---
title: "Appreciate This 1974 Pontiac Trans Am SD-455, Hitting Mecum Auction Block"
description: "The cherry Trans Am could go for more than $100,000."
date: "2017-02-16"
modified: "2017-02-16"
authors:
  - name: "Max Goldberg"
    job_title: "Associate Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/max-goldberg"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/7705/appreciate-this-1974-pontiac-trans-am-sd-455-hitting-mecum-auction-block"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "For Sale"
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Mecum Auction"
  - "Muscle Cars"
  - "Pontiac"
  - "Trans Am"
---

# Appreciate This 1974 Pontiac Trans Am SD-455, Hitting Mecum Auction Block

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Buying a Pontiac Trans AM in the '70s meant you were automatically[ cooler than you started off](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZjviMmXIY8>). It was the pre-Disco years equivalent of buying street cred.

The [Mecum Auction in Los Angeles](<https://www.mecum.com/auctions/los-angeles-2017/>) this weekend is giving you, the guy with the silver pony tail, the opportunity to return to your glory days with a cherry [1974 Pontiac Trans Am 455 Super Duty](<https://www.mecum.com/lots/LA0217-287683/1974-pontiac-trans-am-super-duty/>). Boasting a 455-CI 7.5-liter V8, this red three-speed Trans Am is something you can boogie to.

The beefed-up 455-SD made a hefty 310 horsepower (290 horsepower [after emissions regulations](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I9MDswUeYc>)…) and 390lb-ft of torque. That was enough for the sporty muscle car to shoot through the quarter mile in 13.751 at [103.56mph](<https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/pontiac-firebird-trans-am-sd-455-archived-test-review>). Pretty impressive numbers for the 3,600-lb naturally aspirated coupe.

## 1974 Pontiac Trans Am 455 SD Could Go For More Than $100k

The particular car being auctioned off was originally purchased by [John Woolfe Racing](<https://www.woolfe.com/>) in England as a promotional car and has just 72,896 miles on it. No major modifications or rebuilds have been documented, however, minor restoration occurred at 62,000 miles.

We look forward to see how much this mint Trans Am goes for since the last time a 1974 Pontiac Trans AM 455 Super Duty was auction off it went for [$111,100](<https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1974-PONTIAC-FIREBIRD-TRANS-AM-455-SUPER-DUTY-185726>) even though it was originally sold for $4,929.

## Author
Before working at *The Drive*, Max Goldberg raced the streets of Westchester in an ambulance as a licensed Emergency Medical Technician. He has boundless enthusiasm.

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/maxems>)