GM Said No. Pontiac Built It Anyway. And It Became the Icon of an Era.

GM Said No. Pontiac Built It Anyway. And It Became the Icon of an Era. In 1968, GM banned big engines in Pontiac's pony cars and nearly killed the division's performance identity for good. What happened next was either corporate rebellion or genius — a hand-painted silver prototype, a rogue executive who personally delivered it to a magazine, a racing driver who turned it into a championship contender, and a car that vanished for forty years before a collector in Kentucky brought it back from the dead. This is the full story of the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. Music: Eyes of Glory - Aakash Gandhi, When Johnny Comes Marching Home - Cooper Cannell Photos: archive.org (public domain) Tags: Pontiac Trans Am, Firebird Trans Am, John DeLorean, muscle car history, American muscle cars, Trans Am prototype, Jerry Titus, Gene Winfield, Pontiac Firebird 1969, muscle car era, GM history, Smokey and the Bandit, pony car wars, classic car restoration, Supercar Specialties