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RICK SEITZ
\n28 JULY, 2016
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A Lifelong Firebird Fanatic finds his Golden Bird in an Unusual Situation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Various other project vehicles, time, money and effort has kept second-gens out of your author\u2019s garage up to this point, but some day I hope to remedy that. Until then, I\u2019ll have to admire cars like this particular example, owned by Larry Middleton from Hackettstown, New Jersey.<\/p>\n Larry scored this \u201978 T\/A out of a classifieds section of Special Interest and Auto Classifieds<\/em> dating back to May, 2004. As he tells us, \u201cI was in the market for a BMW M3 at the time, because I had always liked the way German cars handled. In an ad that read, \u201c1978 Trans Am G-Machine. EFI 455, T-Tops, gold\/tan, many suspension mods, Herb Adams & Trans Am Specialties parts, nitrous, 200 MPH speedo, one owner \u2026..etc., etc.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button _builder_version=”3.19.10″ button_text=”Read More” button_url=”http:\/\/autocentricmedia.com\/features\/car-feature-golden-bird\/” url_new_window=”on” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” _builder_version=”3.0.90″ prev_background_color=”#000000″ next_background_color=”#082b66″ global_module=”672″][et_pb_row global_parent=”672″ _builder_version=”3.0.90″ use_custom_width=”on” width_unit=”off” custom_width_percent=”90%”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text global_parent=”672″ _builder_version=”3.0.90″ background_layout=”light” header_font_size=”24px”]<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/104.244.124.124\/~secondgenenginee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/news_20160728-1-300x199.jpg\")
Your author is just going to start this off by pointing out that one of my all-time dream cars is a \u201978 Pontiac Trans Am \u2014 due largely to Smokey and the Bandit<\/em>, but partly because it was the year that performance was again on the rise, after being emasculated by the EPA and CAFE. Available with the W72 package and with the WS6 handling suspension, dished wheels and 4-wheel disc brakes, it was the best of both worlds; Hollywood frame and (some) actual performance to back up its image.<\/p>\nHave A Question?<\/h3>\n