{"id":299541,"date":"2017-08-10T02:47:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T02:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=299541"},"modified":"2024-05-06T19:27:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T19:27:07","slug":"watch-the-transformation-of-this-pontiac-firebird-trans-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/watch-the-transformation-of-this-pontiac-firebird-trans-am\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Watch the Transformation of this Pontiac Firebird Trans Am"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FWd9CaAfbp0\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FWd9CaAfbp0\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always wanted a V8, manual, rear-drive\u2014and then there was Smokey and the Bandit,\u201d says Gregg Hamilton, \u201cWhen I moved here to America, [I realized] this is the only place in the world where I can really own one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wanting something that was American, Hamilton settled on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1969-pontiac-trans-ram-air-iii-gallery\/\">Pontiac Trans Am<\/a>. Using tricks learned from years of working with some of the best World Rally Championship teams in the world, including Toyota Team Europe and Prodrive, Hamilton\u2019s Firebird was given handling to match its extensive engine modifications.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI needed something to do, so we found this car on eBay, and flew to Alabama, picked it up at the airport sight unseen\u2026[and] it sort of just evolved into what it is today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From its wider bodywork to the custom engine computer, to fully revised suspension and brakes, it\u2019s \u201cabout as quick as a Z06 Corvette,\u201d he says. Sound far-fetched? As someone whose day job is spent building and testing Ken Block\u2019s latest projects, we\u2019d believe him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like the mechanical-ness of it. 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