Video's like these take me back in time. I remember when I was 17 and I had a 78 Transam.... on my birthday my dad gave me a Holley 750 Double pumper carb and mom gave me a set of headers. I was so thrilled ! ....... back in those days it was all about Street racing
If you had the Pontiac engine those headers would have been a huge pain to install. I put on several sets, Pontiac exhaust ports were angled down and hard to get at the bolts.
'78 Trans Am was a POS, 3 Engine Options, with the W72 400CI only making 200 HP in the best case. It was a heavy, slow car. Show, but no go. All of the Muscle Cars were sad excuses by 1975
at 12 years old I noticed that neither car seemed to have limited slip .. I was like well that's lame... but it wasn't as bad as a dirt bike centered episode where the bikes kept switching from 2 stroke to 4 stroke
Before Andy Travis became a station manager for a run down radio station in Cincinnati. The Firebird is a bit of a hodge podge of parts. 1971 fenders with Trans Am vents and Firebird vents in the fenders, Formula hood with shaker, 1971 seats, 1973 grilles and turn signals,
@@DarrenFinley who are you replying to?.....when replying to a comment that already had replies, you have to @who you are replying to!....come on dude...are you new here?
@@lilorbielilorbie2496 No, it didn't... Check your 'facts". The first season of CHiPs which featured this episode came out in Sept. 1977, WKRP came out in Sept. 1978.
The cars and car stunts on this show were over the top, I loved it. And " Return to death's door" Ponch flash back racing a 1955 Chevy in the canyon. 👍
That was my first car in 1978! 67 Camaro SS living the life in Santa Barbara California.. those were the days! Poncho was at our local car show in 2024 autograph pictures and all 😆
@Jeff-sp7bg I really like and admire Erik I recently saw his video about a decade ago at a comic convention in Toledo. He had issues with the sheriff in modoc county and then I think he was responsible for some violence too; but I'm not saying anything. It was all alleged- he was asked to leave the county.
@stevenbrooks1243 I know they were hilarious I laughed about it in the 90s. I was on my 27-year stint in San Francisco. But here I am 😅. Three bedroom house three bathrooms that has been foreclosed on 100,000 or best offer 🤑. That's not where I live that's just an typical deal of there in phase 3. But I digress thanks 🤙
I like How ponch’s trans am could change its parts through out each episode that it appears its wheels its hood scoops from a fórmula 400 and trans am are in the Same hood many trans am’s filled the role of ponch’s car
@@williamzoom I guess we were lucky {not rich} in 1978-79 as we had a 32 inch color console TV & my grandmother still watched her 1970 Zenith TV/stereo/record player
Hey everybody. Where are we in this particular scene here? I'm a little turned around here. Great looking cars and driving though. Thank you for posting.
I wish I had both of those cars, beautiful I love 69 Camaro or 68 I Love, Chevrolet, Camaro and all Firebirds and Trans Am’s I had a 1976SD 455 Trans Am but I sold my beautiful car cause I needed the money. I feel so stupid.
Why is the same driver driving both cars by the end of this clip? At the start there were two drivers, but then they fused together. Continuity error? Never seen the show, so not sure how spaced out these clips are, but it seem like its from the same episode.
Actor Gary Sandy before WKRP. Those Kawasaki cop bikes handled worse than their civilian counterparts. Surprised to see those heavy, poor handling bikes go around sweeping bends like that. I owned a brand new ( at the time) 1977 Kawasaki KZ1000, and I was shocked the first time I took a sweeping bend at about 50 mph. Talk about a flexible flyer!
Little known fact . . . Hollywood doesn't care about your feelings. The show was made to entertain the general public not some sorry loser on UA-cam, 40 yrs later.
I think I counted upwards of 4 or 5 Datsun 510 wagons in this video! Laughable soundtrack. That Camero had two different drivers (stunt driver sandy blonde hair) and two different transmissions (actor shifting gears, soundtrack upshifting via AT). I couldn't wait for the show to come on when I was a teenager.
LMAO. That Firebird can't seem to decide what it wants to be...has the Trans Am AND Formula scoops on the hood AND the Trans Am AND (1971-only) Formula scoops on the fender too. LOL
The bad guy T/A from the movie Corvette Summer lived on to be a bad guy T/A on Chips..then became Ponchs personal car on Chips and only then did it meet its fate...now in a private collection...just like the Vette..
Phony sound effects,hardly anybody on the roads,not really driving that fast,and how did the guy in the Firebird suddenly be driving the other guys Camaro?
