The movie Smokey and the Bandit made the 1977 Pontiac Trans Am an American automotive icon. Decades later, this car's owner made it into a street-legal drag beast.

1974 Pontiac Trans Am Super Duty Drag Races 1970 Ford Torino Super ... increasing compression to 11.3:1 and boosting output to 370 hp. Adding the Drag Pack with 3.91 or 4.30 gears upgraded ...

The Gold 455 Super Duty Trans Am looks excellent all around. It’s a fitting tribute to the Warmack brothers’ late father, Ted ...

The overhaul is a 655-hp, 610-lb-ft walk down Memory Drag Strip. ... black and gold. The Trans Am rumbles like a speedboat and backfires like a Sprint Cup car.

It takes a noble man to reimagine Smokey and the Bandit’s 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am.It takes a wise man to use the erstwhile coupe’s step brother, the Chevy Camaro SS, as the base. And it ...

This Gold Bird Trans Am is also said to come fully loaded with many factory options such as AC, the 400ci (6.6-liter) V8 with the WS6 performance package, a four-speed auto transmission, powered ...

To take on the Demon, Trans Am worked with a willing owner to develop its first dedicated drag car. You'd think the Super Duty's 1,000 hp would have been plenty when compared to the heavier Demon ...

It’s a tale old as time. Back in 1979, Eric Dickerson was known as one of the best high school football players in the country, and Texas A&M had its eyes set on him.

The popularity of the Trans Am was already on the rise in the late ‘70s, so Pontiac decided to increase the consumer appeal of the car with another special edition in 1978. The Y88 Gold Special ...