The seller assures all prospective buyers that it is, like the Death Star, "fully operational. The interior has tan leather, custom bucket seats, a wood grain dash, and one of the most awkward spare tire placements ever. There are 17,456 miles on its 255-horsepower, 350 cubic-inch V8. GM design staff, we'll assume that GM asked the then-freelancing Bradley to work some magic on its muscle car, this being the totally Hot-Wheels influenced result. Among other works, he penned the most recent example of theįirebird One's design language? Since it apparently has a letter of documentation from He only stayed at Mattel for a year because he didn't think Hot Wheels would be successful, then left to start his own design company. Mattel poached him in 1966 to design its brand new toy line called Hot Wheels, and Bradley designed all of them except one. General Motors from 1962 to 1966 who, against company policy, continued to submit designs to Bid for the chance to own a 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am Ram Air III 4-Speed at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. For sale at the time of writing in Bellevue, Washington for $94,950, most of the seller's description appears to be pulled fromĪ 2001 Barrett-Jackson listing, when the car was sold atīefore we get to the car, it helps to know the man behind it: Bradley was a designer at
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To me, this is the most beautiful and badass Trans-Am ever built.įun fact: Car and Driver called the 1970 Pontiac Trans Am “a hard muscled, lightning-flexed commando of a car, the likes of which doesn’t exist anywhere in the world, even for twice the price.Pontiac Firebird One concept designed by Harryīentley Bradley and built by Dave Crook. Why I would want one: If you were to ask me what my favorite Trans-Am year and color is, this would be my answer.
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Both came with 3.55:1 gears, and a 3.73:1 was available with the 4-speed. Lexan Rear Window Holley Pro Billet Mechanical Fuel Pump GM Trans Am Sheet Metal Fuel Safe Fuel Cell. A 4-speed transmission with Hurst shifter was standard the Turbo Hydra-matic automatic was optional.
All these engines breathed through a new rear-facing shaker scoop designed to capture cool ambient air flowing over the hood. Rarer still was the Ram Air V, an over-the-counter, special-order piece that counted among its tricks solid lifters and tunnel-port heads for as much as 500 horsepower. That one added bigger ports, better heads, swirl-polished valves, and an aluminum intake manifold for 370 horsepower, 25 more than in ’69. 88 of the 3,196 Pontiac Trans Am’s built that year got the optional Ram Air IV. What made it famous: The 1970 Pontiac Trans Am’s standard engine, the 345-horsepower Ram Air 400 cid V8, provided low-14-second elapsed times at the dragstrip.
Standard 10.9-inch power front disc brakes and 9.5-inch rear drums did the stopping. Stiffer springs and heavy-duty front and rear sway bars teamed with Polyglas F60X15 tires on Kelsey Hayes Rally II wheels.
The padded Formula steering wheel directed quick 12.1:1 variable-ratio power steering. 1970 PONTIAC FIREBIRD FORMULA 400 RAM AIR ORIGINAL ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION ALL ORIGINAL SHEET METAL ALL IN ALL ITS A NICE SOLID HONEST CAR THIS CAR IS VERY RARE THE ENGINE IS BACK IN AND CAR RUNS A more.
Inside, complete instrumentation was standard and included a tachometer turned on its side to redline at 12 o’clock, just like in a real race car. It claimed equal downforce to the tail from a big decklid lip and small spoilers in front of the rear wheels. The 1970 Pontiac Trans Am wore the same impact-absorbing snout as other Firebirds, but Pontiac said its unique front air dam and fender air extractors created 50 pounds of downforce on the nose at expressway speeds. While all Trans Ams are Pontiac Firebirds, not all. What makes it special: Firebird grew more European in nature with their second-generation redesign, but the scooped and spoilered 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am was pure American muscle car, and more immodest than ever. 1970 Pontiac Firebird Coupe Are the Firebird and Trans Am the same The truthful answer is yes and no.
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