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Old 10-18-2016, 12:49 PM
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7k Mile 1982 trans am.... I've died and gone to TA heaven

Just picked up this 1982 trans am with 7K miles!!! Can't even find a swirl mark on it . Came with the original 15 inch turbo cast with caps that were taken off the day the car was bought.














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Welcome aboard Chris!

That's an AMAZING find. Congratulations on your purchase.
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That's a beautiful car. I saw it on Ebay. Congrats and good luck with it.
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Oh yes!
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Where Has It Been All It's Life,In Storage? What's The History On It.
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WOW!

Aluminum hood?
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That is pretty amazing. Nice looking T/A!
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SWEET ! Time capsule
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Would LOVE to hear the history on that!
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Very beautiful!
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Definite score right there! Congrats!
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Wow, stunning! Those wheels though, not so much.
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Got the originals back on!!
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Great find!! Bought my IROC in 2008 and it had 7800 miles on it. Got a whopping 14,000 miles on it now and still love it as much as the day I bought it.
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Got the originals back on!!
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Re: 7k Mile 1982 trans am.... I've died and gone to TA heaven

Originally Posted by Chris Blasius
Just picked up this 1982 trans am with 7K miles!!! Can't even find a swirl mark on it . Came with the original 15 inch turbo cast with caps that were taken off the day the car was bought.













I'm brand new, but the 7K Trans Am I saw was making my mouth drool, what a find , mine telling us the cost and story behind it. I would love it, it looks like a 7 k car !!!
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Just spent two days detailing... Looks like it just pulled off the factory lot now




















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Awesome find. I think I can hear her begging to be driven hah.
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Good God, that's a beauty !!
Old 10-31-2016, 01:17 PM
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So you seen that last week I detailed the outside, this weekend I did the interior. I still can't believe this car. If I didn't know any better, I would think somebody just built this car out of Nos parts. This week I'll be doing the engine bay ( not that it needs it) and then the undercarriage ... enjoy





















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Boy is that car pretty!
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Awesome find. I think I can hear her begging to be driven hah.
Are you kidding? He can't drive that car. Can't risk messing it up.
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Wow. . what a clean car. So amazing to find a 34 year old car in NOS condition. I think yours looks even cleaner than the "brand new" Camaro they found at Gas Monkey Garage.

Hopefully you're planning on keeping it as-is. . .These cars have a lot of improvements that can be made, but this is definitely one to keep in the original, pristine condition. Congrats on the find!
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Yup, all the way down to replacing the air filter with an NOS one haha... i wanna keep the history alive!


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Wow. . what a clean car. So amazing to find a 34 year old car in NOS condition. I think yours looks even cleaner than the "brand new" Camaro they found at Gas Monkey Garage.

Hopefully you're planning on keeping it as-is. . .These cars have a lot of improvements that can be made, but this is definitely one to keep in the original, pristine condition. Congrats on the find!
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Agree... this car will not be driven. There's too many other third gens i can get that i could drive.... including ones that i own! This is staying in my climate controlled garage just so that i can keep the history alive on an untouched 1982 TA

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Good to hear. Can't be too many more like this hidden away.

I didn't notice your sig before. . .that this isn't your first or only 3rd gen. I'm sure it's a lot easer to leave this one alone with other cars to wrench on.

Didn't see it above. . .Where did you find the car?
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I saw it on eBay and noticed it was 30 mins away from me in ohio. It was an older gentleman ( original owner) he accepted my offer. He was selling his house, business and car to move to Florida to retire
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I saw it on eBay and noticed it was 30 mins away from me in ohio. It was an older gentleman ( original owner) he accepted my offer. He was selling his house, business and car to move to Florida to retire
Awesome. Lol gotta love eBay. That's where I found my car back in 03.
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Amazing car and all the best! I'd be scared to own such an example, I'm use to buying junk and improving it. I have an 88 I bought with 49k that I thought was incredibly low. 7k is 2 oil changes!
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