SEs market value has really climbed over the last two years especially the Bandits but I agree if it’s not Black and Gold it’s not worth anywhere near 100
Unbelievable from 77 to 1980 I painted these cars on the assembly line it the Norwood Assembly plant 56 cars an hour 6 days a week 9 hours a day who would it ever dreamed it we had almost 6,000 people there putting these cars together 450 cars of shift no one person could take claim for fame maybe Pete Estes
You then painted my 1980 in January 1980 and my 1979 in April 1979. The 80 has a factory run on the panel by the rear window I did not notice but until around 1995. Lol.
@@alphamale1717 Not that they are perfect, but you didn't see that type of widespread problem on Japanese cars of that vintage. Yes, they had their problems, but they got our attention when they started eating our lunch.
The ones with the negative comments, all the cars in that era had horrible horse power numbers. But the Pontiacs Trans ams we're the best looking cars of that era, by far. I had a 78 Formula, it got the looks and it was fun as hell to drive.
I don't know what's more shocking, the mileage or the price it sold for. Never would I have believed a T/A would have sold for this kind of price. Proves there's a lot of people with money to burn.
I had the original silver anniversary 1979 pontiac trans am with 34,000 miles ws6 package. All the bells and whistles. Super go fast. For it. Outran a 302 dz camaro. Top out over 160mph.
I owned a 1977 Trans Am I could have bought the Black TransAm but choose the silver with a red and black transAm Bird on the hood it had a 400 6.2 engine I guess I should have bought the Black special edition I Sold mine to a Dr for 4;000 dollars and bought a 1991 silver TransAm but that was years ago I'm 65 years old now but such wonderful memories now
I had one of those back in early eighties I think I paid $1800 for and it looked as good as that 1 well maybe not that good but it was like perfect shape crazy wished I out to kept my stuff
Thanks, interestingly,I did **not See, Or Dealer mentioning: **non-detergent OILS , ETC in my 77 TA/ SE/Hurst Hatch /7.6L, receiving MARCH 1977 ( ord OCT 1976) or in Owners Manuel ( I had the COMPLETE Body / Servoce / Manuel’s.):::seems ,Ike done my own Oil/ Plugs/ Shocks early in Miles…..trying. New MOBIL ONE , THOUGH ENGINE too noisy( new theN 1977/8j : seeming,y switched to VALVOLINE ( Ashland KY) RACING ( had direct ACCOUNT , CASE LOTS shipping), OILS / WIX NAPA ….new oil pumps/ CARB/ & Distributor, ETC.
Thanks, all.. interestingly, I ordered mine OCT 1976( from seeing 1976 SE / Black/GOLD, & MOTOR Trend * PONTIAC’s Rare Bird ( hardly)Issue::: receiving **in March 1977 ( missing side & some pinstripes) as * Velour INT/ tilt/ PS & PB, 6.6 L/Rear Wind DEF, cruise/ Auto/ MATS/ “HURST Hatch Tops”, @ ZIEBART after (* MAYBE, not a good idea, as TTOPS seeped *& leaked into body, & tires chewed paint, etc)… Memory , has some 166,000 miles of Family Use( my Kids got to,drive some in HIGH School…. Northern Indiana road salt,etc.)…..I gave up starting, restoration in 1994 ish (?), *& sold to Salvage yard for $100 ……Anyways, best driving car EVER , (ALBEIT Tops off could be HOT, OR chilly), we built up quite a bit with, Tires, KONI, **HO PRODUCTS. AND “ NUNZI’s Pontiac Parts,etc.: fairly fast consodering, original 1977 HORSEPOWER ( never had calibrated Speed Runs, or took to Legal RACE TRACK, oddly gas mileage was not to bad after lots of tuning, & synthetic Oils, etc)….
i had a dark metallic blue 78 trans am with the last 400 4 barrel they put in them.Crushed velvet baby blue interior. Still dream about it. My new adult toy is a bonanza a36, but I still miss the Firebird. They should bring it back.
FIRST the Pontiac Motors line of automobiles would need to brought, back NO ONE MAKES PONTIACS. Obama took care of that! You been living under a rock or something?
It was still a pig couldn't find a race track much less finish a race with it! Base T/As hit the showroom containing the 180hp version of the 400, which is better identified by the RPO code of L78. However, we're going to focus our attention on the W72 code. Our feature car, owned by Anthem, Arizona, resident Tim Blattner, was built with the optional 220hp W72, which sports a compression ratio of 8.1:1 with 320-lbs.ft. of torque using a Rochester M4MC four-barrel carburetor.
