1979 Pontiac Firebird

1979 Pontiac Trans Am Silver

Why This Car Is Special

The Trans Am has established itself as a permanent American icon. Production volume testifies that the Second-Gen Firebird was most popular with consumers.

The beautiful silver with the black painted top 1979 Pontiac Trans Am we have at Skyway Classics is a combination of beautiful styling, superb handling, and strong Pontiac V-8 performance that makes It highly coveted by collectors and performance traditionalists alike.

Features

1979 Pontiac Trans Am Silver

6.6 Engine 250 horsepower at 4,000 rpm and 320 lb/ft of torque at 2,800 rpm
Quadrajet carburetor
Dual Exhaust
Correct shaker hood scoop
Borg-Warner Super T10 four-speed manual transmission
10-bolt rear axle
J65 rear disc brakes
Power Steering
Power Disc Brakes
Air Conditioning
Bucket seats
Center console
4-speed shifter
Formula steering wheel
Engine-turned instrument panel
Rally Gauge cluster
Power Windows
Rear Defrost
Front and rear spoilers
Wheel opening spoilers
Silver-grey exterior paint
Black Trans Am Bird on the hood
15×8-inch aluminum Snowflake wheels
Performance Cooper Cobra Radial G/T raised white letter tires

Mechanical

The '79 (5th digit of the Vin # is Z} code-PWH T/A 6.6 was assembled using a 400 block which featured a 4.12-inch bore. Its bottom end was filled with a 3.75-inch stroke cast-iron crankshaft, while cast-aluminum pistons on cast-iron connecting rods filled the cylinders. A 60-psi oil pump dispersed lubricant and resided within a baffled six-quart oil pan.

A Special 800-cfm Rochester Quadrajet carburetor on a cast-iron four-barrel intake manifold feeds a custom set of exhaust routing spent gasses into the dual mufflers before it exits out the Rear. The net result of the effort is a rating of 250 horsepower at 4,000 rpm and 320 lb/ft of torque at 2,800 rpm.

Our engine looks as it did when it was built and sits in a very clean and detailed engine compartment with the correct shaker hood scoop, valve covers, and power steering and power disc brakes.

Backing every T/A 6.6 engine throughout the '79 model year was an 11-inch clutch disc and pressure-plate assembly, and a Borg-Warner Super T10 four-speed manual transmission with a First-gear ratio of 2.43:1.

Because the WS6 Suspension Package was required with the W72 Performance Package that year, all Firebirds equipped with the T/A 6.6 received a 10-bolt rear axle filled with a 3.23:1 ratio gear set, and new-for-the-year J65 rear disc brakes on either end.

Interior

Our 1979 TA great cloth Interior has bucket seats, center console housing the 4-speed shifter, simulated leather-wrapped Formula steering wheel, and an engine-turned instrument panel inlay, the standard Rally Gauge cluster which included both a clock and tachometer, power windows, and air conditioning.

Exterior

Our '79 model featured the Pontiac freshly redesigned nose and tail sections, both molded from a new, softer plastic material, front and rear spoilers, and wheel opening spoilers, all covered in the sharp silver-grey exterior paint and the black Trans Am Bird on the hood.

The front end sports quad headlamps recessed into individual tunnels, while the blacked-out split grilles were repositioned below the lamps; turn signal/running lamps were recessed into the grilles.

The tail panel appeared to be one continuous blacked-out unit with the taillamp lenses flanking the centrally positioned fuel-filler door, cloaked in matching trim.

Our Pontiac has specific springs and shock absorbers, stiffer suspension bushings, a constant-ratio steering box, a larger rear sway bar, and 15×8-inch aluminum Snowflake wheels with performance Cooper Cobra Radial G/T raised white letter tires.

Conclusion

The 1979 Pontiac Trans Am we have at Skyway Classics has the looks, performance, and the o