Love it! Great video! I own a 68' 400 bird and your hood tach install video is really going to be helpful in my future install- again, thank you for posting all the great videos!!
can anyone tell me what these 455 HO Trans Ams top out at? I know my 79 TA did around 135? Im not quite sure cause the MPH gauge only went to 100...for reasons I have no idea!!! I just know I about wrapped it around to 0 again!!! LOL!!!
@coreylane100 Depends on the rear axle ratio. A friend of mine had a '76 TA with a 400/auto and a 2.41 rear gear and we could get the speedo to wrap back past 20 mph! Only God knows how fast we were really going. . .
20 yrs ago i missed a 72 trans am for 500 bucks! i had a 72 formula 400 which was a dam fine car. sold it in the 70`s when gas went to 75-1.00 a gallon.
what a bute... but I didnt see the 8-track. Got to drive a buddy's 70 Formula 4-speed ... It was no problem gettin her to 170... I was dumb I know but wgat the heck ...I was 18
I like the shape of the Trans-Am but I've driven quite a few and the kindest thing I can say about them is that the average British van is faster and handles better. America made the same mistake with these cars that Britain made with the MG's, they just didn't evolve the cars. The Porsche 911 wasn't great when it first appeared but they evolved it constantly until it was. Trans-Am is iconic without doubt but as a car it is nonsense. I'm afraid average Jap cars blow everything else away.
I have had three 2nd Gen T/A'a (2 1White 971's and a Blue 73 ). The 71's were fresh, big bad ass 455HO's with Pontiac Performance Cams, headers and 4spd's that would just fly. I think I paid like 2300 and 2900$ for each of the 71's.I also had a 74 SD455, and I am convinced my 71's were WAY faster. Looking for a nice one again now..guess I'll have to pay a bit more these days..!
Man I hate tuners and their fucking Jap garbage. Comparing this classic to that trash should be a crime punished by being dragged behind the Jap shit you admire. In 10 years all your precious mitsubitches will be tin cans ( not much different really). This car is pushing 40 and still an amazing machine.
@MrBrey1 At least it isn't made in America i.e. utter shit that falls apart in one week with cheap non fitting plastic parts, door gaps and hood gaps that are uneven, a joke naugahyde interior, and a disco dashboard. Hang on to the past, I'll see you in my rear view mirror in the future. BTW. Trans Am's are the ultimate cars for guys who suffer from abbreviated penis syndrome. i'll stick with an EVO or an S5 or a plethora of other modern cars that annihilate these dinosaurs.
@mynameisntowens man that car is the most bad ass car you could DREAM of owning , your just getting all pissed cause this trans am is rubbing its nuts all in your little evos face .. i got to give it to you the now days amarican cars are shit but these old ones were built to last , these things run on gas unlike how your evo runs on rice oil . this car was made for men
@MrBrey1 I'm not a kid,I know from age and experience. If you put both cars on any track (I'll use Silverstone in England for example because I'm British) the EVO would lap the Trans Am within 3 laps. This is fact, indisputable fact. I don't dream about these old cars because I have owned them. In 1971 I bought a brand new Mustang Mach 1 351c which I brought here. They were fine in their day but by today's standards they are heavy pigs that have torque and that's about all.BTW, I drive a 2009 M5
The old stuff cant hold a candle to anything new in terms of handling, but they have huge amounts of power and are unique, if someone says an old car will destroy a new car on a road course they may be crazy, on a dragstrip though the old car may win. Both the new and the old cars are amazing and each have their place. I have heard the older corvettes really have some amazing handling but I cant say that for sure as I've never driven one unfortunately.
@mynameisntowens clearly you don't understand the point of muscle cars, its straight line speed and the feel of having something larger than a weedwacker engine under the hood, have fun looking super gay in a rice rocket and let real car guys stick to driving real cars.