They still had the 400CI W72 for 1979. That was the last of the 400CI. There were limited numbers and you had to get a 4 speed in 79 to get one. One thing to remember, even though 200HP isn’t very impressive, it was in that era. These cars make something called torque which today’s 4 and 6 cylinders lack. If you were to apply the technology of the last 40 years to this car’s engine it would be making serious HP. Today it isn’t difficult to make that 200HP engine into a streetable 500 or 600 HP.
Interesting. This car has the Pontiac 400 engine. Yet the shaker decal is 6.6 Litre. I’ve always read that from the outside, the way to tell which engine a T/A had was if it was the Pontiac 400 the decal would have been T/A 6.6, and if it had the Oldsmobile 403, the decal would be 6.6 Litre…I guess that rule was not absolute. I get that some owners may have swapped out decals, or during paint and bodywork they could get changed. But this car with only 14 miles should definitely have the original decals. I also believe the Olds engines didn’t really hurt the value of the cars either..they were ubiquitous. But a purist would probably want the 400, making them a little more desirable. I know I’m happy I’ve got the 400 in my ‘77.
Only the Pontiac performance engine option W72 with 220 horsepower came with the T/A 6.6 call-outs on the shaker. The 180 horsepower L78 Pontiac 400 and the Olds 403 came with 6.6 liter callouts. An easy way to tell looking at the engine is the factory crome valve covers on the W72 Pontiac 400.
@@matthewurish5788 ok, makes sense..but another unexpected surprise is this particular one being an SE, did NOT have the W72..at least not going by the shaker hood call out. We never got a glimpse of the valve covers in this video but I’d imagine those decals were definitely original
@@goodbonezz1289 In the first shot of the engine I can see the valve covers are the color of the block which is called Corporate Blue. Definitely a Pontiac L78. The Olds 403 is easily recognized by the prominate oil filler neck on the passenger's front side of the block. I have a 78 T/A with the W72 and WS-6 suspension package in the one year only color Martinique Blue. Had her since 1998. Love that car.
@@matthewurish5788 Niiice! I’ve got a ‘77 W72, originally sterling silver/firethorn interior..previous owner was transitioning it to a SE clone so now it’s black..I’m going to have it painted and not sure what color to go with. I like the Martinique blue a lot but also like the idea of sticking with a color option for the year. Also, About to have the engine bored out but keeping the quadrajet and everything as stock as I can. Don’t think I’ll be getting rid of it, ever.
@@goodbonezz1289 Cool. A buddy of mine in high school had that same color combo with the 4 speed. All pontiac 400s with the 4 speeds in 77 and 78 had the W72 engine which have a fair amount of torque. If yours is numbers matching I would go back to the original color.. i think the 77 and 78 are the best looking 2nd gens. Sounds like a nice ride. Good luck
I've always loved these Trans Ams. But not for $400,000! A price around $40,000 would be more on par even with it's low milage, which is about the value of the buyers Rolex Daytona watch.1:50
Nope you’re way off market value. These cars have skyrocketed over the past 2 years. 77-78 SE’s have been going for ridiculous amounts with low mileage.
@@nolandavis9040 I agree with you MK. Some people just have more money than brains. This is why the common man can't get close to enjoying anything in this hobby anymore.
@@billhay8157 A simple old saying you're analyzing too deep. There are wealthy people who worked their way up, and others who've inherited it. I have no clue about the purchaser of this vehicle. Everyone has their own opinion. If you were to take a poll, I guarantee, most people would call this transaction ridiculous. Unless of course, you have more money....
M Kerr: it’s all in how you look at it. Anyone with $40,000 can go by the watch. There are but a handful of these cars that are actually in showroom new condition. For those who say that it’s ridiculous to pay this much for a car like this and it keeps ordinary people from buying them, if they didn’t sell for these prices there wouldn’t be an aftermarket industry making restoration parts for classic cars.
This is ridiculous! I love T/A's but that kind of money is stupid. I had one just like it my senior year of high school("83) It would be so easy to fake the 14 miles. You could disconnect the speedo cable easily and drive it. It could have 1400 miles and you most likely wouldn't know the difference.
