| Welcome to our
2005 Trans Am Nationals Page!! We had another GREAT trip and time at
the Trans Am Nationals in Dayton, Ohio. It just gets better every
year.
Team Hoghead
managed to make it to the Trans Am Nationals once again!!
Why is my 1978 Gold Edition Trans Am
on the trailer? Well thanks to Joe's dad, we were able to tow my Gold
Edition to the 2005 Trans Am Nationals with a Super Duty...Ford that is.
Four Hogheads do not fit very well in a 2nd Gen Trans Am, but we fit just
fine in the Crew Cab Super Duty...almost like sitting in the living room at
home.
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Joe, Cameron, Robert, and I began our big adventure on
Friday morning. The first order of business was to drive
to the Mountaineer Restaurant in Church Hill for breakfast! If you're
in the area, I highly recommend you try it out. After
eating enough biscuits and gravy to kill most men, we decided to "git-r-dun"
and head for Trans Am Mecca...Dayton, Ohio.
We stopped briefly to check out a black 2005 Hemi
Charger...but when you say that and see a four door car...
the first thought is, "That's just wrong."
The big
excitement on the trip to Dayton was almost getting struck by lightning when
we stopped for fuel.
We arrived in Dayton just after 4:00 p.m. We unloaded the Trans Am and
drove over to the Dayton Airport Inn to register...and found out we'd have
to wait until 5:00 p.m. The 1976-81 Special Edition Trans Ams are the
featured cars this year. |
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| Here's a picture of the
t-shirt this year...pretty sharp!! |
Here's just a few of the
Black Special Editions |
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| Bandit Trans Am Club
members who could got together for a picture... |
as did the Trans Am
Country members!! It was great meeting everyone. |
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| Well, there's no denying
it now... how do you like my new license plate? |
OK, now lets check out the
show... by starting with the 1st generation Firebirds. Here's a very
nice 1967. |
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Here's another nice 1967 in Robert's favorite color. |
If you're restoring a 1968, this was the car to
photograph. This Verdoro Green beauty is very correct!! |
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Here's a very nice 1969 convertible. |
If the red 1969 convertible is not you, how about
green... |
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Or maybe blue? There's something for everyone
here!! |
Can you say "Ram Air
IV"... WOW!! That is SOMETHING!! |
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Ahh, the joy of six.... a Sprint OHC 6 that is. |
1969 Trans Am... I like it!! |
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| Let's finish off the 1st
generation Firebirds with another beautiful 1969 Trans Am. |
How about some 2nd
generation Firebirds... Lucerne Blue 1970 Trans Am. |
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| 1972 Formula 455,
4-speed... yeah I took LOTS of pictures. Maybe one day my '72 will be
done. |
Here's a 1973 Formula |
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| And another 1973 Formula. |
1973 Firebird... VERY low
mileage and original!! |
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| 1973 Trans am |
OK... this begins "Super
Duty Row"... 1973 SD455 Formula!! Automatic, no gages, no Formula wheel. |
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| The number of Super Duty
Trans Ams here was very impressive!! |
The restoration on this
Super Duty was incredible!! |
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| Mark Rogers' beautiful
1976 455, 4-speed T/A. What's better than one Carousel Red Trans Am... |
TWO of them!! It too
has a 455 and a 4-speed!! Yeah, these guys come every year, but you
never get tired of seeing these beautiful cars. |
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How about a 1977 VSE
Fire-Am... |
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Now we move to "Special Edition Row" for the Black and
Gold Special Edition Trans Ams... |
The Special Editions were the featured cars this year
and as you will see, there was a great turnout!! |
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The Trans Am
Mini-Nationals was a very neat event!! These die cast collections
were very impressive!! |
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Well that's about it for
the 2005 Trans Am Nationals!! Be sure to check out the 2005 Tipp City Cruise for
more pictures!! After a weekend of Trans
Am Nationals fun, it was time to head home... but here's something you just
don't see everyday...two Gold Special Edition Trans Am on the interstate.
Our trip home was without any adventure or incident
this year. |