1976 Pontiac Trans Am Walkaround with Steve Magnante

[@oleandreasjensen5263]

These 1976 model Trans Am`s are in my opinion the nicest Trans Am since the 1970 to 1973 models. - Absolute awesome car !

[@Knightfamily86]

Our favourite trans am is the 1976 cheers from Austin and Fiona and little Tommy from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺🇺🇸🏁😊👍

[@judgegixxer]

I remember in tech school in the early 90's looking at late 70's gov't airphotos and being able to spot GM dealerships by all the F-bodies in their parking lots.

[@Ontariosound]

Sweet ride…. The manual transmission just puts it into dreamcar land 😊

[@dougharlow6037]

Love this car. Nicly done upgrades. I had a Yellow 1976 Pontiac fomual 400. It was great.

[@bruce5405]

As always, great job Steve!👍

[@billsoltys7611]

One year only front end. To me it looks better than the 77-78 that has the rectangular headlights and definitely better than the 79-81. IMO, the 70-73 was the best looking Trans Am.

[@Dr77738]

Nothing better than a well seasoned Barret jackson car buff to sell a car... nice job Steve👍

[@joemasters2270]

Owning a 2nd Gen Trans Am is definitely on my bucket list.

[@jondickson75]

Steve could make you want to own a YuGo. Love his attention to details and knowledge. Beautiful car.

[@chriswalshe499]

Steve I like yr style and trust what you say, and I like that you don't try to ram it down people's throats. You just tell us what it's got or hasn't and very fairly delivered. Onya mate, from West Australia.

[@douglasfitzpatrick3980]

Wish I still had my 76. Loved that car!!!

[@terryhunsicker3708]

What a beautiful machine.

[@Chevy969]

Sweet ride !

[@KevinTurner-hr1wg]

The new style 77 Shaker was very small and barely rose above the hood level, and was changed for 78 making it higher, and the splitter tail pipes were only on the 455, the 400 had single straight pipes out the rear. And in 78 you got the dual resonator exhaust that gave it a little better sound than the previous single can sitting horizontal behind the rear axle. Guys started putting a "test pipe" you could buy at any Western Auto or from the JC Whitney Catalogie to remove the cat converter that not only freed up some exhaust flow but made it sound real good with a nice rumble.

[@BuzzLOLOL]

The GTO splitters were more vertical and in the rear of the wheel well behind the rear tire... close enough you could hear them with the windows rolled down... muffler shops were too lazy to put replacement splitters in the correct spot...

[@KevinTurner-hr1wg]

@@BuzzLOLOL my buddy had a 64 GTO with the splitters, yes a differant angle

[@BuzzLOLOL]

@@KevinTurner-hr1wg - Yeah, back in the day my and 2 neighbor kids '65 GTOs had the splitters in the wheel well... can't even find a picture of one that way now...

[@KevinTurner-hr1wg]

@@BuzzLOLOL my favorite the 65 before the 68 year change...

[@terrybangley2281]

Yeah, the 77 shaker was 1 1/2 inches tall and in 78 it went to 2 inches ,

[@manher4335]

Omg the wheels! Perfect!

[@jimmybanta4520]

Had a 76 455 super fun car in the early 90s for sure

[@mattspontiacta]

Very nice TA. Must say I disagree with the serpentine belt system being better than a V belt stock pulley system. I had a March pulley system on a 81 Trans Am 461 that was on the car when I purchased it. The serpentine belt would not stay on. Went through 4 of them. Pulled the serpentine system off and replaced with the factory V belt pulley set up. 7 yrs later never once threw a belt. Still running good to this day.

[@SuperRobbie1976]

76 was Definity a GREAT year.

[@2ndsspz]

hey, Steve!

[@annie.76]

Born in 1976 looking to purchase a 76 Firebird!

[@blessed1754]

I love all Trans am cars

[@DobbsAutomotiveInspections]

Just to let you know the collapsable spare was in my older brother's 671/2 Firebird 400 when he purchased the first Firebird sold in Mt Vernon, IL. I currently have a number matching 76 Trans Am with 455 4 speed. Fluxed, balanced with cam and chrome molly pistons. Dynode at 330hp 450 lbs of Torque. I have the dyno sheet and the engine build sheet. Original Quadrajet.

[@googleusergp]

I think this one is a repeat that I've commented on before. With the VIN (from the HOC website) we win: 2 for Pontiac, W for Trans Am, 87 for two door coupe, Z for 400 V8 with four barrel, 6 for 1976 model year, N for Norwood, OH assembly and the rest is the production sequence. The Norwood, OH plant operated until August 1987 and production at that time was done solely at Van Nuys, CA through the 1992 model year. After that, production moved to St. Therese, Quebec Canada for model years 1993 to 2002. No tag, can't brag.

[@georgemaxwell2703]

hey, snowball, a 1978 pontiac trans am (white on black) garage queen, has been mine since 1987.

[@transam4555]

Awesome Trans Am. Tastefully modified. Do you by chance know the what black paint code that is. That black looks awesome.

[@chriscadman6379]

Did the 76 come with the removable sun visor mirror?

[@Bill-cv1xu]

Trans Am, my man. What's your pleasure?

