[post toastie]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcKQ84mkpcE

[shaker455]

Nifty,
I had a 69' here that I built engine.....did not want to give it back!..Haha!

[post toastie]

I had a 69 400 firebird with a decent set of radial tires , it handle good .

[Half-Inch Stud]

Thoroughly enjoyed my 69 Birds ( both pseudo T/As in their own way). Went back to the 68 GTO for simple reasons of simple maint & ride type.

Buddy had the tripple-white 99 T/A Convertible, drove it hard maintained it well and sold it for good money before the car got clapped-out.

[Hikin Mike]

Originally Posted by post toastie

I had a 69 400 firebird with a decent set of radial tires , it handle good .

Mine doesn't, but it the lack of front sway bar and 15 x 3-1/2 front rims doesn't help...lol!

[Firedup6975]

69 is Fine.... and so is my Daughters 99! This car was Chris Casspersons.

[tom s]

I have owned both a 69T/A and a anniversary 99T/A.Tom

[SRR]

I had a buddy back in the late 70's who had a 69 Trans Am, we didn't know how rare or special the car was.

[Cardo]

And 1999 was 20 years ago. Time flies!

[mgarblik]

Originally Posted by tom s

I have owned both a 69T/A and a anniversary 99T/A.Tom

So what is your opinion of the video piece? For that kind of fluff, it seemed to be decent and balanced. Acceleration times seemed about right.

[tom s]

I loved the 99 as a company car so much I replaced it with a 2002.Tom

[Judge-1969]

Can't beat the stylings of the 1960's no matter how much hp they throw in these new cars.

[tom s]

There is no comparison between the two cars as a daily driver!The safety,comfort and reliability can't be compared.I sold the 69,paid off my house and built a matching clone and love driving it.When I want comfort I drive my 62 GP,when I want pure muscle I drive my 63 421SD lemans.The 69 is by far the best handling of all my cars with F&R sway bars and subframe connectors but the ride is much more harsh than my other two.FWIW,Tom

[Mr_GTO]

I loved my '99 Trans Am. I bought it new in Denver when I lived in Boulder. Drove it to SF later that summer. Went through Utah or Nevada doing 120mph with the cruise control on and I think the engine was spinning at like 1800rpm in 6th. Loved it. Sold it after my ex fiancee and I broke up in April of 2001. Only 34K miles on it when I sold it. It passed few a few hands and ended up in NJ somewhere. Lost track of it after that.

[unruhjonny]

I still think that the '99 Anniversary TA was the best looking anniversary model.

I paused the video though to post this.

An e/t of 14.6 seconds?

Really?

That means my 'yellow rocket' daily driver is faster!?
That just doesn't seem right.

I did have a guy in a hopped up(?!?) pre-98 TA try to race me many years ago, as a Pontiac/Firebird enthusiast, I felt that it was shameful how quickly I blew him away.

I had actually thought that the 98-02 LS powered Firebirds were at least as fast as late model Challenger R/T's;
I guess I was wrong!?

(anyone, feel free to correct me)

[muscle_collector]

whoever ran it with a 14.?? quarter doesn't know how to drive. they run a lot better than that.

[Lee]

Originally Posted by unruhjonny

I still think that the '99 Anniversary TA was the best looking anniversary model.

I paused the video though to post this.

An e/t of 14.6 seconds?

Really?

That means my 'yellow rocket' daily driver is faster!?
That just doesn't seem right.

I did have a guy in a hopped up(?!?) pre-98 TA try to race me many years ago, as a Pontiac/Firebird enthusiast, I felt that it was shameful how quickly I blew him away.

I had actually thought that the 98-02 LS powered Firebirds were at least as fast as late model Challenger R/T's;
I guess I was wrong!?

(anyone, feel free to correct me)

My dad had a '95 that he bought new, with the LT-1 and 6-speed. Totally stock, I got it to run 13.8's. Dad took it down the track several times, but just blew the tires away - don't think he ever ran faster than maybe 14.5 or so. The 98-02's could run deep 13's, with a manual transmission and a competent driver.

[unruhjonny]

/\ thanks!