I agree. There is no way that this car is worth $400,000. You could buy a Bloomington Gold certified, numbers matching, 1967 big block Corvette for less money than this.
@@Corvetteman True. But if the 14 original is legitimate there are only a handful. If it was a 67 big block Vette with 14 original miles the price would probably be in the $4,000,000 range.
@@NuclearBalls1 It seems like pretty much everyone who bought the Ford GT40 had the same idea. They put ‘em away to resell. They come along all the time in auctions but if the 14 miles on this T/A are legitimate, this is about the only chance you’d get to buy one. I remember reading a few years back about a 72 Pinto with like 1400 original miles selling for something ridiculous like $32,000 at one of these auctions.
Sure is WAY out there... I guess it's the Trans Am's rurn to bring at least double what it's worth. I can't imagine why fewer and fewer people can't afford Pony/Muscle/High performance cars anymore...
1977 Trans Am was a PIG couldn't even get out of it's own way in a race. This car was fast, in the 60's. It was a pig in the seventies all you got was a fire chicken and a paint job. The car produced an anemic 195 HP or 205 HP depending on the engine selection. All the Trans Am really ever had was Smokie and the Bandit fame!
Scoff all you want about these anemic cars but you wouldn’t have the Camaro, Mustang or Challenger of today without these cars being produced. Pontiac was the ONLY one at the time trying to make performance cars. The W72 400 offered in these cars was created because GM cancelled the 455 after 1976. It matched the HP of the last 455 (but obviously fell short in the torque department). You have to remember what they were up against during this era. A properly equipped 79 T/A with the W72 400 with a 4 speed could run a mid 14 second 1/4 mile off the showroom floor. This was garden variety muscle car era performance with an 8.2:1 compression 400 with the hideous pellet type catalytic converter plugging up the single exhaust. There was really nothing from 1980 to about 1985 until Buick got the GN right, GM started putting TPI engines in F bodies and Ford got the 5.0 Mustangs rolling. The Detroit horsepower wars got reignited when GM put the 350 TPI in the F bodies in the late 80s to one up the 5.0 Ford. So keeping the performance flame alive during the darkest days for American performance cars makes it legit.
cant wait to bring my 1978 Y88 4spd Ttop car im 2 owner 48k ticker all original full number matching car on to mecum in june .. restore will be done in april
Really?, 400K for something you're NEVER going to drive?, but, if you have that kind of coin, you could definitely afford another one of these to beat the snot out of!🤣🤣🤣
I don't know how anyone could buy a car and put it away for the next guy. That's like not consummating your marriage and waiting 45 years for the divorce so the next guy can consummate the marriage.
I've owned a 79 tata- 4-speed since 84. Ironic seeing these cars again with crazy low mileage #s bet it's extremely hard to roll it back😉 like the 8-track players that were installed LMAO🤣
Hey you folks that grew up with the Trans Ams. Let me know what you think...Did you notice a couple of things about this 1977 that just sold? This one is missing the grab strap that was located above the handle on the door, AND the vinyl seats do not look like the better grade vinyl used on the special editions. To me, these are not the vinyl seats that came with 1977's. Strange how this sold for so much if what I said is true.
because no one produce these beautiful cars anymore and they become a sort of museum piece thus keeping a high value but with a low mileage at the same time.
Fully restored car they picked up for a couple of thousand bucks somewhere gave it a new paint job and went through the interior and drive train and rolled back the odometer bought some pamphlets for it it's called eBay got some dumbass to give them $400,000 for it I had one gave them $1500 big whopping bucks for it what a joke
Some sucker paid $100,00 for a '77 Trans Am? Must have been a car owned by Burt Reynolds. I could see paying that price for a mint 73-74 Trans Am 455-SD.
I agree. The SD T/A is by far my favorite. If you were fortunate enough to find one with 14 original miles, you’d pay much more than $400,000 for it without doubt. But I like the looks of the 73 over the 74 but would certainly take either.
Holy grail of Trans Ams? Not the 1969 Trans Am convertible? Not the SD-455s? For one of the slowest T/As ever made. I still like them, but they are what they are. The complete collection you could have for this. Who cares if it has 14 miles? You can't drive it, so it just atrophies.
I agree. The 77-78 T/A is my least favorite years of the 2nd gens but you still wouldn’t be able to touch a 69 T/A convertible for $400,000 even if it was a basket case in pieces.