[@ricksanders9415]

Very Informative ~ Where You Buy Your Choe's 👀 ...Thx Stev'o

[@jacksutegi]

Great job.

[@danielleclare2938]

My old motorcycle has the 55mph highlighted on the speedo but it goes up to 140 on the dial.

[@Tiffany.1970]

Seat belt retainer holder is missing on driver's side seat 👍

[@AKVT-uz2gj]

Can you please list the build details of the 87 GN listed at $49,900 How many miles on the build and how many passes does it have and was he running 1/8 or 1/4’s Dyno sheets? All that good stuff Thanks 🙏👍😎

[@jameskish4044]

Steve, did the front fender vents also help exhaust engine bay heat?

[@yonihales9133]

Did you know in the movie Smokey and the bandit the cars used were the 76 TA year model as the 77 was not completed yet prior to the begining of filming of the movie although they did replace the 76 TAs front end with the soon to be released 77s . But the cars in the movie were in fact 1976 model year TAs.

[@barroncrist5779]

I bought my first Trans Am in 1975 right off the dealer's lot. It was sterling silver with burgundy interior. It had the Pontiac 400 engine rated at 185 hp. I quickly modified the car putting on a true dual exhaust system complete with Hooker headers. Then many mods to the engine incl. the installation of a Crane cam. I was not happy with the stock car so I had it built the way it should have come from tge factory. Yes Trans Ams sales started to increase in 1975 and aftet the movie "Smokey and The Bandit" sales skyrocketed. So much so that Chevy brought back the Camaro Z/28 in 1977.

[@nickwillobey2205]

😍😍😍 Lovely

[@coinslotsandjoysticks2572]

Nice ride. Did anyone else notice the push button on the center console was gone

[@chriscadman6379]

My room mate had a 76 400, but it had two brake pedals.

[@joelark2007]

Got one at my house with a h-o turbo force unit on top a 455 rare n neck snapping fast

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

😍Nice!!!!!👍👍

[@johnnyhunt9447]

I had a White-1976 Trans Am with Red interior and bird and 455 4 speed this is how I imagined I would want in trans am

[@rsaraiva1]

YES Steve, those ARE Honey Comb wheels

[@michaelstrafello7346]

It was fun trying to peg those old speedos

[@clevlandblock]

Stock honeycombs are nice but these oversize repros don't look right.

[@peterhogan9537]

no, the 73 and 74 T/A with or without SD455s did not have functional hood scoops.

[@googleusergp]

Correct, by then the EPA shut that down due to noise/drive by noise issues.

[@thud9797]

Yet Pontiac kept the functional shaker on the 74 GTO and wonder why.

[@googleusergp]

​@@thud9797Who knows? Maybe it passed the noise regs.

[@thud9797]

@@googleusergp Yeah must be, the 350 did but 400 and 455 didn't, the regulations were taking all the fun out of everything. 😀

[@googleusergp]

@@thud9797 Things were very odd with the EPA back then, so who knows.

[@Fony_turgeson]

that ois pne mean looking nut beautiful car tastifly done very nice

[@drift3rkid66]

No Steve, the days we're living in right now are the dark days!!!

[@inglando]

Thank you for clearing out the Rising Phoenix vs the dreaded Screaming Chicken nick name.

[@JustinSchooler-f2j]

I had a 76 trans am, awesome car, someone stole it probably 20 years ago

[@Mike-zf4ev]

Bought a brand new 1975 TA. Out the door price of $5300. Those were the days. It was a dog but a flashy one at that.

[@zacheckert6970]

what was horsepower

[@thud9797]

Was rated at 200hp but still had good torque. Kill the cat and open the scoop which most did and now you're closer to 300hp.

[@dublinfitzpatrick7838]

👍👍

[@AyubZafarov]

I love USA 🇺🇸 USCar

[@Itsklops]

Nice ...in better terms to understand The trans am ruled the 80s the vette was in storage 😂

[@davidhames319]

I believe this front end style was called a shovel nose

[@winstonrocco1981]

Wished I owned it

[@joemasters2270]

All that, plus in 1974 the Mustang not only shrank, but didn't even have a V8.

[@RichardGardee-eq9qi]

❤ Love too have Me;'76 4B 455 POS drivetrain 🌙 Moon rooftop or T top..."good slide open roof.. etc custom 😮

[@jeffshaw4039]

I'd rather have a GTO.

[@thud9797]

Bird and Decals look wrong, believe black cars in 76 got only the gold bird and decals.

[@kurtvanluven9351]

Nice, but the wheels? nope

[@thud9797]

Yeah can't stand newer bigger wheels on old cars.

[@duaneplummer1715]

Nice car. Engine is wrong color, if you are going to go that nice , make it correct!!!!!!

[@toml665]

What color should it be its pontiac blue?

[@mistert7958]

The 455 SD, only, was painted a different color than std Pontiac blue.

[@edwardpate6128]

I could do without that dark and illegal window tinting.

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

It's not illegal everywhere. But I also prefer a lighter tint. My eyesight isn't very good at night. And these F-Body cars don't have a lot of visibility to begin with

[@Tiffany.1970]

The left rear exhaust splitter is sitting too low

[@Tiffany.1970]

15x8 snowflakes would look nicer than these honeycomb style wheels