My ultimate dream car again!! One day, one day...!🙏😇

@loucostabile

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Gmoney, Hope you're behind the wheel of one like this soon, Lou

An original owner with the original car. That's fantastic! The engine compartment looks great, too. Thanks for finding this gem, Lou!

@loucostabile

7 жыл бұрын

Hi TheGunfighter45acp, Glad you enjoyed this one and think it's "fantastic" :-) You're welcome, Lou

That’s one beautiful car sir!!👍👍

@loucostabile

2 жыл бұрын

Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this car :-)

Even if the '80-'81 Turbo's aren't the fastest Trans Ams, they're still some of the most beautiful looking cars ever. And for sure will increase in value regardless of their stock power, especially the clean Original Bandit versions with low mileage.

@loucostabile

7 жыл бұрын

Hi PhenomProductions23, Thank you for viewing and sharing your knowledge, Lou

@alexbaker9967

3 жыл бұрын

@@loucostabile same as smokey and the bandit 2 4.9 301 turbo V8 back and gold love it sure burt Reynolds would too!!!!

I may be getting one of these there is one just sitting in a field and may be able to buy it

@loucostabile

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Caleb, Hope you're behind the wheel soon, Lou

Those of the best Trans-Am models in the 1977-1981 era.

@loucostabile

7 жыл бұрын

HI DC322, Glad this one was one you enjoyed :-) Lou

I see the smokey and the bandit semi in the background

@loucostabile

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Alex, You're right :-) Lou

Wow! T-TOP, cool ! Great Trans Am! Burt Reynolds will say a good car!

@loucostabile

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Good Russian, I agree Burt Reynolds would like this car :-) Lou

Thanks, all.. nice Car, etc. My Special Edition Hurst HATCH:was ordered OCT 76, picked up March 77: 400/auto/ps/Pb/Tint -delete window, Velour Interior/ Tilt Wheel/Hurst( changed to other Tops LATER Vehicles), ZIEBART rust Rotection,etc. KIND of sporty high use Family Car, but good for some130K miles Family use,..KONI SHOCKS, HO UPGTPRADES, ETC.ROAD SALT GOT inside/Frame/etc: started Restorations: but ended up getting $100, salvage Yard..in 1990’s....ACTUALLY honeycomb Rims &/Dash, etc probably worth more than that even then. EST of Day.

@loucostabile

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Opera, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your Special Edition car :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing, and you're welcome, Lou

Cool trans am love those wheels black and gold one of the best combos for a trans am thanks for sharing Lou really enjoyed this video👍🏽!!

@loucostabile

7 жыл бұрын

HI DAn Al, Glad you "love this wheels" and color, nice! :-) You're welcome, Lu

Love these Pontiacs

@loucostabile

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Joh Maccoy, Glad you "loved" this one :-) Lou

Excellent video review of a great car! Thank you Lou!

@loucostabile

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Bad Russian, Glad you enjoyed the review and the car :-) You're welcome, Lou

@badrussian4999

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lou!

Beautiful Trans am. I will have one soon.

@loucostabile

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Justin Sanders, Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this car :-) Hope you're behind the wheel of the right one for you soon, Lou

Love the look of this Trans Am... the black and gold is perfect, completes the style! Beautifully done gold Firebird on the hood! Very Special ride! Impressive looking chrome, some major bling in this engine compartment!!!! Smokey And The Bandit - really cool! Awesomely loaded TA, very fun video! Thank you!

@loucostabile

7 жыл бұрын

Hi WickedFireFly13, Glad you "Love the look of this Trans Am" and then...you're wonderful details. Thank you for viewing, sharing, and you're welcome, Lou

Gorgeous Trans Am. I have a 1980 Pace Car Trans Am but my dream car is the one from Smokey and the Bandit 2. It's just like this one but with vinyl seats.

@loucostabile

7 жыл бұрын

Hi paceta80, Glad you like the looks of this one :-) Sounds like you have a nice one too. Hope you find your "Bandit 2" soon, Lou

How can you not want to drive it more then 9,000 miles in all those years of ownership? Beautiful car the rims were the only thing that turned me off the TA and made the Z28 perhaps my first choice. BUT what a car ..... so jealous and thanks for sharing guys.

