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#1
11-17-2006, 04:10 AM
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Ponch's Trans Am
Anybody out there recall watching the television show C.H.I.P.S and seeing officer Poncharello's (played by Erik Estrada) '70-73 Trans Am? I remember on the show the car was painted gold and had a Formula Hood and a shaker. Is this car still around or in the hands of a collector? I'm not certain of this, but I think this car was the same one used in the movie Corvette Summer, but painted black. Can anybody confirm this? Also, if anybody has pics of the car please post.
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#2
11-17-2006, 01:21 PM
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If I recall, they destroyed at least one of those cars in the filming of the show, but it reappeared "fixed" later...so I assume there was more than one put together (as is typical with most movies/TV shows).
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#3
11-17-2006, 01:50 PM
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#4
11-17-2006, 03:48 PM
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johnta1,
Thanks for the link to IMCDB. Those are really nice pictures of the car. I am assuming the car started life originally as a Formula. I wouldn't mind building a clone of that car. |
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#5
11-17-2006, 06:01 PM
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71 fenders with the formula grills AND the TA air extractors.
A little too busy for my taste.....
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#6
11-17-2006, 11:27 PM
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Not quite to my taste now, either, but when I was a kid watching the show I thought that was a very cool car. On reflection, it probably had a lot to do with my becoming a fan/owner of the '70-'73 body style...
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keith k 70 Trans Am RA III / T400 / Lucerne Blue / Bright Blue 70 Trans Am RA III / M20 / Lucerne Blue / Sandalwood 70 Formula RA III / M21 / Lucerne Blue / Bright Blue |
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#7
11-17-2006, 11:34 PM
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I searched really hard but came up with zip! I remember I did this a couple years ago and had the same result. Maby the guy that built the Batman car knows. I hope it doesn't turn out to have just a 350 in it. It was a cool car. Ponch drove it with excitement.
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#8
11-18-2006, 01:19 PM
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The hood disturbs me on a deeply Fruedian level.....
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#9
11-18-2006, 03:55 PM
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where are the pictures??? I can't find them on the chips site!!!
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#10
11-18-2006, 04:17 PM
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The pictures are on the link "IMCDB" that johnta1 posted above.
Those aftermarket wheel opening flairs at the rear were called "Foilers". I remember seeing a few T/A's with those on back in the day. I didn't care for them either. |
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#11
11-18-2006, 08:54 PM
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I agree with The Boss, too busy.
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#12
11-18-2006, 11:33 PM
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#13
11-18-2006, 11:53 PM
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Click on IMCDB which is just below the "Happy Face" on Johnta1's post.
That will get them for you. |
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#14
11-19-2006, 12:48 AM
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greyno3,
The website is www.imcdb.org Hopefully the below link will direct you to Officer Poncherello's T/A. http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_26635-P...s-Am-1970.html The site also contain a picture of the black T/A from the movie Corvette Summer. http://www.imcdb.org/movie_77372-Corvette-Summer.html |
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#15
11-19-2006, 03:15 PM
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some of the replies about TAs on that imcdb site are apparently uninformed.. TA only goin 120mph? lol.....I have a 301 powered 79 Formula they can race if they like.. Sure its a 301, it says so right on the radiator support...
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#16
11-19-2006, 04:15 PM
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Top speed on ANY vehicle is governed by weight,HP,RPM @ redline & rear axle ratio.
(just because the speedo read 160mph didn't mean that the car it was installed in would go there) A 78 T/A with a 180 HP 400 & a 2:56 rear end will likely have a HIGHER top speed than a 70-74 T/A with 400 or 455 (300+HP) engine & 3:42 gears. Early 70's T/A top end suffered from a DRAG RACE drivetrain in a ROAD RACE body/chassis. 120 MPH was about all you got unless you ignored the redline.(this is why we have so many NON-numbers matching early T/A's A 5 speed or some type of overdrive would have been a GREAT HELP,but didn't materialize until our FAVORITE F-car platform(70-81) was DEAD. |
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#17
11-20-2006, 01:21 PM
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A couple of years ago when my son was born I was working the night shift getting up with him to feed him. I would watch late night TV during these feedings and I think it was WTBS that used to show the Chips re-runs. One night I caught the beginning of the episode when they totalled Ponch's Formula/TA at a car race. I threw a tape in the VCR and taped it! Later I went back and did a lot of slo mo and frame freezing to see what was going on with that car. It definitely wasn't a real TA. On the driver's side they mounted a passenger side TA air extractor on upside down. In one scene the hood was up (John was checking for a bomb) and the shaker was fastened to the hood. The hood bird on the formula hood was from a '78-'79 TA which would have been brand new at the time.
I've been meaning to get a video card to hook up to my vcr to get all these great images and video off of but I've never gotten around to it.
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#18
11-21-2006, 01:21 PM
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neato sidepipes.
the only thing missing from that iconic item of 70's hot-rod nostalgia is a whale tail. lol
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#19
11-21-2006, 01:54 PM
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Just the HOOD?
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The color is about the ONLY THING I like. |
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#20
11-21-2006, 05:09 PM
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I like the specticle of that hood. What does that say about me? Don't answer!
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