The Pontiac Trans Am bowed in 1969, named after the SCCA series. This 1972 455-powered T/A will cross the Mecum Auctions ...

However, all was not lost, as an all-original Pontiac Trans Am would rescue him from the throes of mediocre classics. This 1970 1/2 Lucerne Blue Trans Am was purchased from a collector in Tennessee.

"I first saw a Lucerne Blue '71 Trans Am with a four-speed, and that's what I really wanted," Paul recalls, remembering his trip to Stephens Pontiac in Daytona Beach, Florida, in early 1971 ...

Avila looked over the car. He was impressed to find a Lucerne Blue Trans Am with white stripes and the reverse-facing shaker hood scoop for the 455 HO, the one engine available that year.

The Trans Am is mostly original, still wearing the correct Lucerne Blue (factory code 26) paint in beautiful shape. It's not the factory-sprayed coat of paint, as this Trans Am wears an older repaint.

Wrapped in a Polar White paint adorned by Lucerne Blue striping, the body of the Trans Am comes with a shaker hood, fender vents, a rear spoiler, and dual mirrors to give it a sportier look.