1979 Pontiac Firebird

1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am â?" 6.6L 403 V8, TH400, Blue over Black Why This Car Is Special The 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am sits at an interesting crossroads in American automotive history. By 1979, the emissions and fuel economy squeeze of the mid-1970s had already taken a real toll on performance across the industry, yet the Trans Am remained one of the last credible performance cars you could walk into a dealership and buy. Pontiac sold over 117,000 Trans Ams for the 1979 model year â?" a record at the time â?" driven in no small part by the car's cultural moment following the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit. That popularity has since made clean, honest 1979 Trans Ams increasingly hard to find in original, driver-quality condition. This particular 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am is equipped with the 6.