Trans Am 1977 Barn Find

Our 1977 Y82 barn find customer car showed up today. Take a look with Jon, Scott, Dusty, and Cody as we examine the car in person for the first time! #transam #musclecar #classic

[@fordboss9275]

That’s my dream car right there!! Ha, just watched the movie yesterday!

[@heartoftexasbarnfindsandcl5193]

Nice car . Had a 81

[@randyjohnson6845]

Hard to believe its been 43 years

[@billbowers268]

Can't understand a car as nice as this he sits there picking it apart . It's a 77 guy . EXCELLENT for as old as it is.

[@recoveringnewyorker2243]

I’m jealous! I would definitely want one of these and restore it to LOOK completely period correct inside and out. However, I would want it modern under the skin for reliability.

[@dragonballz2560]

I had a 78. Mint condition. I was 12, and it was the best model car I ever built.

[@dco956]

80s kid here.....me & my buddy tore the town up in his gold 78 TA.....I had a 81 Z28 good condition I sold in 87 for $2750....if i would have only knew how cool it would be now

[@codyluka8355]

Not bad! Not bad at all! Great find and what appears to be a fairly easy refurbishment or restoration! Might be interesting to see how the floorboards are...T-tops usually leak. But pretty cherry so far!

[@dragonballz2560]

A mobile work of art.

[@mrgozz2780]

What a beautiful machine ....always had a soft spot for American muscle ....Chevys 50 s and 70 s .__mustangs ....Pontiac’s ....etc ....

[@caseyjones3684]

I Love 70's T/A's Through out my life I owned several of them. a 74 - 455 Buckaneer Red. 77 400 a/t 78 Black & Gold 400 4spd. 78 Martinque Blue 400 a/t, 99 WS6. 00 WS6 What an awesome find guys. Very solid car. Good Luck with it.

[@jdpinbaytown]

My Dream car back in the Day!

[@davebarron5939]

If the floors are as good as the trunk appears to be, that's a cherry there. will come back to beautiful easily, maybe even the paint will buff out. Beauty.

[@raymondlugo9960]

Man, I'm going to have to visit some barns!

[@rocket4332]

I'd love to own that beautiful car

[@andrewpipitone1572]

Nice find ;- )

[@randyjohnson6845]

An original old old old school fuzz buster.maximum range 300'

[@EV8Gaming]

My dream to import one of these to my home in australia. Such a cool car!

[@BigJonBurch]

My dream is to attend summer nats!

[@WhiteManXRP]

Holy shit! Ohhhh man is that awesome Thank god it went into good hands

[@wlc1980]

Good find, I looked for 7 years for a black Trans Am like car in the same condition. All I found was rusty rollers or fully restored cars for big $. I eventually settled for an SE Y81 roller. I haven’t started restoring it yet. Keep us updated on this car.

[@chefscott1000]

Barn find with new tires , bonus !!! Lol

[@jamesshirrell3677]

My favorite car of all time

[@garylankford9306]

I had a '77 black, no t tops, no thunder chicken on the hood (special order without). Loved that car. Had kids and had to sell it. Sad.

[@derrickjackson6737]

Damm a rare classic

[@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman]

sorry about your loss, I had 3 kids 35 yrs ago & kept mine

[@manuelcutzal7055]

I have a trans am i need to rebuild it greetings from Guatemala

[@billyhalcomb3687]

have some respect.this is the best car ever produced.i should know i have owned many,

[@stephenalishaso]

Thats a awesome find

[@BigJonBurch]

For sure!

[@mariogarcia4566]

Damn that's my dream car my dad used to have two of them when I was 6 year old . I can't believe he sold them 😡😩😔

[@kenwilkerson7909]

78's and 79's were famous for trunk water leaks. Really the only flaw

[@danhoyland142]

Yeah and they sneak up on ya if you don’t know about them. If you buy one and happen to open the trunk later and notice a pile of rust but the trunk floor is solid, look up, and behind. The wheel houses are rotted out and so is the tail pan…aka 8 to 10 grand worth of work. At least now they make a repop tail panel for the 79-81 cars. My first project was a 79 trans am and I had to buy a solid roller and had to hide it at a friends from my wife, cut 13 inches from the back forward off, and weld it to my project car. Terrible experience but that’s how you learn.

