1979 Pontiac Firebird

1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am â?" 403 V8, T-Tops, Platinum, Florida Car with Solid Undercarriage Why This Car Is Special The 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am sits at the peak of the second-generation Firebird's popularity. By 1979, Trans Am sales had exploded thanks in large part to the Smokey and the Bandit film franchise â?" Pontiac sold over 117,000 Trans Ams that model year, a record for the nameplate. That cultural moment is now four decades in the rearview mirror, and clean, honest examples like this one have become increasingly difficult to find. What separates this car from the pack is not just its factory-correct Trans Am equipment, but where it spent its life. Florida cars avoid the salt, the rust, and the rot that end the stories of most late-1970s muscle cars.