Western New York Supercars

[Bill Pritchard]

Thanks to all of you who are contributing to this thread, it's fascinating!

[Diabl07]

Originally Posted by auwrestling

In 1970 Pontiac built 3196 TRANS AMS and only 88 came with the top dog RAIV engine . 6 of these super rare and desirable RAIV TAs went to dealerships in NYS . All 6 of these dealerships were located between Syracuse and Buffalo (Niagara Falls ) ! Four of these six cars are white and two are blue and out of the six only one white one is an automatic . One can say all six are western NY cars but Syracuse is debateable . More information and some pictures to come. Don’t get too excited because they all have been found.

I know one that was up for sale recently, blue 4-speed car sold new in Rochester. Not sure of the vin
I was looking at SD-455s for 73 and 74 too and I found some vins of cars delivered new here
Lemme see what I got

white/white 73 Trans Am M-20
2V87X3N139695
Delivered new in Dansville NY
Witt Pontiac

2V87X4N162786
Admiralty Blue/saddle 1974 THM
New in Hamburg NY
Hal Casey Pontiac

Buccaneer Red/Black 1974 m-21
2V87X4N157051
Buffalo NY
Don Davis Pontiac

2V87X4N121963
Buccaneer Red/Red 1974 THM
Buffalo NY
not sure who got this one

2V87X4N151836
1974 white/black M-21
Palmyra NY
Bunknam Pontiac

[Diabl07]

2 Ram Air IV 1970 cars, one from Gould Pontiac in Watkins Glen and Scutti Pontiac in Rochester.
2 articles written about these cars in Hot Rod

https://www.hotrod.com/features/hppp...r-iv-trans-am/

https://www.hotrod.com/features/hppp...am-ram-air-iv/

[Diabl07]

Originally Posted by Bill Pritchard

Thanks to all of you who are contributing to this thread, it's fascinating!

I absolutely agree! all of these stories are so incredible! so many people sharing all of their favorite moments, its so cool!
It was a little passion project of mine a few months ago to start compiling information from every crevice of memory and the internet to create a registry of the rare muscle cars that were in the WNY area. this thread has catapulted this project way higher than I expected. I haven't updated my registries totally for a few weeks now, and I've added so much. I'm hoping to have everything updated as much as possible by the new year to post here as Google Sheets or Excel (depends on which works better for everyone here) Ill update it as long as im still looking for cars to add, and im not even 20 yet so expect many more years of these registries expanding everyone!

[auwrestling]

Originally Posted by Diabl07

2 Ram Air IV 1970 cars, one from Gould Pontiac in Watkins Glen and Scutti Pontiac in Rochester.
2 articles written about these cars in Hot Rod

https://www.hotrod.com/features/hppp...r-iv-trans-am/

https://www.hotrod.com/features/hppp...am-ram-air-iv/

The blue car that came from Scotty Pontiac I first saw in the Kmart parking lot at Maple and transit 1977. I wasn’t able to find the owner at that time but several years later I saw it a car show up in Niagara Falls . At that point, I met the owner and tried to buy it from him a Couple times, but it didn’t work out. It Changed hands several times before it got to RM .

I was lucky enough to buy the car from Watkins Glen in the mid 80s , white with a black standard interior 4 speed great car.

[auwrestling]

Originally Posted by Diabl07

I know one that was up for sale recently, blue 4-speed car sold new in Rochester. Not sure of the vin
I was looking at SD-455s for 73 and 74 too and I found some vins of cars delivered new here
Lemme see what I got

white/white 73 Trans Am M-20
2V87X3N139695
Delivered new in Dansville NY
Witt Pontiac

2V87X4N162786
Admiralty Blue/saddle 1974 THM
New in Hamburg NY
Hal Casey Pontiac

Buccaneer Red/Black 1974 m-21
2V87X4N157051
Buffalo NY
Don Davis Pontiac

2V87X4N121963
Buccaneer Red/Red 1974 THM
Buffalo NY
not sure who got this one

2V87X4N151836
1974 white/black M-21
Palmyra NY
Bunknam Pontiac

I owned a couple of the red SD 74s you’re talking about.
WE ALSO HAD TWO OF THE 74 ADMIRALITY BLUE FOUR-SPEED CARS FROM THE BUFFALO AREA , not on your list .
The white on white 4 Spd 73 on your list is one of the best ones in the country . It’s is not around here anymore too bad
I’ll cover the 73 SD TRANS AMs later if there’s interest . Some real good ones still around !!

[Diabl07]

Originally Posted by auwrestling

I owned a couple of the red SD 74s you’re talking about.
WE ALSO HAD TWO OF THE 74 ADMIRALITY BLUE FOUR-SPEED CARS FROM THE BUFFALO AREA , not on your list .
The white on white 4 Spd 73 on your list is one of the best ones in the country . It’s is not around here anymore too bad
I’ll cover the 73 SD TRANS AMs later if there’s interest . Some real good ones still around !!

Did you have both red cars? I had no idea there were 2 Admiralty blue cars, that’s so cool! I’ll have to look at the registry again to add to to mine with info and stuff.
You really are the most knowledgeable in the area!

[Diabl07]

Originally Posted by auwrestling

I owned a couple of the red SD 74s you’re talking about.
WE ALSO HAD TWO OF THE 74 ADMIRALITY BLUE FOUR-SPEED CARS FROM THE BUFFALO AREA , not on your list .
The white on white 4 Spd 73 on your list is one of the best ones in the country . It’s is not around here anymore too bad
I’ll cover the 73 SD TRANS AMs later if there’s interest . Some real good ones still around !!

There’s a white 1971 HO 455 car in Buffalo, not sure who the owner is but the vin is 228871N110001 which is a super early Vin, if not #1. Do you know this car or these vins well enough to know if it’s the first?
I know you said you had the first RAII Firebird, like the white one at Mecum.
Pontiacs galore

[Diabl07]

https://www.hotrod.com/features/hppp...tiac-trans-am/

This 455 HO was a West Seneca car new!
Buffalo had quite a few rare Pontiacs

[auwrestling]

Originally Posted by Diabl07

There’s a white 1971 HO 455 car in Buffalo, not sure who the owner is but the vin is 228871N110001 which is a super early Vin, if not #1. Do you know this car or these vins well enough to know if it’s the first?
I know you said you had the first RAII Firebird, like the white one at Mecum.
Pontiacs galore

A low 1971 455 Ho ta would be 228871N100___
Our 68 RAII FB is a lower vin than the white fb.