1966-70 are the best years in my opinion. GM dropped all their compression ratios for the 1971 model year. Mopar and Ford lasted one more year building high compression muscle cars but by 1972 the true muscle car era was pretty much over other than a couple bright spots like the 73-74 Trans Am 455SD, the 72-73 Dodge Demon /Plymouth Duster 340, and the 72-74 AMC Javelin 401. But by 1975 there were no true muscle cars left on the market once catalytic converters became mandatory on all vehicles. After 1974 any "muscle car" was basically just a regular passenger car with graphics and trim packages and no real performance upgrades like the Plymouth Volare Roadrunner and AMC Spirit AMX
Wow . This is about as good as it gets. A legend is born. . Talk about the best of both worlds. Style and performance . Go Pontiac. Go ahead with your bad self . Truly miss these
scott satren: 1979 when we could still pick up winter beeters like $100 and it was a Chevy II, Camaro, Chevelle, Monti Carlos and old nice run through Hot Rod's nobody wanted anymore minus the drive tran. "Where so Great where so fine where the class of 1979"... Those day's are long gone my friend but it was fun while it lasted...
@@dustinsirrine227 You are so right Dustin but I didn't give uo the ship & still have some of those great cars. Can you imagine back then if we were saying someday in the future we would be able to buy a new car from the factory with 700 HP that would idle while sitting in rush hour traffic with the a/c keeping us cool, hell we would have had each other committed because everyone would have thought we went crazy, who would have ever thought but I still miss those great days
scott satren: Yes for sure lots of Factory HP now a days is mind boggling... But I still miss my 66 Chevy II's and Z/28's and 66-69 Chevelle SS... But my 63 C10 pick-up short box fleet side will fit the bill tell I leave this world. Great memories...
@@dustinsirrine227 I hear you, lets face it once us baby boomers are gone that will probably be the end of the muscle car collecting craze as I think its the sentlementle attachment that drives the market, you know buying back our memories. BTW one of my favorites that I'm sorry I sold was a 69 RS/Z-28, black with silver stripes, what a beauty!
scott satren: My best friend's Dad bought a 67 Cuda Fourmala S 383 Camando new special order from dealership here in Michigan my friend and I Rebuilt the 383 in 1979 for his Dad in highschool shop class and never fired up the engine it sat in his barn till I bought it six years later and I never worked on it just parked it in my sister's garage for a few more years then sold it. It still had an "A" title and just about six years ago my friends Dad got a phone call from a man that just bought it and wanted to make sure it was all correct and if he was the original owner of the Cuda Fourmala S just to verify it was really an "A" title not a fraud. That was a car I really should have kept. 383 auto with pistol grip shifter gauge tech option 4.10 posi. Black on Black Bucket seats only two were ordered in Michigan that year. A year before my friends Dad passed away he said to me, I should have bought my Cuda back from that man it's worth over 30K now. We both just laughed and smiled at each other. Good memories and I think you may be right about the old iron with our generation being the last that really grew up with those Car's and Trucks from back then, But I hope my Son or daughters or grandchildren will keep them old Hot Rod's alive in the future... Keep On Trucking Brother Hot Rodder...
Brings back memories. In high school one of my friends Grandfather had a ‘69 TA . I don’t remember if it was an auto or a manual but we got to take it out once for a ride I’ll never forget. Thanks for the memories and for sharing it! 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
Had the pleasure of seeing one up close and personal for the first ever last summer. It was auctioned from B/J before I saw it. $110k I think it was, I couldn't walk away from it. It was so stunning to actually see one.
I remember our local Junk yard "Marquis Auto Salvage Yard" in Mattawan MI. had one of those Trans Ams a "Rag Top" OHC6 with/4bbl Q-jet Ram Hood with the Tec-Tac on the Hood with a 4 speed Muncie an 12 bolt posi. White/Blue all the nice gauge option inside except for the Tach on the hood. This car was in the yard for over ten years and it never got touched. The OHC6 had a big hole in the side of the block were a rod or two let go. But for a 1969 it was a very clean T/A Bird. I first noticed the 69 T/A setting in the Junk yard in 1980 I lived behind the Junk yard our families property was only a few hundred yards apart and knew the owners quite well and tried to talk Todd Marquis out of the 69 T/A every chance I could but he would never sale me the T/A Bird but I did get Todd's 71 Nova in 1980. The sad story ends when the scrap metal prices went up Todd had a high school friend of his Bob Parchel come through the yard and mark the cars with a Big Red X that should be crushed and that sweet 69 T/A had three Big Red X's on it. I tried to save that 69 T/A one more time but to no avail Todd put it an many other 60's an 70's mucle car's (a true 66 SS Chevy II L79 also) in there home made crusher and trucked them flat wonderful old Hot Rod's off to a Bigger Recycling Yard out of State to Gary Indiana. Both George Marquis an his Son Todd Marquis had many sweet old car's starting from the 1930's up to 1990's when George the Dad died Todd was the owner with his Mom for many years then his Mom died and Todd working full time at GM never did much with the Junk Yard his Dad built up over the year's. Todd Marquis finally had every vehicle crushed that was in the Junk Yard and let another man Brian take over the Junk Yard for a few years then finally Todd Marquis past away a few years back. I've always wondered how many sweet old car's like that 69 T/A an 66 SS Chevy II L79 and many sweet old Truck's have been crushed over the year's in those little Salvage Yards across America and Canada like "Marquis Auto Salvage Yard" ??? Only a few people would know like me because I use to wonder through that old Salvage Yard with my Hunting friend Mike B many times over the year's as we went Duck Hunting on the pond we would stop an dream about owning one of those old 60's or 70's Hot Rod's just rusting away in "Marquis Auto Salvage Yard"...