Because they didn't ride Harleys I seldomed watched this show. I mean Hondas just look like shit going down the road like giant scooters. Harleys just had style and look cool. Even cops in my hood today ride Harleys.
love how the Chevy Camara the Portuguese model LOL it was just a one peel Queen Supersonic HP and speed and no traction BTW i knew a few that owned them and they were just open diffs
Video's like these take me back in time. I remember when I was 17 and I had a 78 Transam.... on my birthday my dad gave me a Holley 750 Double pumper carb and mom gave me a set of headers. I was so thrilled ! ....... back in those days it was all about Street racing
Cool parents! No way my parents were giving me speed equipment 😂
If you had the Pontiac engine those headers would have been a huge pain to install. I put on several sets, Pontiac exhaust ports were angled down and hard to get at the bolts.
'78 Trans Am was a POS, 3 Engine Options, with the W72 400CI only making 200 HP in the best case.
It was a heavy, slow car. Show, but no go. All of the Muscle Cars were sad excuses by 1975
Ohh a double pumper 750 I bet she was a real under performer 🎉
@@mr.spongylikeaboss4987lol agreed the ones in this clip were heavily modified that's clear...b
In the UK, I would make sure that I was sat in front of the TV at 6pm on Saturdays, to watch CHiPS!
A simpler, better time.
Who was airing it in the UK, ITV?
@@guyintenn I don't remember, but it followed The Muppets.
That camaro really needs a Posi
either that or those drag slicks suck for turning lol. The Trans Am had way better turning ability
at 12 years old I noticed that neither car seemed to have limited slip .. I was like well that's lame... but it wasn't as bad as a dirt bike centered episode where the bikes kept switching from 2 stroke to 4 stroke
@@davidcooper6618 fierce under steer too
🤣👌 I literally saids this out loud and now I see this comment
Ol' Andy Travis boilin' the hides on that Camaro.
As God as my witness " I thought turkeys could fly."
Mr. Carlson is gonna be pissed
Peg leg rear end.
@@Userqwerty349 Yup, one wheel appeal.
@@jamesHazel-b2n One wheel peel.
The days of Gabriel Hi-Jackers and slot mags...🥺
And traction bars
Before Andy Travis became a station manager for a run down radio station in Cincinnati.
The Firebird is a bit of a hodge podge of parts. 1971 fenders with Trans Am vents and Firebird vents in the fenders, Formula hood with shaker, 1971 seats, 1973 grilles and turn signals,
That is how I knew it was Ponchs Trans Am....the Formula hood scoops with the Trans Am shaker.....good eye!
Whats your point?🤷♂️
@@DarrenFinley who are you replying to?.....when replying to a comment that already had replies, you have to @who you are replying to!....come on dude...are you new here?
Car guys care about this information. Maybe this is not the web sight for you? You know you don't HAVE to comment. , right. @DarrenFinley
@@lilorbielilorbie2496 No, it didn't... Check your 'facts". The first season of CHiPs which featured this episode came out in Sept. 1977, WKRP came out in Sept. 1978.
The cars and car stunts on this show were over the top, I loved it.
And " Return to death's door" Ponch flash back racing a 1955 Chevy in the canyon. 👍
Shark's is another good episode about Canyon Racing!
What a coincidence, I watched this episode yesterday. 😄 I love that Camaro, reminds me of the hot rods running around during my youth.
You sure have said Yutes or Youths My Cousin Vinny 1992 great movie
@@rogerstlaurent8704 filmed in my hometown along with the Dukes of Hazzard 1978 & Cannonball Run 1981 & got to be in all 3
That 70 T/A is a left over from the movie Corvette Summer. It was black. Sweet ride.
You sure it's wasn't from "The Wrath"?🤔
@@DarrenFinley The black ones from Corvette Summer had the shaker and formula hoods combined as seen here. The Wrath T/A was a 77-78 model.
I don't think it was a real T/A. When the hood is opened, the shaker stays with the hood and shows a standard air cleaner.
They mainly used a '71 model, tarted up with Formula and TA parts.
no not the same car
That brown Trans Am was featured in several episodes of Chips. It belongs to ponch in 2 seasons
This 1 is red.
It ain't Pon¢h's copper brown F🔥reb🦅rd. 🤷♂️
Do I recall correctly it had a La Cucaracha horn?
@Userqwerty349 yes 😆
@@Userqwerty349 No, that horn was in a Impala or Malibu he used to help capture some kidnappers,
Looks like the trans am from Corvette Summer, repainted.
Can you imagine replacing those cars with todays electrics. Must really suck being a kid now.
I had a ‘72 Firebird. What a car!
American muscle sound...no computers just man & machine.
yes,,but only sound..no speed lol
@@TheSakamurathats what makes it Great
観られてよかったです！ありがとうございます
That was my first car in 1978! 67 Camaro SS living the life in Santa Barbara California.. those were the days! Poncho was at our local car show in 2024 autograph pictures and all 😆
I'm in California Pines California; every time Erik Estrada's name is brought up, there's quite a story
Ya Erik is a piece of work. Alot of folks taken to the cleaners on that scam he was pitching.
