Is this 1978 Pontiac Firebird the ultimate Trans Am?

Recently updated on April 29, 2023 at 08:55 am

Almost 15 years after the tragic death of the Pontiac brand, it is still one of the absolute cult cars of the Muscle car scene. The Pontiac Firebird Trans Am is forever a legend, and the vehicle became an icon with the death of the Pontiac brand. There have been several rumors that the Pontiac brand will be revived by General Motors, but these speculations, strangely enough, always pile up around April 1st of each calendar year. Sometimes it is claimed that a Pontiac Muscle SUV them Dodge Durango or the Lamborghini Governance Other sources are even thinking of a revival of the Pontiac GTO as an electric muscle car. But so far there has never been any concrete advice from General Motors to breathe new life into the legendary brand. Nevertheless, Pontiac fans can now look forward to a spectacular one 1978 Firebird T / A that we are going to present in more detail today.

"POWERNATION" is responsible

The vehicle was completed by its tuner contemporary evolved to the classic Pontiac Firebird T / A to transfer into modern times. The ultimate goal of the Restomod troop um Tommy Boshers and Chris Ryan it was to make the poorly processed, cheap-looking plastic of the GM products of that era forget. And they took the Porsche forge Singer Vehicle Design as a model, which creates true masterpieces from old models by the Zuffenhausner.

There were the gaps reduced to a minimum and also precisely recreated in order to achieve a quality of workmanship that was hitherto unknown by GM products of this era. Changes were made to the rear in particular, such as cutting the rear bumper about 3 inches and inserting it Rump spoiler attached to the trunk lid. Such Rump spoiler were mostly on until a while ago CDM style vehicles from the Middle Kingdom, but are now very popular worldwide, so that the Firebird cannot do without. However, that is particularly dominant Firebird on the bonnetmade by the airbrush artist Jeremy Sayner and leaves no doubt that this is a real Firebird.

In addition, the front bumper Cropped by 1,5 inches (about 4 cm) on both sides, and it became modern Projector headlights installed on the vehicle in order tougly, square GM lights“As the custom car crew puts it, to replace. The vehicle also has a Custom chassis from Ridetech and rolls on insanely wide 325 rear tires. Incidentally, the entire vehicle was named in an original color from the BMW shelf Donington Gray lacquered, which perfectly match the airbrush firebird and the red interior harmonizes.

The interior is a symphony in red!

Everything, but really everything, is down to the smallest detail in red held in the cockpit. The driver indulges in a red sea, which is not only extremely plush, but also very comfortable. From our point of view, the presentation is almost reminiscent of that Por***style 1980s.

LS-based V8 naturally aspirated gasoline engine with 6 liters displacement

Of course, it is allowed in such an elaborate one Restomod project also no engine of the older semester stuck. The builders of the car thought so too, and transplanted one LS-based V8 naturally aspirated with 6 liters displacement in the engine compartment of the classic. The engine performs around the 600 PS, but unfortunately we do not know the maximum torque. However, we assume that the oldie will show the taillights of many modern vehicles on the quarter mile.

Our Conclusion for the 1978 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am:

A fantastic project, which, however, would serve many clichés in Europe. The red interior in particular looks a little frivolous from our point of view. If you like the Pontiac, then you can click on the picture gallery that we have added to the post. If we get more information about the changes, there will of course be an update for this report. You will be informed of this if you simply use ours Feed subscribe to. Have fun watching the pictures and stay true to us!

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Is this 1978 Pontiac Firebird the ultimate Trans Am?
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