@loucostabile

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Go Leafs Go, I like driving them too, Lou

Great car Lou for sure and one of my favorites. THX!!

@loucostabile

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Ed B., "one of my favorites" Nice! :-) You're welcome, Lou

wow that is a beautiful trans am wow

@loucostabile

6 жыл бұрын

Glad to receive a "wow" from you RC Action :-) Lou

@Pat-rc77

6 жыл бұрын

i Love t/a i had 5 and sold my last one in 2008, it was a white 1981 with 455 and i regret it verry mutch, now i have a 74 cuda but if life goes well i will buy another one for sure :)

@loucostabile

6 жыл бұрын

Hope you get the right T/A for you again soon :-)

My absolute favorite cars the 79-81s. I've got both the 80 & 81 pace cars and would love to add this one to the collection. Thank God it doesn't have that disgusting saddle interior. This ta is just gorgeous... God it's such a sexy sports car. I really am jealous right now.

@loucostabile

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Useful Entertainment, Thank you for viewing and sharing this is your absolute favorite :-) We have a Winner. No need to be jealous, keep watching this video again and again until the breathing gets normal again, that's what I do :-) Lou

@MitchGrooms

7 жыл бұрын

I have an 81 SE Turbo, do you have vids?

Rule #1 with a Turbo Trans Am, never, ever, ever, ever, ever shut down the engine unless you let it idle down for about 30 seconds. This is in the owner's manual. I also have one of these, a 26k original in storage. My parents bought it brand new.

@loucostabile

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing a tip.

The "Smokey & The Bandit II" Turbo T/A....cool! The movie car also had a Marvin Miller nitrous system to help during the jump over Burford's '80 Bonneville(which somehow turned into a '76 during the jump, and back into a '80 afterwards☺).

@loucostabile

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Keith Coppage, Glad you thought this one is "cool" :-) Me too. Thank you for sharing your knowledge too, Lou

Boy, he sure did keep that nice....I remember my buddy at work back in the day had a black TA....I was so jealous. I surely had an emotional attachment to my 73 Caprice, but there was no way it could compare...

@loucostabile

3 жыл бұрын

Hi kramden, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your Buddy's car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou

Very nice car great video Lou

@loucostabile

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Fantastic Barry, Glad you like this one :-) Lou

My dream car

@loucostabile

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy this one Ali :-)

Lou how can I contact Vince? I have TAs and have original pics from Smokey & the bandit II I’d like to give copies of to him

@loucostabile

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Louis, If you send me an e-mail I will forward to him. My e-mail is trupowr@yahoo.com & title the subject "Trans Am pictures from Smokey & the Bandit II" Thank you, Lou

Honey hush! Black is beautiful and expensive.

@loucostabile

2 жыл бұрын

:-)

dream car for me right here :O

@loucostabile

7 жыл бұрын

Hi CokenOpi, Glad you enjoyed this one :-) Lou

My "Money's no object" dream car! '77 -- '81 body style is timeless! However, I would want mine to look completely period correct inside and out but be modern under the skin for reliability.

@loucostabile

6 жыл бұрын

HI Shepperd November, Thank you for viewing, and sharing your "dream car" :-) Lou

It's all great, but my father used to have an 1985 Firebird. The headlights would go up everytime he started it. I wish he kept it...

@loucostabile

3 жыл бұрын

Hi OldNewSweetRides, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your Fathers car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou

I couldn't stop smiling through this video. Brought back memories from the '80's. A buddy had a '78 with a 400 and 4 spd. I'm not sure if he claimed it was a blue block, or an American block? Not familiar with GM lingo. Black and Gold with the T-tops. Road trip to West Edmonton mall, exit ramp said 40 KPH. Half way through he said bull shit and floored it. SURPRISE it took a hard right at the end. Still can't believe it didn't slide along the guard rail.

@loucostabile

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Al Cyr, Good times, good times :-) Lou

@alcyr5655

7 жыл бұрын

We kinda got away with a lot of stupid shit, back in the day. Like seeing top end speed on my 69 Coronet R/T. Bias ply tires. What a hand full.

