Win a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am (or $35,000 Cash) from Pure Gift of God

The Black & Gold Combo, With the Engine That Matters

1979 was the best sales year Trans Am ever had, riding the Smokey and the Bandit wave straight into showrooms, and this raffle car is built in the exact spec most people picture when they hear the name: Special Edition Black & Gold paint, gold Snowflake wheels, T-tops, and a factory AM/FM radio. What separates it from the thousands of other '79s is under the hood — the W72-code 400 (the "6.6 Litre" hood decal) backed by a 4-speed manual instead of the Turbo 400 automatic that came in the large majority of Trans Ams that year. Pontiac's own literature rated the 400/4-speed combination at 220 horsepower, twenty more than the automatic got, and 4-wheel disc brakes were standard on the package. Pure Gift of God hasn't published an odometer reading or a build sheet on the raffle page, so treat this as a nicely presented example rather than a documented, numbers-matching survivor until you see it in person.

Why It Matters

A stick-shift '79 Trans Am is the minority build from a model year that sold in huge numbers, and that combination has held up in the market. Recent public sales of honest driver-quality W72/4-speed cars have landed in the $18,000–$30,000 range, with clean, documented examples in excellent condition bringing $36,000–$52,000. A couple of essentially unused survivor cars — 37 and 44 original miles — made headlines in 2025 and 2026 selling for $220,000 and $265,000, but those are outliers with almost no bearing on a raffle prize. Pure Gift of God's own contest rules value this one at $35,000, the cash the winner can take instead of the car — right at the top of the driver-condition band, and a believable number for the car as described.

The Fine Print Worth Knowing

This is a raffle, not a sweepstakes — every entry costs money ($100 for one ticket, $500 for six, up to $1,500 for eighteen), and neither the giveaway page nor the RallyUp entry portal lists a free mail-in or no-purchase alternative. That's the usual structure for a charity raffle: buying a ticket is the only way in. Only 2,000 tickets will be sold. Tickets close September 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM EDT, and the drawing streams live on Facebook three days later, September 17 at 12:00 PM EDT. The rules require the winner to "claim prize in person — no third-party claims allowed," with a valid government-issued photo ID plus full address, date of birth and phone number, and the claim window is 14 days. Choose the car and you're responsible for all title costs and taxes yourself; choose the $35,000 and you skip all of that.