1977 Pontiac Trans Am SE Y82 W72 T-tops

1977 Pontiac Trans Am Y82 Black Special Edition Description

1977 Pontiac Trans Am SE Special Edition, T-Top, W72 T/A 6.6 400 V8 automatic with 67,600 original miles.This is a rare car with only 3,760 S/E’s made with t-tops and W72 automatic.I bought the car from the original owner. He purchased it new on Black Friday 1977 in Cortland NY and stored it winters until his divorce in 2004. At that point, the car was parked outside until I rescued it in 2015. Luckily, it was parked on a cement pad, on a hill, with good sunlight, so it’s not all rotted. Surprisingly, the underside looks better than the top! This is the opposite of what you typically find in this area.
Twenty years ago, I restored a similar car that won first in class at the Trans Am Nationals and was on the front cover of High Performance Pontiac magazine in 2005, so I’m pretty familiar with these cars.Since it had been sitting for over ten years, I had it towed home and went thru the mechanicals. I flushed the fuel tank, replaced the fuel lines, replaced the fuel filter, changed the plugs, wires, cap & rotor, pcv valve, breather filter, air filter, oil & filter change, coolant flush, thermostat, vacuum lines, battery, etc. Then, I put Marvel Mystery Oil in each cylinder to sit over night, said a few prayers, and the next day, I turned the crank by hand a few times to circulate the oil and it turned normally so I fired the car up and it ran great!
I polished up the wheels and painted the insides gold and replaced the center caps with the correct emblems, and installed new BF Goodrich Radial T/A’s in the correct size.I had new gas shocks installed in all four corners, replaced the rear leaf springs, sway bar links, replaced a leaky exhaust manifold gasket, and installed Pypes true dual exhaust with Dynomax mufflers with the correct splitter style exhaust tips.
The carburetor could probably use a rebuild, but it starts and runs fine and even the choke works as it should, so I left it alone.
The car runs and shifts very well and has a lot of power. The W72 package basically added a special cam, lower compression heads, chrome valve covers, 3.23 gears, and a factory shift kit. Most Trans Ams of that era had 2.41 gears and low compression and were dogs. This one is not one of those. It’ll chirp the tires going into second gear and it sounds amazing!
I bought this car in hopes that I could restore it with my son, but time went by too fast, he’s not into old cars like I am, and I have another child in college and we need a new kitchen. So, my priorities are taking a back seat for a while as it’s not the right time for me to own this car and invest money into it. This is a tremendous investment as it doesn’t need a lot of metal work like many other restorations.I have accumulated the necessary parts to restore it properly; a radiator support, a hood, and a roof. It may not need the roof, but there are pin holes in it, and I came across a roof, so I bought it. It would just need the t-tops cut into it, which I understand is pretty simple, but you'd cut them in after the roof is installed on the car.
The mechanicals are pretty much done, so restore the body and replace the interior and you will have an investment grade vehicle that will be better than money in the bank; or Wall Street because not only will it most likely rise in value, you will be able to drive it and enjoy it.
My loss is your gain as I strongly believe that these cars will be six figure cars in a decade just like many rare late 60’s cars.






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