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Added footnote reference functionality into the article. We should definitely be using this a lot more in the future to keep things organized starting with all of the info in the article that needs sources. I've tagged some of it already with the {{ citation needed}} tag. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes. Roguegeek 06:40, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
I found an error on the page, but I really don't want to change someone else's work (fine work too). I owned a 1991 GTA with a 5.7L engine, the LT1. You could not get the 5.7L with a manual transmission OR T-Tops, but the engine was available with all other options for 1991. I don't know if the same was available for '90 or '92, but I'm sure someone out there knows the answer for that. I don't believe there were a lot of 5.7L GTAs made in 1991, as I have only seen one other one. I also don't know the horsepower rating for the 5.7L, which is another reason why I didn't change the original entry. Anyway, thanks to the original writer for all the great information on this page. -baron_iv
Gelbza ( talk) 14:43, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
"From 1969 to 1970 Pontiac had the Ram Air V which was Pontiac's quickest motor. It was rated at around 375hp, and was only available as an after-market engine." If it's only available as an after-market engine then why is it mentioned? -- Gbleem 03:24, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
I know my 1998 Pontiac Trans Am w/ Ram Air has a WS6 Engine. No where in the article is the ws6 engine stated. It makes around 350hp. Can somebody add this in? I would but I'm really busy, just on coffee break.
70.120.94.117 23:35, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
There is no such thing as a WS.6 engine..98-02 had the LS1 8 Cylinder. The reason the WS.6 was rated with 15 more HP(320 vs 305 in 98) than the standard Trans Am was because of the "Ram Air".
Incorrect info above... WS6 available on automatic (3 speed in 70s and early 80s, 4 speed from 83 onward) and manual (4 speed in 70s and early 80s, 5 speed in 80s and 6 speed from 1996 onward when WS^ reintroduced). Rear bumper was the same as any regular Trans Am or Formula (depending on the model). Rear gearing was 3.23 for automatics and 3.42 for manuals. 4.10s were popular swaps by owners but never from the factory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.20.59.206 ( talk) 23:43, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
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Just a minor thing, but the car in Knight Rider 2000 was a heavily modified Dodge Stealth. It was made to look more like the Banshee concept, as it was their goal to have that car, but GM apparently wouldn't give it up. The last part is rumor on a few web sites, but the fact that it was not a Banshee or a Trans Am is quite true. -- oZ ( talk) 05:20, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I just want to know if there is any news about a future trans am...???? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.24.141.215 ( talk) 07:52, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
There is no 5th Generation Trans Am. Several companies are retro-fitting Camaros to look like various versions of the Trans Am but they are all customer conversions that have no affiliation with GM or Pontiac. Thefirebirdman ( talk) 23:22, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
Someone with more time than I should make separate pages for each generation like the Camaro and Mustang pages. Zerotta ( talk) 16:40, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
Text from the (I hope soon-to-be-deleted-article) Pontiac Turbo Tans Am. Bongomatic ( talk) 12:26, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
I am the proud owner of a 1995 Pontiac Trans Am. I was wondering where you got the information that this year of car has 310 horsepower because everywhere else i read says just 275. My car has the Transmission Perform button and everything.
Answer: I own a trans am with 310hp.When I bought it from the dealer.They offered a performance package in which they modified the computer settings for it to perform as if it were "Ram Air" it costed 3500$ at the time.Also upped the revs.With the button on.It revved 7000. My Friend owns a Trans am that is 275hp. Mine is significantly faster and was able to beat his by a car lenght. minimum.But I don't know about the 340hp??? any1 there to help?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.195.139.202 ( talk) 22:15, 13 March 2009 (UTC) Lance Barnum —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.221.46.185 ( talk) 02:43, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
There was no dealer-offered '340 HP' package in 1995, unless it was one specific dealership offering their own '340 HP' version of the car. The LT1 in the Trans Am and Z28 made 275 HP in 1995, not 310. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue Chrystal Planet ( talk • contribs) 01:52, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
I don't know what range of years it appeared in the Firebird, but I owned a 1977 Firebird Esprit. The standard engine for the year and model was a V6, but there was a dealer and factor option for a V8 engine. This option engine for the 1977 Firebird Esprit was in fact, the Oldsmobile 350, with the Rochester Quadra-jet.
