Scream'n Chicken Reborn

[lwszabo]

it looks awesome!!!!!

[Monster Dave]

Great comparison pics!

I agree -- looking at this '71 TA, I think Lingenfelter did a nice job on their modern TA.  IMO, this wouldn't be a far fetched GM concept, if the Pontiac division were still in existence.   

Full disclosure:  My first car was a 1987 Firebird Formula.   Pontiacs will always hold a place in my automotive heart. 

Thanks! I agree too - it's sad to think that the only way to get one is to have it done by Lingenfelter. My first ride was a '79 Trans-Am, so I can totally relate to the special place that Pontiac holds in your heart - after all they're Pontiac where "We Build Excitement" used to be a very true statement.

[Scottish]

Looks like I'm in the minority here.

It's ugly, it looks like a cartoon of a plastic tupperware/rubbermaid car. Proportions suck, cheap looking front, a characture of the original penned by a sixth grader.  

Camaro is a far better looking car. In that it actually looks like a real car.

[il d00d]

Alright, well maybe "toy" does not describe it.  There is something about it that is not believable as a car design to me.  Or, it looks like the proportions were taken directly from the concept drawing,  like taking a Chip Foose paper design and making it look *exactly* like that.  I like form to follow function - this car looks like they designed the whole thing from the sheetmetal in.

I love the original by the way.  In fact, I would rather have a late 70s Firebird than a modern one.

[Monster Dave]

Looks like I'm in the minority here.

It's ugly, it looks like a cartoon of a plastic tupperware/rubbermaid car. Proportions suck, cheap looking front, a characture of the original penned by a sixth grader.  

Camaro is a far better looking car. In that it actually looks like a real car.

For comparison:







Just from a comparison to the accuracy of work done on both models, the TA is more accurate to the design than to what was recreated to the Camaro's lineage. Some of what you say I understand as if feeds directly from the Chevy vs. Pontiac lovers - but as it has nearly always been - it still remains true even in the reborn TA that they are nearly the same car with different stying cues. Both reiterations could use some stying adjustments, neither is "perfect", but is any car ever really 100% perfect to everyone?

For the record, my favorite year TA is a 1968 convertible:

[bluemoco]

I like that '68 convert - I almost got one of those instead of the 1987 model I mentioned earlier.

A note about your Camaro comparison:  I think today's Camaro shares more styling cues with the '69 model, rather than the '67.

[Scottish]

Don't get me wrong the old T/A's were cool as hell. The new one looks like plastic. The new Camaro at least appears road worthy. The new T/A looks like a cheap Walmart RC car with big bling wheels thrown on to appeal to a generation raised on crappy hip-hop and sports stars with a mouth full of metal.

[Speedbag]

For the record, my favorite year TA is a 1968 convertible:

Except they didn't make a Trans Am until 1969.  

Until the recent plan for its demise, Pontiac was the only GM brand making anything I'd actually consider buying....

[Monster Dave]

Except they didn't make a Trans Am until 1969.  

Until the recent plan for its demise, Pontiac was the only GM brand making anything I'd actually consider buying....

I meant Firebird - thanks!  

Check out this Bandit Edition with era correct body work:

[Scottish]

Bandit edition is much better looking. 

[Monster Dave]

Though you'd like that. 

[MendoDave]

I liked the nose on the recreation better than the original (White car). the only thing they don't have going in their favor is that the original car had 2nd gen bodywork and the "New Car" that they had to start with imitates the 1st gen body. Yes the 69 version which I never really cared for. But over all Considering what they had to work with i think they did a real good job. especially the way they toned down the Pinocchio nose on the front.