it's time for show-off Sunday, where everyone has a chance to show off their
own car and here's this week's winner, hey everyone this is Mitch grooms
you can find my YouTube channel under my name, this is my all original
1981 special edition Firebird turbo Trans Am 4.9, she is original and her name is
actually patina 2, she does have patina, I purchased her from the guy that
purchased her from the original owner, is sat outside till 2007 until 2014, I
bought her home, got her running and now she's a daily driver
she runs perfect, she's not that pretty, but let's give it to the girl, she's
doing pretty good at this age
all right so what you're getting ready to see is original documentation that
the owner received when he purchased the car in 1981, right there in the very
top, you'll see the build sheet, we had to replace the gas tank had holes in it
right there next is the famous advertisement Pontiac did on this model
my car should look like that, it doesn't at this point, the other
stuff is what you would receive when purchasing this car, up next is the
window sticker, it's very rare to see a window sticker that people still have
this is what sold me on the car, without this I wouldn't have purchase this
car, I love original, your only original once keep that in mind, to me
it don't have to be pretty, I like original stuff, people always say, oh it's
ugly it's ugly, well you know what it is, that's all right
this is still running, coming up you're going to see the whopping price of this car
when purchased, the grand total when purchased twelve thousand four hundred
and sixty three dollars and twenty three cents, that has a lot of money for 1981
special editions always come with gold bezels, but the Sun is bleached all this
out, they actually made a total of 3050 of these cars that's it, very rare and so
actually very rare to find one of these cars with the original turbo 301
inside, they always were run hard and put up wet, they didn't last very long
Pontiac only made turbos in the 1980 to 1981 two years only, no cars in 80-81 were
fast, the EPA and the emissions just killed these cars
what Pontiac did is to get by this to, had to make this car survive for another
couple years so what they did is, they were before their time, they did the
turbo, not really knowing what they did but it kind of worked, it kept the car
very interesting and it helped sell the car for the next two years, GM
killed the important big engines in 1979, but it wasn't Pontiacs fault, they
were strangled by the emissions, and they had no choice to just
do this, they did the best they could
the 301 turbo produced 200 horsepower and 340 pound-feet of torque, this car
gets a bad rap because everybody says, oh my god the car is not fast, no cars were
fast in 81, this was the top dog on the market
in 1980- 81 turbo Trans Am has really been unfairly bashed by Pontiac
enthusiasts and Pontiac collectors across the world, these cars were top dog back
then, finally they're getting the recognition that they deserve, the
technology that Pontiac had at the time, Pontiac actually stood up to the plate
and took control, they did an incredible job
so guys stop the bashing of these cars, these cars are really incredible, thanks
again for your time, I appreciate you taking a ride with me, look for me on YouTube
thank you, well that was this week's video, and remember to have your car
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