I saw a 69 Trans Am convertible at a show around 1992-93ish. I knew it was valuable then but didn't even consider it would be a million dollar car some day.
In all likelihood, they already got a collection, perhaps this is the cheapest car in it.... Also, the car also in all likelihood havent been driven a single feet since it left the dealership so far, 14 miles is delivery mile numbers, and it will keep being locked up in a climate controlled room, just as it has been for 45 years. A private museum, if you will.
Hope you get your money worth cars like that yeah with a diaper money needs go somewhere else to munch man never be drove for that munch money don’t see it
Now everyone and their brother will think their TA is worth at least $100,000
I'm so confused why this sold for 400k
@@ItsRevival the low mileage
@@MRX-rr5xf True but it's still a 77 F-body
SEs market value has really climbed over the last two years especially the Bandits but I agree if it’s not Black and Gold it’s not worth anywhere near 100
I will sell mine for 100,000
Unbelievable from 77 to 1980 I painted these cars on the assembly line it the Norwood Assembly plant 56 cars an hour 6 days a week 9 hours a day who would it ever dreamed it we had almost 6,000 people there putting these cars together 450 cars of shift no one person could take claim for fame maybe Pete Estes
You then painted my 1980 in January 1980 and my 1979 in April 1979. The 80 has a factory run on the panel by the rear window
I did not notice but until around 1995. Lol.
That's awesome. I lived in Cincy for awhile when i was in school- that whole site has been redeveloped into shopping now. What cool history.
@@googleusergp I have seen vets with runs, zebra strips, holidays, orange peel. No car is perfect from the line.
@@alphamale1717 Not that they are perfect, but you didn't see that type of widespread problem on Japanese cars of that vintage. Yes, they had their problems, but they got our attention when they started eating our lunch.
Earl shibe repeated my 1977 trans am in 1982 for a $129.95. So put that in your pipe and smoke it
The ones with the negative comments, all the cars in that era had horrible horse power numbers. But the Pontiacs Trans ams we're the best looking cars of that era, by far. I had a 78 Formula, it got the looks and it was fun as hell to drive.
People don't grasp that the malaise era was not car companies fault. Nice to know we're back to the stone age again.
I wanted a dodge aspen rt ttops 318 manual.
There were only 2 new cars you wanted at that time to be cool, a Trans Am or a Covette.
People forget that this engine was easily upgradable to over 400 hp very little effort.
Back when these were new I thought it would be a great idea to buy one and just sit on it. Obviously someone actually did it, CONGRATULATIONS !!
Free will is a MFer...
Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see. 🔮
The 77 Trans Am continues to be one of the hottest selling muscle cars ever....
I don't know what's more shocking, the mileage or the price it sold for. Never would I have believed a T/A would have sold for this kind of price. Proves there's a lot of people with money to burn.
True definition of "screw you" money
Miss my 77 T-top car more than ever 😪. It was great fun to drive.
14 original miles Omg. Beautiful car
I had the original silver anniversary 1979 pontiac trans am with 34,000 miles ws6 package. All the bells and whistles. Super go fast. For it. Outran a 302 dz camaro.
Top out over 160mph.
160 I doubt it got anywhere near that
As a Pontiac fan, this is one of my favorite cars. Nice!
God bless America ! Glory and honor of the United States !
My favorite car of this whole auction!!!
As a trans am fan. I would say the Holy grail is a 69. Just my opinion.
I owned a 1977 Trans Am I could have bought the Black TransAm but choose the silver with a red and black transAm Bird on the hood it had a 400 6.2 engine I guess I should have bought the Black special edition I Sold mine to a Dr for 4;000 dollars and bought a 1991 silver TransAm but that was years ago I'm 65 years old now but such wonderful memories now
Who ever paid this much has more money then brains
Hey Snowman, you got your ears on? You're not gonna believe this. 😎
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Ha,
Right On…
I had one of those back in early eighties I think I paid $1800 for and it looked as good as that 1 well maybe not that good but it was like perfect shape crazy wished I out to kept my stuff
I have the same 77' SETA just as nice with 84,000 fully optioned.
i've seen you trans am in some fb post, amazing car you have
YEP, you sure do buddy
Thanks, how did you get your 77..?
