I bought a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am on eBay for $710. It had been sitting for about 10 years. I plan on restoring it. I am not sure at this point if I want to keep the original engine and rebuild it or buy a crate engine. The body has some rust. I’ve never done any bodywork before, so this will be a learning experience for me.
I purchased the car on eBay and highly recommend the seller. Here’s a link to his eBay store: SandDPerformance. I’ll keep a link in the sidebar too.
January 19, 2008 at 10:17 am
I just bought a 79 TA 6.6 also to do a fram off with my 12 year old boy. We are at similar points. My unibody is removed from sub frame body totally stripped. I was on today buying and auto rotisserie for the spring to do metal and body work. We should definetly speak and share ideas and problems since we are in the same boat. I am in New Jersey. Send e-mail back and we can exchange numbers and talk.
Good Luck – Jonathan
November 25, 2009 at 3:45 pm
I bought a 1979 pontiac transam.exterior color dark blue with light blue cloth int.this car has the pontiac 400 engine with 4-speed trans.car has 56.000 orig. mi.the transam was from waco tx its whole life.the interior and paint was shot.the body had no rust just sun beaten.i had orig. paint stripped off car and painted same color ppg paint.5 coats paint 3 coats clear.replaced all interior parts.also had 15×8 orig. rims polished.it took 2 years for restoration.and this transam moves.hey have fun with project it will be well worth it.