It’s news that Pontiac F-body fans and restorers have been waiting for: Reproduction hoods are now available for the 1977 – ’81 Firebird and Trans Am. Recently released by Ames Performance Engineering, there are two variations available. They are made of steel and arrive painted black. Part number FD109D (costing $409) is the solid flat […]

The gloried performance car modifier of the holy muscle era, Yenko, is obviously most associated with the monster Chevrolets it created through big-block transplants. That changed in 1975 when a customer decided he wanted to hammer everything in sight, including a local Pontiac dealer’s son, who drove a Trans Am with the 455 SD powertrain […]

I certainly understand the whole date-coded, as-it-came-from-the-factory thing. There’s certainly been plenty of misrepresentation in the muscle car scene over the years to warrant the focus on authenticity. But that presumes everybody out there’s a dishonest creep, and we can see from the ad for this 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am that there are still […]