I am Ken Meagher and my high school dream car was a Trans Am. Fueled in no small part by Smokey and the Bandit. It was out of my price range then but I never forgot.

I finally purchased one sight unseen off of Craigs List that was 150 miles away.

I had talked to the owner and had friends go by and verify it existed. It had been in a field in Billings for at least 10 years.
I bought it and borrowed a trailer to bring it back to where I live in Bozeman Montana. My wife was watching when I unloaded it off the trailer and the drive shaft fell off. She nearly got sick laughing at me. I should mention that I have next to nothing as far as mechanical experience, just the normal replacing of alternators, starters water pumps and such. I always thought that restoring old cars would be cool and was impressed by the folks that do it.

Anyway, that was 7 years ago and it has been quite a journey. Hundreds of youtube videos, some watched over and over again right in the garage while I muddled my way figuring out how stuff goes back together. Many times I took long pauses as sometimes money was not available and working in a home garage in Montana can be pretty cold. The paint, also was something that I did not want to do as it had to be perfect. Lots of work on the sanding and prep though

At some point in there I joined the NFTAC and it’s been a great help as I tried to bring this car back to life.
Anyway, its drivable now and looks great and sounds great. Lots of little things left to do, but I wanted to share my story as it was worth every penny and every rough patch.

Thanks!
Ken Meagher