My name is Chuck, I'm from Southern New Hampshire and am the proud owner of a 1978 Trans AM.  I've been a lifelong fan of the Pontiac brand and have previously owned two Firebirds, two Grand Prix and a Bonneville.  The Trans Am, specifically a 1977 or 1978,  has always  been my dream car and I was fortunate enough to find a three owner "California car" a few years ago.  Although the motor wasn't original, the paint was and body was rust and filer free, after 40 years of dreaming of owning one , I jumped on the opportunity.  I began looking at having the car restored by a few companies, when I was contacted by the Discovery Channel about a show they were going to make with one of the restoration companies I was talking with, they were interested in documenting the restoration, I was intrigued. After a week of negotiating the restoration price and making sure the car was going to be built to my specifications (resto-mod), I shipped the car to Florida. The car was built and featured on the Discovery Channel show Trans Am (episodes 1 and 2). My Trans Am was also displayed at the 2018 SEMA show. Thanks for having me in the group. 

Congrats on finding your Bandit! Looks great! Looks like the restoration went well! 

Funny, you mention that show. I believe the company behind the show reached out to us to find someone doing a restoration for the show. Have to find that topic. Anywho, welcome!

Welcome and bautiful T/A!!

Great looking Bandit T/A there Chuck. Welcome to FP!

So besides car shows - do you take it out and stretch her legs any? Do you do any road trips with it?

I did enjoy the Trans Am TV show. I sort of wish they did more than five episodes.

I drive this car as often as I can, she was built to drive. I stretch her legs quite often, she likes to run fast.  

Have you considered doing the Bandit Run? It's on my bucket list once I get time and money together at the same time to pull my '86 TA out of cold storage, do some badly needed and long over due maintenance to her and then I'd like to hit the road with her. She's only got 42k miles on her. I'm the original owner.  I bought it new in November of '85.

http://thebanditrun.com/

The Bandit run is on my bucket list.