Think about it’s 1976. Armageddon has come and gone. Earth is now a desolate place, filled with leisure fits, disco music, the Krofft Supershow, and cars which have been hit with the ugly stick. Regardless of the awful setting, Pontiac continues to supply a efficiency automobile with 455 cubic-inches.
Trying on the efficiency setting in Detroit, we now have a Camaro that was lacking its Z/28, leaving solely a 350 Corvette with 180 or 210 horsepower. Chrysler might try this one higher with a 360-powered Dodge Dart Sport and Plymouth Duster that provided 220 horses; mid-size Mopars provided a 240-horse 400 big-block — now, issues started to get attention-grabbing. Ford had loads of decals however no efficiency choices corresponding to the above. Further pity goes to the parents from California who have been restricted from shopping for these.
And Pontiac? The 455 was reintroduced for the Firebird after taking a year-long sabbatical. It put out a pathetic 200 horsepower, however its torque numbers made up for it. Plus, it was solely accessible with a four-speed. Amid the desolation on Earth, there was an emergence of life.
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This 1976 Pontiac Trans Am, one in all 7,528 constructed, was the final of the efficiency vehicles that harkened again to a different period. Be part of Muscle Automotive Campy as he asks the query that Freud and others have at all times puzzled: Is the 1976 Trans Am a reputable muscle automobile?