It was supposed to be Pontiac's entry into the SCCA Trans Am Series, but those plans fell through when the 303 Ram Air V engine did not make production.īack to why only 8 Trans Am convertibles were sold. The extra tooling required to produce each car, plus the extra prep work, made the price of the Trans Am option a bit much and sales were sluggish. The 1969 Trans Am was designed and marketed towards the more serious performance enthusiast. Not that the model didn't have great performance to start with, but the addition of "stickers and a wing" served no functional purpose other than to draw attention. No sir, a "stickers car" would be a model that had no performance improvements over the car it was derived from. That article started the chase that lasted 40 years until the last one - Gordon's car - was "found" just north of Detroit. One of those was in Massachusetts out near Boston and the other was in New Orleans. I found this rather interesting reading so I thought I would share it with the rest of you. In this issue the editor also states that there were eight T/A convertibles built in 69 with four being four-speed and four being automatics. This is the #7 T/A convertible that was restored by The Finer Details several years ago and is also part of the Brothers Collection. This is the #1 T/A convertible that was restored by Level One several years ago and is part of the Brothers Collection.Īlso in the November 78 issue there is a letter from Charles Adams stating he is the original owner of VIN 223679N109938 and that the car is in perfect condition and is one of his proudest possessions. ![]() At the time he was using it as daily transportation and to tow his boat on the weekends. The car had 62K miles and still had the original drivetrain. He purchased the car in 73 and is the second owner. In the November 78 issue there is a letter from Ken Edgerton stating he owns a 69 T/A convertible with VIN 223679N104808. This is the #2 T/A convertible with a Parchment interior that is currently owned by D. The editor confirmed that it was a T/A convertible. At the time it was stored in his buddies barn, but he supplied the VIN 223679N104810 and asked the editor if it could be one of the two 69 T/A convertibles. He had been told that there was no such thing as a Trans Am convertible so he thought it was just a Firebird. In the August 78 issue Ted Gallas wrote in saying he had purchased a 69 Firebird convertible several years earlier with a big block Chevy engine in it that looked just like the one pictured in the article except it was a convertible. I happened to start with Hot Rod and in the April 78 issue they had a story on the Trans Am and mention that only two convertibles were built in 69. ![]() Since winter has finally arrived I decided to spend some time looking through some old magazines I have.
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