I love it!!! This is about as cool as it gets for 1969 Pontiacs in my books! And if I had the means, this pretty much seems to be the coolest of the cool for '69 TA's! Then again, I am a solid roof, three pedal kinda guy!
I always loved the Trans Am growing up. My cousin had a black 68 firebird 400. I was 14 and he was about five years older than me. He would scare or thrill the heck out of me, not really sure which, riding in that car. One time he laid rubber all the way up the street in that car. My Dad was angry at him for doing that in our neighborhood. I later bought a new 73 Trans Am but it was nothing like his 68. That Ram Air IV engine in this video is maybe one of the top 5 engines built in the muscle car era.
Me too man.. but from where I'm sitting, the Ram Air IV engine was the best in terms of HP and torque /cubic inch ...hugely underrated by almost 50 hp. ruclips.net/video/U9NlkvBZ_q4/видео.html
Hardtop , convertible ? I like 'em all ! That's about as nice of a Trans Am as you will ever see right there . Thanks for this program , again I look forward to it each week ! Love the cars in their collection . Would love to see another tour of what's going on in the resto shop .
I like Pontiacs. TA's are my favourites. I prefer this to the '69 GTO. It's a shame it didn't get the 455 HO. But I think this stood up against the Camaro at the time with their SS 396. I prefer the hard tops to the convertibles. Almost always.
Hey Kevin. Here's an idea. Ever thought of taking this show on the road ? No argument the " Brother's collection " isn't enough to keep things crankin but what about all the other cars that have been held on to with appreciation ?? My brother has a 68 firebird 400. Numbers matching w 4 speed and posi that my brother took over after our dad passed. Original engine built by a local engine builder that went to school w out dad and my brother has fished the ground up restoration our dad started. Not rotisserie but ground up. Was painted in my garage by a resto spray man. How about a little shown for these cars ? We all love these cars and was just wondering if maybe we could show some love for some of the maybe less then perfect cars that have had more love than money put into them ( and lots of money but less than the bothers collection) and still get driven on a daily or weekly basis that people have so much of the blood sweat and tears Into something worthwhile to see that gets the daily or weekly drive by people who love these rides !!! Just a thought. Pls think about this. Thanks Tony
How does the Ram Air III make 366 hp and the Ram Air IV make 345 ..my Aunts fanny! In 2009 JT Glasgo chassis dyno'ed two stock Ram Air IV GTO's, three pulls each. The 69 GTO averaged 392 rwhp and the 70 GTO averaged 384 rwhp. In 1974 I pulled a 400 Ram Air III engine and turbo 400 tranny out of a wrecked 69 Judge and took the engine to Sun Auto in Newark Ca, to rebuild it to stock spec's but ..put in a Ram Air IV cam and new Holley 650 spread bore carb. I dropped them into my 68 Firebird and when the engine broke in, I took the car back to Sun and they dialed in the jets ..then I took it down the street to Fremont Drags and ran 12.87 at 112 mph ...with my best friend riding shotgun! There's no doubt the Ram Air IV made closer to 450 bhp (392 + 15% drive train loss)
Wondering why the differences as well.. Why is the GTO Judge RA IV 370 horse and the Trans Am RA IV only 345. Same motor both underrated I'm sure. Anyone have any input?
Benevolent Protector, ‘back in the day’ hp figures were under rated by the manufacturers. Typically in an attempt to keep these cars insurable. I’m confident that if one were to build a ram air IV to factory specs and put it on a dyno, you’d see it make considerably more power than the factory rating.
@@michaelclarke9488 The RA 3 in 1969 GTO was rated at 366 HP and the "exact motor" in the 1969 TA was rated at 345 HP BECAUSE GM wanted the king of Pontiac to be GTO. The TA was set up with a less aggressive 4 bbl linkage so that it was slight less on the quick response +-
@@ScarlettFire341 Ok, that's good to know! Neither Pontiac or Buick approved of GM's hypocritical control over their marketing strategies, with GM trying to prevent both those divisions from putting the 455 engines in their full size sedan platforms, however, the TA being more of a road race platform, the throttle mod makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the feedback.