@Jeff-sp7bg I really like and admire Erik I recently saw his video about a decade ago at a comic convention in Toledo. He had issues with the sheriff in modoc county and then I think he was responsible for some violence too; but I'm not saying anything. It was all alleged- he was asked to leave the county.
Lol I remember those California Pines videos
@stevenbrooks1243 I know they were hilarious I laughed about it in the 90s. I was on my 27-year stint in San Francisco. But here I am 😅. Three bedroom house three bathrooms that has been foreclosed on 100,000 or best offer 🤑. That's not where I live that's just an typical deal of there in phase 3. But I digress thanks 🤙
That camaro had some hp mods..kept breaking the tires loose during the chase
Only 1 Tire
I like How ponch’s trans am could change its parts through out each episode that it appears its wheels its hood scoops from a fórmula 400 and trans am are in the Same hood many trans am’s filled the role of ponch’s car
I still watch that show.
How could Ponch see the accident????
Real cars, will be missed in the future.
Love how at 3:19 no attempt whatsoever is made to make the stunt driver look like the actor he's doubling for.
Back then the average family had a tv with a screen 19 inches or smaller & alot were not color.
@@williamzoom I guess we were lucky {not rich} in 1978-79 as we had a 32 inch color console TV & my grandmother still watched her 1970 Zenith TV/stereo/record player
@@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman You were obviously born into a royal family! )
@@williamzoom Good point. And bad antenna reception as well.
Really have a soft spot for the 70 to 74 firebirds especially the TA'S... do not enjoy watching them get totalled!
Guest star: Steve Perry 😂
They drove right past the Fox Hills Mall in Culver City.
Hey everybody. Where are we in this particular scene here? I'm a little turned around here. Great looking cars and driving though. Thank you for posting.
It's from season one episode 21 crack up, This is not from one scene, there are about 30 minutes missing that would explain.
Matchbox '70 Trans Am vs. Hot Wheels '67 Camaro vs. CHiPs by Ertl.
1978 street racer punks were a bit more benign than the takeovers of today.
No cellphones or tiktok
@@Fabulousprofound168 which means we were a helluva lot smarter as the last 2 generations have been dumbed down with social media
@@Fabulousprofound168 forot to mention...GEN X forever man
man, Andy really went off the rails after WKRP 😅
Before WKRP. 👍
Andy is the driver in the Camaro but the guy in the trans Am looks like Steve Perry from journey
Pontiac - Can-Am ,Trans Am‘s & Formulas love to drive them all! 😊
I wish I had both of those cars, beautiful I love 69 Camaro or 68 I Love, Chevrolet, Camaro and all Firebirds and Trans Am’s I had a 1976SD 455 Trans Am but I sold my beautiful car cause I needed the money. I feel so stupid.
Guy in Camaro was a main guy on WKRP in Cincinati
Andy Travis! Ever notice WKRP spelled crap?
Why is the same driver driving both cars by the end of this clip? At the start there were two drivers, but then they fused together. Continuity error? Never seen the show, so not sure how spaced out these clips are, but it seem like its from the same episode.
This is not from one scene, there are about 30 minutes missing that would explain.
@@Starcars1969 Oooh I see
At 2:09 mark john forgot to hit the breaks and to scream too 😂.
I love this channel
CHiPs was so cheesy, but I feel privileged to have been a car crazy kid in the 1970's... So much silly fun !!
Love that show
Man life was good when you could race the streets in the middle of the day. No cameras anywhere. How did things become so lame.
Thanks, now I feel old.
At 2:44 looks like the same place (with bridge at the back) like in Gumball rally 1976 movie ?
At 0:50, check out the J.C. Penney Auto Center in the background.
Fox Hills Mall Culver City Ca
We can see stunt driver at 3:20 mark.
Actor Gary Sandy before WKRP. Those Kawasaki cop bikes handled worse than their civilian counterparts. Surprised to see those heavy, poor handling bikes go around sweeping bends like that. I owned a brand new ( at the time) 1977 Kawasaki KZ1000, and I was shocked the first time I took a sweeping bend at about 50 mph. Talk about a flexible flyer!
The guy driving the Pontiac did an episode of Star Trek TNG.
Is that when ponch gets that brown trans Am later on. The seasons Anybody know?
This is from Season 1 Episode 21 - Crack Up, Ponch buys his TA in Season 2 Episode 5 - Neighborhood Watch.
Wow, a Trans Am with Formula hood scoops as well. Love that brown over-spray on the sidepipe. It's all so Hollywood...
Little known fact . . . Hollywood doesn't care about your feelings. The show was made to entertain the general public not some sorry loser on UA-cam, 40 yrs later.
