Tony Tirone
My
name is Tony Tirone, I was born and raised in Yonkers NY, a city boy I
guess. I live in Upstate NY now with my wife and two girls, Joann,
Samantha and Amanda who are all looking forward to getting our 1977 Trans Am
back from restoration. I am currently having it restored because I
don't have the time to do it myself. I am a helicopter technician for
the largest helicopter operator in the Northeast. We have a
135-charter department and a 145-repair station.
I am the main floor inspector in the department. I have been
working on helicopters for about 20 years now. I also get to fly them, talk
about a great perk! We have Sikorsky S76’s if anybody knows
anything about helicopters. I build and fly scale model helicopters
(Remote control) also.
I guess my interests are helicopters and Trans AM’s. I have been around
Trans AM's before but I have never owned one, my brother had a 1977 SE he
bought used in 1978 with 1,200 miles on it. I got to drive it and
enjoy it for a few years until it got stolen. Ever since then I have
always wanted one but never did anything about it. Until now.
I have a photo of my brother’s car in my gallery. The picture was
taken very shortly after he got the car. This was my inspiration to get a
Trans Am, along with Smokey And The Bandit of course.
And a little push from my family too.
Tony Tirone
Tony wins 2nd place at 2008 Trans Am Nationals
Pictures from the Nationals win
Tony also takes Best of Show at the 6th Annual All Firebird Lawn Show, pictures in the May issue of High Performance Pontiac!
