During the early 1970s, the energy crisis hit American performance cars like a freight train at full steam. Everyone rushed to put the gas-guzzling “monsters” to sleep or in hibernation. Only GM’s Pontiac Firebird Trans Am dared to soar above the menacing clouds.
Terry Bradshaw and Jay Leno Take Brand-New 79 Firebird Trans Am to the “Tracks” 17 May 2021, 8:21 UTC ·
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In 1978, when the legendary Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback won his NFL Most Valuable Player, he was presented with a 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am as part of his victory honors. It turns out he kept the car for about a year and then traded it for a horse! Well, it’s no wonder that Jay Leno has decided to bring one back for his latest encounter with the iconic football player turned Fox NFL Sunday co-host. 40 photos
As it turns out, Terry Bradshaw and Leno’s well-known The Tonight Show go back such a long way that Jay wasn’t even the host when the former landed his first appearance. And, over the years, Bradshaw has made no less than 54 of them, some highly entertaining, and hugely embarrassing.