1974 Pontiac Trans Am SD455 for sale with test drive, driving sounds, and walk through video

[@Tiffany.1970]

The shaker shud be attached to the carburettor ....hence it shakes when the engine is running

[@mjimih]

I DROVE AN ORIG '73 ONE A REAL ONE, for 2 city blocks IN 1981. SHE ONLY HAD 36,000 miles. Tony (the owner) told me there were only 118 made with the 455 HD & the manual 4 spd for 1973. I remember to this day every second of watching the hood shaker shake. Tony may have had too much fun one day, bc he stated that it took him 2 MONTHS, in 1981, and a State away in Wisconsin, FOR $235.00, to find a Left side exhaust manifold, which had Cracked. The next day after I got to drive it, Tony got gas at my corner gas station, I was so in love with it, I ran out from the cash register with a can of oil heading for his back tire! I threatened to pour it in front of it so he could do cool burnout. He said "Don't do it! Not needed." Well since the gas station was situated at a 45 degree angle to the corner there were two exits directly off from the pumps. Soooo when he started to leave he stopped, stepped out and told me to "Watch this!" HE FLOORED IT OUT INTO THE STREET AND GONE. He laid down 75 FEET of rubber for both tires evenly. So much smoke I couldn't see the car after only a few seconds! Simply Incredible

[@anitah9409]

I owned a 74 White 455 when I was 18 yrs old. My daddy had a fit the day I drove this car home. He took one look and said, oh no little girl, my driveway is not big enough for a hotrod like this. I said, It's mine and It's staying. Not to long, daddy drove it to pick up my mom from work. He came back and said, If I had of known that this car would fly like it did, I would have made sure you took it back. Yeah, sold it right before I got married. So wished I had it back. Loved it!!!

[@mtb9153]

this is not a factory SD-455, why isn't the shaker hood sitting on the air cleaner when the hood opens? Also where is the SD-455 decal on the shaker hood?

[@mikebreslin2366]

what is the carb sitting on ?

[@alansnyder4462]

A nice car that for the right price, I would probably enjoy. That being said and as the other posts here point out, it’s not a 455SD, the shaker hood scoop isn’t going to be shaking too much in its current configuration, he talked about the scoop being functional but it looked sealed to me, the welting on the aero pieces was either black (as opposed to correctly being body color) or missing altogether. Unless I’m mistaken, there was no decal on 1974 front bumpers. Not trying in any way to show off my useless Tans Am trivia knowledge, just mentioning this because the video is misleading and otherwise detracts from what is probably a nice car to own (and brings into question the seller’s credibility and knowledge). Assuming the car remains on the lot, maybe redo the video.

[@ericpeters4170]

This car has been heavily modified. I'd want to verify it's a real SD and not a "tribute" car. At minimum, it has an aftermarket carb and (I think) intake, incorrect air cleaner and engine trim. The "Trans-Am" decal on the nose is incorrect and - if it's an SD-455 - so are the shaker callouts. Also, this guy is a Guido. Anyone who talks about Pontic "big blocks" clearly knows nothing about Pontiacs. A 455 is externally the same size as a 326. The differences in displacement are made by changing bore and stroke.

[@jamesmktdriver3885]

+Eric Peters Has to be tribute car. You are correct re TA on front end plus the rubber edges on air deflectors around wheel openings are black. Shuld be white. This car is "not right" IMO.

[@stuartb9323]

Well said 8 yes ago...I cringed everytime he said "big block" 😅

[@707x-y6s]

Also, the PCV location is wrong. SD's had them on the drivers side valve cover.

[@clemenza24]

I owed a real SD and the shaker hood was real and not just for looks , and YES I do regret parting with that car regardless of some of the work it needed body wise

[@richardkaltenbach3961]

I Regretted Parting With My Red 1973 Firebird BASE With 2 bbl. 350 And Column Shift Automatic. It Was STOLEN!!!

[@rickattard2339]

I owned a true 455sd same colour white on white ..biggest mistake was let the salvage company take it ..paid $700 in 1983 needed some body work .. interior was in decent shape.. car sat in a under ground parkimg spot that was vacant went to Europe for 6 wks and came back and it was towed called and they wanted 1000 for storage and towing fee ..told them to keep it ..biggest mistake of my life !!

[@goopah]

These are fun to look at now, but I'll never be able to afford one again. Made too many mistakes in my life, and getting rid of my T/A was one of them. :-(

[@dougbillings2046]

Hot wheels?

