![]() ![]() We got the car into primer then my wife Tanya announced she was pregnant with my firstborn, I was also trying to renovate our cottage and Dad had become ill with cancer, which he thankfully recovered from, so the Trans Am went on the back burner.” It’s a rubberised part and difficult to strip since anything caustic could melt it, so that had to be stripped slowly by hand. The nose cone paint was peeling following previous accident repair. We wanted it mint, so Dad stripped it back to bare metal using paint stripper and elbow grease and we had an old chap locally cut out the rot then weld in new metal and lead fill-in. “Everyone around knew the car and it had become a bit famous locally, but rust was starting to take hold around the rear window and the wheel arches. With the Trans Am repaired and with an MoT, Joe used it for a couple of years. ![]() “IF YOU WANT TO HIRE BLUE THUNDER FOR AN EVENT, OR FANCY ONE OF JOE’S OTHER CARS, A DELOREAN OR CHRYSLER 300C HEMI, YOU CAN FIND CHEVRON CARS ‘BLUE THUNDER TRANS AM’ ON FACEBOOK OR CALL 07909 983009.” I went straight over and brought it home, then was so eager to hear the V8 I drove it around some waste ground without brakes, just stopping on the parking brake.” “I really wanted the car so I phoned him again and he finally agreed to sell. “I agreed immediately, then for the next six weeks the seller kept changing his mind.” At this point many of us would have considered giving up, but not Joe. It was solid, never welded, with next to no rust and, for me, total love at first sight.” The Trans Am was on axle stands because the wheels and brake pipes were removed and it had sat unused for two years, but it was only £1600. Then in 2003 my dad Joseph heard about a car for sale in Great Yarmouth, about 45 minutes away. ![]() “I started searching all over, but every example I looked at was rusty and after a while I just lost heart. “Smokey and the Bandit was what influenced me to buy the car,” admits Joe. Joe London really began wanting a Pontiac Trans Am after he’d watched a certain Seventies movie, and there are no prizes for guessing which one. Please contact us anytime for more information or to come see the vehicle in person.Having purchased his dream 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, Joe London began restoring the car and added a few individual touches along the way – as you do! The website is and our phone number is (888) 227-0914. This vehicle is located in our showroom in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, conveniently located just 1-hour west of Philadelphia on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. Also, a 400 vehicle barn find collection is on display. You will be picking up the basics with this roller, although body work is done for the most part, just the big decisions as to power, interior and color willed to be taken on… Not for the faint of heart, but in the end totally YOURS.Ĭlassic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special interest automobile showroom, featuring over 600 vehicles for sale with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Be creative!Īppearing structurally sound underneath, some surface rust is present floorpans and rockers are rust free and sound, and many mechanicals need to be installed anew. No engine or transmission is currently in this car so again an open canvas to put in whatever you want to. The original dash is intact, however based on the wiring hanging below, someone with some automotive knowledge will be summoned at some point. White seats with some black and white inserts in cloth, now sits in need of restoration. Various parts are stuffed into the rear passenger compartment, and others in the trunk, but a complete inventory will have to be performed in person to actually sift through the remaining parts, which appear to be numerous. It's a shell if you will, with no rear glass, it does have it's T-top glass and windshield. So now for consignment a dream-maker, empty pallet, a way to march to your drummer's beat with this incomplete roller from 1980 and taking the form of the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am.Īll panels are sanded and prepped, rust free and bathed in primer. Now through two owners with the good intentions of restoring the car, sadly time and other life events got in the way and prevented that from happening. It was with wide eyes, hopes and dreams, and the fantasy of a dream car build that we bring you this consignment. have all won multiple championships under the Trans Am name. Names like Tommy Kendall, Mark Donohue, Peter Gregg, Bob Tullius and Wally Dallenbach, Jr. Throughout the years, some of the greatest names in motorsports have participated in the Trans Am Series. The Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli is America's Road Racing Series and dates back to 1966. ![]()
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