Pontiac Trans Am Promo Race Car Barn Find Appears Out of the Blue, Plus Giant Trans Am Collection
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- čas přidán 23. 09. 2018
- Tirebird? 1 of 6 promotional cars commissioned by BF Goodrich and built by T/G Racing to promote their new T/A radial tire. Incredibly, BF Goodrich ran this tire in the 1971 Trans Am sedan racing series on the 1971 Trans Am racer. This 1971 "Tirebird" is the current remaining survivor. Will more cars turn up? Email me if you suspect you have found another Tirebird - jerryheasley@gmail.com
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Man what a sweet collection of Firebirds and T/As
GOOD to see these cars being saved. If we all had a bit of coin I bet lots of us would be doing this. Good on them. 👍
I’m 22 & I wish I lived back then just for these interiors holy smokes!! Mint!!!
Tom Senter is one of those almost forgotten names in Hot Rodding who needs a lot more recognition .
Probably true. He did get recognized making the Dry Lakes Hall of Fame.
Oh my. What a great collection of birds. I'm a Pontiac man and have owned many cool birds over the years but this collection is simply wonderful. Nice job preserving the flock.
this guy just needs a mullet to drive them.
@@PolecatCreekGarage you can be bald and those are still great cars.
Thanks Ronald. I had a 1979 TA in high school and have just always loved these cars. I enjoy looking for rare cars and restoring them. It has been a lot of work but well worth it.
@@bjohnsontx I had a 77 buccaneer red 400 auto one as my first car. Rusty but ran well. Bird delete car. I have owned many since but I have gone the modern route. Owned 78 400ci auto blue t/a, 78 clean base model 305 2 barrel. 79 301 v8 base model,86 6 cylinder base model, 86 5litre 5spd posi disc car,90 350ci gta,91 6 cylinder base model 91 GTA 350 auto gm test mule (beat up car), 93 yellow trans am rear end hit(sad but repairable 53k miles)currently have 2000 Firehawk with optional spoiler, I actually liked driving the 78 base model 305 2 barrel the best. Was clean and ran so smooth. Just fun without worries of theft or wrecking. kind of keeping an eye out for a base model 71-73 preferable original ugly color paint. Nothing flashy. Got to find a bit of garage space before I get serious. Lol.
Ronald Archibald i wish people would drive classics at my high school. Im the only one with a 70 elcamino.....
The cam lope in that LS6 ‘Bird is absolutely sick! I nearly sprouted wood just listening!!
Love that crunchy idle sound.
The older T/A's are the Bomb!
I love them all! I have an 81 TA but swapped the 301 ci for a 1968 400. That formula in this collection is pretty sweet
Man - a Pontiac lovers wet dream in that garage.
Awesome collection.
Sold my 1972 transam 20 years ago, I'm still crying 😭. Running today a 1978 transam, quite nice, but not the same pleasure...
Love these cars
Amazing collection!
I have a lot of photos of the BF Goodrich Tirebird taken at Road America in 1971. It was impressive back then and still is today.
Sweeeeeet collection love it I have a 73 TA with 32k miles
VERY cool video, and awesome collection, I live in San Antonio myself, and I hope to have a collection as nice as this someday. Keep doing the good work!
great video. thanks for your time and sharing your awesome finds
Makes the work worthwhile to me with comments like yours.
Jerry Heasley thank you jerry man
Got to do a clutch job in an early 70's TA quite like the one at 6:06... it was all hot rodded up and had a large dual exhaust on it. Sitting in nuetral at idle was funny... the reverb was unlike anything i had ever heard before. I remember the owner was in the car for the road test and trying to tell me something, just pointed to my ear and shook my head. It was all i could do to not break traction in it. Think that may have been what he was on about.
Nice cars , Canada here have a 1977 Trans am . I have had this car since new
One thing i miss about the older muscle car/ firebirds n camaros was the air knobs down in the kick panels. Built in ventilaltion. I loved that and i wish I would have kept the ones i had
The history of this car is cool and it's nice that it was saved. That chevy engine would be on the floor and on its way to market though. It would get the 455HO back in it and it would be tweaked like the rat was. Pontiacs make power, if you know what you are doing with them.
GOOD CALL!
