VIDEO: Reborn Trans Am makes fire-breathing entrance in Dayton
09-04-2009, 06:58 PM
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VIDEO: Reborn Trans Am makes fire-breathing entrance in Dayton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbis_DbqPTg
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/04/v...nce-in-dayton/
Originally Posted by AutoBlog.Com
Few Pontiac models will be missed by as many people as the Trans Am. From its humble origins in 1969 as an option package on the two-year-old Firebird platform through the Super Duty days and the Bandit Special Editions, right on up to the final Ram Air LS1-powered F-Bodies from 2002, Pontiac's longest-lived muscle car has always enjoyed a loyal following.
So dedicated are these Poncho fanatics that the Trans Am name seems destined to live on past the death of the brand that originally spawned it. We've taken a look at Kevin Morgan's Phoenix TA revival once already, and now the first such Camaro-based machine has been driven off the car carrier in front of a few hundred screaming chickens fans at last weekend's 25th Anniversary Trans Am Nationals in Dayton, Ohio.
Perhaps fittingly, this initial 'bird was painted up in a classic black and gold paint scheme complete with a fire-breathing hood applique and a split front beak reminiscent of the 1977 and 1978 Trans Ams. Naturally, there's a shaker hood mounted atop the quivering hood feeding fresh air into what we assume is a stock LS3 6.2-liter V8 putting out 426 horsepower. The only things that are missing are T-Tops and a CB radio. Well, that, and a young Sally Field. Click past the break to watch the video.
So dedicated are these Poncho fanatics that the Trans Am name seems destined to live on past the death of the brand that originally spawned it. We've taken a look at Kevin Morgan's Phoenix TA revival once already, and now the first such Camaro-based machine has been driven off the car carrier in front of a few hundred screaming chickens fans at last weekend's 25th Anniversary Trans Am Nationals in Dayton, Ohio.
Perhaps fittingly, this initial 'bird was painted up in a classic black and gold paint scheme complete with a fire-breathing hood applique and a split front beak reminiscent of the 1977 and 1978 Trans Ams. Naturally, there's a shaker hood mounted atop the quivering hood feeding fresh air into what we assume is a stock LS3 6.2-liter V8 putting out 426 horsepower. The only things that are missing are T-Tops and a CB radio. Well, that, and a young Sally Field. Click past the break to watch the video.
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09-05-2009, 02:52 AM
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I have to agree, think that the T/A should be its own body not just a camaro with nose job. I love camaros as much as i love T/A's, but it need to be like a phoenix rising from the ashes with maybe even its own powerplant like the good old days
09-05-2009, 01:18 PM
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90% of the public will probably like it, 90% of the public probably doesn't know the F-Body was killed in 2002. 90% of the public probably doesn't even now Pontiac is dead. So in my opinion this might work. I don't like it myself. I don't know how serious these guys are about selling this. They have to do some heavy advertising, and or they only plan to sell a dozen or so, if that.
09-05-2009, 04:52 PM
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i think they did a good job on it. yes it still looks like a camaro. i like how they did the hood scoop an the hood decal along with the rear spoiler and the badge. i think it needs a rear trans am decal like the smokey and the bandit. maybe some side badging like a trans am bird and a ws6 logo...like the last of the breed set up.
