Here are some pics of the 1976 Trans Am I drove during my days at Texas A&M. I made the mistake of selling the vehicle upon graduation, foolishly believing I needed to grow up, since I was entering the work force as a new college grad.
"WARP 7" was already taken as license plate, so I ended up with WARP 7B." Probably should have used "WARP 76" instead. I switched to "LEFTIE" in 1978. The original plate was MZG-467.
The side molding was added after purchase of the vehicle. The wheels are from Appliance,
and the T-top was also added after market.
In the mid to late 1970s, the rave was CB radios, which accounts for the antenna mounted to the middle of the trunk lid.
The fender antenna is for the AM/FM radio. I later had the rear grill painted black.
This pic was taken before the T-top was added, and with the original license plates. Are front plates required in Texas?
Full instrumentation was standard on Trans Ams. The radio was primative, though typical for the day. With only two speaker outputs (stereo), I had to add a fader control to balance the left-right from the radio into the front-rear for the four speaker configuration that I installed. This explains the small control mounted to the bottom of the dash board, visible between the steering wheel spokes. The TA came with an AM/FM radio with 8-track tape player. I later replaced the factory unit with an AM/FM casette player from Pioneer.
The 1976 Trans Am is still the king of the road, as far as I am concerned. But with only 46,000 manufactured by Pontiac, very few are left to remind me of the glory days of the muscle car.