Speedometer unhooked 2 days after they bought it
Or clocked back.... Real easy to do
Rolling piece of art 🎨 indeed ❤
Such a beautiful car 😊❤️👍
Beautiful car, ridiculous price
I'll just bet you that 14 miles was put on by the dealership before it was sold
There were at least two people bidding that had more dollars than sense.
Love that car!
Does it still have the original non detergent break-in engine oil in the pan?
Thanks, interestingly,I did **not See, Or Dealer mentioning: **non-detergent OILS , ETC in my 77 TA/ SE/Hurst Hatch /7.6L, receiving MARCH 1977 ( ord OCT 1976) or in Owners Manuel ( I had the COMPLETE Body / Servoce / Manuel’s.):::seems ,Ike done my own Oil/ Plugs/ Shocks early in Miles…..trying. New MOBIL ONE , THOUGH ENGINE too noisy( new theN 1977/8j : seeming,y switched to VALVOLINE ( Ashland KY) RACING ( had direct ACCOUNT , CASE LOTS shipping), OILS / WIX NAPA ….new oil pumps/ CARB/ & Distributor, ETC.
omg.....omg i love it...will power i love it
Sure wish I still had mine
I still love the bull nose over the bandits. Neat to see this though.
14 miles is 56 drag runs
$400K plus 10% premium to Mecum= $440K + Delivery, tax & title. Is undercoating free at this level?
True Coat is $500, even if you don't want it.
My cousin has 1 of them with less then 10,000 on them. My 84 Thunderbird has only 11,000 miles on it and still looks and drives brand new
84 T-birds are the next six figure cars at auctions.
@@dougcoleburn1579 I doubt it
WOW
Wow !
So very beautiful 👍👍👍💯💯💯
Nothing says "Farm Show" like the PA Farm Show Building.
My dream car 😢😆
Thanks, all.. interestingly, I ordered mine OCT 1976( from seeing 1976 SE / Black/GOLD, & MOTOR Trend * PONTIAC’s Rare Bird ( hardly)Issue::: receiving **in March 1977 ( missing side & some pinstripes) as * Velour INT/ tilt/ PS & PB, 6.6 L/Rear Wind DEF, cruise/ Auto/ MATS/ “HURST Hatch Tops”, @ ZIEBART after (* MAYBE, not a good idea, as TTOPS seeped *& leaked into body, & tires chewed paint, etc)… Memory , has some 166,000 miles of Family Use( my Kids got to,drive some in HIGH School…. Northern Indiana road salt,etc.)…..I gave up starting, restoration in 1994 ish (?), *& sold to Salvage yard for $100 ……Anyways, best driving car EVER , (ALBEIT Tops off could be HOT, OR chilly), we built up quite a bit with, Tires, KONI, **HO PRODUCTS. AND “ NUNZI’s Pontiac Parts,etc.: fairly fast consodering, original 1977 HORSEPOWER ( never had calibrated Speed Runs, or took to Legal RACE TRACK, oddly gas mileage was not to bad after lots of tuning, & synthetic Oils, etc)….
I LOVE IT!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
i had a dark metallic blue 78 trans am with the last 400 4 barrel they put in them.Crushed velvet baby blue interior. Still dream about it. My new adult toy is a bonanza a36, but I still miss the Firebird. They should bring it back.
FIRST the Pontiac Motors line of automobiles would need to brought, back NO ONE MAKES PONTIACS. Obama took care of that! You been living under a rock or something?
It was still a pig couldn't find a race track much less finish a race with it!
Base T/As hit the showroom containing the 180hp version of the 400, which is better identified by the RPO code of L78. However, we're going to focus our attention on the W72 code. Our feature car, owned by Anthem, Arizona, resident Tim Blattner, was built with the optional 220hp W72, which sports a compression ratio of 8.1:1 with 320-lbs.ft. of torque using a Rochester M4MC four-barrel carburetor.
They still had the 400CI W72 for 1979. That was the last of the 400CI. There were limited numbers and you had to get a 4 speed in 79 to get one. One thing to remember, even though 200HP isn’t very impressive, it was in that era. These cars make something called torque which today’s 4 and 6 cylinders lack. If you were to apply the technology of the last 40 years to this car’s engine it would be making serious HP. Today it isn’t difficult to make that 200HP engine into a streetable 500 or 600 HP.
they filled the tank for that price?
Brought a lot of old cars but never understood why buy one you can't drive. I guess I'm not rich enough to park and stare.
