Killed Trans Am Page

[Mike999]

So like many of you, I picked up the re-issue MPC '79 Trans-Am.  And when I got it home and started checking the fit, sorta wished I had put it back down in the store. But it was discounted and I figured I could do something with it. Like maybe an abandoned junker or base-Firebird parts car.

Went looking for inspiration on the Web and found this great collection of pages, "Hoghead's Firebird and Trans Am Parts."  Model builders should find 2 of the archives really helpful, the "Killed Trans Am Page" and "Island of Misfit Trans Ams."

http://www.firebirdtransamparts.com/

All cars on the "Killed" page have fitting nicknames, like "Esprit de Corpse" and "Rainman," a Trans-Am abandoned with the T-tops left off.  And my favorite, "Possum." A Trans Am with a whole possum family living in its trunk: