Featured on AutoHunter, the online auction platform driven by ClassicCars.com, is this 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am.
To someone who grew up in the period of the 1970s and 80s (me) that era Trans Am of my era has been a cool car since it was new. Think about it, and you will know I’m right. The Trans Am starred in its own series of movies, had flashy 1970s style looks, and, on top of it all, was one of the best performing American cars both in straight line performance as well as handling in an era where performance had been all but forgotten. The Trans Am became the lone holdout of the high performance pony car era and offered performance and engine options that even the Camaros from the era had lost. All this helped make the Trans Am basically the last man standing in the world of the pony cars and as result the car was a legend both then and now. These are the reasons that the mid 1970s to early 80s Trans Am cars have become so popular in the collector car world today.
The 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am featured here is powered by a 6.6-liter V8 backed by a three-speed automatic transmission. Features include air conditioning, power steering, a tilt steering column, an AM/FM/CD stereo, and power front disc brakes. The cars exterior is finished just like the Smokey and the Bandit car wearing black paint with a black cloth interior.
The body of this car is said to be rust-free. Exterior features include color-keyed bumpers, a front lower spoiler, correct gold accent pinstriping, a gold Trans Am hood decal, a shaker hood scoop, color-keyed mirror housings with a manual driver-side remote, and a rear spoiler. I love the gothic font used on the exterior Trans Am stickers on this era. They add a kind of heavy metal look and you can almost hear the Black Sabbath blaring out of the stereo when just looking at the car. The car rides on its correct 15-inch gold snowflake-style aluminum wheels is wrapped in Mastercraft Avenger G/T radial tires.
The interior is furnished with black cloth front bucket seats and a matching rear seat surrounded by black vinyl door panels and trim. I personally love the engine turned look of the Trans Ams of this era, especially since these cars feature 100-mph speedometers, a 6,000-rpm tachometer with an integrated clock, and gauges for the fuel level, coolant temperature, oil pressure, and voltage gauges. The full instrumentation mixed with the dash it add an extra bit of cool and a serious sporting look to the interior of the car.
Under the hood this Trans Am has its stock 6.6-liter V8. The engine compartment of this car looks to be both clean and in stock condition. All finishes look to be correct, and it looks like an honest unmodified example of a Trans Am, something harder to find that you might think. The engine is backed by a three-speed automatic transmission.
This is a nicely turned out example of the classic Trans Am, and my advice is if you have always loved these cars then you should buy one sooner than later. This one would be the perfect car to drive and show. Yours could be the winning bid, so why not take a show at buying this icon of the 1970s. If you are the winning bidder make sure you don’t forget to bring your Dio and Ozzy CDs on your first drive.
The auction for this 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am ends Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 11:45 a.m. (MST)
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They are the greatest cars. In ALL WAYS. LOOKS , PERFORMANCE, POWER, TOURQUE, AND YOU COULD FIT THE FAMILY IN THEM AS WELL. SO MUCH TOURQUE, I RECALL HAVING TO REPLACE THE SEAT RUNNERS UNDER THE SEATS BECAUSE I KEPT SNAPPING THEM. AND THEY WERE METAL. WHO DOESNT LIKE THE LOOK OF A FIREBIRD OR TRANS AM?? REMEMBER WATCHING Rockford FILES? EVEN THAT REGULAR EVERYDAY FIREBIRD WAS SOOOO COOL!
Quick, but not fast, but did great burn-outs. I loved my ’77 ta, my 1st new car
The font isn’t “gothic” Mr. Reid, it’s properly called “Fraktür”. But it’s still as cool as it gets. Pontiac nuked the car people with the GTO; a decade later when Uncle Sam said: “No”, Pontiac still supplied a 6.6(400ci) in a car that could easily out handle same year Corvettes. I drove a new ’78, own a ’04 Holden/Pontiac GTO with an independent rear axle. The ’77/’78 Tran Am holds up well.
Steve Z, I beg to differ. The late ’70s TAs I’ve driven were not quick at all- 16+/-sec quarter mile times at Indianapolis Raceway Park in the late ’70s/early ’80s.
But in a time where 115mph was considered fast, these would run close to 130mph.
Perhaps you’ve confused “quick” with “fast”?
Do calm down, Carl.
I miss that car, it was my best car ever, it was fast and quick. Traction bars, wide tires, holly 4 barrel carb, shift kit. I would take my nerdy friend to go to donuts.. haha pavement smoking donuts!