Cool car great collection Trans Am. Getting ready to take off to find out how much you love them cars start getting some really outrageous serious offers on it LOL
Love The Brown One("Firebird")Trans Am.
This car needs to be built as a race car again.
I'd rather take the bronze one that any. Chesterfield brown. Nice collection. My 66 Nova SS turned 13.11 in 1966.
Good video ! 👍🏻👍🏻
I like all the cool cars , I drove a 79 T/A 6.6 4 sp . ... but nothing like my 2016 Camaro SS 455HP stupid fast !
My first car was a 1971 Formula. Since then, I had 4 more different Firebirds. 4 on top of that for parts cars. Great cars if you know how to build on them. I know things. Now I drive Honda's. Nice Video. I had an eye for the black formula on the rack. Fun build I bet.
Thanks. I got the Formula 455 out of California 15 years ago. It has the numbers matching engine and drives great. When the Turbo 400 Transmission went out, I installed a Tremec 5 Speed. It is a blast to drive. I also installed a Recaro interior from a 1971 NASCAR TA
@@bjohnsontx Super cool!! The one I had about 30 years ago had a built 400 with ram air 3 heads. 3:23 limited gears. I took a pair of 68 nova main leaf springs, added a cut truck leaf under that, and stacked the stock leafs under that. They were fun getting in, but it jacked the rear about 3 inches, and stiffened it up nice. Longer rear shocks. Put RTS torsion bars in it from a newer TA, and took 70 Cutlass coils, and cut about 2 rungs out of those for the front. It slammed it about an inch or more and stiffened it up just perfect. That car was a blast.
wow! pardon the pun, but what a rare bird! when Pontiac made their own power plants. or was it Olds or eventually Chevy wait,what? lol! you know.... my 1st car was a 72 Catalina with a 400,I paid a dollar per cubic inch for that car.between Jim Rockford and the Bandit,then came Kitt of Night Rider, Pontiac was always in the mainstream when I was younger. thanks again guys. ☆☆☆
always loved Pontiac body styling
I have a L82 in my 86 GMC K20 someone stuck in. It is very tired, saving up for an ls crate engine to stick in.
at least its not a camero, love PONTIACS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a
I just bought me a 78 Camaro guys in there mid 40s early 50s had these cars price is going up quickly
Love all your Pontiacs, appreciate the history of this car, kills me it's got a Chevy in it, but hey, you got enough Pontiac muscle to be proud, 1 Lil indescretion, ain't keeping you out of Poncho Heaven
Do you think Bruce should restore the car with a 455 like came in the Tirebird?
Jerry Heasley I would, it kills me that it's running a Chevy, rips my heart out, go back to Pontiac
I would too. There is an extensive heritage with Tom Senter and the Popular Hot Rodding build with the LS6, but the Chevy engine in a Pontiac was always a downer to Pontiac people.
Jerry Heasley Dint get me wrong, I respect a 70 LS6 Chevelle, great car, bare bones street killer, but a Pontiac deserves a Pontiac, nice Super Duty build, 455, would be awesome, I love the 428 also, but it's not rite for that year Trams Am
It's a tough decision that I am wrestling with! I am a Pontiac guy but the Senter Tirebird has had this engine in it since 1972. I am looking for a 1971 HO block, just in case I change my mind!
3:33 👍👍👍
Lol I'm not into Brown cars but I've always liked it on second gen T/A's, Z/28's and 911 Porsches.
I had a 1974 Trans/Am with the 455 Y code 250HP it was red with black interior had Auto trans 400 turbo power windows rear defogger it had the shaker hood it had posi rear end with 3.08 gears in the big 10 bolt rear end it was a great car the interior was mint except a spot on the driver's seat it had lots of torque that 455 would lay a long patch down the road and that not even giving it all the way I wish it was a SD car but it was the engine that was just before the SD option
in 1977 my Mother purchased her First Brand New car on her own. That car was a almost FULLY optioned 1978 Pontiac Firebird Esprit, black on black, red stripe, rear spoiler, am/fm/8trk. power windows power steering air conditioning, rts, rally wheels, 305ci v8 4spd trans with hurst shifter. unfortunately she sold it back in 2001-2002ish. what i would give to get that car back
I'm kind of surprised you don't have an Esprit in your collection considering it was called the poor man's Trans Am I believe
With what engine?