[@eddiephantom7006]

Isn't that the same trans from the bandit.. Bucket list car forsure cool vid

[@joed1244]

I want the white one 😁

[@WhittyPics]

Nice find

[@CarlosRamirez-we8zi]

My dream car T/A Bandit

[@russellj.s.257]

Eastbound and down

[@gregallen1799]

Not the original spare, it came with a space saver spare.

[@davegosselin9327]

That’s a minor thing. He’s got an original intact classic. These cars were always tore apart or rotted out sadly. Hell of a find and worth restoring for sure. I’d love to find one like it

[@1967davethewave]

Actually a space saver spare was an option.

[@ironeddie9917]

You R a lucky man!

[@morgangallowglass8668]

NICE!

[@DrFiero]

Had to do a double take to make sure that want MY old car! All the flaws on that one were really close to mine. Check those sub frame rails...nasty for rust right at the back.

[@patrickr2686]

it's full of rain water T-tops always leak

[@jimmyjaysproductions5301]

I have a 77 bandit complete with 33000 org miles. Gold package, t tops. I never drive it. Thinking of selling

[@motodon5686]

$100,000

[@jamesshirrell3677]

The sexiest car ever built

[@onetwistedredneck4073]

The original spare tire didn't come inflated,, it looked like an old tractor tire and came with metal cylinder to inflate it... I've had a few lol...

[@pontiacmaniac7772]

Awesome car. I’ve been thinking of getting a classic Pontiac but my Pontiacs will be classics soon anyway.

[@manuelcutzal7055]

I love it

[@georgeaddison5628]

I had a gold trans am and it was sitting in a field 500 dollars I should have left it gold but painted blue awesome car I wish I still had it

[@1967davethewave]

I picked up a black/tan '79 403 car just this week. The original owner died on Christmas day and her husband just wanted it gone. It's in about the same shape as this car. No T-tops, standard interior, WS4 car. It has the same 7" snowflake wheels as this '77. I'm not going to restore it any time soon. I'm going to drive it with the patina. Of course I have to get it running first. It last was driven in 1997.

[@luthercase9001]

Had a red one, back in the day, got it in 1985, drove it for eight years. Had a wreak in 1993, over reacted about damage, could of been fixed. Kicked my self many years for not keeping her.

[@misatzu]

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[@russellj.s.257]

Hello Bandit

[@davidlieby3616]

Sweet👍😁

[@sbckev2287]

Leave it just how it is ,just a few touch ups, would be a lot “cooler “ in my opinion there are tons of these bandits that aren’t original, they are only original one time

[@SUNIKIGAMING]

That's great and all but 120 horse is a little sad man. Also keeping it original is a cool idea but there's alot of modern upgrades that will make it perform better and drive better. And isnt driveability the whole purpose of this? You dont have to throw 1000 horse into it but these cars were great looking but awful performing.

[@SUNIKIGAMING]

If you want to keep it OG then you are not redoing it to drive. You are doing it as a collector piece.

[@charleshenson4183]

Cars got potential.

[@BigJonBurch]

Sure does. Can’t wait to tear into it at work!

[@gene7902]

it sure seems odd that every one is all of a sudden finding these rare cars in a barn i think they are planted there just to have a story to put on KZbin WHAT DO YOU THINK ?

[@bb-gc2tx]

if you were a young boy in late 70s early 80s this car was the end all be all . the only thing that may have topped it in our minds was the millenium falcon lol

[@Smokr]

Did you find the 'hidden compartment' under the truck matt? And there might still be some coke hidden under the back seats. Who knows, maybe a few bucks too. If you find any guns, get rid of them for sure!