The engine code was RPO: R in the registration. It was quite the performer for high speed, although a dog for acceleration. It had a Turbohydromatic 350 transmission and a 2.41 rear end, all factor stock.
I am new to Wiki, and signed on just to try to get this added. I'm not sure what needs to be done, maybe someone can properly verify this.
Felicitator ( talk) 15:34, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
There's no mention of the rare Skybird, Yellowbird and Redbird esprit packages. Just thought I'd through that out there as something to possibly add down the line.
Nkatsinas ( talk) 01:23, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
I added them. SHAMAN 19:17, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
Should this section be a section under the Trans Am section instead of being its own major section? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yetasoli ( talk • contribs) 00:16, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
Please note that in 1981 there was a 265cid engine offered with an automatic. The 265 was used only in 1980 & 1981 per http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special%3ASearch&search=pontiac+engine 17:16, 5 August 2009 (UTC)stanlee1963@yahoo.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.15.61.191 ( talk)
Has anyone heard of this kind of firebird? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.32.32.166 ( talk) 06:56, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
how many 1996 trans am conv were made. with white body white leather interior and white conv top —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrdspaint ( talk • contribs) 16:47, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
I have a 1981 firebird, base model it has the 267 motor in it. But it's not documented anywhere? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.70.133.120 ( talk) 03:59, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Added that engine. SHAMAN 19:17, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
Need information on the 2002 Pontiac Firebird TransAm WS6 Collector Edition ("Collector Edition Trans Am"; CETA) 72.68.71.82 ( talk) 12:35, 18 June 2010 (UTC)rvaldiv@gmail.com
I cleaned up a bit this article; moved engine data to tables because it was completely unreadable, but this info is still unsourced and there's not hp/torque info. I think that Trans Am could be moved to separate article, like it's done with Mustang Mach 1. SHAMAN 19:17, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
how much fuel pressure to run on a l98 350 tpi motor —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.201.244.119 ( talk) 20:36, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
IF the first firebird was introduced in 1967 then why is the 1994 the 25th aniversarry?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.127.241.45 ( talk) 15:41, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
It was Trans-Am anniversary, which was introduced in 1969. SHAMAN 16:55, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
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There are so many more photos in this article than I have ever seen in any car article. But there is not a single photo of the rear end of the car. Is it so horrible that no owners want to post a photo or something? 122.59.225.50 ( talk) 03:05, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
The 215 net hp 455ci single exhaust would not be available in the 1974 Firebird. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.196.133.163 ( talk) 14:31, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
No mention of the transmissions in the first model years '67-'68, Muncie 4 speed, etc. Thanks. dcebr 10:19, 16 February 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joseph Meisenhelder ( talk • contribs)
These pictures:
and
seem to me to depict the same car. It looks exactly the same, and the photos are both taken in French Canada about five-six years ago, less than two years apart. There can't have been that many mint-condition forty-year-old Firebird Trans Ams with identical paint schemes up there at that time, can there?
So if they are the same vehicle, the model year stated must be wrong in (at least) one of the pictures. I was going to post on the talk page of the user who'd uploaded them, since the same guy had taken them both, but it turned out he has been banned for years. Presumably for other reasons; I doubt getting the model year wrong on a picture of a car is a bannable offense, but I didn't investigate further. (OK, from what little I glanced at his Talk page, it seems "original research" was involved.) Anyway, he doesn't seem to be in a position to correct this, so should someone else?
