One of a Kind and Firsts....
- Bird on hood - real gold leaf (not decal)
- Paint - metal flake (real gold)
- GM design emblems, 2 known, other on first or 72 SD
- Special interior: Cadillac carpet and special silk material on seats etc…
- Shift knob match’s interior
- John Schinella’s personal signature on engine core support and console
- Special Ferrari 3-trumpet horns (Bill Mitchell's Trademark)
- Stainless Steel floor grates (only done on Schinella’s other concept cars)
- Gold seal and door jams
- 1974 concept promo car for the Chicago auto show
- 1976 promo car For Pontiacs 50th anniversary
- Racing side view mirrors ( I read this but looks the same to me)
- Headlight covers( bubble lens) Cibie
- Molded fender spats
- Black glass trim, both black and chrome
- Only super duty with unitized ignition (pre HEI)
- Four round intakes, solenoid operated, on Shaker
- Tires - only two sets made by Goodyear (gold lettering)
- 1st gold honeycomb wheels
- Gold wheel center caps
- Gold anodized lug nuts
- “John Player Special” car, (1st black and gold car), (1st Special Edition “Bandit” car), (1st 1976 “Limited Edition” 50th anniversary car)
- 1976 1st “Trans Am Territory” event parade car
- 1st gold dash
- 1st wrap around modified rear window done before 1976
- 1st german gothic graphic (lettering) on front fenders
- One of the first cars to receive 1974 bumpers
- One of the first cars to receive 1976 bumpers (because it was almost always in the design studio)
- One of the 1st Super Duty Engines (Engine not stamped because it was a concept car block taken off the shelf). Bob Reason thought it’s probably one of the first because of the dates of other engine parts (early unmarked 16 heads) and the time of the year that the Super Duty came out (late).
Names given to this Trans Am over the years are:
1974 Chicago Auto Show Car
Bill Mitchell's Trans Am
Johnny Player Special
“The Rarest of the Rare”