[@neildougherty3377]

Had two of them slowest car I ever owned pretty though

[@SUNIKIGAMING]

Anyone that keeps it original is making a huge mistake. It's an amazing car that deserves more ponies.

[@dochlldy]

Put a RA IV cam inn mine,and it became a whole new beast.Never got passed if I didn't want it to.

[@garylankford9306]

Year One redid a BANDIT and it's a monster. I love that car.

[@loupankey2345]

You could make them a good bit stouter for next to nothin'...

[@codyluka8355]

No, they weren't very fast at all. At the time though, they were still considered quick, but all US cars were slow. If anything, they were a ball to drive!

[@terrymorelanddg955]

Any update?

[@dana.7500]

I think the car was repainted once. The chrome window trims are supposed to be black for the SE models (the rear window has one black trim) and the shacker decal should be T/A 6.6.

[@tommilitello198]

T/A 6.6 is the 400 equipped model,6.6 liter is a 403 olds motor

[@natew8882]

@@tommilitello198 Not true. Do your research.

[@natew8882]

The window reveal moldings are not chrome. They are anodized aluminum and painted black. The paint can come off over time. The 6.6 litre shaker decal is correct for this car. Do your research.

[@dana.7500]

@@natew8882 thanks, I did some research and seems like only the W72 400 came with the "T/A 6.6" shaker decal and the rest (L78 400 and the L80 403 Olds) had the "6.6 litre". Now some owners will say their TA L78 400 came with the T/A 6.6 decal from the dealer and the W72 TA people just want to be special. Beside missing the chrome valve covers, how do you know the engine is not a W72? As for the window trims, yes they are aluminum and yes the paint can come off over time, but to an almost perfect shine as seen here? I personally think they were replaced after a paint job at one point.

[@natew8882]

@@dana.7500 I think this car probably is an original l78 because it is an automatic. So the 6.6 liter on the Shaker is correct for this car. Now I will add some more information that will throw you off. I have an original 1977 Trans Am w72 4 Speed black on black non SE car with 78,000 original miles and the original 6.6 liter lettering on the original paint shaker. Apparently some were made this way.

[@Smokr]

LOL Yup, that is almost certainly my cousin's ex-husband's car. He was a low-level drug dealer in Illinois until he had to hide in Tennesse and Kentucky, where his then GF and her son shot him and stuffed his body into the trunk for a week before they were caught. I was around that car every day for years, and I'm sure it's the same one. All the same junk stuffed on the dash and console and the Yosemitie Sam rugs. I put the Auto Zone side strips on it in 1991 or 2 as well as the CB radio the year before that because he wanted it to be just more the Bandit's car. It had a Balupunkt radio back then.

[@motodon5686]

Damn

[@ericmasone2277]

What's up with that s10 blazer

[@rafalanderos6527]

I got one just like the white one but no t top I’m thinking of selling it.

[@kimdearrington258]

The biggest problem with this trans am verses the white one beside it is the fact that the white trans am has a pontiac 400 engine in it, while this one has an Oldsmobile 403 in it, and there is a difference in power, however slight it may be. The pontiac motor is a more powerful engine, and I have owned ,and built both of those engines, so I definitely know the differences. You can tell by the hood scoop on the cars. If it says TA 6.6, then it's a Pontiac engine, if it says 6.6 liter, then it's an Oldsmobile engine. Still a nice find!

[@user-gq4hz7rh6k]

This looks like the Pontiac 400

[@davegosselin9327]

Can sell that thing as is for good $$. In ct. if ya get it running definitely get a good cash pay out. I had a trans am and sold it yrs back. Not knowing the demand and cash people would be asking for these things nowadays. Black n gold t tops - that will sell very easily

[@peterschurz6802]

All show no go

[@davidbrown-55]

I’m looking for a 76 parts car, let me know.

[@frez777]

145,000 for sure if it is a Michigan car. Guaranteed.

[@mikef4776]

Did you get that in iowa at the trans am auction they were having this past weekend. Barns and storage areas just full of trans ams!!

[@boydscoinsandcurrency2536]

Does it have the 400 Pontiac or 403 Olds engine?