Coupe version for sure. Just like an XKE, needs to be a hardtop to secure the good looks.What a great car, top to bottom. Color combo, all about business. And you were spot on about who would have driven one of these new. Airforce fighter pilot, just coming home from Vietnam???Wish I would have scooped one of these up, back in the day. Although, despite Cleveland being a meca, for cool muscle cars, do not recall ever seeing one, while I was out cruising. Maybe in 79/80, they were still being kept under wraps???JTOrlando Fl
Such a cool car and love all that old Detroit iron. But the Challenger TA was also awesome and hot looking, with side exit pipes and is the other Trans Am for a bit of old school muscle trivia in automotive history. We are located in AZ, and there are a lot of nice cars everywhere here. Was out with my challenger srt8 earlier today, and saw a sweet gen1 camaro ss in black & white that was gorgeous and sounded really mean. During the summer months, you don't see as many because of the heat. But during the first round of the Barrett-Jackson in January, there are awesome machines everywhere and is almost like the glory days of the 60s/70s sometimes. With several other auction houses in the area that go one after another, and is a pretty healthy car scene until the summer months
The RA IV engine was 345 hp in the Trans Am, but 370 hp in the GTO. I read somewhere the difference in hp was simply a limiter on the throttle cable that prevented the carb from opening all the way up. You could get the full 370 hp by simply removing the limiter from the throttle cable so the carb could open all the way. This is the kind of useless automotive trivia that I love.
Hey guys! I love 1969 Trans Ams. I do have some questions though! Just how many 1969 Trans Ams do the brothers actually own??? I've been a subscriber for years & this seems like the 15th different Trans Am featured. I'm not complaining by any means, I've just never heard of a collector before having this many! Very, very impressive! Is Pontiac their favorite manufacturer? Their definitely my favorite!
Up there in my top 10 favorite muscle cars between 1967-1973. A rare muscle car that could handle, stop AND accelerate with looks to die for. That the color combo is unique to that model and year to distinguish it from lesser models when everyone else, like today, makes the lesser models look like the top dogs, was ballsy. Either buy this color package or don't buy the car! F U if you don't like white w/blue stripes and blue interior. They sold all built in half a year as TAs were 69 1/2 only as a send off tribute before the next new gen came out. A great send off! These are going for $120k for Ram Air IIIs -$225k for Ram Air IVs. Double the price of an already rare car. And the IIIs tended to grenade at high rpms so most have NOMs.
Wow is that ever nice Kevin that's the first one I've seen without the cheesy woodgrain on the dash looks much better without it also the first time I've seen a steering wheel like that on a first gen Trans Am I thought they came out in 1970
wrench one: I don't think that happened to offten back then and Now... GM's little 66 Chevy II's with the little 327 L79 walked around those Pony tail Car's and Long Heavy Boat Ford's with Big Blocks. Many a times at the track they were left spinning the wheels as the Chevy II was a hundred yards out before those Big Blocks hooked up and we Chevy II owner's took the win lights many many times... Keep Dreaming young man I Don't Think you were even close to being of age back then...
wrench one: Just as I thought a "WANNABE"... Just a READER Not a Participant from back in our day's... You can talk to the hand as my grandchildren use to say... Good luck Young Man I hope some day you can really enjoy drive an own a real 60's or 70's Muscle Car or Truck. But until then don't try and BS your way around by trying to make Believe you know what your talking about okay...
I love too the ''no console look'' , impossible to reproduce today with the f/$%? airbag module always under the storage compartement of the center armrest of modern cars.
Without doubt,Pontiac's first and finest Trans Am.It's my favorite,i'd love to own one.Point of note,did '69 T/A's have that steering wheel?or is this from a later one.BTW,I prefer the hardtop,the convertibles are just so rare,you'd be scared of being out in it!
Didn’t see hardly any of these back in the day . They were very expensive , so most of the customer base that wanted one , couldn’t afford it . They never mention that in any of these muscle car reviews .
My aunt gave me her 68 GTO in trade for my 75 Chrysler imperial. Hahaha. Then I traded it for a brand new 79 Black on black Z28 where those hood vent louvers opened up when you floored it. After a while I regretted loosing the 🐐 goat.
Ralph Valkenhoff: I've owned 2 1979 Z/28's and knew many people that owned them and there's or my Hood's did not open up from the factory (But I made my factory forward facing tear drop scoop into a Ram-Air type). The Second Generation body style 77-79 rubber nosed bumper Z/28's did not have functional hood scoops. The Second Generation rubber nosed bumper Z/28's that did have the factory hood scoop/cowal that Was functional and opened up was from 80-81with functional reverse tear drop cowl type Hood's. And the later Z's like the Third Generation 1982-92 they also had functional type Ram-Air and Cowl type Hood's from the factory. But some one could have put an 80-81 reverse tear drop cowl type hood on your 79 Z/28 or your Z/28 could have been a bastard year titled as a 79 Z/28 but was an early 80's Z/28 ?? GM has made half year's many times like the 70-1/2 Z/28 Camaro. Just maybe you had a bastard 1/2 year 79/80 Z/28 ?? No way of knowing unless you have the build sheet from your 79 Z/28 ??
