1976 Trans Am SE sacrilege project

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Some people are going to hate me for what I'm doing to this car, but I am the one putting all the hours into it, so I'm going to build it the way I want to.

After 2.5 years of weekend work, my 455 Trans Am SE is finally going to the the body shop, Colvin Automotive in Austin, TX. These guys have done stuff for Foose, so I'm trusting they'll do me right.



The entire car was blasted, and most of the rear sheet metal replaced. Halfway through, I decided to cut out the inner fenders and mini tub it. Why not, right? I added 2" into the fender, bought speedtech's 2" offset hangers, and moved the front spring perch over 1.5". All this done WITHOUT DSEs help, thanks for nothing. I bet they wish they sold be those front spring perches now, heh?

I did buy DSEs subframe connectors and welded those in. DSE 3" drop springs hold up the rear. I also bought their minitub shocks, but they're too long for what I want to do. I'll be posting those for sale someday.

I'm a better rough carpenter than finish carpenter, if you get my drift. I've also just had shoulder surgery to repair a couple of torn ligaments so no more working on this thing for about 6 weeks. I figured this is as good a time as any to send it out.


Did I mention this was a one of 110 trans am. If you wanted a 455 with t-tops, only 110 out of 10 million came with this option. Cool, huh?

More details to come in future. That was a lot of one handed typing!

greg