The Trans Am was still in its early days in 1970, with Pontiac producing only 3,196 units for this model year. The base Firebird and the Esprit dominated this year with 18,874 and 18,961 units, ...

General Motors was caught flat-footed when Ford introduced the Mustang for the 1964 ½ model year. Sure, the General had built its share of muscle cars in the past — generally they were versions of ...

In the Golden Age of American Muscle, Chevrolet designated its performance trims with "SS", while Dodge put "R/T" on their baddest variants, but the Chevelle or Charger was always the star of the show ...

Anyone familiar with today's musclecar market knows the effects major collector-car auctions have had upon the hobby in recent years. Not only are low-production, numbers-matching Pontiacs drawing ...

We all know the story. The muscle car changed the automotive landscape in the USA for eternity in the '60s. The genre officially started with the Pontiac GTO of 1964 and snowballed when every ...

Chevrolet rolled out the 1967 Chevy Camaro in late September 1966 in response to the exceedingly successful Ford Mustang. Five months later, Pontiac got an F-body car of its own in the 1967 Pontiac ...

Loren Sheffer of Delray Beach, Florida, however, wasn't driven by monetary profit when building his Pontiac. The 52-year old professional investor's '70 1/2 Trans Am was built purely for enjoyment.