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Few cars wear the late 1970s as proudly as the Trans Am, and this white-over-red example is the full Bandit-era fantasy parked in one place: shaker hood, T-tops, Snowflake wheels, and a 400ci V8, with just 31,284 miles showing. You can see the whole thing right now in the Motorious inventory
Under that shaker hood sits the 400ci V8 that carried Pontiac performance through a decade when most of the industry was backing away from it, and it's paired here with a Turbo 350 automatic. By 1978 the Trans Am was never chasing a dyno number; it was chasing presence, smooth torque, and a V8 rumble that made the car a hero on the boulevard and on the big screen alike.
The look is a huge part of the appeal, and this example has the full catalog: front and rear spoilers, the unmistakable shaker hood scoop, and factory Snowflake wheels sitting under crisp white paint. T-tops add open-air freedom on top of all of it, which turns an ordinary afternoon drive into an event. Four decades later, the silhouette still reads from a block away.
Inside, bold red bucket seats wrap around a driver-focused cockpit with a console shifter, tilt steering column, and a full set of factory gauges. Power windows, power locks, and air conditioning make it genuinely usable in modern traffic, while the period CB radio is exactly the right kind of late-1970s charm. White over red is one of the great Trans Am color combinations, and it looks every bit as good in person as it does in the photos.
The listing reports the car runs and that the important pieces all work, from the headlights, horn, and wipers to the tachometer, fuel gauge, oil pressure gauge, and temperature gauge. The odometer shows 31,284 miles, and the asking price is $45,999 through Gearhead Classics in Sherman, Texas.
By 1978 the Trans Am stood as one of the last true survivors of the muscle era, and well-kept examples have only grown more desirable since. Between the color combination, the T-tops, the shaker hood, and the low indicated mileage, this is about as complete a statement of Pontiac's boldest years as you can park in a garage..
