1969 Trans Am Barn Find

fbirdguy · #1 07-07-2009, 11:18 AM

I have been lurking here forever but thought I finally have a car worthy of posting. I have always been a Firebird guy since I was young and have always wanted a 1968 400 4 speed conv or a 1969 4 speed Trans Am.

Well I finally found the Trans Am in January. I picked it up from the original owner. It has 114,500 miles on it and has not been driven since 1982. All of the upper surfaces are original paint but there have been spot repairs around the bottom from various dings when it was his daily driver until parked in 82.

It is complete including all ramair pans, manifolds, etc. It has original carb, intake, alternator, starter, etc. It has the original exhaust including rusted out muffler. Luckily the car has hardly any rust at all. The trunk and floor pans are perfect. The original polyglas spare and rally wheel are on the front drivers side of the car. Here are pics of the car on the trailer coming home.

It has great documentation including: window sticker, warranty info, protecto plate, owners manual, bill of sale, receipt for deposit, receipt for DMV, pre-delivery inspection, and all registration cards from 1969-1979.

All of the interior is original, well, except for the wonderful speaker cutouts. The car did not come with gauges so the owner installed them in 1969. He installed the 8 track in 1972. Everything works great including the original AM radio.

Here are the as found engine pics.

The trunk is very clean.

Here are some undercarriage shots.

Here is a pic of it waiting to get road ready again in my warehouse/dealership.

I will save you all of the boring pics of getting a car rolling again after 27 years. I am sure most of you have been there. I will post the current pics of the car tomorrow.

Here is a link to the whole story and links to over 1,200 pics for all of you gluttons for punishment.

Thanks for following along,
Richie

69 Trans Am thread

**gb70** · #2 07-07-2009, 05:50 PM

Welcome aboard! What a find!

**CC Rider** · #3 07-07-2009, 08:00 PM

Thanks for posting!

**Atuckman** · #4 07-07-2009, 08:03 PM

great story and find. congrats.

**mockingbird812** · #5 07-07-2009, 08:14 PM

Wow and wow Richie

! What a find and it is in such nice shape and with all of the docs! Please feel free to "bore" away. Nice warehouse.

Welcome Aboard!

**PeteLeathersac** · #6 07-07-2009, 08:27 PM

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NGRATS!!!

Very strange part of the story is the Camaro Vin stamping?

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~ Pete

**SS427** · #7 07-07-2009, 09:06 PM

Wow is right! Congrats as well and welcome aboard. Beautiful collection you have in the warehouse. Let's see more!

jeff-san · #8 07-07-2009, 09:22 PM

awesome find. thanks for sharing the story. I just killed an hour looking at all of the photo docs that you posted. well done!

fbirdguy · #9 07-07-2009, 09:50 PM

Thanks for the welcome! Here are some pics I especially like, the original owner Sam, driving the car for the first time in 27 years. He has some great stories. I also had him sign the decklid.

Here are some pics of the cars first show in Benicia, Ca recently. The car has turned out to be a great driver. I drive it to work most days, take my kids to daycare in it, and run my errands as well. It sits in the Sam's Club parking lot quite often. The best part is everyone thinks it is fake so no one messes with it.

agtw31 · #10 07-07-2009, 11:55 PM

is this your car on youtube?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG37y...eature=related

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