The boys over at Hemmings broke the news of this sadly neat story, that involved a closed Pontiac dealer and a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am with less than 10 miles on it. Family owned and operated for 80 years, Kitterman Motors, a Pontiac and GMC dealer in Indiana, has closed down and is auctioning all the remaining stuff at the business. Among that stuff is this absolutely perfect 1979 Pontiac Trans Am.
Ordered by the dealer, it has a bunch of options, most importantly is probably the 400ci mill and 4-speed transmission with obligatory Hurst factory installed shifter. The car obviuosly never sold. It just sat, and sat, and sat. The original plastic still lines the steering wheel and floors. Every piece of promotional paperwork, along with all the invoices and factory paperwork is with the car. It seems impossible that this wouldn’t be the lowest mileage, most well documented 1979 Trans Am on planet Earth, but maybe there’s one with 5 miles on it out there somewhere.
The auction happens this Saturday in the bustling burg of Corydon, Indiana and we know one guy who will be there with his cashola. Hmmmm….who do we know from Indiana who is into way cool junk and has a penchant for scoring the stuff that he wants.
Any guesses?
Hit the link below to the auction house to see a huge selection of photos and all the rest of the neat items that will be sold at the auction of Kitterman Motor’s assets this Saturday.
(Hemmings)
AUCTION HOUSE LINK WITH LOTS OF PHOTOS AND INFO!
buy it, immediately ship it off to a “checkbook rodding” pro shop and have it hacked it up into a pro-touring mess (“dubs”, six-speed, boring LSX crate motor, $10,000 brakes). They’ll backslap each other about how it takes “a real man” to “cut’em up.”
Then PHR’s Johnny Hunkins and various other high priests of millionaire rodding and ridiculous builds will gush all over it.
What should have happened is that a time capsule such as this should have been donated for conservation to a major automotive museum (AACA, Henry Ford, LeMay, Petersen, Harrah, etc.) Too bad greed and selfishness always seems to get in the way.
I wonder what kind of rot it has after sitting for 30 or so years?
Sweet ,who ever buys it leave it the hell alone !
Buy a crap one for Pro boring
Agreed!
I’m guessing the new owner will be from Jasper, IN.
I agree, it should be kept factory original and driven!
$85,000.00