[@caspar0777]

It looks like a pontiac 400. The oldsmobile has the oil filler in the front of the engine

[@sprsprtrudy]

6.6 litre on the scoop was the buick/olds engine. 6.6 t/a was the Pontiac 400

[@shawnmcroy1]

The Oldsmobile motors were not an option in 1977. So if it’s the original Z motor (Pontiac 400). They moved to the olds motors in 1979. However in 1979 they had 1,107 left over Pontiac 400s left over that went into 1,107 1979 Trans Am’s. Before then was Pontiac motors, and the latter were Oldsmobile motors.

[@scottpeterson4873]

@@caspar0777 Exactly, if it was ca emissions car it would be oldsmobile 403 v8 but no oil tube in the center of the intake makes it a pontiac 400 most likely the base 180 hp not the hotter 200hp w72 option. that would read: t/a 6.6. Still there are many ways to wake it up. Nice find, mostly there and original and solid. nice original car.

[@derrickjackson6737]

That's a 400 V8 200 Hp at the time

[@stephenflowers8516]

It's definitely not 245,000. 145,00 back then the motor was in need of a total rebuild.

[@harwoods11]

That musta been stored in a very nice barn 🙄

[@roymarksberry4152]

If you got it cheap enough you will be alright cause? It's gonna take a lot of money to put it back right

[@youtubefreespeech]

Anyone got a 78 project for sale?

[@dougknoke5111]

Douglas knoke

[@minuteman5369]

455?

[@crankychris2]

403 Olds

[@thomasmagda4580]

I like the 79 better!

[@garylankford9306]

They had a turbo version that was pretty cool, I think 79 or 80.

[@1967davethewave]

@@garylankford9306 '80/'81 were the years that the 301 Turbo was available. Most of the '79's built had the 403 Olds motor with 8,693 being built with the 400 Pontiac engine and about 10,000 more being built with the 301 Pontiac engine.

[@stevep4574]

Where's Sally Field??

[@barrycarlisle4511]

She would be about as ratty as the car by now. Lol..

[@stevep4574]

@@barrycarlisle4511 The car actually looks better!

[@derrickjackson6737]

Sally Field toot her ASS at the Bandit

[@stevep4574]

@@derrickjackson6737 Lucky bastard.

[@randyjohnson6845]

She was smoking hot in 77

[@benij.2621]

Back when I was 22 years old in the year 1980 but my first car 1978 Trans am skyblue with diamonds Wheels with little bit over 12.000 miles I put 4:800 down payment and 9:500.a 375 monthly payments total $14:200 still got the paperwork my trans am die 22 years later my brother and is friend crush in to a big three those fools almost kill them self's the passenger right hip came of my bro broke is right two ribs and right hand was broke to They broke the windshield all this happen in the year 2001 anyway the car was a jonker at the time the engine was smoking the interior was a mess had more than 150:000 miles the was a long sad history 😔

[@smallfaucet]

Wow, aren't you glad they don't make 'em that ugly anymore??

[@1967davethewave]

Are you looking in the mirror again?

[@ynotdrappehs7440]

The one guy is complaining about so many items. That car is probably only a 45K mile car.That's not the stock spare. A stock spare was a deflated thin doughnut tire. Used to save space and weight. They should be happy just finding one that clean. The minimal things that are "not desired" give it character. These modern day "replace everything with fake aftermarket " because it's not perfect just ruin the cars. All of you "High rollers" out there have taken the muscle car out of the young guys dream to now be unobtainable. So you can park it along with the other 200 cars you own. Just to be able to brag "look what I have". Well you suck. Period. Thanks for ruining the one great thing about having fun. Also you take a vin off a car and buy all aftermarket sheet metal, to build a fresh car. THAT'S NOT A REAL CAR IT'S A KIT CAR. Might as well make it out of fiber glass. Rant over move along. Back to messing with history.

[@johnr5252]

Get rid of the stupid screaming chicken and the God awful gold wheels, and you might have something.