You Need This: A Pontiac Trans Am in special-order Sundance Yellow

Paris
By Paris Van Gorder
Nov 18, 2024 | Pontiac, You Need This, Pontiac Trans Am

Photography Courtesy Mecum

This Pontiac Trans Am could make anyone feel like they're walking on sunshine with its special order finish in, wait for it, Sundance Yellow.

Rocking a classic red and orange screaming chicken across the hood, this 1979 Trans Am is sure to turn heads in any parking lot or any show.

This Trans Am sports cruise control and power window options as well as Rally II wheels, ensuring you’ll be cruising in style and comfort.

Find this 1979 Pontiac Trans Am for auction by Mecum on January 10.

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Comments
pres589 (djronnebaum)
pres589 (djronnebaum) UltimaDork
11/18/24 1:05 p.m.

Not that I'm in the market for this car *at all* but I would so much rather have this car in another color (preferably white) without the chicken on the hood.

Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
11/18/24 2:01 p.m.

In reply to pres589 (djronnebaum) :

I love the color, but I hear you about the chicken.

J.A. Ackley
J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
11/18/24 3:17 p.m.

The chicken and the color seem to clash. However, the Sundance Yellow is striking.

06HHR (Forum Supporter)
06HHR (Forum Supporter) SuperDork
11/18/24 4:18 p.m.

I don't think i've ever seen a Trans Am in that color.  A Formula for sure, but not a Trans Am.  If it's as clean underneath as it is up top I think I could deal with the red and orange bird and 6.6 callouts..

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
11/18/24 4:32 p.m.

Gotta have the chicken. 

NickD
NickD MegaDork
11/18/24 4:46 p.m.
David S. Wallens said:

Gotta have the chicken. 

My father has a friend who's a diehard Pontiac guy and in the early '80s he had a '75 Trans Am, 400 4-speed, Buccanneer Red with the black and white interior, honeycomb wheels. He went through and put new quarter panels on it and had a bunch of work done and had it shot in fresh paint but didn't have the screaming chicken applied because he hated the black and yellow hood bird and said it "looked like someone threw up on the hood". 

buzzboy
buzzboy UltraDork
11/18/24 4:56 p.m.

I'm 100% pro chicken. I've never really been into pastels but for some reason it fits here. But an automatic? I'll pass

John Welsh
John Welsh Mod Squad
11/18/24 4:59 p.m.

Not to be confused with the Yellow Bird Edition Firebird.  

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
11/18/24 7:23 p.m.

Maybe it’s because my dad had an F-body, but something about that automatic shifer just works for me. 

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/18/24 7:33 p.m.

How could you want this car and NOT want the chicken? That's like saying you want a Superbird but without the wing.

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