Here we have a 1978 Pontiac Trans AM for sale. This T/A has
undergone a meticulously restoration resulting in one of the
baddest street Trans AMs on the market. It's finished in the iconic
Starlight Black paint, but the real beauty comes from under the
hood via the Butler Performance 455 ready to terrorize the
roadways. In the following paragraphs, we will briefly describe the
exterior, interior, and driveline of this Pontiac, but first we
would like to tell you a little about us.
Smoky Mountain Traders is a classic car dealer in east Tennessee.
We are family-owned, operated, and own our entire inventory, no
consignments, and only deal in muscle cars and vintage autos. You
can always count on us to have 70 to 80 cars. We pride ourselves in
buying the highest quality classics and selling them to you at a
price that no other dealer in the country can compete with. For
more information, pictures, or questions, call our office at
(865)988-8088 or visit our SmokyMountainTraders website.
We will start with the exterior of this '78. The body on it is
laser straight down the sides and all of the lines flow seamlessly
from front to back. Countless hours were spent prepping and setting
this body up to showcase the Starlight Black paint. It's done in
the base coat clear coat combo that has been wet sanded, buffed,
and polished out to a mirror finish that's slick as a ribbon. It's
complimented by the iconic Phoenix on the hood along with the Gold
TRANS AM badging. All the glass is beautiful and has been tinted to
complete the look. We can see both the front and rear bumpers are
excellent along with all of the tail lights and headlights. To
finish off the stance it's sitting on a set of Body Coddington
Blaster wheels with 18x8.5 up front and 18x9 in the rear.
Next, we will look at the interior of this Trans AM. On the inside,
it's done in classic black as well. It has the Y82 seats that have
been recovered in the Mitsubishis GSX leather with the fronts being
equipped with the RCI five-point harnesses. The door panels are in
great condition and the glass rolls up and down with ease and has a
great fit. We can also see that the carpet and headliner have a
great fit. Looking at the dash we can see that it features the
aluminum gauge panel and has a set of Auto Meter gauges, a mini pro
shift light, turn signal indicators, and billet headlight
switch.
Finally, we will get to the driveline of this Pontiac. Under the
hood is where this masterpiece thrives. We can see it has a
stunning eye for detail with the smoothed inner fenders and the
custom dual snorkel shaker assembly. The 455 is bored .30 over to a
462 and has a steel crank, billet four-bolt main caps, forged
super-duty rods. Compression is around 11.73.1 with TRW Forged
pistons and a proprietary Butler hydraulic camshaft. The heads were
custom ported by Butler Machine Shop and are No 12 cast and have
crane 1.65:1 Aluminum Roller Rockers. It's fueled by the Edelbrock
Torker II intake, and a Holley Race Shop prepared 875 double pumper
Carb. For exhaust, it has Hooker Super Comp headers with 2 in
primaries and 3" collectors that go through the 3" pipes,
Flowmaster mufflers and custom-built tips. The 462 runs through the
Turbo 475 transmission with custom billet gears and Kevlar
clutches. It has the full manual reverse valve body and trans brake
with a TCI 10" torque converter with a 2,500 Stall. A custom ricing
driver shaft and Spicer U-joints send power out to the Moser Ford
9" Rear End with 3.50 Gears. On the highway, this '78 T/A handles
great as it's upgraded with Herb Adams 2" Drop springs, KYB shocks,
Energy suspension poly urethane bushings front and rear,
competition engineering traction bars, Art Morrison sub-frame
connectors that were welded in. Along with having Power Steering
it's equipped with four-wheel power disc brakes with 11" front and
rear rotors and to support the vacuum it has a tucked-away pump
between the core support and headlights.
If we can help you in any way with questions or a specific picture,
you can call our office at <a title= "CallUs" href="tel:
1-865-9888088">(865) 988-8088. Or feel free to call Devvin at
<a title= "CallUs" href="tel: 1-865-2562366">(865) 256-2366,
or you can e-mail us at
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