67 cam was stupid he was free then he pushed his luck by passing cops 😂
Not going to lie - I was rooting for the cars not the pigs.
I think I counted upwards of 4 or 5 Datsun 510 wagons in this video! Laughable soundtrack. That Camero had two different drivers (stunt driver sandy blonde hair) and two different transmissions (actor shifting gears, soundtrack upshifting via AT). I couldn't wait for the show to come on when I was a teenager.
LMAO. That Firebird can't seem to decide what it wants to be...has the Trans Am AND Formula scoops on the hood AND the Trans Am AND (1971-only) Formula scoops on the fender too. LOL
The last time I seen so little traffic was during the Lock Down of 2020.
Wasn’t that ponch’s trans am that for stolen
Yes it was it was also i think it was the Rockford Files Car could be wrong on that
@@rogerstlaurent8704no not a Rockford car
Why does the Firebird hood have both the twin Formula scoops AND the Trans Am shaker scoop?? 🤔
Yep.
In various states of despair and repair before getting a 3rd Gen in the final season.
@rogerstlaurent8704 at least one of the CHiPs cars was previously used in Corvette Summer
that Firebird handles a LOT better than the Camaro
If they followed the 11's they would have seen where they went.
Camaro working overtime with those big slicks in the back. Trans Am much better turning ability
😂😂😂😂😂 yeska !! The good ol days 👌
it's ponch and the other dude 😂 how times have changed .. 👍 keep em coming ...
ponch and jon
Some of the most violent shifting I’ve ever heard was there any fluid in the transmission 😂
That was Ponch's Trans Am before it was Ponch's Trans Am!
One of those rare Formula Trans Ams
The best series👍😎🇧🇷
How did the Trans -Am driver suddenly teleport into the driving the blue Camaro?
This is not from one scene, there are about 30 minutes missing that would explain.
That’s not a real Trans Am. It’s actually a formula with Trans Am, flares vents and scoop.
Which episode is this , and what's the title ???
Crack Up, Season 1 Ep 21
What with all the gear grinding?
synchros are shot
Has ANYONE ever seen a Firebird with the Ram-Air hood with twin hood scoops AND the SHAKER ???
Double the fun
@@stephenkowalski2448
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Well how else can you visually enjoy all the clean ram air that's going into your carb???
American muscle vs jap chp bikes..lmao
there is a black one in the 1978 movie Corvette Summer but I have only seen one in person about 30 yrs ago
I’m thinking the Trans Am is the same one from Corvette Summer.
LOL Firebird has both shaker and tunnel ram hood ..... pretty odd.
What epesode is this. I'm watching chips at this moment on freevee
Crack Up, Season 1, ep 21
Ponch’s Formula Am
also the black villain car from Corette Summer
Stressin on missin chips on sunday nights in transit.
Single wheel thrill in the Camero
I think Jon really got hurt doing the stunt If I'm not mistakin..
Air date?
google it
Is that how punch got the trans Am
Show 👍😎🇧🇷
CHiPs chased my client from city roads where they have no jurisdiction, on to the highway. That your majesty is entrapment.
CHP are state police!
no POSI's for them lol
I wonder how slow they needed to drive the cars so the motorcycles could keep up
The bad guy T/A from the movie Corvette Summer lived on to be a bad guy T/A on Chips..then became Ponchs personal car on Chips and only then did it meet its fate...now in a private collection...just like the Vette..
Phony sound effects,hardly anybody on the roads,not really driving that fast,and how did the guy in the Firebird suddenly be driving the other guys Camaro?
The the Formula driver jump in to the Camaro? 😂
Because they didn't ride Harleys I seldomed watched this show. I mean Hondas just look like shit going down the road like giant scooters. Harleys just had style and look cool. Even cops in my hood today ride Harleys.
They are Kawasakis and the reason they didn't use Harley's is because they needed to catch speeders not escort parades.
@@williamzoom Yeh...but look like shit doing it.
@@williamzoom But they look like sh!t catching them.
@@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman Harleys ride great. You are FOS on that comment.
Twins
Think that camaro needs posi, or ladder bars, a big box with 80lbs of 8 tracks for weight....something. You spinning everywhere dog. 😂
These cars don't look like they're made for curved / cornering type race tracks... Kind of sloppy TBH.
👍
They gave up the chase too easily.
Speed limits is an evil invention.
Trans am ain't got shit on those KZ1000s
love how the Chevy Camara the Portuguese model LOL it was just a one peel Queen Supersonic HP and speed and no traction BTW i knew a few that owned them and they were just open diffs
A one tire fire?
Copper Bronze - TransOrmula Ponch mobile. 😂
I had a '78 Ttop Z28 in Hi Skool 1983 the same color
Was T.V. really this bad?
We thought it was good back then
Showw
I sicko
I remember that show chumps.