My new car!

[RocKin1967]

I got a sweet new ride!, its a 1979 Trans Am its got t-tops!!!!!!! man i love those things it has a 403 olds motor, th-350 with a shift kit, 373 posi 4wheel disc, a/c, radio ,power windows (i feel weird saying that lol) everything works on the car, and its got a shaker hood ad the screaming chicken on the hood, n its blue and gold but it does need some paint and their isnt much rust on the car. i got it for $2200... so yea its gonna be my dailey driver lol....im not kidding by the way lol . so i got a question, it was an origional 4spd car and i want to convert it back since i have a muncie but would my chevy bellhousing bolt up to this motor? or will i need some other bellhousing, n is their anything i should know about this motor, good,bad, kool? lol well thanks 4 reading later dudes .

[N20LT4Bird]

Congrats. A chevy bellhousing is different from the Pontiac and Olds bellhousing....

[Joe 1320]

congrats....

anything you should know? yep. The rear end steps around pretty easy. The 403 is a good torque motor, just don't try to spin it very high without major mods. Get subframe connectors!

[PontiacFan]

Congrat's, Sounds like a good fun project!

BOP, Buick Olds Pontiac transmission bellhousings are different.

Look at these, ...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33727

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...spagename=WDVW

See the "U" shape at the top of the bellhousing? That's the easiest way to recognize them.

Good Luck!

[95TransAm]

Congrats on the new ride, sounds pretty sweet. I love 2nd gen T/A's....especially with T-Tops. First chance you get, you gotta take some pics and post 'em!

Congrats again and good luck with her

[Performin Norman]

Congrats. How about some pics.

[redws6]

if you wanna keep it auto i have a b&m megashifter still brand new in the box ill sell to you for $100

[RocKin1967]

thanks guys, that rear does swing out like nothing lol i went to get some gas n it was a lil wet hehe i felt like i was in a drifitng comp. well i just took some pics today but i have no idea how 2 post them? some help please.

[pete]

I had a '78 back in the day. The Hurst t-tops leaked...........alot. I had to keep big garbage bags so I could cover the crushed velor seats when it rained or was washed. Finally put silicone grease on the weather stripping for them after the 10th time the factory replaced them, and didn't take them out anymore.

I probably put 150,000 miles on it before I sold it. Repainted it once. Major repair was a bad wheel bearing. It was a Pontiac 400 with the 350TH automatic, and posi. Yes, it would hang the rear end out to either side when you jumped on it.

[markd79ta]

Yep, my '79 is definitely may favorite car. It is still in the same condition as it was in when it rolled off the dealer lot. I have owned the car for 15 years. My brother and I got the car from the original owner back in 1987; the original owner kept it in the garage and put all of 26k on it. I bought out my brother in '90, and garaged it. It is a pretty unusual car with the two tone interior and the nocturne blue paint.

If you can put it back to a 400 4sp, do it!!!

[wood]

thanks guys, that rear does swing out like nothing lol i went to get some gas n it was a lil wet hehe i felt like i was in a drifitng comp. well i just took some pics today but i have no idea how 2 post them? some help please.

There are a few ways you could do it, I recommend making a free account at photobucket.com and uploading the pictures from your computer to that site and they will host them for free.. then to post the actual picture on these boards just use the button on the top for img or if you know html just copy the photobucket link to your picture and put it inbetween this: [img][/img] it would look something like this, except you would just see the picture.

[img ]www.photobucket.com/rocking1967/carpic.jpg[/img ]

without the spaces of corse. You would need a digital camera or a webcam as well to upload the pictures to your computer.

[RocKin1967]

well i got the pics up on photo bucket n i hope this works, n thanks to the dude that told me how to do this cant remember ur username. enjoy

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79...7/c02c60d6.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79...7/TransAm4.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79...7/TransAm3.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79...7/TransAm2.jpg

[LOUD2000T/A]

nice car man. My buddy found a '79 like that for $600 bucks a few years back with the olds motor and everything. the brakes on all four wheels were frozen and the engine leaked like a civ. we rebuiilt the whole motor with 455 heads & a nice cam & stuff, put a shift kit in it and like a 2800 stall converter, and did the whole body up to primer. the thing was sweet, it would bake the tires all day long. he ended up sellin it to his girlfriend (ex now) and she trashed the thing.... its a damn shame. anyway, congratulations and good luck with it.

[wood]

well i got the pics up on photo bucket n i hope this works, n thanks to the dude that told me how to do this cant remember ur username. enjoy

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79...7/c02c60d6.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79...7/TransAm4.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79...7/TransAm3.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79...7/TransAm2.jpg

nice car, is that the same year as the smokey and the bandit car? I think so. Yeah that guy who told you how to post those was real cool.

[RocKin1967]

nice car, is that the same year as the smokey and the bandit car? I think so. Yeah that guy who told you how to post those was real cool.

lol yea too bad hes got one of them 3rd gens.. ohh snap lol j/k man urs looks sweet too especially with that Lt1 in their. well the smokey n the bandit was a 77 the front end was diff and the color thats about it.