Only 2,116 Trans Ams were built in 1972, making this specific Pontiac 455 HO example a cornerstone collector's piece ...

Due to stricter government regulations, the era of unrestrained factory-built performance was coming to an end in 1971. However, GM's excitement division answered with the largest displacement engine ...

When Paul Rimsky-an IBM engineer from Mims, Florida, who was contracted to the NASA Saturn V project-bought his '71 455 H.O. Trans Am new on April 17, 1971, the words "classic," "rarity," and ...

The Pontiac Firebird debuted in February of 1967, built on the same F-body platform as the Chevy Camaro, which had bowed five months earlier. The Firebird was a bit of a consolation prize for Pontiac, ...

The Pontiac 455 H.O. sits at the crossroads of cubic-inch excess and the first real wave of emissions-era compromise, which ...

Most of Detroit’s great big-block muscle machines have soared into six-figure auction stardom, yet one of the most iconic of them all remains surprisingly attainable. Coming out of the General Motors ...

Pontiac was a bastion of performance during the last days of the muscle cars from 1972 to 1974. While other brands made do with strangled, low compression engines, Pontiac figured out how to sustain ...

Khris is a Mechanical Engineer and a classic car aficionado, who adores his Jags, Alfas, and old-school American muscle cars. He keeps tabs on everything from super exotics like an old EB 110 to the ...

See even more barn find cars' first washes here. Washing this Trans Am presents some real challenges for Kosilla. Thanks to it sitting and baking in the sun, the paint is pretty trashed. That makes ...

"I first saw a Lucerne Blue '71 Trans Am with a four-speed, and that's what I really wanted," Paul recalls, remembering his trip to Stephens Pontiac in Daytona Beach, Florida, in early 1971, home of ...