The Grand Prix would get its downsizing in 1978, and critics who saw the success of the smaller 1977 Thunderbird could justly say that it was overdue. Maybe uninspired at the time, Ford decided to run a competition within his company find a suitable name for the 2-seater. Pontiac had bigger plans for its new baby than giving Grand Prix buyers something smaller than a 350-cu.in. Interestingly, the name of Thunderbird was chosen by a Ford stylist named Alden Giberson. Unexpectedly, the Thunderbird proved to be even more successful than the Corvette, only due to an impressive marketing strategy: the Thunderbird was advertised as a personal luxury car as opposed to the Corvette which was marketed as a sports car. However, few stood out as much as Nick Wiegands 1977 Pontiac Trans Am featuring. Once it was shown to the public, the orders started flowing - over 3,500 order in the first ten days. Included among them were a silver Ford Mustang II hatchback, a black, H-Body Buick Skyhawk, a ’76-or-so Toyota Corona Mark II sedan (when’s the last time you saw one of those), a white, mid-’70s Camaro with a camel-colored vinyl roof, and perhaps my favorite, a ’77 (or early ’78) Pontiac Firebird Esprit Sky Bird, pictured above. During Sick Week this year, there were more cool cars than we could count. Seeing the painted clay model, Crusoe was impressed and got Henry’s approval for the final design. It was Hershey’s idea to design the new car based on his favourite sports cars, the Jaguar XK120, thus, the Thunderbird was built on the same platform, featuring similar interior seating position, steering wheel angle and pedal angles. Crusoe worked along with Ford’s chief designed, Frank Hershey. Aunque principalmente Pontiac suplía sus propios motores hasta 1977, después de ese año fueron construidos con diferentes motores de casi toda la gama de General Motors hasta 2002. Henry Ford II got in touch with Lewis Crusoe, a former GM executive, and asked him to help them develop the new car. The 1973 Trans Am is a Second Generation Firebird. Ford’s response to the Chevrolet Corvette, the Ford Thunderbird was unveiled to the public toward the end of 1954 at the Detroit Auto Show.įord realised that the new Corvette was of a great importance in the car industry and had to provide a swift response. The 1973 Pontiac Trans Am is the finest TransAm that Pontiac ever built.
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