Mr Phil

Does anyone know if they're wasa special edition 2nd Gen ta that came white with red outline bird and red wheels? Late 70s not early 70s

1995blacktattop

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not red wheels, but red interior on the 1981 Recaro NASCAR pace car.

vikingramair

There was a Firebird Esprit Redbird edition back in 79. google and you will find info and pics. Not a TA.

1995blacktattop

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yeah but that was all red, he said white with red wheels and red trans am bird. i don't think such a thing existed.

JohnnyBs98WS6Rag

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Having a hard time visualizing the red on the wheels. The snowflake wheels had gold on the inside faces of the "flakes", pretty sure some of those had red accents there. There may have been some Rallye-II rims accented w/ body color instead of the normal grey. Combine one of those wheels w/ a white TA w/ a red-outlined bird (which I believe was the standard accentuating bird colors for a white TA) and there you have it. Seriously doubt it was a "special edition" though, probably just checked the right combination of color option boxes on the order form.

A friend had a "RedBird" Esprit, '79 I believe, had the 301 w/ AT. I believe it had red-accented snowflake wheels. There was also a "BlueBird" Esprit in the late '70s too.

DrEvyl

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Here's a couple of Redbirds..

DrEvyl

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And here's a 2nd gen T/A, white with a red interior and hood bird... perhaps someone put red wheels on one of these.

Mr Phil

Well I know he specifically said the bird was just an outline not filled in.... if he ever tells me where its at I'll drive down there and takea picture of it

DrEvyl

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Well, I'm a geezer.. and I was totally obsessed with F-bodies in the 70's.. and I don't remember them ever making anything that matched that description. Chances are it's not something that was done by GM.

MoarThrottle

Sounds like a Firebird Esprit Redbird edition. Pontiac had a trio of 'birds in the late 70's. There was a Yellowbird Esprit, Bluebird Esprit and of course a Redbird Esprit.
Here's a link for more info
http://www.78ta.com/redbird.htm

Paul Bell

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MoarThrottle, welcome to LS1tech!

I like the Sky Bird....

97ramsst

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The 79 10th Aniv and the 80 Turbo Pace car both had birds "outlined in red" but neither had red wheels...there was no such special edition TA.