Since day one, Rutgers University engineering student Brian DeLuca turned every wrench on his 1997 Ram Air Trans Am convertible in his Lawrenceville, N.J., garage with the help of his father.

I t would be easy to think that peak Pontiac was around about the time when Burt Reynolds put on a cowboy hat and a red shirt. But there is more to the Trans Am than its Smokey an ...

When Pontiac debuted the first Firebird in 1967, the popular engine of choice was the 400-cubic inch, 4-barrel carburetor V8 with Ram Air ... Trans Am featured one. The Trans Am shaker hood ...

The Trans Am wasn't yet a hit in 1970 ... For example, Pontiac praised the shaker hood, which sported rear-facing inlets specifically to feed fresh air into the Ram Air engine.

Our Tallahassee, Florida-based pals at Trans Am Worldwide finally ventured out to our hometown auto show to show off two cars: the nearly sold out (just one left!) Super Duty model we reported on ...