1979 Pontiac Firebird

1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am â?" 400ci V8, T-Tops, White over Red, Numbers-Correct Build Why This Car Is Special The 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am sits at an interesting crossroads in American automotive history. By 1979, the Trans Am had become the best-selling version of the Firebird lineup, a remarkable reversal from its early days when it was a low-volume performance variant. That popularity was driven in no small part by the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit, which planted the image of a black and gold Trans Am firmly into the cultural consciousness of an entire generation. But not every Trans Am from this era wore black and gold. This one wears white over a full red interior, and it carries the most desirable engine Pontiac still offered in 1979: the 6.6-liter, 400 cubic inch V8.