1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am Restoration!! Start to Finish!!!

Here we have a 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am!! This project was started and completed in a 3 week period!
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[@nicholaseliasson2308]

Appreciate your videos! Brother, watching this video was educational for me as a Firebird fanatic 👌🏾

[@RevHardGarage]

Thank you brother! I'm glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!

[@lancekelly490]

I love that little guy, helping his daddy! Awesome kid!

[@RevHardGarage]

He is awesome, he's in the garage with me a lot!

[@dwightschrute3862]

This is my dream car. Just love the way they look

[@DANIELFLORES-qd8ly]

It’s good people like you guys that keep this cars up and running! A classic never dies!! 👍

[@RevHardGarage]

Thank you for your kind words!! We love the classics, and this is one of our favorites!

[@justinsanders2705]

My dream car. I love anything Trans Am. 💪

[@RevHardGarage]

They are very unique and iconic!!

[@rogerw3818]

I always loved how Pontiac kept the functional capability of the hood scoop intact.

[@RevHardGarage]

Me too buddy, it's classic! Thanks for watching!

[@eduardoyetivinski9186]

Exactly the video I've been searching for! Awesome!

[@RevHardGarage]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

[@LewisColetheboss]

Always said since I was a kid in early 80's growing up that I will own one of these one day , love the Pontiac trans ams , so stream lined the look just Beefy raw power from them 6.6 LT V8 TA Oldsmobile engine manual is my preferred option 👍🏽👌🏾

[@camarossdriver]

COOL VIDEO!!! It’s kinda funny...I have a ‘79 Trans-Am and a SAAB 9-5 in my driveway. 😎

[@RevHardGarage]

That is awesome man! Thanks for watching.

[@youtubefreespeech]

I need one of those

[@Zelaznogsiul-63]

Great video, love the trans am.

[@bildillamagasin]

Thank you so much for an inspiring video! Need to learn more about these cars, as I just bought one here in Norway! It needs some work before I can hopefully drive it for next season! Starting to follow your channel! 😀

[@RevHardGarage]

Thank you for the compliment and for subscribing. Much love from usa!!

[@Skeeterpfr]

Wow, you guys are amazing, great video, loved all the mechanics that most people usually gloss over, gave different perspective. I have a 79 SE TA myself, 455 olds (the 403 cracked). Your’s is shit hot man.

[@RevHardGarage]

Thanks for the compliment, I really enjoyed working on that car. Thanks for watching!

[@tstar72]

🔥🔥🔥🔥 sweet! can’t wait until I start on my 1981 turbo!

[@reifonseca5767]

I had one long ago same colors and all

[@farbeyondbeautifuldesign9804]

Cool video but I have to say that car looked pretty amazing from the start. I have two ‘81 TA’s I love them and has an awesome driving experience although neither has correct motors. 4 speed is a must with those I would say and can’t understand people who would have paid more for an automatic besides being too lazy to learn to drive a stick. Power washer used looks like the one I own and just so you know they recalled those guns. The nozzle on it can dislodge while in use and if you have that sweep nozzle on it can definitely project fast enough to break windows and hurt people. Home Depot or wherever replaces free of charge with upgrade.

[@user-qp9ho3pr5i]

Beautiful car except for the 403

[@antwinechandler2715]

I watched this entire video and it was awesome. It was like watching an artist paint. I love trans am. I have a 1980 trans am it's my baby. What state are you in?

[@RevHardGarage]

Hi there, thanks for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I am in Newnan GA just south of Atlanta. We really enjoyed working on this car, it was a real beauty!! I'm hoping to do another classic car soon, they are my favorite.

[@xlslurpii2968]

My dad has the same car but red and I’m thinking about fixing it when I’m older if he doesn’t

[@RevHardGarage]

That would be awesome, Thanks for watching!

[@dougmackinnon243]

Beautiful car but I would've scrapped the 403

[@RevHardGarage]

Yes Pontiac engine is much better than Oldsmobile block.

[@wilfredbornais1921]

Iam wanting to do the same restoration of the engine bay and engine you done.If you were put a number to that restoration cost, what roughly would that be.

[@RevHardGarage]

I'm not sure if you want a parts only estimate or what I might cost to have it done? Parts were around $2k Labor roughly $5k

[@ThePauliebuck]

Nice car but that's the olds 403 not the T/A 6.6 400, true bandit cars have the 400 Pontiac..twice the engine compared to the 6.6 Olds..I owned both in the mid 80's

[@RevHardGarage]

Oh I agree with you, it just LOOKS like the bandit car. it's not even the correct front end. thanks for watching!

