Would you call the seats on this 1980 Pontiac Trans Am “cushy,” or “cozy,” or something else? Not that it matters—you’re going to want to sit there anyway. This white and blue TA is also a car you’re going to enjoy walking up on as well as casting a backwards glance at as you leave it to go into the store or wherever. It’s just so darned handsome. OK—maybe that’s a reaction to all the black Trans Ams of the era, every last one of which seems to have appeared for sale over the past six or eight years that these cars have been a “thing.” But with five days left in a no-reserve auction, this one is going to go. How high is the question. If you’re the person to put in the last number, you’ll have to get to New Baltimore, Michigan to collect it.

It certainly appears perfect. The paint shines, the claim is that the AC blows cold, and the clock works (a detail point which is better understood by those of you with a few miles on your personal clock).  The car is called a “survivor,” and while definitions of that vary, that should equal original paint and interior, and this car appears to have that, though there’s just enough room for that not to be the case, as the seller, who seems to have come upon the car recently, says, “The paint and body looks all original to me.” He later says unequivocally that the interior is original.

If condition is any reflection, this car has been babied (one dare not suggest that it has been restored). Even the usually not-intact items like the tire change sticker are there. Might be nice if there was some documentation that went with the car, and maybe there is, but it’s not pictured. As for fitment for service, the engine is a 4.9-liter V8 with just over 63,000 miles on it, and thus, as the seller suggests, it should be good for a long while to come. Certainly the under-hood detailing suggests care and attention to detail, as does the underside, which has only the slightest signs of use.

You have to wonder what happened here to create the perfect storm of preservation. Was this a summer pleasure cruiser driven a thousand miles a year? (If so, why undercoat it?). Was it driven a couple of years and then put away? Is the original owner around to verify the claims and tell some stories of how we got from 1980 to today? No matter which, this appears to be an exceptional car as seen here on ebay, and it’s certainly a fresh take on the aforementioned black TA models. What do you reckon it’s going to sell for?