You can park this car next an identical car someone has 20 30k in and the only difference is the 30k one would be faster
Eastbound and DOWN
Haha!
Interesting. This car has the Pontiac 400 engine. Yet the shaker decal is 6.6 Litre. I’ve always read that from the outside, the way to tell which engine a T/A had was if it was the Pontiac 400 the decal would have been T/A 6.6, and if it had the Oldsmobile 403, the decal would be 6.6 Litre…I guess that rule was not absolute. I get that some owners may have swapped out decals, or during paint and bodywork they could get changed. But this car with only 14 miles should definitely have the original decals. I also believe the Olds engines didn’t really hurt the value of the cars either..they were ubiquitous. But a purist would probably want the 400, making them a little more desirable. I know I’m happy I’ve got the 400 in my ‘77.
Only the Pontiac performance engine option W72 with 220 horsepower came with the T/A 6.6 call-outs on the shaker. The 180 horsepower L78 Pontiac 400 and the Olds 403 came with 6.6 liter callouts. An easy way to tell looking at the engine is the factory crome valve covers on the W72 Pontiac 400.
@@matthewurish5788 ok, makes sense..but another unexpected surprise is this particular one being an SE, did NOT have the W72..at least not going by the shaker hood call out. We never got a glimpse of the valve covers in this video but I’d imagine those decals were definitely original
@@goodbonezz1289 In the first shot of the engine I can see the valve covers are the color of the block which is called Corporate Blue. Definitely a Pontiac L78. The Olds 403 is easily recognized by the prominate oil filler neck on the passenger's front side of the block. I have a 78 T/A with the W72 and WS-6 suspension package in the one year only color Martinique Blue. Had her since 1998. Love that car.
@@matthewurish5788 Niiice! I’ve got a ‘77 W72, originally sterling silver/firethorn interior..previous owner was transitioning it to a SE clone so now it’s black..I’m going to have it painted and not sure what color to go with. I like the Martinique blue a lot but also like the idea of sticking with a color option for the year. Also, About to have the engine bored out but keeping the quadrajet and everything as stock as I can. Don’t think I’ll be getting rid of it, ever.
@@goodbonezz1289 Cool. A buddy of mine in high school had that same color combo with the 4 speed. All pontiac 400s with the 4 speeds in 77 and 78 had the W72 engine which have a fair amount of torque. If yours is numbers matching I would go back to the original color.. i think the 77 and 78 are the best looking 2nd gens. Sounds like a nice ride. Good luck
14 miles!!! Did the owner predict some lotto numbers too!!
14 Miles wow always wanted one
I've always loved these Trans Ams. But not for $400,000! A price around $40,000 would be more on par even with it's low milage, which is about the value of the buyers Rolex Daytona watch.1:50
Nope you’re way off market value. These cars have skyrocketed over the past 2 years. 77-78 SE’s have been going for ridiculous amounts with low mileage.
@@nolandavis9040 I agree with you MK. Some people just have more money than brains. This is why the common man can't get close to enjoying anything in this hobby anymore.
Those people paying that kind of money for these cars didn't get into that position by not having enough brains. That comment always baffles me.
@@billhay8157 A simple old saying you're analyzing too deep. There are wealthy people who worked their way up, and others who've inherited it. I have no clue about the purchaser of this vehicle. Everyone has their own opinion. If you were to take a poll, I guarantee, most people would call this transaction ridiculous. Unless of course, you have more money....
M Kerr: it’s all in how you look at it. Anyone with $40,000 can go by the watch. There are but a handful of these cars that are actually in showroom new condition. For those who say that it’s ridiculous to pay this much for a car like this and it keeps ordinary people from buying them, if they didn’t sell for these prices there wouldn’t be an aftermarket industry making restoration parts for classic cars.
I'm just waiting for the third gens to surge in price. Meanwhile I drive the snot out of mine.
ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!!👍👍👍
My brother had one brand new. Ordered it, waited 7 months to get his.
That is THE car! Epic.
Lovely
Anybody that would pay $400,000 for a Pontic Trans Am, needs their Head examined. Some People have more Money then Brains.
Fantastic car,but will never get used as a car should be,driven.Destined to be locked in a museum or garage.
How do people just have $400k for a car? If I did id have bought this too. Always a huge fan of this car. 👍💥
Rubbing it every night with his depends diaper every night. Just to keep it shiny clean.