[@Alolan.Vulpix.Getting.Railed]

I thought the Bandits had the 455??

[@Skeeterpfr]

bobby fraser Actually, the true “Bandit” car was a 77 SE, with a 403 olds, automatic, so maybe don’t don’t be so critical unless you have your facts straight. And “bandit” is just a nickname from the movie, not a real model from Pontiac.

[@garyswift83]

True bandit means that it was an original black and gold edition not painted black and gold with decals. It came out with the 403 and the 400 and both are 6.6 liter engines as there are only 3 cubic inches difference. The 403 was slightly less powerful than the 400. I owned the olds 403 in mine and with a little engine and cam work and exhaust work and adding a Hurst promatic 2 slap shifter I was spanking the one with the 400 like nothing. Also people claim that it is gutless but if properly done they could have a car that is very fun to drive and fast to boot. When your gonna race just advance the timing just a little and you will see a whole different car. It will leave a black mark a quarter mile long we'll maybe not quite a quarter mile but quite a long black mark. I outran everything with it. Trust me when I tell you this the 400 was small block the 403 is big block that can pack a punch. Don't knock them but the real bandit from the movie was a 1976 transam with 1977 front end with 400 engine 4 speed automatic transmission. Also they had to put all the decals from the 77 trans am as well. The one it showed in Bridge scene was a Chevy engine and 4 speed manual. However they took a 1955 Chevy for the engine sounds they actually weren't the bandit cars at all. The guys making the movie saw the 1977 SE (special edition) and said that's the perfect car for the movie but they almost used a truck. I know all this seems unreal and we don't like hearing it but it is all facts. I had a 1978 special edition so it was a original bandit edition but not used in the movie those were all destroyed except the one used for photo shoots. It was just the SE what they call the bandit car with the 6.6 olds, however the car had originally had the W72 performance package with the 400 engine rated at 200 hp but actually was a lie it came out with around 260 horsepower and 325 ft lb torque. The 403 had 185 hp with 325 torque but was probably closer to 220 horsepower or maybe more before I did the engine and exhaust work to it then it was well over 300 hp. I would give anything to just know how my old car is doing if it even still exists. That was about 17 to 18 years ago and I regret my decision to get rid of it to this day. I needed a running car and I had threw a rod through the oil pan and destroyed the block on the 403 so I got a 383 stroke and was working on putting that in it when I didn't have the time to wait I needed a running car so I sold it for almost nothing for them to be selling 15x what I sold mine for. I basically got 800 out of my car with absolutely no body damage no rust everything worked on it I just needed to finish the engine upper half and get the bolt ons to make it run. The car today would easily get well over 20k the way it sat. Ah the memories with me and my dad working on it. Cruising down the strip everyone wanting me to pull over so they could look at it. Every guy was jealous cause they're girlfriend wanted to ride in it basically running me off the road to get in it. If your a not so good looking guy if you couldn't get a date in that thing your definitely doing something wrong lol. I had a kid on the way and needed a running driving car so I had to do something fast. I do not regret my choice but I sure would like to someday had given it to my son. If I ever found the car I couldn't in a million years afford to buy it or one like it. I would love to show it to my family and just know the car went to the right person. God bless everyone and if you ever have a chance to own one of these cars don't hesitate get it and care for it and treat it right.

[@scmxrider613]

dont underestimate the 403. i had a tenth anniversary edition with it. in 81 i pulled the motor and dropped 4k work on the block, heads and intake from a modellos racing design, yielded around 500 hp. lol had to relearn how to drive it. damn she was fast tho

[@TommyGun1979]

Very nice job on restoring this great car! But Damn! The sequence of noises you would call "music" is AWFUL!!!!

[@RevHardGarage]

Thank you for your feedback! I have been finding better resources of music as of late, and this whole thing has been a huge learning curve. I just started editing videos about 6 months ago and this was actually some of the first footage I had recorded. Thanks for watching man!

[@TommyGun1979]

@@RevHardGarage Oh that's very good to read your reply... Btw, I want to salute how humbly you replied to my initial comment. Keep up your good work :)

[@RevHardGarage]

@@TommyGun1979 Again thank you for watching and for your feedback, it means a lot to me.