I owned this exact car! Same color combo and same drive train, including the 4 spd. I sold it a while back, and I have regreted it ever since. All I have now is a pic of it.
bought the same car 36k orig miles put new ta radials on car let my ex wife drive it to work once never saw it again!!! Little did I know at the time there was a 2 million dollar theft ring in my town at the time . Went out and bought a 350 cutlass for her they stole that to still have the title for the ta
LOL! I love it, i was pretty speechless at the end of the video, i love how you're all "it can be driven normall, oorrr..." and then you heard that engine get all kinds of pissed off and you're just gooone, hahaha, amazing, this car definatly holds my #1 favorite car tied ONLY with the 71' Hemi Cuda
my fav vid on you tube,,, im restoreing my 72 ho,, it originaly was lucerne blue but its been painted red in the 80s and is totaly solid,,gona paint it white as its a childhood dream since watching thunderbolt and lightfoot lol, resto starting soon,long live PONTIAC
Way too fast ??? is like having too much money....Great car........Maybe a top end speed sometime guy??? It was fun watching u gain on the merging traffic.......
My father also has the 72 trans am, man is it a fun car. Keeps it stored for the most part but the few times I've been out in it you just can't help but smile when you hit the throttle. One day it will be mine...maybe by then Pontiac will have returned
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bggills 6 days ago
Great video!!!!
ianmatthewmcknight7 1 week ago
A Real Beauty - Pontiac power !!!! .
1Bandit455 3 weeks ago
Sweet, just two nitpicks I see: 1. The ride height is about 1.5" too high all around and 2. It needs an alignment, the steering wheel isn't centered.
Cash2112 4 weeks ago
@Cash2112 You would have to be an idiot to lower that car.
TheHumangous 3 weeks ago
@TheHumangous You would have to be a toothless white trash mouth breather to drive a jacked up Trans Am.
Cash2112 3 weeks ago
Love it! Great video! I own a 68' 400 bird and your hood tach install video is really going to be helpful in my future install- again, thank you for posting all the great videos!!
68bird4dave 1 month ago
can anyone tell me what these 455 HO Trans Ams top out at? I know my 79 TA did around 135? Im not quite sure cause the MPH gauge only went to 100...for reasons I have no idea!!! I just know I about wrapped it around to 0 again!!! LOL!!!
coreylane100 1 month ago
@coreylane100 Depends on the rear axle ratio. A friend of mine had a '76 TA with a 400/auto and a 2.41 rear gear and we could get the speedo to wrap back past 20 mph! Only God knows how fast we were really going. . .
Cash2112 4 weeks ago
Work of art What an amazing dream car I'm going to dream about at night
odeliaz 2 months ago
come on numbers hit!!!!!!!
chev202 2 months ago
beautiful car...but no such thing as too fast
MechanicDan1 3 months ago
extremely sweet, you are very blessed to own such an awesome musclecar.
hydrowatcher 4 months ago
20 yrs ago i missed a 72 trans am for 500 bucks! i had a 72 formula 400 which was a dam fine car. sold it in the 70`s when gas went to 75-1.00 a gallon.
rich4828 4 months ago
Very beautiful car! How many miles are on it? Is it stock?
HiTechOilCo 5 months ago
big `10-4 that was the car camaros hated cuz this car would win ,,,, nice car texas guy from canada
randy13700 7 months ago
what a bute... but I didnt see the 8-track. Got to drive a buddy's 70 Formula 4-speed ... It was no problem gettin her to 170... I was dumb I know but wgat the heck ...I was 18
Red1Six 7 months ago
@Red1Six 170 kilometers never miles: lack of gearing.
camirocz 7 months ago
I like the shape of the Trans-Am but I've driven quite a few and the kindest thing I can say about them is that the average British van is faster and handles better. America made the same mistake with these cars that Britain made with the MG's, they just didn't evolve the cars. The Porsche 911 wasn't great when it first appeared but they evolved it constantly until it was. Trans-Am is iconic without doubt but as a car it is nonsense. I'm afraid average Jap cars blow everything else away.
kaferere 7 months ago
I have had three 2nd Gen T/A'a (2 1White 971's and a Blue 73 ). The 71's were fresh, big bad ass 455HO's with Pontiac Performance Cams, headers and 4spd's that would just fly. I think I paid like 2300 and 2900$ for each of the 71's.I also had a 74 SD455, and I am convinced my 71's were WAY faster. Looking for a nice one again now..guess I'll have to pay a bit more these days..!
