The Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, like nearly every muscle car ever made, has had a rich afterlife after death. The latest proof is the Trans Am Super Duty, a restomod built by a Florida shop that shows that there are still buyers who will pay big money to live their Trans Am dreams.
The Trans Am Super Duty is powered by a supercharged 7.4-liter V-8 making over 1,000 horsepower that’s mated to a six-speed manual transmission. That’s a significant bump over the car the Trans Am Super Duty is based on, which is a Camaro.
The car is not the Camaro in most other respects, too, with the interior getting a bespoke redesign, the body panels changed, the bumpers changed, the front grille reworked, and the headlights and tail lights updated, too. Obviously, there is a bird on the hood, the screaming chicken.
The Trans Am Super Duty from above.
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Trans Am Worldwide built just 50 examples of the Super Duty, with this blue one built in 2017. A yellow one is also up for sale on Trans Am Worldwide’s website, which says it is the last Super Duty ever built, and thus possibly historic. That car has “T-tops, custom interior, full chrome treatment, polished aluminum engine bay, and wheels.” The price is not disclosed.
The blue Trans Am Super Duty, meanwhile, could be yours for $275,000, on sale now at a different shop called Trans Am Specialties, which is also in Florida. There is an additional black Trans Am Super Duty for sale there, too, but that one is slightly more inconspicuous than the blue one, which is not what you want when you buy a $275,000 ersatz Trans Am. You want a car that screams, like a chicken.
It should also be said that the Trans Am Super Duty is also squarely in line with what the Firebird Trans Am was when it was first introduced in 1969 before becoming an icon of the 1970s. The Firebird Trans Am was kitschy, over-the-top, too-much, and “bad,” a car that did all it could to distract from the respectable piece of hardware underneath. In that sense, the Trans Am Super Duty is a worthy heir.
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Erik Shilling