@@dustinsirrine227 I was a stupid 18 year old back then and really didn't know much of anything and I still don't but, what I did know was how cool that cowl hood flap was. You know after thinking about it, I had it for a while before I realized it opened up when you step on it. I lived in Fresno CA at the time and got my truck drivers license right out of High school and made a ton of money at a young age. What better way to spend it then on a new black z. I had it for few years then bought another Mopar. Now I have a new RAM HEMI which I believe would have smoked that z. LoL.
I wonder if the Brothers are aware of this Silver 1969 Trans Am prototype that somehow survives to this day... I'm sure they would like having this one in their collection as well. ruclips.net/video/loM9-kas0ho/видео.html
Great car. I've had about 3 chances to own a '69 Trans Am, but each time things didn't work out. Just wondering, is that chrome alternator pulley and fan correct for this car?
On the one hand, it’s great that ‘the Brother’s’ have a collection of rare cars so we can all ogle. On the other hand, it’s a shame so many cars are sitting in a warehouse instead of being enjoyed on the tree lined Main St. and at the local Monday night cruise-in....
At least some of them apparently escape captivity from time-to-time. Somewhere out there....maybe the MCOTW Facebook page?....you'll see pics of a Bugatti Veyron and Dodge Demon from the collection at an A&W Drive-in cruise night.
@David miorgan yep 25 only crate motors called Ram Air V.there is a street 303 Ram Air V,but i think it's only a one off.certainly the engines were crate only motors,no complete T/A's other than that one off were built for street use.
@David miorgan I did some research. Car Life road tested a 69 SJ 455/390; Google it. Curb weight was 4180 pounds. That's not "thousands of pounds more" than a GTO. And 1/4 mile in 14.1 seconds. That ain't bad, and probably IS faster than some GTOs ! Maybe YOU need to do a little research :-)
'69 was a good year, in the musclecar world! 😍😎
69-70 are absolutely the best years IMO
@@Fred_NaughT I'd say 66-70 in my opinion
@@brockmaine2743 ya I agree. I feel like there are so many great cars that get barely any attention. One of my favorites was a 67 hemi cuda
@phuc ewe let's just say 1960 to 1970 was the best time in automotive history lol
1966-70 are the best years in my opinion. GM dropped all their compression ratios for the 1971 model year. Mopar and Ford lasted one more year building high compression muscle cars but by 1972 the true muscle car era was pretty much over other than a couple bright spots like the 73-74 Trans Am 455SD, the 72-73 Dodge Demon /Plymouth Duster 340, and the 72-74 AMC Javelin 401. But by 1975 there were no true muscle cars left on the market once catalytic converters became mandatory on all vehicles. After 1974 any "muscle car" was basically just a regular passenger car with graphics and trim packages and no real performance upgrades like the Plymouth Volare Roadrunner and AMC Spirit AMX
These were definately one of Pontiac's greatest achievements, along with the first GTOs.
Wow . This is about as good as it gets. A legend is born. . Talk about the best of both worlds. Style and performance . Go Pontiac. Go ahead with your bad self . Truly miss these
Beautiful car...always one of my favorites.
69 was a great year for GM muscle. 69 Camaro Z/28 - Firebird Trans Am, GTO Judge...What a year
jack ritalin Man Jack are you so right, what a year
69 Hurst/Olds is up there also.
@@derrinpickett9948 Absolutely !!!
They were awesome when I saw them on the streets in the 70's. This one is quite beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Not a huge fan of 69 Trans Am, but definitely respect them. Especially this one! Wow, totally bad ass! Any Ram Air IV Pontiac deserves respect.
1969 was the best looking year for the Trans Am and I prefer the hard top. That is one fine car!
I had a plain Jane '69 Firebird 350/Auto in high school. It was a fun car. A '69 T/A has always been on the lust list. I've only seen one in person.
My buddy had a 69 T/A in high school that sat in the parking lot when we were in class, Redlands high, class of 79, great days!
scott satren: 1979 when we could still pick up winter beeters like $100 and it was a Chevy II, Camaro, Chevelle, Monti Carlos and old nice run through Hot Rod's nobody wanted anymore minus the drive tran. "Where so Great where so fine where the class of 1979"... Those day's are long gone my friend but it was fun while it lasted...
@@dustinsirrine227 You are so right Dustin but I didn't give uo the ship & still have some of those great cars. Can you imagine back then if we were saying someday in the future we would be able to buy a new car from the factory with 700 HP that would idle while sitting in rush hour traffic with the a/c keeping us cool, hell we would have had each other committed because everyone would have thought we went crazy, who would have ever thought but I still miss those great days
scott satren: Yes for sure lots of Factory HP now a days is mind boggling... But I still miss my 66 Chevy II's and Z/28's and 66-69 Chevelle SS... But my 63 C10 pick-up short box fleet side will fit the bill tell I leave this world. Great memories...
