Many of the Trans Ams that we find are in excellent, or at least drivable, condition. This is not one of them. This project is a 1978 Pontiac Trans Am located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The seller is asking $5,800 and bought the car about 15 years ago and parked it in this old building. The car needs a full restoration but appears to originally be a Code 75 red car with a black interior. Out of 187,287 Firebirds, Pontiac built 93,341 Trans Ams which was the highest production level to that point.
There are not many pictures of the car but the Trans Am appears to have a deluxe black interior with T-tops. If these are factory T-Tops, that was a rare option because of the problems GM had with leaking T-tops in 1978. Early Trans Ams were built with Hurst Hatch T-tops which were prone to leaking. In fact, the first version of Hurst Hatch T-Tops were introduced in the 1976 Limited Edition Trans Am (LE) but were ceased due to leaking. A second version was introduced in 1977 and used in early 1978 Firebirds. However, GM moved to what is called Fisher factory T-Tops mid year. This car deserves to be restored, if possible.
The standard or base engine for the Trans Am in 1978 was the Pontiac L78 400 cubic inch V8 engine. It had been the base engine in the Trans Am since 1974. The L78 engine could only be equipped with a GM Turbo Hydramatic 350 automatic transmission and was factory rated at 180 horsepower. Buyers in California were limited to only one engine option which was the Oldsmobile L80 403 cubic inch V8 engine that also backed by the GM Turbo Hydramatic 350 automatic transmission. This engine was factory rated at 185 horsepower and designated by a “6.6 Litre” decal on the hood scoop. The optional engine in every state but California was the W72 400 cubic inch V8 engine. The W72 engine was rated at 220 horsepower in 1978 and could be mated with either an automatic transmission or a Borg Warner T-10 4-speed manual transmission. The seller states that this car has an automatic transmission.
This Trans Am is listed here on Craigslist. It has been listed for about 2 weeks and is still available. The seller states that, if someone is interested, they can come look at it and he will dig it out from the debris that surrounds it. Hopefully, this car can be saved and is not rusty but a in person inspection is a good idea before tackling this project.
Bidders need to be up on their tetanus boosters.
Seller is already up, on something else. $5.8k crack pipe dreams on a car in a flooded basement on the Ohio River.
Nice to see that the car cover was put to good use…on half the car.
It’s always best to leave the windows down, when you’re long term storing your classic car. That way, the rodents don’t have a harder time infesting the vehicle
Running and driving😂
5800 for what ? Looks like a hot mess to say the least. Its hard pass for me. Good luck.
the other one on barn finds looks like the same color, is much nicer, and can’t get past 1100.00. Put down the pipe.
Poor thing. I have more feelings for this disaster than my ex wife.
No I wouldn’t no.
Was “The Road” filmed there? That is one creepy looking spot.
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Hard NO
Typo alert: I think you meant $58.00
Put the cover back on, let it sit for another 15 years, and it still wouldn’t be worth the asking price.
Only thing dry about this bird is the sense of humor asking price.
“…Deserves to be restored, if possible.”?? That one is a crate. It might make for a parts car & I’m not optimistic on that! GLWTS, You’re gonna need every drop of it! 👎👎