1981 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am

1981 Pontiac Firebird Bandit Edition Turbo Trans Am The sporty Firebird was Pontiac's answer to the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro. The car combined an available big V-8 with aggressive, attention-grabbing styling and delivered it in a relatively practical four-passenger package.  Like it's pony-car competitors, the rear wheel drive Firebird offered tire smoking power and impressive acceleration. The F-body platform on which it and the Camaro were based, however, was arguably well past its prime by the early 2000s. 2002 was the final year of production for Pontiac's iconic but dated speed machine. The Trans Am was the pumped-up, V-8-powered model. For consignment, a 94,891 non actual mile 1981 version of the screaming chicken adorned hood, T topped, PHS documented, black and gold, (hi oooooh!), Trans AM from Pontiac. This car is also one of the 5,263 Bandit Editions built, was completely redone in 2016 by Legacy Innovations, competed in the 2013 Bandit Run, and has only been driven 550 miles in the last 9 years. Let's take a spin, evade Buford and his son Junior, stop at the nearest choke and puke and this time, let's avoid the Diablo sandwich and Dr. Pepper.  ***Due to varying emissions control devices being removed, please check with your state, county, local or provincial motor vehicle department to verify the ability to legally register this vehicle in your area*** Exterior Code 19, Starlite Black, bathes the exterior of this racy looking car. It will stand out in a crowd with a gold screaming chicken decal, two color, (gold and tan), decal badging, and gold turbine styled wheels. All fender flaring, neoprene bumpers matching the body black and a rear spoiler look to be in top notch condition with nearly no flaws in the finish and certainly no rust. Side vents can be seen on the front quarters, and a chin spoiler is just below the gold stripe highlighted black grilles. The back is more racy with the rear spoiler and ribbed black horizontal bar panel to use the taillights. Another deep end of the pool black neoprene bumper is hanging on the bottom. Up top it features black smoked glass for the removable T top and all trimmings for the side windows are in black and highlighted in gold. The gold from the hood decal encompasses the A pillars and moves to the top. A turbo hood, with lighting on the back of the scoop to indicate boost levels hovers above the quad of headlights and has the Turbo 4.9 decaling. Some gold pinstriping also shows up and offers up some nice highlighting to the gold and tan tones on the black. Interior Light Doeskin is the color motif for the interior chosen and is the perfect compliment to the black. Swinging the long doors and getting past the Doeskin colored vinyl door panels are showing a side view mirror toggle, power lock actuator, and some thin shiny trimmings we are greeted with high back buckets in front and a 2 plus 2 bench for the back. These are covered in broadcloth in light tan with some vertical striping and shallow tuck and roll inserts. The bolsters are a smooth, slightly darker Doeskin and all is looking just fab. A chocolate brown console shoots forward between the buckets and houses a glovebox, power window switches, and shift lever. As it rises it meets the circle machined pattern aluminum dash that houses black faced original gauges all held within a crack free chocolate brown padded dash. There are plenty of them as well, all in circle form, even a factory tachometer, and a clock is seen on drivers left. Air conditioning, a multitude of gauges, a see through roof, power windows, tilt steering wheel, AM/FM/CD stereo, and rear window defogger. What more could you want?  Oh, I know, read on! Drivetrain Under the screaming hood is a numbers matching 301ci turbocharged V8. It has a single 4-barrel carburetor on top and a TH350 3-speed automatic on back. A 10-bolt 3.08 Positraction rear axle spins the tires. This engine bay has been restor