@@dustinsirrine227 I hear you, lets face it once us baby boomers are gone that will probably be the end of the muscle car collecting craze as I think its the sentlementle attachment that drives the market, you know buying back our memories. BTW one of my favorites that I'm sorry I sold was a 69 RS/Z-28, black with silver stripes, what a beauty!
scott satren: My best friend's Dad bought a 67 Cuda Fourmala S 383 Camando new special order from dealership here in Michigan my friend and I Rebuilt the 383 in 1979 for his Dad in highschool shop class and never fired up the engine it sat in his barn till I bought it six years later and I never worked on it just parked it in my sister's garage for a few more years then sold it. It still had an "A" title and just about six years ago my friends Dad got a phone call from a man that just bought it and wanted to make sure it was all correct and if he was the original owner of the Cuda Fourmala S just to verify it was really an "A" title not a fraud. That was a car I really should have kept. 383 auto with pistol grip shifter gauge tech option 4.10 posi. Black on Black Bucket seats only two were ordered in Michigan that year. A year before my friends Dad passed away he said to me, I should have bought my Cuda back from that man it's worth over 30K now. We both just laughed and smiled at each other. Good memories and I think you may be right about the old iron with our generation being the last that really grew up with those Car's and Trucks from back then, But I hope my Son or daughters or grandchildren will keep them old Hot Rod's alive in the future... Keep On Trucking Brother Hot Rodder...
Awesome styling awesome paint scheme. Work of art. Real nice all around.
Brings back memories. In high school one of my friends Grandfather had a ‘69 TA . I don’t remember if it was an auto or a manual but we got to take it out once for a ride I’ll never forget. Thanks for the memories and for sharing it! 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
Preserved in brilliant condition, pure quality auto muscle from the past. A terrific example of craftsmanship indeed!!!!
Had the pleasure of seeing one up close and personal for the first ever last summer. It was auctioned from B/J before I saw it. $110k I think it was, I couldn't walk away from it. It was so stunning to actually see one.
Always dug the F-bird shaped rear quarter panal safety light...one of a kind.
Kevin has such a cool Job.🚗
Now that’s a aggressive looking car! Great styling and power to back it up.
Fabulous looking car great styling love that model
I remember our local Junk yard "Marquis Auto Salvage Yard" in Mattawan MI. had one of those Trans Ams a "Rag Top" OHC6 with/4bbl Q-jet Ram Hood with the Tec-Tac on the Hood with a 4 speed Muncie an 12 bolt posi. White/Blue all the nice gauge option inside except for the Tach on the hood. This car was in the yard for over ten years and it never got touched. The OHC6 had a big hole in the side of the block were a rod or two let go. But for a 1969 it was a very clean T/A Bird. I first noticed the 69 T/A setting in the Junk yard in 1980 I lived behind the Junk yard our families property was only a few hundred yards apart and knew the owners quite well and tried to talk Todd Marquis out of the 69 T/A every chance I could but he would never sale me the T/A Bird but I did get Todd's 71 Nova in 1980. The sad story ends when the scrap metal prices went up Todd had a high school friend of his Bob Parchel come through the yard and mark the cars with a Big Red X that should be crushed and that sweet 69 T/A had three Big Red X's on it. I tried to save that 69 T/A one more time but to no avail Todd put it an many other 60's an 70's mucle car's (a true 66 SS Chevy II L79 also) in there home made crusher and trucked them flat wonderful old Hot Rod's off to a Bigger Recycling Yard out of State to Gary Indiana. Both George Marquis an his Son Todd Marquis had many sweet old car's starting from the 1930's up to 1990's when George the Dad died Todd was the owner with his Mom for many years then his Mom died and Todd working full time at GM never did much with the Junk Yard his Dad built up over the year's. Todd Marquis finally had every vehicle crushed that was in the Junk Yard and let another man Brian take over the Junk Yard for a few years then finally Todd Marquis past away a few years back. I've always wondered how many sweet old car's like that 69 T/A an 66 SS Chevy II L79 and many sweet old Truck's have been crushed over the year's in those little Salvage Yards across America and Canada like "Marquis Auto Salvage Yard" ??? Only a few people would know like me because I use to wonder through that old Salvage Yard with my Hunting friend Mike B many times over the year's as we went Duck Hunting on the pond we would stop an dream about owning one of those old 60's or 70's Hot Rod's just rusting away in "Marquis Auto Salvage Yard"...
As a Ford guy at the time, I love the looks of this Trans Am
The lack of available blue interiors in modern cars gives me the blues. Speaking of Blues, congratulations St.Louis.
I've always loved the hard top coupe style look.
