Vehicle Description
1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am - 100 Percent Original, Survivor -
Purchased New on Christmas Eve at Elhart Pontiac, Holland, MI -
Bought as a Christmas Gift for the First Owner's Wife - 20k
Original Miles - 6.6L V8 with 4 Speed Manual - Spent it's life in
Byron Center, MI - All Original Selling Paperwork - Dealership
Ziebart Undercoating Still Visible - Even Has The Original Tires
and Original Title (Please note: If you happen to be viewing this
1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am on a website other than our Garage
Kept Motors site, it's possible that you've only seen some of our
many photographs of the car due to third-party website limitations.
To be sure you access all the more than 150 photographs, as well as
a short start-up and walk-around video, please go to our main
website: Garage Kept Motors.) Firebird and Trans Am sales soared
during this period, and hit a phenomenal peak in 1979. �€"
TheTruthAboutCars website, August 2010 - Full article online here:
https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/08/curbside-classic-1979-pontiac-firebird-trans-am/
The respected automotive writer, Paul Niedermeyer, continued: Once
a thriving species during the golden performance car era, it was
all but wiped out by that great natural calamity, the 1974 energy
crisis. Challenger, Barracuda, Mustang, Javelin; even its
stablemate the Camaro Z28; by 1975 they were all extinct or in deep
hibernation. Only the Trans Am hung in there, and then just by a
whisker, or a feather, in this case. But Pontiac's risky gamble to
press on against the odds had a huge payoff: not only did Trans Am
sales explode by the end of the decade, but it came to symbolize
the whole genre. Rarely has one car so dominated the American
public's awareness: in the second half of the seventies, the Trans
Am became the icon of the American performance car.... Offered here
is a near-mint-condition, very-low-mileage, survivor 1979 Trans Am
in silver over black. Purchased new on Christmas Eve at Elhart
Pontiac in Holland, Michigan for the first owner's wife, the car
has traveled just over 20,688 miles in all, a per-year average of
fewer than 500 miles. The Trans Am spent its life in Byron Center,
Michigan. Original sales documentation and the original title are
included. The outstanding condition of the car, inside and out, is
a tribute to owner pride, respect for the car, and attention to
regular maintenance through the years. The condition of the body
panels and the metallic silver paint is excellent: free of damage,
scrapes, and discoloration. Body-panel alignment (including fender
flares) is similarly proper. Black decals-notably the screaming
chicken on the hood, but also the black-and-red Trans Am
identification on the rear deck and front fenders as well as the TA
6.6 on the shaker hood-all retain their factory-new appearance. (To
best assess the quality of the paint and trim finishes, be sure to
view the close-up photographs of the car in the accompanying
gallery.) The twin blacked-out front grilles and center Pontiac
emblem are likewise free of damage; even the ghosted 4-wheel-disc
identification remains on the door handles. Chrome window trim is
in excellent condition. Cabin glass and all lighting lenses are
clear; lift-out glass roof panels are pristine. Lattice-design,
15-inch factory alloy wheels (with Firebird-logo center caps) are
mounted with raised-white-letter Uniroyal® Steel Belted Radial
raised-white-letter 225/70 tires. These are the tires that
originally came on the car. Inside, seating surfaces are
upholstered in black velour fabric that has been extremely
well-maintained; tattersall-patterned cushions and horizontally
pleated backrests are beautifully styled. No significant wear is
present, and absolutely no rips or tears on the front buckets or
rear 2-passenger bench. Door trim, the dashboard, and the console
are all in black. The original black sport steering wheel frames a
dashboard accented with turned-metal trim that surrounds
