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AUTOS: Trans staru Lead 70s ResurgenceBlack-and-gold with Screaming Eagles on their hoods, iconic Pontiacs back in favour at Barrett-Jackson. Bob Golfen | posted on 23 September 2010 Las Vegas, NV four Pontiac Firebird Trans staru ready for the auction block everything brought by an obsessed collector. (Photo: Bob Golfen)
One thing you'll find much in the Las Vegas of Barrett-Jackson auction is Pontiac Firebird Trans staru from same 70.El black and gold, late "Smoky of and Bandit box," screamin ' Eagle staru Trans which had seduced many teenage gearheads in his day.

These ostentatious muscle cars have enjoyed a resurgence of late, the movement away from the nightclub was kitsch and the Kingdom of bona fide collector cars. There are too many cars that stylistic time and performance - challenged have made the leap.

"Style has endured for a long, long time," said admitted to Pontiac addicted to Tom Knight, Albuquerque, n.m., as he eyes a Trans Am 50 ° anniversary of 1976 Coupe. "I believe that there has been a resurrection now that Pontiac dead."

Rick McLaughlin purchased its first Trans Am when he was 21 years old and never Miró back. (Photo: Bob Golfen)Four of the Trans staru classic for sale in a three-day Barrett-Jackson auction at Mandalay Bay were led by a boy, Rick McLaughlin, which operates its own Museum of Pontiac Trans Am in Parkersburg, West Virginia.

"I bought my first new car when he was 21 years old, a gold 1978 Trans Am Special Edition," McLaughlin said."Was enganchado.Estos were cars Week, best-handling of his time." "Bought new in ' 79."

Since then, has spent his life in search conditions of cousin Trans staru and he maintained a stable of at least 20 of them in his Museum at all times.

"It's iconic cars, and we all know why," McLaughlin said, referring to the famous movie action Burt Reynolds where a gold and black Trans Am played an important role."Yeah, did much to my business."

This 1976 Trans Am 50 anniversary was sold for $ 18,700, including auction fees.(Photo: Bob Golfen)All four of their Trans Barrett-Jackson - three 1979s and one 1980 - staru are very low mileage, owner of one original four-speed manual transmission.He pick out them of the auction, said, because they were the last of its breed.

"This was the end of the era," he said.

First the McLaughlin, a 1979 todos-original am only 8,444 miles, Trans car sold this afternoon for $ 33,000, including costs of subasta.El ' 76 50th anniversary model previously sold for $ 18,700, including fees.

McLaughlin has been the recent increase in interest in Trans staru, which is one reason why decided to sell four cars in Las Vegas.

"" These are the next promising cars on the market,"said.""This is what people want to recall his youth".

It Bob Golfen, editor of automotive for SPEED.com, is a writer based in Phoenix, Arizona, which has driven and essentially evaluated every new vehicle sold in the States Unidos.Un enthusiastic car throughout life with a passion for cars collection, car culture and automotive lifestyle automatic veteran, he attends every year, and writes about coleccionista-coche January auctions famous Arizona, focusing on the event of the car to the monumental Scottsdale Collector Barrett-Jackson and other Barrett-Jackson auction.SPEED.com Automotive Editor Bob Golfen in email fans

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