This is ridiculous! I love T/A's but that kind of money is stupid. I had one just like it my senior year of high school("83) It would be so easy to fake the 14 miles. You could disconnect the speedo cable easily and drive it. It could have 1400 miles and you most likely wouldn't know the difference.
I agree. There is no way that this car is worth $400,000. You could buy a Bloomington Gold certified, numbers matching, 1967 big block Corvette for less money than this.
I totally agree here. Some Ford GTs have sold for less, and who would trade that, for this. These people need to do a reality check, before bidding.
easy to reset the odometer
@@Corvetteman True. But if the 14 original is legitimate there are only a handful. If it was a 67 big block Vette with 14 original miles the price would probably be in the $4,000,000 range.
@@NuclearBalls1 It seems like pretty much everyone who bought the Ford GT40 had the same idea. They put ‘em away to resell. They come along all the time in auctions but if the 14 miles on this T/A are legitimate, this is about the only chance you’d get to buy one. I remember reading a few years back about a 72 Pinto with like 1400 original miles selling for something ridiculous like $32,000 at one of these auctions.
Odometer rolled back
Actually probably flipped the odometers back than did not read over 100,000
Sure is WAY out there...
I guess it's the Trans Am's rurn to bring at least double what it's worth.
I can't imagine why fewer and fewer people can't afford Pony/Muscle/High performance cars anymore...
When people can't afford them, the price comes down.
Who the crap buys a car like that and doesn't drive the snot out of it???
someone now rich
1977 Trans Am was a PIG couldn't even get out of it's own way in a race. This car was fast, in the 60's. It was a pig in the seventies all you got was a fire chicken and a paint job. The car produced an anemic 195 HP or 205 HP depending on the engine selection. All the Trans Am really ever had was Smokie and the Bandit fame!
Yes but what did Ford and Mopar Have in the mid to late 70,s Absolutely Nothing! Gorgeous car!
@@Teabag697 Yes I would take a 427 Camaro or Big Block Corvette
Scoff all you want about these anemic cars but you wouldn’t have the Camaro, Mustang or Challenger of today without these cars being produced. Pontiac was the ONLY one at the time trying to make performance cars. The W72 400 offered in these cars was created because GM cancelled the 455 after 1976. It matched the HP of the last 455 (but obviously fell short in the torque department). You have to remember what they were up against during this era. A properly equipped 79 T/A with the W72 400 with a 4 speed could run a mid 14 second 1/4 mile off the showroom floor. This was garden variety muscle car era performance with an 8.2:1 compression 400 with the hideous pellet type catalytic converter plugging up the single exhaust. There was really nothing from 1980 to about 1985 until Buick got the GN right, GM started putting TPI engines in F bodies and Ford got the 5.0 Mustangs rolling. The Detroit horsepower wars got reignited when GM put the 350 TPI in the F bodies in the late 80s to one up the 5.0 Ford. So keeping the performance flame alive during the darkest days for American performance cars makes it legit.
Welp now its not gonna go fore cheap in the market anymore.
cant wait to bring my 1978 Y88 4spd Ttop car im 2 owner 48k ticker all original full number matching car on to mecum in june .. restore will be done in april
Doubt I’d get $400k for mine but I’m happy to have one and with a 4speed
SHEEESH🔥😍
Really?, 400K for something you're NEVER going to drive?, but, if you have that kind of coin, you could definitely afford another one of these to beat the snot out of!🤣🤣🤣
I bought a 1976 TA brand new while serving in the U.S. Army.
Paid under 5 gs. That car was a dog POS! My 1957 Chevy
Nomad was 10x the car!!
Love these cars but they ain’t worth a penny over 40K. They can’t hold a candle to the 60’s Firebirds and GTO’s.
Beautiful car but anything over 80k to 100k maximum is insane.
It’s only FRNs…
I don't know how anyone could buy a car and put it away for the next guy. That's like not consummating your marriage and waiting 45 years for the divorce so the next guy can consummate the marriage.
Laundering cash in plain sight
Works for
Nanshee…
I've owned a 79 tata- 4-speed since 84. Ironic seeing these cars again with crazy low mileage #s bet it's extremely hard to roll it back😉 like the 8-track players that were installed LMAO🤣
And it’s Adamatic wow
Wow .14teen miles.
