Vehicle Description
1972 Pontiac Trans Am, This is 1 OF 458 Trans Ams produced for 1972
strike shortened year. This PHS Documented Trans Am maintains is
NUMBERS MATCHING DRIVETRAIN with SERVICE REPLACEMENT BLOCK and M22
ROCK CRUSHER 4 SPEED (SERIAL # STAMP) 7F6 HEADS (Rebuilt but not in
Car ) ORIGINAL CARBURATOR AND INTAKE Interior was replaced by
Current owner. Due to a 1972 UAW strike, at which GM was the
target, Firebird and Trans Am production was devastated. All told
only 1286 Trans Am's were completed V(828 automatics, & 458
4-speeds). At the plant, over 2,100 Firebird and Camaro models were
in various stages of assembly when the strike ended, but as these
cars would not meet the new 1973 Federal standards, these cars were
all scrapped! The 1972 Trans Am production would hold the
distinction of being the second lowest in history. A new cylinder
head rested atop the 4-bolt block, this had a new casting number of
7F6 and was only used in 1972 and had special combustion chambers.
The good part about these new heads is that they still used the
horsepower producing oval ports and the accompanying large 2.11
intake and 1.77 inch exhaust valves found in big inch Pontiac high
performance engines of the past. The 068 camshaft was back for
another run in the TA, and the lift remained at .408/.406 inches
for intake and exhaust. As in 1971, there was only one engine
available in the Trans Am and it was subject to same hand selection
of components in order to make the engines as close to the
tolerances laid out in the blueprints. This engine could be mated
to a pair of transmissions, the infamous M22 Rock Crusher Muncie
4-speed close ratio manual transmission or the sturdy 3-speed Turbo
Hydramatic 400 automatic transmission. This was the 1st year for
the honey comb grille, and the last year of a functional shaker
hood. The colors once again remained limited to Cameo White with
blue stripes or Lucerne Blue topped with a white stripe. Lucerne
Blue would have its swan song in 1972 as a blue would not return to
the Trans Am line up until 1974. The racing' stripes that were
first introduced in '69 also made their last appearance in 1972 and
no Trans Am would be striped as such until the 15th anniversary T/A
in 1984. WE FINANCE AND DELIVER