Discontinued in 2002, the Firebird is considered old news by some people and a sought-after classic car by individuals in the know. The Trans Am SD-455 we’ll talk about today is the very definition of ...

Introduced for the 1969 model year as a performance version of the Firebird, the Pontiac Trans Am took its time to build momentum and really get under the public’s skin. In the first five years of ...

The Pontiac Trans Am 455 Super Duty arrived just as Detroit was being forced to turn down the volume on big cubic inches, which is exactly why it still looms so large in muscle car history. Built in ...

Introduced to the press during Pontiac’s annual model line preview in the summer of 1972, the Super Duty 455 was enthusiastically received. It had a block, heads, rotating assembly, intake manifold, ...

My passion for Pontiacs goes all the way back to 1975. I was living in Beirut, Lebanon, and I received a call from a gentleman an hour's drive from the city, who wanted to sell a Pontiac. I didn't ...

The Muscle Car Wars hit their peak in 1970 with the final year of full-power madness from GM and Ford. MOPAR gave it one more year, then caved to the federal emissions and economy standards. In 1971, ...

As promised in Part II, we will tackle the cooling and electronics aspects of the GM Performance Parts (GMPP) 4L85-E SuperMatic trans swap in this article. First, here's a brief review. Part I (Feb.