Always loved Transams but a 1970 Frankensteined Transam is beyond my dreams. Good for you to follow ur dreams, $$$$$$ notwithstanding. Super job & u kept it white. 🥰🥰
I've seen one up close. I drove one my brother owned (1970 Trans Am white with blue stripe like this one except all original) from Denver to Los Angeles back in 1978. Still love the car. It took 5 tanks of gas to get it there. Wish he'd never sold it because it was all original, very tight and would be worth a fortune now. OEM is the only way to go- with the exception maybe of putting Ram Air IV or V in this car and the new fuel injection rather than leaving it to get 6 mpg with a quadrajet on top.
@@Throdle They sold it because they had 5 cars. A 66 GTO 3spd manual, the 70 TA, a cherry red 66 Pontiac Catalina convertible with a white top, a 72 Firebird that he dropped in a 400HO, and his pride and joy, a yellow with green pearl 68 Firebird with a 400HO Ram Air IV (370HP-he dropped in and 4spd manual- a neighbor across the street got drunk when he owned this car and did some damage to the body in front. My brother bought it from the Denver Police pound for $25 (1975). It sat on the side of my parents house for over a year while he rebuilt the car) - it averaged he told me about 4mpg. All of these cars were pristine. Me, I was simply a poor teenager but loved driving. I learned how to speed shift in the GTO. I remember how fast the 70 TA was here in Denver as I got into a drag race with a friend of my brother's in a Cougar at a stop light. Scared the hell out of me doing it but we went full throttle for a about 1/8 of a mile before I chickened out. It was fast here at high altitude but dam when we hit LA anytime I took off from a light I could get the tires to scratch with no problem. Yeah, he told me that he wishes he still had the 68 and 70. He's an ASE mechanic by trade with a degree in mechanical engineering. He told me that there was a Chrysler dealer down the street a few blocks from the Porsche dealership he worked at that had a Boss 429 Super Cobra Jet Mustang that he almost purchased for $3,000. I didn't hear about this one until recently. He always seemed to have luck finding these cars whereas I was too poor to own one.
@@rickj1983 These are such incredible stories! Thanks for sharing. OK he missed out on the Boss for $3k that's insane... and the GTO would've been one hell of a fun ride. Totally nerve racking it would be to drag the 70 TA though! At least you lived to tell the tale! We'd love to have both of you on the Throdle App to share more about your car collection - and stories, so do check it out.
I love these cars and love that it is driven, not hidden away somewhere
Yes! He’s done an amazing job fixing it up, true labor of love.
Always loved Transams but a 1970 Frankensteined Transam is beyond my dreams. Good for you to follow ur dreams, $$$$$$ notwithstanding. Super job & u kept it white. 🥰🥰
He's got 2 Pontiacs so lucky guy!
Kudos for keeping the engine Pontiac! I'm building a 2nd gen turbo TA as we speak.
Awesome man!
Awesome, great to see this video "Homeboy"
Amrit as a hommie 🤣🙌
@@Throdle - it's a loong running inside joke with us. Ask him the story about our shirts at the user conference.
I've seen one up close. I drove one my brother owned (1970 Trans Am white with blue stripe like this one except all original) from Denver to Los Angeles back in 1978. Still love the car. It took 5 tanks of gas to get it there. Wish he'd never sold it because it was all original, very tight and would be worth a fortune now. OEM is the only way to go- with the exception maybe of putting Ram Air IV or V in this car and the new fuel injection rather than leaving it to get 6 mpg with a quadrajet on top.
Wow what a gas guzzler!!! So did he get a decent price for it when he sold it? Damn what a shame he didn’t keep it!
@@Throdle They sold it because they had 5 cars. A 66 GTO 3spd manual, the 70 TA, a cherry red 66 Pontiac Catalina convertible with a white top, a 72 Firebird that he dropped in a 400HO, and his pride and joy, a yellow with green pearl 68 Firebird with a 400HO Ram Air IV (370HP-he dropped in and 4spd manual- a neighbor across the street got drunk when he owned this car and did some damage to the body in front. My brother bought it from the Denver Police pound for $25 (1975). It sat on the side of my parents house for over a year while he rebuilt the car) - it averaged he told me about 4mpg. All of these cars were pristine. Me, I was simply a poor teenager but loved driving. I learned how to speed shift in the GTO. I remember how fast the 70 TA was here in Denver as I got into a drag race with a friend of my brother's in a Cougar at a stop light. Scared the hell out of me doing it but we went full throttle for a about 1/8 of a mile before I chickened out. It was fast here at high altitude but dam when we hit LA anytime I took off from a light I could get the tires to scratch with no problem.
Yeah, he told me that he wishes he still had the 68 and 70. He's an ASE mechanic by trade with a degree in mechanical engineering. He told me that there was a Chrysler dealer down the street a few blocks from the Porsche dealership he worked at that had a Boss 429 Super Cobra Jet Mustang that he almost purchased for $3,000. I didn't hear about this one until recently. He always seemed to have luck finding these cars whereas I was too poor to own one.
@@rickj1983 These are such incredible stories! Thanks for sharing. OK he missed out on the Boss for $3k that's insane... and the GTO would've been one hell of a fun ride.
Totally nerve racking it would be to drag the 70 TA though! At least you lived to tell the tale!
We'd love to have both of you on the Throdle App to share more about your car collection - and stories, so do check it out.
Great stories! The drive form Denver to LA must have been awesome in that car!
What did you do to the shaker hood..................sad!
I owned a white 73 SD 455 4SP my car was 1 of 72 there is a picture of it on my profile
Just checked it out. Amazing! Shame you weren’t able to keep it
I once stuffed bread in this cars engine before he plumbed the turbos
Oh NO You didn't!!!! 😆
Lol, I think we used a few slices, and it got us nowhere... should have talked about that on the video.
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Glad you enjoyed it
What a waste of a rare car. Millennials are just ruining classics. Big rims and ridiculous mods.
too bad you din;t keep it real.
Daddy 🤤🤤🤤🤤