随着1971年政府监管的加强，工厂制造的性能车的狂野时代即将结束。然而，通用汽车公司的激情部门用有史以来装配在小型跑车中的最大排量发动机做出了回应。 1968年3月推出的Trans Am套件将运动型的Firebird 400升级为合法的高性能猛兽，增加了多项升级，包括L74 ...

Due to stricter government regulations, the era of unrestrained factory-built performance was coming to an end in 1971. However, GM's excitement division answered with the largest displacement engine ...

The Super Duty designation dates to Pontiac's successful early 1960s efforts in NASCAR and the NHRA, but it lay dormant for almost a decade. By 1970, the division's street machines, although wildly ...

There may not be any other Pontiac engine that harbors as much mystique as the Super-Duty 455. Introduced in '73 as a maximum-performance effort capable of sustained 6,000-rpm operation, it was ...

"I first saw a Lucerne Blue '71 Trans Am with a four-speed, and that's what I really wanted," Paul recalls, remembering his trip to Stephens Pontiac in Daytona Beach, Florida, in early 1971, home of ...

Most classic cars end up in long-term storage due to mechanical issues that their owners never got around to fixing. And they emerge back into the light decades later with severe rust issues. However, ...

Last year, a 1974 Trans Am, powered by its original Super Duty 455, and four-speed manual, changed hands at auction for a lofty $134,400. It was no run-of-the-mill used car, of course: two owners; ...