Mrdesertsnake1991 7 months ago
I had a Lucerne Blue twin to this car...
bradley1kidd 7 months ago
Why would you want to drive a Mitsu what ever? I'd rather push a classic muscle car then be seen in an import.
MrTonyStiles 7 months ago
Man I hate tuners and their fucking Jap garbage. Comparing this classic to that trash should be a crime punished by being dragged behind the Jap shit you admire. In 10 years all your precious mitsubitches will be tin cans ( not much different really). This car is pushing 40 and still an amazing machine.
jjohn77700 7 months ago
sick.
uninoculated 8 months ago
2 people were run over by 1972 trans ams.
harvardbritmuffin 8 months ago
A Mitsubishi EVO 2 liter 4 cylinder would blow the doors off this car.
mynameisntowens 9 months ago 2
@mynameisntowens okay... its also gay too
MrBrey1 8 months ago
@MrBrey1 At least it isn't made in America i.e. utter shit that falls apart in one week with cheap non fitting plastic parts, door gaps and hood gaps that are uneven, a joke naugahyde interior, and a disco dashboard. Hang on to the past, I'll see you in my rear view mirror in the future. BTW. Trans Am's are the ultimate cars for guys who suffer from abbreviated penis syndrome. i'll stick with an EVO or an S5 or a plethora of other modern cars that annihilate these dinosaurs.
mynameisntowens 8 months ago
@mynameisntowens man that car is the most bad ass car you could DREAM of owning , your just getting all pissed cause this trans am is rubbing its nuts all in your little evos face .. i got to give it to you the now days amarican cars are shit but these old ones were built to last , these things run on gas unlike how your evo runs on rice oil . this car was made for men
MrBrey1 8 months ago
@MrBrey1 I'm not a kid,I know from age and experience. If you put both cars on any track (I'll use Silverstone in England for example because I'm British) the EVO would lap the Trans Am within 3 laps. This is fact, indisputable fact. I don't dream about these old cars because I have owned them. In 1971 I bought a brand new Mustang Mach 1 351c which I brought here. They were fine in their day but by today's standards they are heavy pigs that have torque and that's about all.BTW, I drive a 2009 M5
mynameisntowens 8 months ago
@mynameisntowens
The old stuff cant hold a candle to anything new in terms of handling, but they have huge amounts of power and are unique, if someone says an old car will destroy a new car on a road course they may be crazy, on a dragstrip though the old car may win. Both the new and the old cars are amazing and each have their place. I have heard the older corvettes really have some amazing handling but I cant say that for sure as I've never driven one unfortunately.
Cory1X 8 months ago
@mynameisntowens clearly you don't understand the point of muscle cars, its straight line speed and the feel of having something larger than a weedwacker engine under the hood, have fun looking super gay in a rice rocket and let real car guys stick to driving real cars.
twiggs041 7 months ago
@mynameisntowens and you would look like a douchebag driving the mistubishi
Dunbarick 8 months ago
@mynameisntowens Yeah but you look like a fag while doing it.
samw454 7 months ago
SOLID WOOD DUDE!
Devildog21able 10 months ago
MyRod.com....... Win
TheOfficerWalrus 10 months ago
Got a 1975 with the 455 HO myself and you're absolutely right. 500 ft/lb of torque? My god...
KHaverlyVideos 1 year ago
Finally someone doing a REAL burnout, not the lame crap with the line-locks......Beautiful!
hipcat13 1 year ago
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im in love with it :D
GabrielsDeath13 1 year ago
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GabrielsDeath13 1 year ago
sick car , go and get the steering wheel centered !
pcnazz 1 year ago
Super
Necroman666 1 year ago
Nice ride, check my Pontiac vids out. Sounds good and I like the stock radio.