If you have the money ... why not? Can't take it with you. Drive it home & take the loss off your taxes! LOL
I bought my 78 t/a for 4000 Grand back in 1995 it only had 240000miles sold it for 4500 3 yrs later boy did i under price my t/a
If it was a manual add another $ 300k :)
Too bad it wasn't. Would be so much more fun. (At least for people who still know how to use a clutch.)
id rather own one to drive, driving it will depreciate it.
More money then common sense ! 😳 Jus don’t see it ! 🤷🏻♀️
This is the kind of car that needs to be driven. Not to sit in a damn garage. 14 miles is such cheek. 400k for a glorified garage queen oy.
Car has things that are not right. Like standard interior with the passenger dash grab bar . It didn't leave the factory like that. Just saying .
I have a 77 Formula and a 78 Trans Am and they left the factory that way for sure.
Hey you folks that grew up with the Trans Ams. Let me know what you think...Did you notice a couple of things about this 1977 that just sold? This one is missing the grab strap that was located above the handle on the door, AND the vinyl seats do not look like the better grade vinyl used on the special editions. To me, these are not the vinyl seats that came with 1977's. Strange how this sold for so much if what I said is true.
Wow, I will never understand why anyone would sit on a car like this and not drive it...
Sit on this one and drive another similar.
because no one produce these beautiful cars anymore and they become a sort of museum piece thus keeping a high value but with a low mileage at the same time.
@@StealthAttentäter Not when it was made... when it was made it was as common as ground beef.
@@michaelthebarbarian3380 i was talking about nowadays ofc.
@@StealthAttentäter And I was clearly talking about the dude who sat on this care since new ofc.
even though I love trans ams, I would never ever pay 400k for any car that has rolled up windows. Ridiculous
Pure insanity
Fully restored car they picked up for a couple of thousand bucks somewhere gave it a new paint job and went through the interior and drive train and rolled back the odometer bought some pamphlets for it it's called eBay got some dumbass to give them $400,000 for it I had one gave them $1500 big whopping bucks for it what a joke
Crazy you could have a 30k dollar car sitting side by side with this one and couldn't even tell the difference
Some sucker paid $100,00 for a '77 Trans Am? Must have been a car owned by Burt Reynolds. I could see paying that price for a mint 73-74 Trans Am 455-SD.
Maybe it has to do with scarcity, from the fact that its an all original with 14 miles. But we all know its not 400 grand
1:47 "SOLD!"
Probably someone who remembered the line from the movie "White Chicks." ... it's so 80s ... ( yes, I know it's a 77 )
He baught two of them to maintain his will power.
Nope! Would rather have a 74' Trans Am Super Duty 455 at a much cheaper price.
I agree. The SD T/A is by far my favorite. If you were fortunate enough to find one with 14 original miles, you’d pay much more than $400,000 for it without doubt. But I like the looks of the 73 over the 74 but would certainly take either.
Holy grail of Trans Ams? Not the 1969 Trans Am convertible? Not the SD-455s? For one of the slowest T/As ever made. I still like them, but they are what they are. The complete collection you could have for this. Who cares if it has 14 miles? You can't drive it, so it just atrophies.
It's worth whatever someone willing to pay, as my Dad told me years ago.
I agree. The 77-78 T/A is my least favorite years of the 2nd gens but you still wouldn’t be able to touch a 69 T/A convertible for $400,000 even if it was a basket case in pieces.
I saw a 69 Trans Am convertible at a show around 1992-93ish. I knew it was valuable then but didn't even consider it would be a million dollar car some day.
In all likelihood, they already got a collection, perhaps this is the cheapest car in it....
Also, the car also in all likelihood havent been driven a single feet since it left the dealership so far, 14 miles is delivery mile numbers, and it will keep being locked up in a climate controlled room, just as it has been for 45 years. A private museum, if you will.
id drive the weelz off it...n hav to 4 ofm 👍🤣🔥🔥🍻😝
Honey hush....Trans Am, whats your pleasure
Belleza negra
$400K for an automatic, good grief
Beautiful car but who is the brain dead person who paid 400; 000 ???????
1:50 You'll see the brain dead person. He's the one in the dark shirt wearing a $150,000 Rolex Daytona watch.
He's the brain dead guy who is smart enough to be able to afford 400k for a Trans Am. Must have been doing something right.
Hope you get your money worth cars like that yeah with a diaper money needs go somewhere else to munch man never be drove for that munch money don’t see it
400k ? You can't even drive it at that point