Not me, I'm afraid; I have no idea which of the years is the right one. But surely someone here knows?-- CRConrad ( talk) 19:11, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
Not exactly the same. The 1972 Trans Am had a honeycomb pattern grille, the 1971 (and 1970) had a square mesh pattern grille. 1970-72 Trans Ams were only available in two color schemes: white with blue stripe or blue with white stripe. Also, the 71-72 had high back bucket seats, compared to the low back bucket seats in the 1970 Trans Am. -BJK 11/18/14
This article doesn't have any information on Firebird with Sports top. there is very little information about them and most people don't even know what a sports top is. A sports top is a vinyl top. I only knows because I personally have a 1976 Firebird Esprit with a sports top. To the best of my knowledge they only came out in, '78, '74, and the late model '76. if someone could fine more information about this I would love to read it, and it definitely should at least be mentioned in this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2620:1:C000:1:30BD:408:702C:A018 ( talk) 21:40, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
I noticed that there are repeated images in the Trans Am section. Is that ok?-- WMrapids ( talk) 01:14, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
a Trans Am modified by Polly Motorsport held the record for the fastest street legal car in Europe before the Veyron Super Sport was introduced, shouldn't it be mentioned here? It beat the original Veyron speed record thanks to its 1407 HP engine. Their website: http://www.pollymotorsport.no/?mapping=2&lang=en — Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.57.60.116 ( talk) 03:12, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
Nah, Wiki doesn't care about people's/shop's custom rides. I'd be more interested in adding the info on 3rd gen Firehawks, but I'm no expert there.... 68.12.189.117 ( talk) 18:55, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
No context at all why the car was discontinued in 2002, and if had successors since then -- at least indircect ones, "spiritual". 93.185.27.19 ( talk) 12:18, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
It is incorrect to refer to any Pontiac V8 engine as a ‘big block.’ Pontiac offered many sizes of V8s from 1955 through the late 1970s, but unlike some brands such as Chevrolet and Ford (which had multiple sized casting molds for their engine blocks), Pontiac only ever had one basic casting used for all displacements. While displacement would vary by changing bore and stroke, the Pontiac V8 block was always based on the original 1955 architecture regardless of whether it was a 265 cubic inch engine all the way to their 455 cubic inch engine. You can’t call it a big block if it was the only block available. [1] [2] [3]
Expandinglight5 ( talk) 17:19, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
why don't you talk about the Canadian assembly plant ? It's false that they were built only in USA. /info/en/?search=Boisbriand_Assembly — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.56.234.169 ( talk) 13:04, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
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@ Scope creep: @ Polyamorph: why do we need article on Pontiac Firebird (third generation) that page has been created and edited since 2008, i believe it should be merged here, it's not notable enough to have its own page like the Chevrolet Camaro. ColorfulSmoke ( talk) 13:36, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
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Estimated 2023-equivalent values of the Trans Ams sold by Burt Reynolds at a Florida Barrett-Jackson auction in 2018 surely must reflect incorrect arithmetic. Even considering inflation and other factors, a 2018 figure of $100,000 would not be equivalent to "~$480,810" merely five years later. Robcotnam ( talk) 12:44, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
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Added footnote reference functionality into the article. We should definitely be using this a lot more in the future to keep things organized starting with all of the info in the article that needs sources. I've tagged some of it already with the {{ citation needed}} tag. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes. Roguegeek 06:40, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
I found an error on the page, but I really don't want to change someone else's work (fine work too). I owned a 1991 GTA with a 5.7L engine, the LT1. You could not get the 5.7L with a manual transmission OR T-Tops, but the engine was available with all other options for 1991. I don't know if the same was available for '90 or '92, but I'm sure someone out there knows the answer for that. I don't believe there were a lot of 5.7L GTAs made in 1991, as I have only seen one other one. I also don't know the horsepower rating for the 5.7L, which is another reason why I didn't change the original entry. Anyway, thanks to the original writer for all the great information on this page. -baron_iv
Gelbza ( talk) 14:43, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
"From 1969 to 1970 Pontiac had the Ram Air V which was Pontiac's quickest motor. It was rated at around 375hp, and was only available as an after-market engine." If it's only available as an after-market engine then why is it mentioned? -- Gbleem 03:24, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
I know my 1998 Pontiac Trans Am w/ Ram Air has a WS6 Engine. No where in the article is the ws6 engine stated. It makes around 350hp. Can somebody add this in? I would but I'm really busy, just on coffee break.
70.120.94.117 23:35, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
There is no such thing as a WS.6 engine..98-02 had the LS1 8 Cylinder. The reason the WS.6 was rated with 15 more HP(320 vs 305 in 98) than the standard Trans Am was because of the "Ram Air".
