Boss's former car...

[restoman]

I'm pretty surethis used to belong to a former boss.
How many Strawberry Red '76 Trans Ams with the roof converted to T tops can there be in Sarnia?

http://sarnia.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-classic-cars-1976-Pontiac-Trans-Am-Coupe-W0QQAdIdZ435361867


If it is, the seller has taken some liberties with the car as well as the wording in his ad. If not, I apologize.


I liked it better before the flares were molded in and the Screaming Eagle disappeared from the hood. It was a slow machine, but it was nice to drive. Those wheels are hideous, as well. It had snowflake rims on it the last I saw.
I did have some rust, if it's the same car. I hung both quarters on it and did some floor work under the rear seat.

I converted it to T roofs back around '88 or so. I don't think they were a factory option in '76, but could be wrong.

The '70 Cutlass in one of the pics belongs to the brother of a friend. Nice soid car.

 

[Diplomat_Wagon]

Ummmmm........ wtf is up with the paint on the hood? :wtf:

 

[Dr.Jass]

Those are later-model GTA wheels, and all four rears from the look of it. The fronts have more negative offset (and look better). Snowflakes would have been wrong for the car, too. That car would have had Rally IIs or Honeycombs.

That flame treatment is awful all the way around, as is the "Trans Am" lettering.

 

[Dr.Jass]

Oh, and in '76, the T-tops would've been Hurst hatches, which were much smaller.

 

[thrashingcows]

I agree...the flame work, and lettering is hideous!!

 

[restoman]

Honeycombs... that's what they were now that I think harder about it.

The T-tops came off an absolutey mint '77 model that had a rod chucked through the block. He parted it out, even though it was in much better shape than the '76. He started the top graft and f'd it up so badly that there was no way glass was ever going to fit with what he had done. Yours truly had the job of tearing it apart and doing it properly.

This boss also thought he could put a new bird on the hood five or six hours after I resprayed it. That adventure did not end well... I had to respray the entire front clip.
Then he thought he could wait a day or two and then apply the new one outside in the sun.
I had to respray it again.
The third time was the charm (I did it).
This was back around '87 or '88, before aftermarket decals were available, they were all GM birds and VERY pricey.

Butt-headedness aside, he was a decent boss. He was no good at anything else though... one of those guys who always wanted "to show you guys how it should be done".