Take one look at TredWear’s “Translammed” 1977 Pontiac Trans Am, and you’ll be smitten. You’ll immediately notice the wide look of period-correct IMSA bodywork from the late ’70s/early ’80s and a subtle but obvious reduction in the Trans Am’s wheelbase, aided by a slammed stance and an arsenal of aero aids including some crafty and functional turbine wheel covers. Accompanying all these vintage-style mods is a tasty complement of sponsor graphics in the IMSA style that some will no doubt label as kitsch, but it’s all in good fun and in the TredWear tradition of pulling at the heartstrings of those who fondly remember the era.
Translammed is TredWear’s latest build in a line of cars—seven in all—that stretch back to the company’s inception in 2012. You may remember TredWear’s “Scraptona,” the equally imaginary 1969 Dodge Daytona designed and built on a whim to emulate how a 1969 Dodge Daytona
