What was the name of the 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am?
What was the name of the 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am? Instead of a “screaming chicken”, the 1979 Firebird Trans Am should have a pterodactyl on the hood. This is truly a living dinosaur, the very last direct descendant of the the original big block/hi-po pony car. When did the Pontiac Firebird hit its peak? Firebird and TA sales soared during this period, and hit a phenomenal peak in 1979: some 210k Firebirds total, of which over half were TAs. And even though the Firebird was the more visible of the two, the Camaro sold in even bigger numbers. What...