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1973 Pontiac Trans Am 455, Numbers Matching, Restored, Beautiful Car on 2040-cars

US $42,000.00
Year:1973 Mileage:36000
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1973 PONTIAC

455 TRANS AM

 

This Trans Am has had a complete frame off restoration on the entire car approximately 10 years ago and has barely been driven since it was completed.  The car just came out of a six year storage and was gone through to make sure it was road worthy.

 

The gas tank was drained and all fuel lines flushed prior to starting motor.  The oil was changed and the coolant was checked also.  The engine runs super smooth with that classic Pontiac sound through its new 2 1/2 ”performance dual exhaust system.  The engine temp is nice and cool around 180 degrees and the oil pressure is strong at 60 psi to 80 under acceleration.

 

Engine and Transmission:   This 455 original engine is the correct numbers matching motor that the car was built with.  The motor still all of its original components such as block, heads, intake, exhaust manifolds, etc. as when new with exception to a performance cam, lifters and 1.6 rockers.  It performs exceptionally well and is strong runner.   The carb is not original to the car but I do have a correct 1973 Trans Am automatic carb that I will include with the sale of the car.   The transmission shifts nice and crisp between gears and the kick down works when you leave it in drive and press down on the accelerator pedal for passing or just for the thrill of it.  The engine and transmission run and operate properly with strong performance.

 

Rear Axle, Brake, and Suspension:   The rear axle is the 3.08 that came with the car because of A/C.  The posi-traction works great with no noise and puts the power down on the pavement.   The entire suspension was gone through and springs, bushings, sway bar links, etc where all replaced.  The shocks are high pressure KYB new on all four corners and pretty stiff.  If you have smooth roads to drive on they feel very nice.  If you drive on some bumpy roads they are a little stiff.  An easy swap if you want to soften up the suspension.  The brakes are all new also and it has a nice strong pedal.  The brakes work great and stop the car very quick.

 

Interior:  The interior has had new carpet, door panels, seat covers, headliner and package tray installed when it was restored years ago.  The dash is absolutely beautiful from one corner to the next.  The gauges are nice and clear and all function correctly with exception to the clock not working.   The seat belts and shoulder belts are all correct and original to the car with the one year only 1973 buckle.  It does have the correct original pre-RTS  turned metal dash bezel.

 

Body and Paint:   Wow!  The car was painted it's original color code 11 Cameo White.  The body and paint are both extremely straight and nice.   The car has had new rear quarter panels installed and the fit is very nice.  The margins on the panels all line up from quarters to trunk and doors to fenders to hood.   The tail panel is perfect with correct alignment to the rear quarters under the rear bumper.  See pics of rear.   The doors have nice well defined lips on them with no filler what so ever.   The paint is a high dollar paint job that I would estimate in today dollars cost to be equivalent to around $6000 to $7000.  The texture is smooth and well color sanded and buffed.  All of the jambs were painted out and smooth as well with no over spray.   The front nose does not have and cracks and lines up nice to fenders.   All decals are new also and look great.   The entire bottom of the car was painted black at time of restoration and is extremely solid.   There is no undercoating on the bottom side.  Nothing to hide!   Very nice car!

 

Paperwork:  I have the PHS documents on the car and all of the equipment and codes match this car.  I do have some additional documents dating back to the 80’s with 19000 mile odometer statement and a copy of Ohio title with 35000 miles in 2007.   The car has 36000 miles on it now but I cannot guarantee the mileage as original.   There are a few other receipts also that I will include with car when sold.

 

Terms:  I am selling the car “AS IS” because cars of this age are.   I will require a $2,000 deposit within two days of end of auction and the balance within seven days.  Please have your funds available to purchase.  If you need additional time for balance just call me and I am sure we can work something out on time.  I will be happy to store the car for you until you have made transportation arrangements.  I will help in coordinating the shipping if you need me to but the cost will be paid by you. 

 

Thank you for viewing my auction and feel free to call me at 248-760-0021 if you have any questions.

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Junkyard Gem: 1989 Pontiac 6000 STE AWD

Sun, Aug 1 2021

During the middle to late 1980s, General Motors made a big push to grab back some of the sales swiped by makers of European luxury machinery during the previous decade. Around the top of the prestige pyramid, there was the Turin/Hamtramck-built Cadillac Allante taking aim at the Mercedes-Benz 560SEC and the super high-tech Buick Reatta trying to seduce away BMW and Jaguar shoppers; even the Riviera offered a futuristic touchscreen computer sorely lacking in anything out of Stuttgart or Bavaria. The General had a plan to take on the smaller German sporty sedans, too, and Pontiac of the "We Build Excitement" era offered a midsize sedan packed with modern hardware at a great price: the 6000 STE. Here's one of the rarest 6000 STEs of them all, an all-wheel-drive-equipped '89 found in a Denver-area yard last week. Any 6000 STE is extremely hard to find today; when I wrote about a front-wheel-drive 1987 6000 STE back in 2018, desperate owners of these cars filled my inbox with requests — sometimes demands —  for parts that continue to this day. Many of them pleaded with me to help them find an all-wheel-drive version, and now I have managed to find one at Colorado Auto & Parts in Englewood, just south of Denver (in fact, the same yard at which I shot the '87). You may recall CAP as the old-school yard whose owners built the amazing airplane-engined 1939 Plymouth pickup a few years back.  The all-wheel-drive system on the 6000 STE was introduced for the 1988 model year, and it became standard equipment on the 1989 STE. At this time, the automotive industry had taken note of the success of the idiot-proof all-wheel-drive systems offered by AMC and Audi/Volkswagen; Toyota began selling Americans all-wheel-drive Camrys, Celicas, and Corollas, while Ford offered the Tempo and Topaz with optional AWD and Subaru was just beginning to make the switch from manually-selected four-wheel-drive to genuine all-wheel-drive around that time (it took a few more years for everyone to standardize on the 4WD/AWD terminology we use today, though). The 6000 STE AWD was intended to compete with such all-wheel-drive-equipped sedans as the Audi 80 ($23,610), Audi 90 ($28,840), and BMW 325iX ($30,750); its $22,599 price tag (about $50,700 in 2021 dollars) certainly made it seem like a bargain compared to those cars. In addition to the all-wheel-drive system, 1989 6000 STE owners got a digital instrument panel and more switches and buttons than the Space Shuttle.