[@terrybangley2281]

Scoop was real but sadly not functional they had to seal them up after the 1972 models due to new “noise reduction” laws, although you could easily remove the back panel , held in place by 3 bolts and screws

[@Tiffany.1970]

Tony Fleming sure knows how to describe a Pontiac your the man 😜

[@josephackeret7911]

That’s a great car! I had a 75 ,400,4 speed. It was no sd 455, but a great car. I like what they did with rear window in 75 . 75 was the first year for the catalytic converters. I was buying new cars almost every year back then. I went from 73 lemans, 75 trans am,76 Catalina wagon withe 455 in it. The trans am had to go after our 2nd kid. Couldn’t even get a cooler in the trunk to go on a picnic.

[@kaygupton5073]

I had a 74 SD 455. Bought it new. One bad hoss. White with blue bird. Honeycomb wheels. Only 229 produced.

[@Tiffany.1970]

Where's the left and right dash indicator arrows on the dash they are not showing

[@Cash2112]

I've owned and raced Pontiacs for over 30 years. I also have the McCarthy books to research all Pontiac engine casting and part numbers. Let me know when you get serious about a car, send me the link and I'll check it out.

[@dougbillings2046]

I bet u did

[@lysanderspooner4143]

Also: Every '70-81 Trans-Am came standard with front disc brakes; and Pontiac never made a "big block."

[@lysanderspooner4143]

This car is obviously modified and I'd question whether it's a real SD car. Minimally, it is missing its SD 455 Pontiac intake and carburetor as well as the air cleaner. Check the VIN and the stampings on the block as the price difference between a standard 400, optional (non SD) 455 and the SD -455.

[@Cash2112]

Sorry, its NOT a Super Duty, and the Shaker scoop should be on the air cleaner assembly, NOT the hood.

[@8LLRoadranger]

I need to pay someone like you to come along when I spend my hard-earned, and long-time saved money... if I don't, I will be paying a lot of cash for a counterfeit car :(

[@Robbb54321]

Hey wait on his car, the hood scoop does not say SD 455. So at least the car itself is not saying it is an SD 455 model. Which others have already said it isn't.

[@briancabral9]

I had 3 Trans Ams... a 1970 with the Ram Air llll....370 hp...stock. my1971 had the 455 HO..335 HP stock....my 1973 SD 455 was rated at 330. The motor alone how he describes this is all wrong...the SD has a specific grind far differant that the Ram Air cam in any stage from 3 to 4. The SD has a stronger bottom end with 4 bolt mains and oval port heads...stronger internals is the main reason for the SD....The Ram Air 3 and 4 400 cubes kade more power by far. But the SD could be pounded on relentlessly without breaking parts.

[@henryadams2316]

Wrong intake ,scoop air cleaner,

[@burningblue1254]

The 73 sd455 was rated at 310

[@707x-y6s]

@@burningblue1254 it was actually 290

[@burningblue1254]

@@707x-y6s The 1974 was rated at 290 the 1973 was 310

[@707x-y6s]

@@burningblue1254 Hi Richard-The 73 and 74 SD 455 were exactly the same. No 310 HP version made it into production. The cam Pontiac wanted to use would not pass emissions and was replaced. Sales literature was already printed and released. Check it out...there is a lot written about it!!! Thanks

[@josephcamus3066]

this car needs alot of correcting

[@peteandrepete528]

I never heard him but did he say anything about it being a matching # 74?

[@FlemingsUltimateGarage]

I believe this car had the matching numbers motor in it. It sold about 8 years ago so its hard to say if the new owner kept it original

[@MrDjh66]

5th digit in vin should be an X if it’s a super duty

[@dougbillings2046]

Suck it

[@tomwaldo9556]

Oh you didn't know

[@Tiffany.1970]

The left&right turn signal arrows are missing on the dash

[@FlemingsUltimateGarage]

yes, we replaced them when this car sold in 2011

[@alexstr48884]

Did the guy outside flip the camera off at 7:03

[@Episcleritis]

+alexstr48884 Good catch.

[@Robbb54321]

1973-74 455SD firebirds are phenomenally rare, so I will assume the car he is showing is not a real 455SD. And like someone else said, the shaker should be mounted to the engine, not the hood. This link has TONS of info to verify a 455SD Trans Am, including all the codes to look for on the engine block, and heads..w w w angel fire dot com/mi/jamos1/ s d trivia dot h t m l... I also really do not like the way this "dude" handles his cars. he treats them like some old tool in a toolbox.

[@garydunn3037]

I'm from the UK and absolutely LOVE these old Pontiac T/A's. They still look really today even all these years later. We hadnothing as stylish for the general public to buy back then, except the lets pretend sports Coupe Ford Capri. Oh if only thesecars were available over here back then, I reckon they would have sold well. They do have a kind of cult status over here nowas I've seen more of them at Car Shows than any other American car, except maybe the Corvette.