I love it!!!
This is about as cool as it gets for 1969 Pontiacs in my books!
And if I had the means, this pretty much seems to be the coolest of the cool for '69 TA's!
Then again, I am a solid roof, three pedal kinda guy!
I owned a 69 Ram Air IV Firebird (not Trans Am) and it was a great car, deceptively fast!
In my top ten most loved US muscle cars with the disc brakes on the front.
I always loved the Trans Am growing up. My cousin had a black 68 firebird 400. I was 14 and he was about five years older than me. He would scare or thrill the heck out of me, not really sure which, riding in that car. One time he laid rubber all the way up the street in that car. My Dad was angry at him for doing that in our neighborhood. I later bought a new 73 Trans Am but it was nothing like his 68. That Ram Air IV engine in this video is maybe one of the top 5 engines built in the muscle car era.
Me too man.. but from where I'm sitting, the Ram Air IV engine was the best in terms of HP and torque /cubic inch ...hugely underrated by almost 50 hp. ruclips.net/video/U9NlkvBZ_q4/видео.html
Hardtop , convertible ? I like 'em all ! That's about as nice of a Trans Am as you will ever see right there . Thanks for this program , again I look forward to it each week ! Love the cars in their collection . Would love to see another tour of what's going on in the resto shop .
Dream car
I'm building a model of this car right now, and this video helps me with some details.
Just curious, you said "this one came with a matching blue interior". Were any IV's equipped with any other color? I have generally seen only blue.
Yes. Any color was available as far as the interior goes.
Love that car. Had several Pontiacs over the years. GTO, Sunbird, Trans Am, and my favorite, a convertible Solstice. Drop tops all the way.
I like Pontiacs. TA's are my favourites. I prefer this to the '69 GTO. It's a shame it didn't get the 455 HO. But I think this stood up against the Camaro at the time with their SS 396. I prefer the hard tops to the convertibles. Almost always.
Hey Kevin. Here's an idea. Ever thought of taking this show on the road ? No argument the " Brother's collection " isn't enough to keep things crankin but what about all the other cars that have been held on to with appreciation ?? My brother has a 68 firebird 400. Numbers matching w 4 speed and posi that my brother took over after our dad passed. Original engine built by a local engine builder that went to school w out dad and my brother has fished the ground up restoration our dad started. Not rotisserie but ground up. Was painted in my garage by a resto spray man. How about a little shown for these cars ? We all love these cars and was just wondering if maybe we could show some love for some of the maybe less then perfect cars that have had more love than money put into them ( and lots of money but less than the bothers collection) and still get driven on a daily or weekly basis that people have so much of the blood sweat and tears Into something worthwhile to see that gets the daily or weekly drive by people who love these rides !!! Just a thought. Pls think about this. Thanks Tony
Hard top.... they should make all these cars again 👍
How does the Ram Air III make 366 hp and the Ram Air IV make 345 ..my Aunts fanny! In 2009 JT Glasgo chassis dyno'ed two stock Ram Air IV GTO's, three pulls each. The 69 GTO averaged 392 rwhp and the 70 GTO averaged 384 rwhp. In 1974 I pulled a 400 Ram Air III engine and turbo 400 tranny out of a wrecked 69 Judge and took the engine to Sun Auto in Newark Ca, to rebuild it to stock spec's but ..put in a Ram Air IV cam and new Holley 650 spread bore carb. I dropped them into my 68 Firebird and when the engine broke in, I took the car back to Sun and they dialed in the jets ..then I took it down the street to Fremont Drags and ran 12.87 at 112 mph ...with my best friend riding shotgun! There's no doubt the Ram Air IV made closer to 450 bhp (392 + 15% drive train loss)
Wondering why the differences as well.. Why is the GTO Judge RA IV 370 horse and the Trans Am RA IV only 345. Same motor both underrated I'm sure. Anyone have any input?
Benevolent Protector, ‘back in the day’ hp figures were under rated by the manufacturers. Typically in an attempt to keep these cars insurable. I’m confident that if one were to build a ram air IV to factory specs and put it on a dyno, you’d see it make considerably more power than the factory rating.
@@michaelclarke9488 The RA 3 in 1969 GTO was rated at 366 HP and the "exact motor" in the 1969 TA was rated at 345 HP BECAUSE GM wanted the king of Pontiac to be GTO. The TA was set up with a less aggressive 4 bbl linkage so that it was slight less on the quick response +-
Scarlett Fire, ahhh! You’re totally right. I completely forgot about the linkage not opening fully on the Firebird. Thanks for the correction!
@@ScarlettFire341 Ok, that's good to know! Neither Pontiac or Buick approved of GM's hypocritical control over their marketing strategies, with GM trying to prevent both those divisions from putting the 455 engines in their full size sedan platforms, however, the TA being more of a road race platform, the throttle mod makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the feedback.