Jerry Heasley
I think they had a 301
@@thewriter2549 I think it was a 301 and it didn't come with any spoilers I think and just a regular hood No shaker hood
A fiend of mine killed himself in his 72 gto that we were restoring. Never could find the car after that.
That cam at 0:18 is beautiful car porn!!!!
If I was going to buy a hotrod it must have a 4 speed transmission in it.
Phoenix ("Firebird")
I want to yell, "It's not a chicken"!!
So if not 290 then what was the true Hp of a 74' 455?
Standard 455 was 250 horse for 74 !
I know where a Chesterfield Brown is sitting in Lubbock TX.
What kinda rims are those I'd like to order some for my car
Patrick R , Mini Lites
Got a 70 T/A from uncle it was runner
Car's had so much torque, and body roll. JUST DOES NOT GET BETTER THAN A 6.6 WITH A 4 SPEED. Some say big Mopar is the way to go, I say suck it 😁.
Any for sale?
6 built - 1 found, maybe - or we hope -more show up.
Now go interview his twin brother and see that Pontiac collection . . .
Is it just me or did the 78 Trans am have Camaro seats and door panels? I know there identical cars and my first ride was a 78 Camaro but I don't remember them having the same seats.
It's just you - no, just kidding. You are correct, sir. Those are Camaro seats. However, the video does explain why with the car's provenance as a project car for Popular Hot Rodding magazine. Did you not watch that part?
I watched the entire video I'm a huge F Body fan, and I'm impressed with your work so I went ahead and subscribed to see more videos.
Thanks - got some good ones on the way. We're going to Mexico in December. We have a guide to take us to some barn finds. Been there before.
So where's the barn find ?
1971 Tirebird - a barn find is a discovery, and what a discovery this was. The owner is still mystified. Maybe I should have emphasized this more. Go back to the movie and you will hear Bruce explain how it happened. He picked up on this auction on a website called bring a trailer. He recognized that this '71 Trans Am was the car that he read about in Popular Hot Rodding magazine in the mid-1970's when he was a kid, and on the guess this was that car he bid on the car without knowing for sure. Only after he was the high bidder did he find out that yes, this was the '71 from PHR, which he knew had been this promotional Tirebird, 1 of 6 built, making this find one of the most amazing discoveries I have recorded in my 27 years of writing Rare Finds in four different magazines monthly.
5:00 Nope Toronto , Canada 1994 SD 455 4 speed red with black/red interior for sale with very rotten rear subframe. Passed on it, bad move
The 1971 Trans Am has been repainted.
No wonder why I can't find a T/A. This guy is hoarding all of them.
PULL THE CHEVY OUT!
Sounds like a plan. Put me down. Poncho Jerry.
forward thinking? lol! its their money
i hate the 454 in that blue TA
Somebody should've whipped that Tom Senter dude's ass for everything he screwed up on that car, before he croaked-off.
As a Australian u can really see we copied the american cars my Holden 1976 HX monaro had those pontiac polygon wheels the same style steering wheel same style rear wing etc etc and many more similar parts
nice car jerry ! but the sound of this big v8 idling... give me a sweet v12 or a 8 in line, that's music. the chesterfield
brown color was loved in europe : a bit of rust was not noticed.
i think all of a sudden every body is finding lots of rare barn fiends I think most of it is a bunch of bullcrape
Screaming Chicken !!!!!! Its a Phoenix not a damn chicken,,you probably think a 455 is a Big Block
They've been beating me up over this. That's what they called them when I was writing a column for High Performance Pontiac called "Collecting." I was "Poncho Jerry" and got thousands of letters from readers. This was in the 1980s and 1990s. I'm just saying because I know a thing or two about Pontiac muscle cars. I like the term Phoenix better. Have you not heard of this decal as the Screaming Chicken? Look up the term on the Internet and up pops a Trans Am and this decal.
My fire bird is faster then Yours
Please quit saying “Screaming Chicken”. It was funny maybe the first 500 times I heard it
Loved all those Pontiac's except for the main feature car...a '71 T/A with a Chevy engine ain't no Pontiac, it is a disgusting, repugnant, repulsive Chevy!!!!!!!
And to drop it down one more notch, it's gut an automatic. Jerry Titus is rollin over.