I'm restoring my 77 TA again...The car is going right back to factory stock right down to the 8 track and AM radio.The thing that is really driving me crazy is, should I paint the car its orginal color or should I paint it black.The black looks good but I'm not sure of the brentwood brown.Don't know if a color change will affect its value...The car is number matching with black interior.So....go with orginal color or change it to black?Pic at right is orginal color

 

i have a buddy with the same car it might be a 78 thought trans am brown with the racing stripes electric cowel indutction factory 4spd awsome car! he wants to do flat black or something along the lines of black. i'd say do the brown! im a fan of stock looking cars and trucks though. just my .02

edit: its also the Z28. i dont know a lot about the cars but Z28 is camaro right? 2 different cars but same color pretty much

 

Your two cents is very inportant...That is the input I need.The brentwood brown,what I have read is a rare color...Could be because black was the in thing....

 

If you are restoring it to original and the#s still match might as well make the paint original as well.

 

Here is my car in its orginal color(things getting replaced:both quarter,both door skins and lowers on fenders).I'm also restoring the orginal snowflake rims...So far orginal color is winning...

 

There's a bazillion "Smokey And The Bandit" wannabe TAs out there.

I'd keep it original.........but that's just MNSHO.

 

You could go with James Garner Gold. I'd lean towards original, but I've always liked the black ones, even before the movie came out.

 

with all matching numbers.... got to go brown.
If it was a parts car with no matching number, I would go black with black spoke (nascar look) rims.

 

Good point....

 

I would keep it original. Have you priced the stickers for car yet? I know they use to be pretty pricey years back.

 

I haven't checked on the prices of sticker in a few years also.This project went on hold for 4 years because I bought the dodge and that became my project.

 

Glad to see other TA fans out there. They don't get the recognition of thier Z28 brothers.

Go original. The brown is a rare color and I think it pretty sharp.

I have to brag on my baby.....

 

.......What a nice car....wow.....1973 455 SD???Remember when the firebirds where called belly button cars?,everyone had one...Alot got destroyed in stock car racing...Now find one thats in fair condition and not buthered..Feel free to post more pics of that beauty..Or even PM more pics..

 

The Z28 is a camaro...The firebird and camaro share the same F body frame.A few part are interchangable betwen the two...

 

Not an SD car, but a punched out 455 to a 462. Dyno at 525hp

Thanks for the comments!!