Coupe version for sure. Just like an XKE, needs to be a hardtop to secure the good looks.What a great car, top to bottom. Color combo, all about business. And you were spot on about who would have driven one of these new. Airforce fighter pilot, just coming home from Vietnam???Wish I would have scooped one of these up, back in the day. Although, despite Cleveland being a meca, for cool muscle cars, do not recall ever seeing one, while I was out cruising. Maybe in 79/80, they were still being kept under wraps???JTOrlando Fl
my favorite muscle car of all time, very nice car
Car porn at it’s finest. Pontiac sure knew how to build a great looking and driving car.
Dream car.
Hardtop hands down!....
Such a cool car and love all that old Detroit iron. But the Challenger TA was also awesome and hot looking, with side exit pipes and is the other Trans Am for a bit of old school muscle trivia in automotive history. We are located in AZ, and there are a lot of nice cars everywhere here. Was out with my challenger srt8 earlier today, and saw a sweet gen1 camaro ss in black & white that was gorgeous and sounded really mean. During the summer months, you don't see as many because of the heat. But during the first round of the Barrett-Jackson in January, there are awesome machines everywhere and is almost like the glory days of the 60s/70s sometimes. With several other auction houses in the area that go one after another, and is a pretty healthy car scene until the summer months
The RA IV engine was 345 hp in the Trans Am, but 370 hp in the GTO. I read somewhere the difference in hp was simply a limiter on the throttle cable that prevented the carb from opening all the way up. You could get the full 370 hp by simply removing the limiter from the throttle cable so the carb could open all the way. This is the kind of useless automotive trivia that I love.
Yummy !!! ... wish it were a convertible !!!
Hey guys! I love 1969 Trans Ams. I do have some questions though! Just how many 1969 Trans Ams do the brothers actually own??? I've been a subscriber for years & this seems like the 15th different Trans Am featured. I'm not complaining by any means, I've just never heard of a collector before having this many! Very, very impressive! Is Pontiac their favorite manufacturer? Their definitely my favorite!
That is a beautiful car there's nothing like an American muscle car just saying
Up there in my top 10 favorite muscle cars between 1967-1973. A rare muscle car that could handle, stop AND accelerate with looks to die for.
That the color combo is unique to that model and year to distinguish it from lesser models when everyone else, like today, makes the lesser models look like the top dogs, was ballsy. Either buy this color package or don't buy the car! F U if you don't like white w/blue stripes and blue interior. They sold all built in half a year as TAs were 69 1/2 only as a send off tribute before the next new gen came out. A great send off!
These are going for $120k for Ram Air IIIs -$225k for Ram Air IVs. Double the price of an already rare car. And the IIIs tended to grenade at high rpms so most have NOMs.
In the mid-80s, an 18-y.o. girl used to drive a REAL 1969 T/A to pick berries and cucumbers at the farm I worked at.
Cool car! Great to see you driving & enjoying it, Kevin!
This car and the 1968 Camaro SS 396 4 speed are the greatest pony cars
T/a challenger and aar cuda!
@@andrewp1998 The Challenger and Cuda are amazing cars, but, I am more of a Chevy guy (just barely)
@@alexandercurtis4427 good for you,, the 302 i hear was quite a monster at high rpms.
@@alexandercurtis4427 i might buy a t/a or aar at some point. restored or sligly moded, original is to much $$
@@andrewp1998 The T/A has a really badass hood scoop
Love the paint job!
Was the 400cid a big or small block? What a beautiful car. My heart still belongs to Z/28.
Nice stuff. Nuff sed.
Wow is that ever nice Kevin that's the first one I've seen without the cheesy woodgrain on the dash looks much better without it also the first time I've seen a steering wheel like that on a first gen Trans Am I thought they came out in 1970
Pretty car and it's gotta a hardtop for me
wrench one: "Pretty"??? They were Bad Cool Kick Ass Hot Rod's Man... "NOT" "Pretty" you must be very young...
I'm Ford so the torino is bad ass and that 429 will run circles around that boat anchor also I'm far from young
wrench one: I don't think that happened to offten back then and Now... GM's little 66 Chevy II's with the little 327 L79 walked around those Pony tail Car's and Long Heavy Boat Ford's with Big Blocks. Many a times at the track they were left spinning the wheels as the Chevy II was a hundred yards out before those Big Blocks hooked up and we Chevy II owner's took the win lights many many times... Keep Dreaming young man I Don't Think you were even close to being of age back then...
@@dustinsirrine227 well I know this that the Ford 427`s thunder bolts dominated back then that's a fact
wrench one: Just as I thought a "WANNABE"... Just a READER Not a Participant from back in our day's... You can talk to the hand as my grandchildren use to say... Good luck Young Man I hope some day you can really enjoy drive an own a real 60's or 70's Muscle Car or Truck. But until then don't try and BS your way around by trying to make Believe you know what your talking about okay...
Beautiful
Awesome...thx Kev!!
