Vehicle Description
1975 might not be the most popular year for a Trans Am (although
it's actually a personal favorite of mine), but insanely clean and
exceptional examples like this stunning Buccaneer Red Pontiac
Firebird Trans AM are impossible to ignore. Show-quality paint,
flashy chrome wheels, black buckets, a 4-speed gearbox, low
ownership spent in the dry South, and loads of documentation make
this the stock T/A to take home. If you're looking for the best
1975 Firebird Trans AM for sale on the market right now, you'd be
hard-pressed to find a better contender than this.
Buccaneer Red is a great color with an even better name. Red 'Birds
are especially cool thanks to their complementary decals-that
bright orange and black screaming chicken on the hood just stands
out in a sea of silver, white, and especially black cars. With its
red accents it looks exactly as Pontiac intended: halfway between
full 1970's funky and demonically possessed. The black rubber
bumpers, so frequently twisted and warped by time and heat, are in
excellent shape here. The original factory glass is crystal-clear,
as are the headlights, the LED front blinker, the taillights, and
all that awesome original trim - including the red bird in between
the front grilles. Panel gaps are better than what you'd see
rolling out of the factory in '75, and the sheetmetal is so
laser-straight and precise we'd hardly doubt this Poncho ever
needed any bodywork in its life. That's what you get with a
pedigreed vehicle that's' been treated like a member of the family,
and this beauty can be traced back to when it was sold new in
Kentucky and transported back to Oklahoma with the original owner,
then sold to a collector in Texas, who then sold it to the current
owner's father approximately 25 years ago. About 18-20 years ago,
the car was fully repainted back to Buccaneer Red, and the paint
job was incredibly high-end and has been impeccably preserved ever
since. We'd argue that it's borderline show-quality, with only very
minor imperfections picked up from a little bit of road debris, but
it's the likely the best paint job you'll ever see on a T/A at this
price point. Standing back and taking the car in as a whole is an
easy way to see why Pontiac moved more than 27,000 Trans Ams in
1975, nearly a threefold increase over 1974. Pontiac's pony car was
on its stratospheric rise to 1970's royalty, and the fact that this
one was held to only 41,583 believe actual miles is quite a grand
feat.
Inside, the correct Code 19W black vinyl deluxe interior is in
excellent shape and looks like a million bucks. Fresh-looking seat
covers are supported by firm yet supple foam padding underneath,
ornate black door panels at the flanks were stitched to match, and
the expansive black dash is incredibly crack and blemish free. Full
instrumentation was standard on Trans Ams, and the factory dials
look great set into the engine-turned instrument panel. The dash
pad is in great shape as is the center console, both of which
appear to be original, and the original shifter for the 4-speed
gearbox practically taunts the driver to go out and have a bunch of
fun. There's an original, leather-wrapped steering wheel in your
hands that anchors the cockpit, a stock AM radio that actually
somehow still works, and T/A embroidered floormats atop plush
carpets that insulate the floors from the elements. Out back, the
rear seat looks like it hasn't been used since the early-'80s, and
you even get a good-sized trunk neatly finished with a correct
plaid mat and a space-saver spare tire.
Under the hood is what very, very likely the original,
numbers-matching 400 cubic inch V8. The only reason we can't 100%
say numbers-matching is because it appears the factory miss-stamped
the block way back in 1975, and the VIN stamp is only off by one
digit (a '0' where a '6' should be to match the VIN). Human error
was common back then, and it's not the first time we've seen blocks
incorrectly stamped, and to be honest, it's a lot more difficult to
believe that someone was able to find another 400 V8 with a VIN
that only had one digit off from the car and tried to pass it off
as numbers-matching. If this world didn't have lawyers, we'd call
this a full numbers car, but for now all we can do is present this
preponderance of evidence. Nevertheless, it's incredibly
well-maintained and runs great, which is what you'd expect from a
car with only 41583 believed-actual miles on the clock. The very
nicely detailed engine bay that looks pretty much the way Pontiac
did it in 1975, which means corporate turquoise paint on the block,
standard steel valve covers, and that big Shaker hood scoop up top.
There's a proper Quadra-Jet carb living underneath and things like
the belts, plugs, wires, alternator, and battery were all replaced
at some point not long ago. The chassis is clean and solid as can
be, a dual exhaust system sounds suitably burly, and the
numbers-matching Super T10 4-speed manual transmission is the
perfect dance partner for the 400 V8. Original Pontiac Rally II
wheels are in great shape and are offered with the sale, but this
'75 currently wears flashy chrome 15-inch alloys wearing 225/70/15
BFGoodrich white-letter tires are at all four corners, and they
fill the wheel arches perfectly.
Documented with historical titles, registration receipts, a
reproduction window sticker, PHS docs, maintenance records, and an
original owner's manual, this Trans AM is a bonafide beauty. If you
want arguable the cleanest mid-70s Trans Am on the market, they
really don't come much nicer than this. Call today!
