1979 Pontiac Firebird

1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am T/A 6.6 â?" Restored Black and Gold, 400 V8, 4-Speed Manual Why This Car Is Special The 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am sits at the absolute peak of the second-generation Firebird's cultural moment. By 1979, the Trans Am had already starred in Smokey and the Bandit, and sales were through the roof â?" Pontiac moved over 117,000 Trans Ams that year alone, making it the best-selling year in the model's history up to that point. These were not quiet, understated cars. They were exactly what a performance car buyer in the late 1970s wanted: big displacement, manual transmission, aggressive graphics, and a shaker hood scoop that told you exactly what was living underneath it before you even opened the hood. This particular 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am carries the T/A 6.