Awesome
I love this t/a, but the ram air callout,s were never on the hood scoops in 69.
I prefer driving a pervertable. That’s where the top stays up but the driver goes down.
What do you know about the 69 &1/2 trans am with automatic transmission. My wife had one. I still know where it is today. very rare!
Pontiac made cool cars
It only went down from here..
I love too the ''no console look'' , impossible to reproduce today with the f/$%? airbag module always under the storage compartement of the center armrest of modern cars.
What rear gears does this Bird have?
Far out man !
Hard top for sure. Would rather it to have the console though.
Without doubt,Pontiac's first and finest Trans Am.It's my favorite,i'd love to own one.Point of note,did '69 T/A's have that steering wheel?or is this from a later one.BTW,I prefer the hardtop,the convertibles are just so rare,you'd be scared of being out in it!
Didn’t see hardly any of these back in the day . They were very expensive , so most of the customer base that wanted one , couldn’t afford it . They never mention that in any of these muscle car reviews .
I'd love a 69 or a 73 T/A
It's also related to the Chevrolet Camaro
What's a car like this worth?
Did this car ever offer a 303cid engine?
So much more beautiful & gorgeous than a Camaro.
Hardtop GTO Fan, especially the 1965 , never cared much for the Trans Am or the Camaro.
GTO's and SS Chevells and some Mopars.
My aunt gave me her 68 GTO in trade for my 75 Chrysler imperial. Hahaha. Then I traded it for a brand new 79 Black on black Z28 where those hood vent louvers opened up when you floored it. After a while I regretted loosing the 🐐 goat.
Ralph Valkenhoff: I've owned 2 1979 Z/28's and knew many people that owned them and there's or my Hood's did not open up from the factory (But I made my factory forward facing tear drop scoop into a Ram-Air type). The Second Generation body style 77-79 rubber nosed bumper Z/28's did not have functional hood scoops. The Second Generation rubber nosed bumper Z/28's that did have the factory hood scoop/cowal that Was functional and opened up was from 80-81with functional reverse tear drop cowl type Hood's. And the later Z's like the Third Generation 1982-92 they also had functional type Ram-Air and Cowl type Hood's from the factory. But some one could have put an 80-81 reverse tear drop cowl type hood on your 79 Z/28 or your Z/28 could have been a bastard year titled as a 79 Z/28 but was an early 80's Z/28 ?? GM has made half year's many times like the 70-1/2 Z/28 Camaro. Just maybe you had a bastard 1/2 year 79/80 Z/28 ?? No way of knowing unless you have the build sheet from your 79 Z/28 ??
@@dustinsirrine227 I was a stupid 18 year old back then and really didn't know much of anything and I still don't but, what I did know was how cool that cowl hood flap was. You know after thinking about it, I had it for a while before I realized it opened up when you step on it. I lived in Fresno CA at the time and got my truck drivers license right out of High school and made a ton of money at a young age. What better way to spend it then on a new black z. I had it for few years then bought another Mopar. Now I have a new RAM HEMI which I believe would have smoked that z. LoL.
Hard top, i think...
I wonder if the Brothers are aware of this Silver 1969 Trans Am prototype that somehow survives to this day... I'm sure they would like having this one in their collection as well. ruclips.net/video/loM9-kas0ho/видео.html
Great car. I've had about 3 chances to own a '69 Trans Am, but each time things didn't work out. Just wondering, is that chrome alternator pulley and fan correct for this car?
On the one hand, it’s great that ‘the Brother’s’ have a collection of rare cars so we can all ogle. On the other hand, it’s a shame so many cars are sitting in a warehouse instead of being enjoyed on the tree lined Main St. and at the local Monday night cruise-in....
At least some of them apparently escape captivity from time-to-time. Somewhere out there....maybe the MCOTW Facebook page?....you'll see pics of a Bugatti Veyron and Dodge Demon from the collection at an A&W Drive-in cruise night.
David miorgan, ...*you’re...
@David miorgan Wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?
what size motor?
400 ci
@David miorgan yep 25 only crate motors called Ram Air V.there is a street 303 Ram Air V,but i think it's only a one off.certainly the engines were crate only motors,no complete T/A's other than that one off were built for street use.
Name your price
By far nicer then the Camaro. I've always loved the pontiacs.
I was always the opposite
The answer to your final question is "yes".
Do some research 69 grand prix model j was the fastest delorion designed them that way the prix was fater than the goat by 20 hp
@David miorgan I did some research. Car Life road tested a 69 SJ 455/390; Google it. Curb weight was 4180 pounds. That's not "thousands of pounds more" than a GTO. And 1/4 mile in 14.1 seconds. That ain't bad, and probably IS faster than some GTOs ! Maybe YOU need to do a little research :-)
69 =428ci, 455 did not arrive till 1970
@@karzrus Good catch, thanks! I used to own one....you'd think I'd remember! Mine had 3.23 gears and ran 14.60s