1979 Trans Am

[jlcustomz]

Looks pretty god from the pics. Only thing that bothers me right off is those replacement tailpipes that look like half a splitter.
The older olds & Pontiac engines in stock form took a beating pretty good as long as you didn't spend too much time above 4000 or so rpm. Definitely hard to go wrong with a classic with some functional upgrades.
A friend of mine has had his 79' TA since brand new.

[Josh@Ridetech]

Congrats on the awesome TA and love the new wheels!
Pat

Thanks, Pat!

very cool. My dad had a 78 when i was a kid and got rid of it when my parents split up. Lots of memories of cruising around in that thing. Pull that heavy chunk out of the front and put some power in there!

About the same situation that I went through! It'll have a new powerplant at some point .

Always loved those wheels, but as you said, need to have a matching car for those...
Well you do, so points for styling there ;).

Congrats on the wheels.

Thanks guys!

Looks pretty god from the pics. Only thing that bothers me right off is those replacement tailpipes that look like half a splitter.
The older olds & Pontiac engines in stock form took a beating pretty good as long as you didn't spend too much time above 4000 or so rpm. Definitely hard to go wrong with a classic with some functional upgrades.
A friend of mine has had his 79' TA since brand new.

Don't worry, those tips were the first thing to go when I got the car in the garage. I can't wait to get some more power into this thing along with some modern technology. It definitely drives like a stock 70's car at the moment.

[FoxGranadaChuck]

There is a huge part of me that wished this was an '80-81 Turbo T/A with that notoriously unreliable turbo 301 engine. Replace the turbo 301 with a twin-turbo LS engine. But that was already done by Jeff Schwartz a few years ago. LOL.

Still a good-looking car...

[Josh@Ridetech]

There is a huge part of me that wished this was an '80-81 Turbo T/A with that notoriously unreliable turbo 301 engine. Replace the turbo 301 with a twin-turbo LS engine. But that was already done by Jeff Schwartz a few years ago. LOL.

Still a good-looking car...

Haha, me and you both! Sadly, the only way for that's going to happen for me is if someone decides that they just want to donate that engine to me .

and thanks!!