Awesome :)

@loucostabile

7 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it :-)

@garbage854

7 жыл бұрын

:)

Great job on the video again as usual,, I have an 81 just like this one but not so pretty... These cars are for cruising only

@loucostabile

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Mitch Grooms, Thank you for the compliment and sound like a nice cruise :-) Lou

This 80 TTA is not a real se and I'll prove it real quick! It has Chrome trim running from the front side window pillars matching the t-top chrome lip the se did not have this period no way around it!!! The trans am by pontiac decal on the front bumper did not come on the trans am after 79 period, if u notice the turbo scoop has a se stripe which is not factory by any means(aftermarket), the roof stripes are too close together as the trunk stripes are further apart, the style of the se stripes are aftermarket which resemble the dealer installed se stripes offered to ppl who couldn't afford a se back in the day, the gold steering whl spokes were not available after 79 for 80 they went to blk spokes, if u also notice the steering whl is fat like the 70-76, this 80 TTA was prob a reg blk on blk car and he or dealer added the fake se stripes, without the hood bird it would not make it a formula smh,the se stripes he has are aftermarket not factory look how skinny they are the small part is smaller than the real se stripe, there antenna on the driver rear isn't factory u either got it on the front windshield or front fender, if u look at the door jam stickers real close u can see its been repainted as under the hood so he prob faked it as a se not the dealer

@loucostabile

6 жыл бұрын

Hi the bandit, Thank you for viewing and sharing your knowledge, Lou

@ninorusso6312

5 жыл бұрын

@@loucostabile hi costabile tu parli italiano ? Di dove se originario quali sono le tue origini del italia ? ? ? Io sono di palermo e a me piacciono tantissimo le trans am 77 - 78 - 79 con il cambio 4 marche manuale no automatico no no . Solo manuale ? Ha ha ha ha .

@ninorusso6312

5 жыл бұрын

@@loucostabile Vincenzo panzeca è italiano anche lui

@brimtime8117

4 жыл бұрын

the bandit so this was originally a black on black turbo formula and the made it into a turbo trans am?

1980 Black Trans AM is a BEAUTY AND LEGEND. Thanks LOU for sharing this great car. Appreciate your efforts showing all varieties of cars. Please have a nice day. THANKS Cheers.

@loucostabile

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Hisham Elfiki, Glad you think this one is a "BEAUTY AND LEGEND" :-) Hope you have a nice day too. You're welcome, Lou

A true bandit 2

@loucostabile

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Skyler Lucky, Well said, Lou

@thebandit7408

6 жыл бұрын

It's not a real SE see my reply above !

Love that turbo hood better than shaker.. Just me the engine sucked

@loucostabile

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to read you enjoy this one :-)

he bought a car - garaged it - never drove it - (yawn) .... its like buying a house & never living in it !!

@loucostabile

6 ай бұрын

Interesting analogy.

I'm not saying I don't believe it, but I don't understand how he bought the car new in 1980 and it only has 9K miles on it. He bought it just for a show car and didn't drive it? Anyway, it's a great car -- thanks, Lou!

@loucostabile

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Brian Chappie, Lets not over think this one and just enjoy it :-) Lou

Sorry but I just got a chubby when he said he can get two fingers in there LOL!

@loucostabile

3 жыл бұрын

:-)

Original tires!!!

@loucostabile

7 жыл бұрын

Hi William Scott, Just amazing :-) Lou

Is it a turbo?

@MitchGrooms

7 жыл бұрын

lol, yes, what it again..

@loucostabile

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

i found a 1981 y84 turbo a full original needs resto but solid original paint $13k canadian is it a good deal?

@loucostabile

6 жыл бұрын

Hi searaydrivingguy, Thank you for asking my opinion, however I do not have expertise in car prices. Hopefully a Viewer can share thoughts on your car described, Lou

@searaydrivingguy

6 жыл бұрын

no problem this is a 1981 factory black on black turbo y84 with documentation auto t top a/c pw, pwr, locks untouched barn fined original paint and decals strait body turbo is on car runs has some rust under it in the back that needs attention looks a bit shabby but still looks super cool looks like it has a story to tell you can leave it as is guy wants $10,500 american is the exchange rate