A little back story. My neighbor is a landlord. He always asks me car questions, mower questions, etc, etc... So the other day, he comes up to me, says "I gotta car question for you..." Turns out a renter up and left, and left two cars in the garage. My neighbor has tried to get ahold of him to no avail. So he says, "It's a firebird I think..." So I show him some pics of the various generations and he identifies it as a second gen. Umm, ok, cool. He then tells me he'll get some pics and the VIN# and if I want it, it's mine, just come get it (it's down in the city). Well that went from "umm, ok.." to "F-Yea". Later that evening he sends me a few pics in the garage (so nothing great), then the VIN#. So I go look it up. Turns out it is a 1980 Trans Am Indy Pace Car... OH HELLL YEA!!! I tell him what it is and he stands by his comment, if I want it, it's mine, just come and get it. So last Wednesday, we did that. I rented a tow dolly and went down to the city...
So a little on the car. As mentioned, 1980 Pontiac Trans Am Indy Pace car. All furious 4.9L of turbo 301 goodness. Basically if you're a Smokey and the Bandit II fan, this is the same car, just in white paint with all the options ticked off as one package...
The neighbor still has to work out the title. He's going to have to try doing a mechanics lien, then we'll make a $1 transaction or something, but I have it in the driveway at the other house. I'm not going to spend a lot of $ on it until it's mine, but I have ordered a new ignition switch (which comes with a key), in order to get it started, straighten the front wheels and driveable. Also needs a battery, I've been running the electrical off my big Schumacher charger/jumper.
So on to the important things... Pics...
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Then Sunday I was able to get the hood open (it's a funky mechanism on these cars...). Enjoy all this turbo 301 goodness;
If you can't get the back seat back, back on the hooks, just bungy cord it through the metal frame on the seat back through the trunk holes... 
