{"id":90131,"date":"2023-03-14T16:39:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T23:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=90131"},"modified":"2023-03-14T17:53:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T00:53:31","slug":"retro-designs-1979-pontiac-trans-am-pairs-seventies-style-with-modern-muscle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/retro-designs-1979-pontiac-trans-am-pairs-seventies-style-with-modern-muscle\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro Designs&#8217; 1979 Pontiac Trans-Am Pairs Seventies Style with Modern Muscle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-90131-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/Retro-Designs-TLC-4x4-Pontiac-Trans-Am-LS3-01-min.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;90132&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Retro Designs\\u0026#8217; 1979 Pontiac Trans-Am Pairs Seventies Style with Modern Muscle&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Retro Designs\\u0026#039; 1979 Pontiac Trans-Am Pairs Seventies Style with Modern Muscle&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Custom kings, Retro Designs is pleased to introduce the newest creations, a new take on retro favorite, the 1979 Pontiac Trans Am.\\n\\u201cThe Firebird really is a completely unique, totally cool moment in time in the history of great cars from the seventies,\\u201d comments Retro Designs Owner Daniel Valjevac. \\u201cThe Firebird is an incredible car for collectors with a style and swagger all its own. 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