seems like everyone on the forum has a 72...perhaps we need to change the name to 1972 TRANS AMs & friends!!!!!!!!!!!.......I wonder if anyone has an idea how many are left???

It's funny...but I think that 71's...although 1000 MORE were produced... seem to be tougher to find in good condition .....perhaps the 72's were bought by more responsible owners who kept them longer....