Oldsmob455 1 year ago
hahaha thats a sick video
bigenginesismythang 1 year ago
Now that's a TRANS AM!!!!!
redhead5150 1 year ago
Just finished rebuilding a 455 H.O motor for my 1972 pontiac firebird 4-speed. your right, there is no greater power than that of a pontiac 455!
AndersonRacing44 1 year ago
@AndersonRacing44 Ilove the 455h,o but power wise ill take my 2007 z06
camirocz 1 year ago
@camirocz I would take an 07 z06 over alot of cars. :)
russnord 9 months ago
@russnord Yes but i d still love to get an h.o one day with those two cars, my collection will feel complete.I am half way there at least ...lol
camirocz 9 months ago
@camirocz personally if I could have a yenko 69 camaro SS with the zl1 engine I would be complete. :)
russnord 9 months ago
I owned this exact car! Same color combo and same drive train, including the 4 spd. I sold it a while back, and I have regreted it ever since. All I have now is a pic of it.
moparmusclecars 1 year ago
its easy to drive manuals man, just listen to the engine.
GeorgiaBoii32 1 year ago
my dad owned the exact same car but he just had to sell it but i wish he didnt!
jccb487 1 year ago
bought the same car 36k orig miles put new ta radials on car let my ex wife drive it to work once never saw it again!!! Little did I know at the time there was a 2 million dollar theft ring in my town at the time . Went out and bought a 350 cutlass for her they stole that to still have the title for the ta
MsMrozowski 1 year ago
way too fast is like having too much money?????
scottalanx 1 year ago 2
know that feeling you get when you hit the lottery for 11 mill?? i just got that from this car..... i pooped myself
arctyler 1 year ago
why is the steering wheel sideways? u need a anlinement
ccrraaazzy 1 year ago
Nice car- Nice video...
ipspots1 1 year ago
This car is Fucking Awesome..!!!!!!!!!! Amazing to drive.
watson111505 1 year ago
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scottalanx 2 years ago
LOL! I love it, i was pretty speechless at the end of the video, i love how you're all "it can be driven normall, oorrr..." and then you heard that engine get all kinds of pissed off and you're just gooone, hahaha, amazing, this car definatly holds my #1 favorite car tied ONLY with the 71' Hemi Cuda
Ratmouth66 2 years ago
@Ratmouth66 It's tied for #1 with the 1970 chevelle SS 454 in my book.
psychoclown420 2 years ago
Ahh yeah my friend has a 72' 454 Chevelle, its amazing, that thing was so loud it would shake my car when i drove by xD
Ratmouth66 2 years ago
@psychoclown420 i agree 100 per cent
camirocz 1 year ago
my fav vid on you tube,,, im restoreing my 72 ho,, it originaly was lucerne blue but its been painted red in the 80s and is totaly solid,,gona paint it white as its a childhood dream since watching thunderbolt and lightfoot lol, resto starting soon,long live PONTIAC
v8leeroy 2 years ago
mmmmmmm i wana make luv to my ho
v8leeroy 2 years ago
Waaay too fast for a geek wearing shorts and sandles. . . By the way, the ride height needs to be lowered at least 1.5".
Cash2112 2 years ago
I JUST WANT IT FOR IT'S ENGINE LOL !
crownman1 2 years ago
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scottalanx 2 years ago
Way too fast ??? is like having too much money....Great car........Maybe a top end speed sometime guy??? It was fun watching u gain on the merging traffic.......
scottalanx 2 years ago
My father also has the 72 trans am, man is it a fun car. Keeps it stored for the most part but the few times I've been out in it you just can't help but smile when you hit the throttle. One day it will be mine...maybe by then Pontiac will have returned
billyandsallyonline 2 years ago
unbelievable, makes me want to get my 72 finished. excellent video, good luck with the sale.
jessieluvspussy 2 years ago 2
beautiful!
oogravyoo 2 years ago
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you should let me have that car
apn818 2 years ago