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Pontiac Trans Am (1971)
for sale

Price: US $200.00

Description:

Ask yourself this, when is the last time you ran up on one of these? What an incredible find. I caught word of this car through a friend of mine and blew it off. I said yeah right, ’71 Trans Am, original condition, unmolested, 455HO, 4-speed car, only 885 ever made, what are the chances of that being a real one. Then I saw a picture. I loaded up the truck and trailer, went to look at it and came home with it. I could not believe my eyes when I saw it. THE REAL DEAL. Here is your chance to own a piece of muscle car history, a real barn find.
HISTORY
I bought this car from an estate. The wife told me her husband had purchased the car from a swap meet years ago, always wanted to restore the car but never got around to it. She said it was running and driving when he bought it, he put it in the old barn and that is where it sat. I have sent off for the PHS documents to verify the car is a real Trans AM and I have gotten the information verifying that it is a real Trans AM. Those documents will come along with the car.
CONDITION
I have been all over the car and I will describe it as well as I possibly can. I have not touched the car, I haven’t even washed the dirt and grime off of it. The best I can tell it has never been restored. I have not attempted to get the car running, she said it ran when he parked it. The car retains all of its original sheet metal and has never had any patches or metal replaced. The paint on the car is old and faded and so are the original stripes. The interior is old but complete. There is very very minimal rust in/on the car. Most of it is all superficial with no rust through. The only areas on the car I have found it one area in the driverside front floor or toeboard area. Two small holes, about the size of a ping pong ball maybe and the other is actually on the roof. There are some pin holes in one area. The rest of the floors are great, all original, as is the trunk, the drop offs the quarters, the doors, the fenders no rust though at all. The car is amazingly solid and what I consider to be on the upper end of the scale when it comes to condition. It appears to me the car wears its original paint. I cannot be positive about that but I can see no evidence of it ever being painted, no overspray other than on the front lip of the hood and that looks factory. No tape lines in the doors or anywhere. Like I said I cannot guarantee that but cannot find any evidence to contradict that either. The interior appears to be all original. It is not perfect but it is all there. It looks as if the previous owner may have replaced or was trying to replace the heat core. All of the duct work was removed, (I have it all) and the original radio had been removed (I have that as well). It has the original spare, jack and all of the accessories in the trunk. It shows 43k miles on the odometer which I have no way of confirming if that is 43 or 143.
DECODING AND NUMBERS
I have spent a good deal of time trying to verify what it original and what isn’t. What I can come up with I will list below, it looks like this car retains almost all of its original drivetrain other than the original short block. It look likes it has a “Service Replacement” short block. It is unstamped with a vin or code up top. On the lower VIN pad it is stamped “SR83387”. The rest of the heads, intake, carb, distributor are all original. The trans still has its original “WO” code tag on the side of it making it an M-22. The rear still has its original Posi –track tag hanging from it. It looks very original under the hood with all of the wiring still in place, original clamps on the hoses, everything under the hood with the exception of the main A/C line which was in the trunk. It just needs to be installed. It is very complete and original. Below I will list the casting numbers for the engine and other pertinent info.
ENGINE CASTING NUMBER
485428
ENGINE VIN AREA
SR83387
HEADS
197
CARB
7041267
DISTRIBUTOR
1112073
TRANS
978766 W0
VIN NUMBER
22887
COWL TAG DENOTES
WS4
NORWOOD BUILT CAR
DEALER ORDER SHEET OPTIONS
TRANS AM
RADIO-P/S
ROOF MLDG
GLASS S/R AL
CONSOLE FRT
MLD-8/REVEAL
AIR COND-MAN
SOLD TO WOODFIN-SMITH PONTIAC, BATON ROUGE, LA
COWL TAG READS
WS4
– DENOTES TRANS AM
PNT
11 CAMEO WHITE
TRIM
201 STANDARD BLUE INTERIOR
SUMMARY
This is one of the most complete cars that you will ever find in one of the most unmolested condtions imaginable. It will need to be completely restored but what you start with is an awesome car. Very very little rust. You will be hard pressed to find another one like it anywhere. Cars like this are almost non-existent these days. The value of these cars as we all know have sky rocketed and this car is a blue chip investment. Do not miss your chance to own this one, you may never see another like it. If you have any questions regarding the car please give me a call. 804-240-6164
CASH IN HAND TALKS
Business
This car is sold as is where is with no warranty expressed or implied. The car is not running and will need to be towed or picked up by a shipper. Shipping is the responsibility of the purchaser. The car is available for inspection by appointment. I encourage you to come and look at the car or have someone look at it for you. PLEASE HAVE YOUR MONEY STRAIGHT BEFORE YOU BID
. I will accept cash in person, a wire transfer or a certified check. If you pay by certified check I will hold the car 10 days until the check clears before I release it. A non-refundable $1000.00 deposit is due upon the completion of the auction and the remainder of the balance is due 7 days after auction close unless other arrangements have been made PRIOR to auction close.
If you have no feedback or excessive negative feedback contact me prior to bidding you are subject to having your bid cancelled. I reserve the right to shut the action down at anytime. I will hold the car for a reasonable amount of time to give the winning bidder time to arrange shipment or pick up. BID WITH CONFICENCE

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