[@stevesvoboda9816]

I have a 74 455 TA. Not an HO car but it's built. Monster torque. Fun to drive.

[@briancabral9]

The idiot mounted the Shaker to the hood....that belongs on the motor....

[@goddaor]

The does not have the right decals on the scoop. Its supposed to say sd 455 not just 455

[@Bobster986]

I had the Honeycombs on my 75 Formula and away wanted the rallies instead, but today I know better. Really miss that car.

[@davewil3]

VIN 2V87T4N132779 inot for a SD. It would be 2V87X.......

[@eugenesonger9426]

Absolutely Amazing TA

[@Boulderpits]

The test drive must be in the other video....

[@BIGMOE455]

i have a 74.. alot of stuff wrong with this car...

[@vernmiller3584]

70-76 T/A's BEST LOOKING CARS EVER MADE.

[@AlienVibesss]

damn thats nice. my friends grandma has a original transam firebird in black and gold...never drives it but it looks brand new still! i just dont know what year but its all matching numbers once u hear it u want it more

[@DraythDrake]

wrong stickers for a super duty. :/

[@turbotransam1980]

Hey Tony, the 1974 trans ams are usually very expensive. You guys offer a good deal for this price. Are the 74's hard to find?

[@samsdad900]

very nice car, sounds great just a few small things wrong (front decal location, RTS badge location, shaker ID, no exhaust tips)

[@Tiffany.1970]

The engine's carberetter looks like it been changed hence why the shaker is bolted to the hood

[@65JD5010]

That's no sd455 and it's not a Gm big block either, all Pontiac blocks are the same size. If that was a true sd 455, she would be around the 150-200 grand range.

[@rebelrecycler]

take monthly payment plan???

[@dannydennis318]

People are so full of crap why lie and say its a SD when it is just a passenger car 455.

[@70judgeman]

Not one of my favorite years for a T/A, but I'd make an exception with that engine under the hood!

[@12loneeagle]

You now that for a fact ? You worked the assembly line and supervised all '74 455 Superdutys' ? I REALLY doubt it. The other air cleaner he showed fit up in the hood.

[@hotwheel6663]

Why is a 455 not a Big Block? Just curious.

[@pyroblasten]

+Johnny Yum Pontiac made all their v8s using the same block, thus there is no big block or small block for Pontiac. That said it is a relatively large block and it's displacement is clearly in the big block territory of other companies, but it's not a big block since it doesn't have a smaller cousin.

[@hotwheel6663]

What about the 301 V8 engine?

[@michaelarner8575]

+Johnny Yum still the same block, speaking as a 301 TA owner.

[@burningblue1254]

@@pyroblasten Well put. Generally small or big is based upon what the factory called it as opposed to hard and fast rules. Cadillac offered a 500-ci engine that was nearly the same size, dimensionally, as a small-block Chevrolet, but that does not make it a small-block Cadillac.

[@707x-y6s]

@@michaelarner8575 Pontiac 301 was completely different, it had a shorter deck. 326-455 were all the same size externally

[@manstick1]

Why do some have the SD 455 sticker on the shaker, and some don't?

[@sarahawkins1917]

Cause this is fake

[@sethrupp1640]

My dream car🎉

[@judgegixxer]

This would fail an "factory original" appraisal. Could have at least put SD on the shaker thats doesn't shake. At least it still has the flat rear window. Sales guys phhhhft.

[@79tazman]

The only thing I see missing is the rear defog and the rest of the parts for the shaker hood but it's nice I have a 74 T/A 455 Y block and it's a torque monster it don't take much to break the tires loose

[@vinchenzionewjersey7862]

front end sits high.

[@sssclassic]

trans am it is a big story i like it so much

[@anthonywynn5434]

It was well slapped together, but it was still slapped together. And that guy is a putz to say the least. I bleed Pontiac, and if that car is *correct*...Im king kong. And he is a putz.

[@nazur72]

But is he a putz tho?

[@8LLRoadranger]

What makes it not true? I am trying to learn about muscle cars as I consider a purchase so I am asking this to really know why:)

[@Robbb54321]

The engine he has in that car right now, might be a "455" engine but if his car is real the block needs to say "Y8" on the front right of the block. Look behind the right head: On a small ledge right where the block and head meet is the block casting number 490(132). To be extra sure, take off intake and look at top of block at webbing. look at the photo of top of a real 455SD block to verify this at w w w angel fire dot com/mi/jamos1/ s d trivia dot h t m l

[@rodneystivers8624]

Not 74 but a 75 non super duty 455 plus honeycomb came out in 75

[@whiteoak60]

Not at all real SD ! BUT honeycomb wheel first available in 1971 model year !😁 Car is a total fake Also 1975 grills had marker light moved inside from lower valance This car car 1974 front end!

