I got a story for ya.Right around 82-83 I got a friend of mine that tells me he knows this old guy that owns a 1969 TransAm.So we got by the old timers house and check out the car.Totally blew me away,I knew how rare the car was and here was one right in front of me.The owner it turns out was a race driver of some type and Pontiac gave him the car for $1.00.The guy gives us a ride like nothing Ive ever experienced in my life,and hope I never will again!We made it from Fremont to Livermore in 10 minutes,120 M.P.H through Niles Canyon.When we got in the car my friend Phil fought me for shot gun,on the return trip he fought me for the back seat,I can still see the expression on his face through clinched teeth,your sittin in front.In one of the old pictures you can see the old guy smoking a cigarette.This guy smoked from the time he answered the front door,all throught the -TEST DRIVE- to when we thanked him for his time.This car wasnt thrashed but it was drivin every single day of its life.Fast forward to the modern age.Ive always thought about the car,at one point I heard a body owner bought it and I wanted to share the pictures,no dice.So I get in the Internet and joined a few of the T/A forums trying to track down the owner,no dice.Yesterday Im cruising down Fremont BLVD................and 69 TransAm turns in front of me,it must have takin 10 minutes for that light to change,car was long gone.I start thinking,the hood was off,theres a few repair shops down the strret,lets take a look,BINGO!Turns out the current owner was a car guy that was a long time friend of the first owner,when he died........at age 92 his widow gave him the car and hes now in the process of having it restored.Im in touch with the owner and when its done Ill get some nice picture,Hello Jay!Heres some 30 year old pictures and a few I took today.Check out the paint stripe on the left side of the roof-hood,this is factory.Ive seen several old Pontiac ads and some of the cars had the same stripe screw up,it might have been the same car.The shop working on the car now had the owner keep the hood in safe storage,ITS WORTH $15,000!Ive got pictures,how do I post them.

go thru photobucket.com and then you can ad a link, or for a few pics you can click on full reply and from there you can add a file

Cool story! YOU should've bought in '82! Now lets see the piczzz..

We need that little icon guy that holds up the sign that says "This thread is worthless wiithout pics"...

lol where did you find those icons? By the way welcome to the site Jeff

YES! THAT'S THE ONES! LOL

I just use the ones from the crotch-rocket forum I'm on, they have some really good ones that would probably be offensive to some...

http://www.tlzone.net/forums/misc.php?do=getsmilies&editorid=vB_Editor_001

now for some pics

LOL

Reminds me of my HS jock socks we used to wear back in the 70's...

So you are looking as the socks. That's just wrong in so many ways.

He was the guy sniffing the socks in the locker room!!!

I figured it out,just couldnt find the right icon.Im going to get together with the owner once the car is finished for some more pictures. [img:center][/img] [img:center][/img] [img:center][/img] [img:center][/img] [img:center][/img]

Love the old pics!

The older pictures show what is probably a real T/A, but the two new ones show a car whose value is no better than that of a clone. Only one car - the car used in one promotional advertisement - had the stripes on the spoiler. Production T/A's did not. Someone "restoring" an original T/A would know better.

Is it RA III or IV, auto or stick?


Steve

look at mecums indanapolis indiana auction saturday's list- s 193, and s 246 both of them have stripes on the wing. and in my area i have seen a t/a with stripes on the wing . the person showed the car to me in their garge. it is an unrestored , and need of restoring . it was found in a garage and had been sitting for many years.

And on the opposing front, I have photos of an unrestored '69 Trans Am that I took in 1983, and photos of other Trans Ams, that have only the Trans Am decal on the airfoil.