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How Many Without Hood Bird?

lippy

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New here.

I bought a new Martinique Blue 78 Trans Am in 1978 from Al Hankin Motors in Larned, KS, and I ordered it without the hood bird.

Does anyone know how many were ordered that way?

I ordered the high compression TA engine, but with the automatic.

They told me that the engine could only be had with the four-speed, but it came with it anyway.

It had blacked-out T-tops, 8-inch wheels with Goodyears, big sway bars, and power windows.

My car came into the dealer's all by itself on a railcar and was the last 78 to go into KS.

Anyone seen it?

Thanks.
 

chuckitall

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As a frequent attendee of the annual Trans Am Nationals in Dayton, Ohio, I have, over the years, seen a blue factory no-bird car, but I think the one I saw was a '79.

There were a few made like that, not very many, but a few.