Joe London really began wanting a Pontiac Trans Am after he’d watched a certain Seventies movie, and there are no prizes for guessing which one. “Smokey and the Bandit was what influenced me to buy the car,” admits Joe. “I started searching all over, but every example I looked at was rusty and after a while I just lost heart. Then in 2003 my dad Joseph heard about a car for sale in Great Yarmouth, about 45 minutes away. It was solid, never welded, with next to no rust and, for me, total love at first sight.” The Trans Am was on axle stands because the wheels and brake pipes were removed and it had sat unused for two years, but it was only £1600. “I agreed immediately, then for the next six weeks the seller kept changing his mind.” At this point many of us would have considered giving up, but not Joe. “I