Incorrect info above... WS6 available on automatic (3 speed in 70s and early 80s, 4 speed from 83 onward) and manual (4 speed in 70s and early 80s, 5 speed in 80s and 6 speed from 1996 onward when WS^ reintroduced). Rear bumper was the same as any regular Trans Am or Formula (depending on the model). Rear gearing was 3.23 for automatics and 3.42 for manuals. 4.10s were popular swaps by owners but never from the factory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.20.59.206 ( talk) 23:43, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
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Just a minor thing, but the car in Knight Rider 2000 was a heavily modified Dodge Stealth. It was made to look more like the Banshee concept, as it was their goal to have that car, but GM apparently wouldn't give it up. The last part is rumor on a few web sites, but the fact that it was not a Banshee or a Trans Am is quite true. -- oZ ( talk) 05:20, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I just want to know if there is any news about a future trans am...???? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.24.141.215 ( talk) 07:52, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
There is no 5th Generation Trans Am. Several companies are retro-fitting Camaros to look like various versions of the Trans Am but they are all customer conversions that have no affiliation with GM or Pontiac. Thefirebirdman ( talk) 23:22, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
Someone with more time than I should make separate pages for each generation like the Camaro and Mustang pages. Zerotta ( talk) 16:40, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
Text from the (I hope soon-to-be-deleted-article) Pontiac Turbo Tans Am. Bongomatic ( talk) 12:26, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
I am the proud owner of a 1995 Pontiac Trans Am. I was wondering where you got the information that this year of car has 310 horsepower because everywhere else i read says just 275. My car has the Transmission Perform button and everything.
Answer: I own a trans am with 310hp.When I bought it from the dealer.They offered a performance package in which they modified the computer settings for it to perform as if it were "Ram Air" it costed 3500$ at the time.Also upped the revs.With the button on.It revved 7000. My Friend owns a Trans am that is 275hp. Mine is significantly faster and was able to beat his by a car lenght. minimum.But I don't know about the 340hp??? any1 there to help?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.195.139.202 ( talk) 22:15, 13 March 2009 (UTC) Lance Barnum —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.221.46.185 ( talk) 02:43, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
There was no dealer-offered '340 HP' package in 1995, unless it was one specific dealership offering their own '340 HP' version of the car. The LT1 in the Trans Am and Z28 made 275 HP in 1995, not 310. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue Chrystal Planet ( talk • contribs) 01:52, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
I don't know what range of years it appeared in the Firebird, but I owned a 1977 Firebird Esprit. The standard engine for the year and model was a V6, but there was a dealer and factor option for a V8 engine. This option engine for the 1977 Firebird Esprit was in fact, the Oldsmobile 350, with the Rochester Quadra-jet.
The engine code was RPO: R in the registration. It was quite the performer for high speed, although a dog for acceleration. It had a Turbohydromatic 350 transmission and a 2.41 rear end, all factor stock.
I am new to Wiki, and signed on just to try to get this added. I'm not sure what needs to be done, maybe someone can properly verify this.
Felicitator ( talk) 15:34, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
There's no mention of the rare Skybird, Yellowbird and Redbird esprit packages. Just thought I'd through that out there as something to possibly add down the line.
Nkatsinas ( talk) 01:23, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
I added them. SHAMAN 19:17, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
Should this section be a section under the Trans Am section instead of being its own major section? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yetasoli ( talk • contribs) 00:16, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
Please note that in 1981 there was a 265cid engine offered with an automatic. The 265 was used only in 1980 & 1981 per http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special%3ASearch&search=pontiac+engine 17:16, 5 August 2009 (UTC)stanlee1963@yahoo.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.15.61.191 ( talk)
Has anyone heard of this kind of firebird? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.32.32.166 ( talk) 06:56, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
how many 1996 trans am conv were made. with white body white leather interior and white conv top —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrdspaint ( talk • contribs) 16:47, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
I have a 1981 firebird, base model it has the 267 motor in it. But it's not documented anywhere? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.70.133.120 ( talk) 03:59, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Added that engine. SHAMAN 19:17, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
Need information on the 2002 Pontiac Firebird TransAm WS6 Collector Edition ("Collector Edition Trans Am"; CETA) 72.68.71.82 ( talk) 12:35, 18 June 2010 (UTC)rvaldiv@gmail.com
I cleaned up a bit this article; moved engine data to tables because it was completely unreadable, but this info is still unsourced and there's not hp/torque info. I think that Trans Am could be moved to separate article, like it's done with Mustang Mach 1. SHAMAN 19:17, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
how much fuel pressure to run on a l98 350 tpi motor —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.201.244.119 ( talk) 20:36, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
IF the first firebird was introduced in 1967 then why is the 1994 the 25th aniversarry?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.127.241.45 ( talk) 15:41, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
It was Trans-Am anniversary, which was introduced in 1969. SHAMAN 16:55, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
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There are so many more photos in this article than I have ever seen in any car article. But there is not a single photo of the rear end of the car. Is it so horrible that no owners want to post a photo or something? 122.59.225.50 ( talk) 03:05, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
The 215 net hp 455ci single exhaust would not be available in the 1974 Firebird. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.196.133.163 ( talk) 14:31, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
No mention of the transmissions in the first model years '67-'68, Muncie 4 speed, etc. Thanks. dcebr 10:19, 16 February 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joseph Meisenhelder ( talk • contribs)
These pictures:
and
seem to me to depict the same car. It looks exactly the same, and the photos are both taken in French Canada about five-six years ago, less than two years apart. There can't have been that many mint-condition forty-year-old Firebird Trans Ams with identical paint schemes up there at that time, can there?
