On Monday, we presented this week’s shifter and asked you to identify the make and model of the vehicle whence it came. We had figured that a few of you would recognize the shifter, but a lot of you did. The first commenter to do so was Rickster, who will receive a Save the Manuals button and sticker as a reward for identifying the shifter as a 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am’s four-speed.
The Trans Am pictured here is from our July 1977 issue, and it wasn’t stock—though its shifter was. The car was worked over by racer Herb Adams to make it more track-worthy. It got dry-sump lubrication, a zestier carburetor and intake manifold, new headers, custom exhaust, experimental four-wheel disc brakes, and Koni shocks. By the late ’70s, the Trans Am was something of a ponderous porker, but we described Adams’ car as “a Trans Am worthy of the name.”
If you can’t wait until next week for more knobby action, be sure to check out our latest Show Us Your Knobs contest. Post a photo of your knob (as in, your manual shifter), and you could win a Save the Manuals prize pack! Plus, silly wordplay with the word “knob” is always funny.
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