Burt Reynolds Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am sells for $450k

Mon, Dec 15 2014

Apparently, there's still a lot of love out there for by Burt Reynolds and his famous role in Smokey and the Bandit – or at least for his car. As you might remember, Autoblog reported on the auction of the 1977 Pontiac Trans Am a few week ago. At the time, the movie star's car was already well past its $80,000 top estimate, and bidding only shot up from there for a final price of $450,000. That seems like a lot of money for a Trans Am that never actually appears in Smokey and the Bandit. According to the listing, the car was used to promote the film and was given to Reynolds afterward with his name on the title as proof of ownership. The Trans Am looks practically identical to the one in the movie with black paint, the gold firebird on the hood and Bandit name on the driver's door. This one packs a 400-cubic-inch (6.6-liter) V8 with a 4-barrel carburetor under the hood, an automatic transmission and a plaque inside the door that proclaims "1977 Pontiac Trans Am Owned By Burt Reynolds." The wedding stagecoach based on an International Harvester Scout we mentioned in the earlier story also beat its top estimate of $20,000. It went for $34,375, according to the auction house's website, and in total the sale raised about $2.5 million. Scroll down to read the full announcement from Julien's Auctions. LEGENDARY STAR BURT REYNOLDS PROVES TO BE AS ICONIC AS HIS AUCTION RESULTS "Smokey and the Bandit" Trans Am Sells for $450,000 Career Memorabilia including Awards, Personal Items and Film Worn Costumes along with Vast Art Collection from Reynolds Museum Caliber Private Collection Featured at Julien's Auctions This Week Brings in $2.5 million Las Vegas, Nevada – (December 15, 2014) – Julien's Auctions, the auction house to the stars concluded a whirlwind two-day auction of The Collection of Award Winning Actor Burt Reynolds. The exciting auction event featuring personal effects, career memorabilia, and a museum-caliber fine art collection took place at the Palms Casino Resort Thursday and Friday with bidders from around the world bidding high and bidding often. Burt Reynolds, best known as a leading film star, has had a storied career both on the big and small screen. Aside from his award winning portrayals of some of the world's most iconic characters in film and television, Reynolds is also a businessman who has owned a football team, a dinner theatre, a working ranch and even a museum.

This 1988 Pontiac Grand Prix Daytona 500 pace car could be yours

Fri, Jan 29 2021

Hopefully, the fans of GM's W-body '80s/'90s intermediates can forgive us, but we had pretty much forgotten — or had never really known — that one of the ways that era's Pontiac Grand Prix bathed itself in glory was by serving as the pace car for the Daytona 500. In fact, the Grand Prix paced NASCAR's marquee race every year from 1988 to 1992, and again in 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2003. That first year, 1988, the Grand Prix was all-new, making its debut on the W-body platform. It was also Motor Trend's car of the year. The 1988 Daytona 500 marked the 17th year in a row that a Pontiac was chosen to set the pace but the first time a front-wheel-drive car was so honored. The '88 Grand Prix followed a spate of Pontiac Trans Ams. This '88 Grand Prix, for sale right now on eBay Motors, is presented as an actual pace car, although fans could order a complete set of pace car decals for their very own GP. The pace car is based on that year's top-spec Grand Prix, the SE. In place of the standard car's 2.8-liter V6, however, the pace car uses a modified 3.1-liter V6, which is hooked to a five-speed manual transmission. This Grand Prix is otherwise largely standard fare excepting the roof-mounted light bar, the switches for which are located next to the radio. The mechanical odometer tucked into the digital instrument cluster shows just over 5,000 miles, and presumably, not all of them were acquired on the high-banked oval. With four days to go in the auction, bidding sits at $4,000 with the reserve unmet. Although the reserve is unknown, one clue is that this Grand Prix had been listed by a classic-car dealership in Pennsylvania for $18,500. Besides the debut of the W-body Grand Prix pace car, the 1988 race is also notable for its final lap: Bobby Allison held off his son, Davey Allison, to take the checkered flag, with the father-son duo enjoying a 1-2 finish. Now, who wants to re-live those Grand Prix glory days? Get on your Pontiac and ride!   This content is hosted by a third party. To view it, please update your privacy preferences. Manage Settings.