So if they are the same vehicle, the model year stated must be wrong in (at least) one of the pictures. I was going to post on the talk page of the user who'd uploaded them, since the same guy had taken them both, but it turned out he has been banned for years. Presumably for other reasons; I doubt getting the model year wrong on a picture of a car is a bannable offense, but I didn't investigate further. (OK, from what little I glanced at his Talk page, it seems "original research" was involved.) Anyway, he doesn't seem to be in a position to correct this, so should someone else?
Not me, I'm afraid; I have no idea which of the years is the right one. But surely someone here knows?-- CRConrad ( talk) 19:11, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
Not exactly the same. The 1972 Trans Am had a honeycomb pattern grille, the 1971 (and 1970) had a square mesh pattern grille. 1970-72 Trans Ams were only available in two color schemes: white with blue stripe or blue with white stripe. Also, the 71-72 had high back bucket seats, compared to the low back bucket seats in the 1970 Trans Am. -BJK 11/18/14
This article doesn't have any information on Firebird with Sports top. there is very little information about them and most people don't even know what a sports top is. A sports top is a vinyl top. I only knows because I personally have a 1976 Firebird Esprit with a sports top. To the best of my knowledge they only came out in, '78, '74, and the late model '76. if someone could fine more information about this I would love to read it, and it definitely should at least be mentioned in this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2620:1:C000:1:30BD:408:702C:A018 ( talk) 21:40, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
I noticed that there are repeated images in the Trans Am section. Is that ok?-- WMrapids ( talk) 01:14, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
a Trans Am modified by Polly Motorsport held the record for the fastest street legal car in Europe before the Veyron Super Sport was introduced, shouldn't it be mentioned here? It beat the original Veyron speed record thanks to its 1407 HP engine. Their website: http://www.pollymotorsport.no/?mapping=2&lang=en — Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.57.60.116 ( talk) 03:12, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
Nah, Wiki doesn't care about people's/shop's custom rides. I'd be more interested in adding the info on 3rd gen Firehawks, but I'm no expert there.... 68.12.189.117 ( talk) 18:55, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
No context at all why the car was discontinued in 2002, and if had successors since then -- at least indircect ones, "spiritual". 93.185.27.19 ( talk) 12:18, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
It is incorrect to refer to any Pontiac V8 engine as a ‘big block.’ Pontiac offered many sizes of V8s from 1955 through the late 1970s, but unlike some brands such as Chevrolet and Ford (which had multiple sized casting molds for their engine blocks), Pontiac only ever had one basic casting used for all displacements. While displacement would vary by changing bore and stroke, the Pontiac V8 block was always based on the original 1955 architecture regardless of whether it was a 265 cubic inch engine all the way to their 455 cubic inch engine. You can’t call it a big block if it was the only block available. [1] [2] [3]
Expandinglight5 ( talk) 17:19, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
why don't you talk about the Canadian assembly plant ? It's false that they were built only in USA. /info/en/?search=Boisbriand_Assembly — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.56.234.169 ( talk) 13:04, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
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@ Scope creep: @ Polyamorph: why do we need article on Pontiac Firebird (third generation) that page has been created and edited since 2008, i believe it should be merged here, it's not notable enough to have its own page like the Chevrolet Camaro. ColorfulSmoke ( talk) 13:36, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
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Estimated 2023-equivalent values of the Trans Ams sold by Burt Reynolds at a Florida Barrett-Jackson auction in 2018 surely must reflect incorrect arithmetic. Even considering inflation and other factors, a 2018 figure of $100,000 would not be equivalent to "~$480,810" merely five years later. Robcotnam ( talk) 12:44, 8 May 2024 (UTC)