The owner of this vehicle says he likes it because it offers plenty of performance from the ~425 horsepower LS6 V8 engine, but is still comfortable and reliable enough to take on road trips and to drive around town. The factory-looking blue upholstered interior contrasts with the gloss black paint to give this Trans Am a head-turning appearance and also seems like a nice place to sit with its cueball shift knob, aftermarket audio/navigation display screen, Speedhut gauges, ice cold A/C from Vintage Air and a blue-painted half roll cage. Our personal favorite part of this ’73 Firebird is the interior. Bringing the fairly heavy package to a stop are a set of large, ventilated Baer brakes, which hide behind a set of Billet Specialties alloy wheels wrapped in sticky Nitto rubber.

Under the hood sits a 5.7L LS6 V8 Small Block, which sends power to the rear wheels through a Tremec T56 six-speed manual transmission and a Moser 10-bolt rear end – all pretty standard fare for a GM-based restomod project. This 1973 Pontiac Firebird Trans started out life as a run-of-the-mill Trans Am before the current owner, Andrew, set about transforming it into a comfortable and usable restomod. The muscle car-obsessed folks over at Autotpia LA recently featured a 1973 Pontiac Firebird with a modern-day LS6 V8 on their YouTube channel, dubbing the modified muscle coupe the “perfect restomod.”

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