[@samsdad900]

@goddaor if it was rebuilt may not be real SD

[@frankmosch877]

EHA that T/A 455-SD doesn't, sound mean enough No just kidding it's perfect another beauty I want one!!😀😀😀...Frank misssssschief

[@r2kool4u]

It says it is a reproduced SD455, never stated it was a real one

[@drewdemarco4433]

“Trans Am” decal doesn’t go on the front bumper trim

[@samkwong169]

Yes

[@Zastava750LE]

classic car

[@sabrom]

Sounded nasty! loved to seen it go down the block...

[@exodus82hell]

Woow I love it

[@briancabral9]

This car is so wrong in so many areas....

[@12loneeagle]

IT DOESN'T GET SWEETER THAN THAT !!

[@Boredout454]

@GeneralGHustler Actually not so much lol.

[@MrDjh66]

I never knew they made them 4 wheel drive

[@sarahawkins1917]

Not four wheel drive. Four speed Manual transmission

[@fletchermcghillicutti7945]

I don't think that's a true SD 455.

[@jnc250]

not a super duty

[@colonelcatastrophe82]

Sounds like macho angels...

[@8LLRoadranger]

Maybe he is right... do you know he is wrong?

[@8LLRoadranger]

You have a deal friend!

[@mattspontiacta]

Typical car salesman- doesn't know any facts about the car. Very nice car but not a SD.

[@65JD5010]

Ya, there is noway this is a true SD 455, you spend all that money and you don't even put the correct SD 455 on the shaker?? Lol. Beautiful Trans Am though!!

[@psychoclown420]

something to be said about 2nd gen trans ams.. i love all of them except for the "bandit" type 77 and 78 ones.. can't get past the fugly grille

[@mikebreslin2366]

I wonder with the EPA police. And with JOHN DELOREAN being in charge OF PONTIACS ASSULT ON CORVETTE..... Them pipes under the CARB, are they factory ? BECAUSE my GRANDPA had his 455 ho altered and we always had to jump on the hood at the gas bar.

[@DraythDrake]

complete balls up restoration, terrible job

[@ln2596]

fake.

[@wmhcos3885]

What are skeptics doing on here. Real SD cars have that emotional feeling he was talking about. Can't be faked no matter how hard you try. Feel the pulses thru the exhaust like a heartbeat don't need a stereo you would need earbuds to hear it. Be real or get on something else

[@deadwooddyck9364]

BEAUTIFUL car. But it's like a supermodel wearing braces. SAVE. THE. MANUALS.

[@BMan100]

drop a 6 Spd in there and there ya got it..

[@billrichter8871]

Not a SD455

[@burningblue1254]

Professionally reproduced huh? Its either an SD455 from the factory or its not. See this $1000 bill? Its professionally reproduced, catch my drift? You didn't even put the SD on the shaker tisk tisk. The Shaker is part of the air cleaner assembly and doesn't lift off with the hood. The lettering on the side is wrong. On the SD there is no front trans am decal, where are the exhaust tips. Its not an SD but someone trying to pass of a Rolodex as a Rolex. Typical car salesman, "here's how you open the trunk".

[@Boredout454]

Gm got out of racing in 65 and didnt let any of there cars other then the Corvette or large cars, have an engine larger then 400ci until 1970, after that the limit was off for all product lines, thats how they got the 455. By 74' muscle cars were dead and dying and almost all the major bigblocks had been killed off. While the 455 was strong it was only strong compared to what was out in 74, comparing it to 71 pre 71 it doesnt hold up. Doesnt help that the blocks would crack past 600hp, no nitro.

[@eddiestanley135]

Too many things incorrect and suspect. Air cleaner, PCV, shaker sticker, front spoiler rubber laces not painted. Good eyes everyone.

[@dannydennis318]

More scammers trying to pass the car off as a Superduty

[@louisgreenberg5384]

no ac

[@joewolfe2777]

When it came to the AD 455 yes it was a Pontiac engine, not the Olds they put in the others except the 4 speeds, and if you don't believe FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE CUBIC INCHES IS A BIG BLOCK, DO THE RESEARCH AND PROVE US ALL WRONG

[@mattbarulich9160]

Fake!

[@joewolfe2777]

SD 455 BIG BLOCK PONTIAC FULL RACE MOTOR