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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    12/06/09

    In reply to 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
    That car ought to be taken away from its owner for neglect and given to a foster family that will care for it.

    If she were mine, oh and she will be mine some day, I'd paint her flat black all over but leave the stripe and Firebird emblem gloss. Put a 400 under the hood, some tint on the windows and buy her a nice new set of shoes, and she'd be perfect.
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    Image of 55Hardtop 55Hardtop
    12/06/09

    @weatherman: That's a Trans Am, so it has at least a 400 in it now.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    12/06/09

    @55Hardtop: good point. So all she really needs is some paint!
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    Image of 55Hardtop 55Hardtop
    12/08/09

    @weatherman: I wouldn't even paint it. Relish the beauty of patina, it gives the car character. Leave the trim rings off the factory steel rally wheels too!
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    12/05/09

    In reply to 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
    "Whose car is that, out front?"

    "Mine. 1970 Pontiac Firebird, the car I've always wanted, and now I have it. I rule!"
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    Image of duster_uk duster_uk
    12/05/09

    @Elhigh: "What happened to the Camry?"

    "I traded it".
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    12/05/09

    @duster_uk: Poor Lester. His life ended at almost the same moment it was ready to begin.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    12/05/09

    In reply to 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
    I have to respect the owner for still caring about his interior.

    Dashboards are a real drag to replace, and keeping sun/heat off them is key to long(er) life.
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    Image of DrLemming DrLemming
    12/05/09

    In reply to 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
    The 1970 Firebird had a more subtle, "European" look than the Camaro. To my taste the TA add ons ruin the cleanness of line.
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    Image of Muscles Marinara Muscles Marinara
    12/05/09

    @DrLemming: agreed. The T/A is iconic but a little too garish. I would take a nice, clean Formula 400 instead.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    12/05/09

    @Muscles Marinara: I find the twin hood scoops on the Formula to be unattractive overkill. For me, I'd like the Trans Am hood and side vent on a car in a solid color (not orange!) without the spoilers.
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    Image of chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling
    12/05/09

    In reply to 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
    any idea what's under the car cover in the driveway? (pic seven of the gallery, third pic in the article).. looks like a nice square four-door full sizer.. sixties? chrysler or ford maybe?
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    12/05/09

    @günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi: Yes, maybe a '66 Ford. Or maybe not.
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    Image of chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling
    12/05/09

    @günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi: i did not realize there was a time window on this long asked for edit function... i guess it could also be a GM product.. but i kinda crossed those out b/c of the squareness of that rear corner.. oh yeah.. and i neglected to add that i, too, think it could be a vehicle of the70's vintage
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/05/09

    In reply to 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
    What you have there, Murilee, is the Firebird 400, based on the hood nostrils. You would have paid about a dollar a pound for the high ender.
    Here were your options.

    Cid HP Info
    250 175 6 cyl
    250 215 6 cyl
    350 265 2 bbl
    350 320 HO
    400 330 4bbl
    400 335 HO
    400 345 Ram Air II
    400 370 Ram Air IV
    400 500 Ram Air V
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    Image of tankman tankman
    12/05/09

    @Novaload: No way this is a Formula 400. The Formula 400 has twin, forward facing scoops. The Trans-Am has the single, rear facing scoop.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/05/09

    @tankman: LOL, I'm going senile.
    Then again, I saw what most people saw of it, which was the rear, not the front!
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    12/05/09

    @Novaload: This may well be a FrankenPontiac, stitched together from the corpses of 11 Firebirds and equipped with aftermarket Trans Am decals. You never know.
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    Image of tankman tankman
    12/05/09

    @Novaload: What specifically makes you think it's a 400. Even the wheels are correct Trans Am. Go here to see a bunch of TransAm pics.
    [www.highperformancepontiac.com]
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    12/05/09

    In reply to 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
    Rust doesn't seem to have entirely overlooked this survivor. But a few more decals should fix that.

    The T/A was never my fave, but I have always liked this body style, particularly for the Camaro. The front bumper is a high point of GM styling. Even the scoops, spoilers and flares are restrained and meaningful. Compared with cartoonish bloat and miniscule performance that was to come for the Fire Chicken, this is pure elegance.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    12/05/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: That's just Northern California surface rust, from the rainy winters. Might be some rot under the rear window trim, but otherwise it should be just a little surface rust- no big deal.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    12/05/09

    @Murilee Martin: Compared to what the rest of the country has to go through, that's just pity-rust.

    Still, somehow I can cope a little better when the car doesn't rust from the top down. Something about terminal cancer in your A-pillars, while the rest looks like it just rolled out of the factory...
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    Image of thunder; now eta-powered thunder; now eta-powered
    12/05/09

    In reply to 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
    The '70 Firebird and Camaro had the best looking schnoz of all the second-gen f-body iterations. Just look at that thing; looks like it could (and would) swallow small children whole.
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    12/05/09

    In reply to 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
    These were great-looking cars before Malaise really set in. The huge bumpers and pointier nose really screwed up the lines of this body style (though all iterations were better looking than the Camaro equivalent).
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    Image of pointlessdude pointlessdude
    07/10/09

    In reply to Tehran's Got Mad Love For The Screamin' Chicken
    Firebirds were hot imports for US Navy people getting stationed in Bahrain back in the 70's if you were permitted to ship a vehicle, was a quick profit turn around to a local.
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    Image of Al Navarro Al Navarro
    07/10/09

    In reply to Tehran's Got Mad Love For The Screamin' Chicken
    My wife and I were just talking about Smokey and the screaming chicken. It's amazing that there was a time when moustaches and Trans-Ams were not ironic in any way.

    A return to sincerity is definitely in order.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    07/10/09

    @Al Navarro: I agree. My cousin has one sitting in his garage- with about 19,000 miles on it. It is pristine, and it has a CB.
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    Image of jpech jpech
    07/10/09

    In reply to Tehran's Got Mad Love For The Screamin' Chicken
    I'm suggesting that we get Playboy covergirl, and TV/movie star Sally Field to follow in the tap dancing footsteps of Shirley Temple, and be the next ambassador to Iran. In Smokey and the Bandit she was a dancer, just like Shirley. She was a flying nun, so she's good with the religious stuff. She was on the cover of Playboy, and who doesn't like scantily clad women? And in Forrest Gump she proved, she'd do almost anything to help out children. What could go wrong?
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    07/10/09

    In reply to Tehran's Got Mad Love For The Screamin' Chicken
    This is nothing new. In the late 70's we had an influx of young Iranians in the town I lived in. They bought up like an entire apartment complex or something like that and went to high school and college in the area. They bought nice cars like kids buy candy but their favorites by far were the Trans Ams. Strangely, most of the pretty girls hung out with them too. How does that work?




    /sarcasm
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    07/10/09

    In reply to Tehran's Got Mad Love For The Screamin' Chicken
    Am I the only one who misread the photo credit as "manhood"?

    Yes?

    Carry on, then.


    It's nice to see that F-body love knows no borders. Curious lack of mullets, though.

    Full disclosure: I love 2nd gen F-bodies, and haven't had a mullet for nigh on 2 decades.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    07/10/09

    In reply to Tehran's Got Mad Love For The Screamin' Chicken
    Actually, I think there they call it Smokey and the Great Satan

    Eye,eye,eye,eye,eye,eye,eye,eye,eye!
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    07/10/09

    @Graverobber: Alladin and the Forty Thieves.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    07/10/09

    @Graverobber: You've never seen "Three Kings?" Only women go "eye-eye-eye-eye-eye-eye."
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