Unveiling Pontiac's Power - Exploring the 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am with "Pontiac Mike" Janotta

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  • Welcome to our latest video featuring Pontiac expert Mike Janotta as he takes us on a thrilling journey with our stunning 1970 Lucerne Blue Pontiac Trans Am!
    Join us as Mike showcases what makes this iconic car so exciting, from its breathtaking aesthetics to its powerhouse performance. Get ready as we explore the scenic Kettle Moraine State Park in the peak of fall color, where every twist and turn reveals the true beauty of this classic masterpiece.
    During the ride, Mike delves into the intricate details of the exterior, interior, and underneath of the car, giving you an up-close look at its craftsmanship and engineering marvels. From the sleek lines to the roaring engine, every aspect of this Trans Am is a testament to Pontiac's legacy of excellence.
    But that's not all! Dive deeper into the history books with Mike as he uncovers a little-known fact: In 1970, GM made a bold move by ditching the 400ci V8 passenger car ban, paving the way for the Trans Am to unleash its full potential on the open road in 1971!
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  • @darrellsaunders4267
    @darrellsaunders4267 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Still the best looking car ever built.

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We like them too! Thanks for watching

  • @caspar0777
    @caspar0777 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    excellent looking car, I own and drive a 1971 455ho trans am, so smooth to drive! One of the best loohing cars ever made. Thanks for sharing. Cheers from France

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Cheers! Thanks for tuning in all the way over there!

    • @andrewpipitone1572
      @andrewpipitone1572 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes to me the 1970 to 1973 Formula is the most georgous car. The next cars i like is the 69 GTO convertable 4 sp and than the 68 ss rs camaro. But this is my favorite car of all time. The compliments I get everyday i take it out is wild.

    • @MultiCamdaddy
      @MultiCamdaddy หลายเดือนก่อน

      My Favorite model I had a 76 T/A with the 455 HO black with a few different colors of a blue BIRD airbrushed with the tips of the wings coming down to the side mirrors it was bad ass looking and would haul ass with a HOLLEY 750 DBL PUMPER

  • @Zenk61
    @Zenk61 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's a shame someone removed the original exhaust on such a low mileage car, beautiful otherwise. BTW... The RAIII all day over the 455HO... JMO.

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Totally agree! The exhaust was swapped before we acquired this example, don't know the story there. Thanks for watchin!

  • @joepoulos4081
    @joepoulos4081 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Beautiful car. Your video brings back memories. In 1975 I traded a 1969 small block 4speed Corvette for a 1970 TransAm and $900. It was almost identical to the car in the video, except it had a beige interrior and a Hurst shifter with a T-handle. I got the car from a used car lot on West Colonial Drive in Orlando Florida that no longer exists. About a year into ownership I had to pull the heads due to a blown head gasket. Whoever owned the car before had put a set of roller rocker arms on it. That car was a blast. I pegged the speedometer one night on the way to the beach. I regret selling it.

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      What an awesome memory, thanks for sharing, and thanks for watchin!

    • @joepoulos4081
      @joepoulos4081 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Your video brings back a lot of memories!

  • @MidnightinSavannah
    @MidnightinSavannah 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A 10.1 compression 455 with roundport heads and a RA IV cam, the '70 TA would be the faster production car in 1970.

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Would have been stellar!

  • @shayzayit
    @shayzayit 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That's a wow!! Bird.
    How does it make sense that a car from the past looks like a car from the future even in 2024
    It's a work of art

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Such a beauty! Thanks for watchin!

  • @JohnWood-cz3jx
    @JohnWood-cz3jx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    All Pontiac big block engine you could interchange heads and intake even the 350 engine All but one 421 super duty

  • @nachos_70firebird66
    @nachos_70firebird66 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I own a 70' Firebird base model. No where near compares to The Trans-Am.

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for watchin and subscribing! So much variance was put into those models back then, very good point.

  • @ronrichards5051
    @ronrichards5051 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I would definitely take that engine out and have it worked on.I had a 79 transam, and 75 would only like a 175 horsepower.These days, these cars are f******Put it out Five hundred 2 9 hundred horsepower

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      This one has been looked at by some local Pontiac gurus, she is making some fun power still! Thanks for watchin!

  • @JohnWood-cz3jx
    @JohnWood-cz3jx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I had a 1985 Pontiac T A Turbo 301 c n motor turbo burned up at 35000 miles air cool put new one on had a quarter inch water line burned up at 55000 miles

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Would have been fun! Thanks for watching!

  • @JohnWood-cz3jx
    @JohnWood-cz3jx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I no this because daddy was benneville 455 man and 421 428 and now you no were l get my 428 motor form daddy

  • @tmshowier
    @tmshowier 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    6:55 👍

  • @darrellsaunders4267
    @darrellsaunders4267 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My good friend in high school bought a brand new 70 T/A....400 auto, white blue interior......5700 plus change..he had it up to 157mph and it had more to go...

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Awesome story!

