1979 Pontiac Trans Am Formula T/A Indy Pace Car

1979 PONTIAC FIREBIRD TRANS-AM VIN 2X87K9N151061

Here comes another beauty. She has been in our care for ten years. We have freshened her undercarriage. She has the life of luxury. She has been in a temp-controlled showroom/warehouse with approximately one hundred other works of art under 3m film. Only time her skin sees air is for her scheduled “start & roll”. She is one of the finest examples of a 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Pace Car you will find.

A little history about the 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans AM. T-top and coupe versions, the front end was restyled for 1979, which also marked the 10th anniversary of the Trans Am. A limited-edition anniversary package was made available: platinum silver paint with charcoal gray upper paint accents and mirrored t-tops, and a special interior featuring silver leather seats with custom-embroidered Firebird emblems and aircraft-inspired red lighting for the gauges. The 10th anniversary cars also featured a special 10th anniversary decals, including a Firebird hood decal that extended off of the hood and onto the front fenders. Pontiac produced 7,500 10th anniversary cars, of which 1,817 were equipped with the high-output Pontiac T/A 6.6 W72 400 engine, the last of the line of the Pontiac 'big-block' V8 motors (and coupled with the four-speed Borg Warner Super T-10 manual transmission). The only option on these cars was the engine (the 400 was not certified for California, nor was cruise control available with it), which dictated the transmission and the gear ratio (3.23 on the 400 cars, 2.73 on the cars with the Oldsmobile-produced 403 engine and the TH350 automatic transmission). Two 10th Anniversary Trans Ams were the actual pace cars for the 1979 Daytona 500, which has been called the race that made NASCAR. Car and Driver magazine named the Trans Am with the WS6 performance package the best handling car of 1979. During period dyno testing, the National Hot Rod Association rated the limited-availability T/A 6.6 high-output Pontiac 400 engine at 260–280 net horsepower, which was significantly higher than Pontiac's conservative rating of 220 hp. In 1979 Pontiac sold 116,535 of the Trans-am, the highest sold in a year.

Here is our car listed on Musclecarworld.com - http://www.musclecarsworld.com/1979-pontiac-trans-am-10th-anniversary-daytona-pace-car/photos/image/1979-pontiac-trans-am-10th-anniversary-daytona-pace-car-002/#picgallery

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DECADE CAN MAKE. IN 1969, THE TRANS AM WAS A SHARP-LOOKING OPTION PACKAGE THAT SOLD IN RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBERS. IN 1979, THE TRANS AM WAS A CAR THAT EVERYONE WANTED. IMMORTALIZED IN MOVIES, THE TRANS AM HAD EMERGED AS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO PONTIAC'S PURSE. NOT EVERYONE WAS GOING TO DRIVE OFF IN A TRANS AM FROM THE PONTIAC LOT AS THERE WERE PLENTY OF OTHER FIREBIRD MODELS THAT COULD FEED THE SPORTY CAR HABIT. AFTER ALL, IT WASN'T EVERY CAR THAT COULD STICK AROUND FOR 10 YEARS RACKING UP INCREASING SALES.THE FIREBIRD/TRANS AM JUGGERNAUT DID, AND PONTIAC USED THE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF THE T/A TO RELEASE A TRUE LIMITED-EDITION MODEL. IT WOULD START A TRANS AMTRADITION OF ANNIVERSARY EDITIONS EVERY FIVE YEARS. THE T/A HAD BEEN VERY GOOD TO PONTIAC AND WHILE THE STRENGTH OF THAT SPIRIT EBBED AND FLOWED, PONTIAC HAD NEVER LOST FAITH IN THE FIREBIRD - TILL TODAY, NEITHER HAS IT'S FANS.THIS PARTICULAR 1979 TRANS AM ANNIVERSARY EDITION REPRESENTS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE A MATCHING-NUMBERS TREASURED CLASSIC WITH IT'S SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL VALUE AS (BELIEVED TO BE) BEING ONE OF ONLY 60 ANNIVERSARY TRANS AM's INVOLVED IN THE "DEALER DRIVE AWAY PROGRAM" THROUGH NASCAR THAT YEAR.

ONLY 21,040 MILES SHOWING ON THE ODOMETER. POWER EVERYTHING - EVEN TRUNK OPENER. FACTORY AIR CONDITIONING. UNIQUE TWO TONE PAINT - PLATINUM SILVER WITH CHARCOAL ACCENTS. SILVER LEATHER INTERIOR SOURCED FROM THE 1978 CORVETTE INDY PACE CAR. SPECIFICALLY DEVELOPED SIX-COLOR EMBROIDERED BIRDS.ORIGINAL AM/FM 8 TRACK PLAYER.MIRRORED T-TOPS WITH ORIGINAL STORAGE BAGS.ORIGINAL SPACE SAVER TIRE AND INFLATOR TANK. UNDERCARRIAGE HAS BEEN RECENTLY TREATED TO A COMPLETE MAKEOVER AND WAS ZIEBART RUSTPROOF PROTECTED WHEN ORIGINALLY PURCHASED. SUSPENSION RESTORED BACK TO LIKE-NEW CONDITION. THE PONTIAC HISTORICAL SOCIETY INFORMATION PACKAGE, FACTORY INVOICE, LETTER DECODING AND OTHER MEDIA WILL COME WITH THE CAR, ALSO A REPRODUCTION WINDOW STICKER THAT WE HAD LAMINATED. CALL US OR EMAIL US, CHUCK, JOHN, KEITH, SCOTT, SPEEDY, 281.530.6000, GOOD LUCK BIDDING. THIS IS A BUY IT NOW OR MAKE OFFER AUCTION.

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