    • @Red4banger
      @Red4banger 23 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      There's no way a 1970 T/A.....400 auto, could go 157 mph. The only way it could go 157 mph, is if the speedometer was off by 29 mph.😮
      The gearing would not allow a speed of 157 mph, virtually impossible!😉
      The 1970 T/A...400 auto would be red line at 128 mph on its best day.😳

  • @mattleighton8399
    @mattleighton8399 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Why is it blue on the turn table and aqua green on the highway?

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Looks pretty blue to us! Thanks for watchin!

  • @flat6fever680
    @flat6fever680 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    She's a beauty Mike. Love the race car like design inside and out. They don't make (many) cars like this any more. My 444 hp 2013 Boss 302 Laguna Seca has the turned aluminum dash panels and 8 ball shifter, Recarro seats and other goodies that also give it a very retro race car for the streets flavor.

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Pretty hard to find now a days! Thanks for watchin!

  • @joequillun7790
    @joequillun7790 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Way-ta-go Mike. Another piece of Pontiac history to be proud of. Hoping some day you'll have a Bucky red, 73 SD 4 speed car for us to enjoy.
    Thanks for posting.

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Maybe one day! Thanks for watching!

  • @JohnWood-cz3jx
    @JohnWood-cz3jx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I had a 428 Pontiac motor that I started to put in it

  • @martygordon6000
    @martygordon6000 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think I saw 3 different last gen Pontiac G8's there - hopefully all were the M6 gxp.

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      One was! Thanks for watchin!

  • @Napster-Pontiac
    @Napster-Pontiac 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love the video. I'm a Pontiac guy as well and have a 1970 T/A that has been turned into a restomod. For all of the purist out there I saved all of the original parts.🤩🥰

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Right on, thanks for watchin!

  • @ThomasHegland
    @ThomasHegland 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice video Mike. Keep those Pontiac's rolling!! (Tom from RAMC)

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'll pass it on! Thanks for watchin!

  • @ronrichards5051
    @ronrichards5051 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Omg I want it

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      This car is for sale at the moment! See it at Throttlestop.com!

  • @kevinholsten6026
    @kevinholsten6026 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That may have been in the late models, friend of mine had a 76 that's what it had, I don't know maybe it was special order. At any rate I'd love to have this car, my brother had a 69 gto 400 4 speed 390 posi. Headers and position cammed it up alittle, that car was wicked fast.

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Awesome story, thanks for watchin!

    • @JohnWood-cz3jx
      @JohnWood-cz3jx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I had 2 1966 GTO and like both of them one of them third fastest car I ever had

  • @renesanchez6629
    @renesanchez6629 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love it

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  4 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Us too! Thanks for watching!

  • @Jupiter526
    @Jupiter526 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is my dream car, in this spec and everything.

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You've got good taste! She is a stunner, thanks for watching!

  • @TheBandit7613
    @TheBandit7613 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I hit the like button. Very nice

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey thank you very much! It goes a long way believe it or not. Thank you again, cheers!

  • @peterhogan9537
    @peterhogan9537 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    trust me the 400 ram air high compression was a much better motor than the 455 H.O.

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We agree! Thanks for watchin!

    • @MidnightinSavannah
      @MidnightinSavannah 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It hard to compare a 10.25 comp 400 to a 8.4 compression 455. Even the playing field and the 455 would have ran circles around the 400.

    • @caspar0777
      @caspar0777 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MidnightinSavannah I agree! The 455 is a good engine. I own a 71 455ho, a beast!

    • @charlestresp4959
      @charlestresp4959 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MidnightinSavannahI owned both..70 4 spd and 71 auto….
      The 70 was loud & rowdy….the 71 refined & powerful
      455 torque is like a drug they haven’t created yet……

  • @kevinholsten6026
    @kevinholsten6026 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They also came with Oldsmobile 403.

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for watchin! Didn't know you could get an Olds 403 in the Trans Am.

    • @archieharrison9433
      @archieharrison9433 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@thethrottlestopI had the Olds engine in my 77. What a letdown. I had many birds, but to go back for just a day and drive the 70 455 H.O. T/A I let go in 75 would let me leave this earth with a smile. Never since has a car felt so enjoyable to me. They were the finest cars ever made as far as I was concerned.

    • @ONTHEEDGEFRED
      @ONTHEEDGEFRED 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I didn't think you had the Oldsmobile engine in a trans Am till 79, I could be wrong about that. Not sure what was what either way but there was some 400s and there was some 403 Oldsmobile engines.

    • @peterhogan9537
      @peterhogan9537 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      not in 1970 to 76 the 403 was available in the 77 78 79 and it was a dog compared to the 400 or 455.

  • @7gear642
    @7gear642 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing car!

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes indeed! Thanks for watchin!

  • @m1a1hm
    @m1a1hm 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man that's a sweet ride!! I got a 71 Firebird Formula 400 it may not be a Tran Am but man I love it.

    • @thethrottlestop
      @thethrottlestop  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Right on! Thanks for watchin! Sweet ride!

    • @ronrichards5051
      @ronrichards5051 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My sister's boyfriend had one in blue.Sam, exactly what you're talking about.And over here in Miami.There's one cruise in the streets.Love it

    • @m1a1hm
      @m1a1hm หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ronrichards5051 Cool!