85 T/A with built 400
04-27-2006, 11:35 PM
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Car: 1985 Trans Am
Engine: 400
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.70
FS/WTT:85 T/A New insanely low price
I'd like $6500 with stereo, $5900 without, or trade for a nice daily driver, probably a 4th gen f-body, v6 or v8. Feel free to call me at 402-699-9178.
I have owned this car for about the past 8 years and have had a blast driving it and upgrading it. I am sad to have to sell it, but I'm getting married in the fall, and we need the money. The pictures are a very good representation of this car. This is truly one of the cleanest third generation f-bodys around and it has all of the best parts you can get for these cars. For somebody who maybe isn't interested in keeping some of the aftermarket parts on the car after they buy it, I do have most of the stock parts, including the original shifter and console trim plate, 3.08 rearend gears, and the 305 engine which has about 10,000 miles on the rebuild. I also have tons of other extra parts laying around for this thing. If you are the buyer, I will work with you with getting whichever of these parts you would like to have.
Basics: This car is in above-average condition and in my opinion is in near excellent condition. There are a few minor imperfections, but nothing very noticeable. Many people have told me I should show the car, but I never have. Dark Blue with silver gfx hardtop car, 16 x 8 formula rims (the later cool looking ones). Body is in very good condition. The paint is very shiny, as you can see from the reflection of me taking a picture looking down at the hood in one of the pics below. Interior is in excellent condition, and in fact, many people have told me it is the cleanest thirdgen interior they've ever seen. I've got 4th gen trans am graphite leather seats and a B&M megashifter. Everything else is bone stock inside and looks amazing.. The A/C even works. The dash pad is absolutley amazing and is in pristine condition. The stereo is top of the line Eclipse.
Chassis: 1LE swaybars, factory "wonderbar" steering brace, steering linkage just replaced this winter, front brakes totally new about 2 years ago, Alston SFC's, Spohn torque arm, J&M products rear LCA's, Guldstrand Motorsports Panhard bar, 9-bolt with 3.70 gears installed 2 years ago. The guy that did it for me said the whole rearend looked like it was in perfect condition. There is no rust on this car.
Engine/tranny: 400sbc, bored .030, forged TRW rods/pistons 9.1:1, Moroso 7 quart oil pan, Comp Cams 286 HR10 magnum roller with all accompanying valvetrain goodies, 1.52 full roller comp cams rockers, ported Sportsman II heads with stainless swirl polish valves, Pro Products crosswind intake (RPM Airgap), Holley 3310 carb, L-88 drop base w/3" K&N, Mallory 85 series HEI, Flowtech coated headers/flowmaster exhaust. 700R4 with heavy duty internals and 2000 rpm stall converter with B&M electronic lockup control kit (really slick part). I've also installed a brand new 3-core radiator and am running a vacuum reservoir and the brakes work great. The engine has about 8000 miles on it and the tranny is near new.
See the links below for pics. The pics of the engine were in its final stages, before I started it. Just thought I'd mention that if you were wondering why the radiator hose wasn't hooked up.
I have owned this car for about the past 8 years and have had a blast driving it and upgrading it. I am sad to have to sell it, but I'm getting married in the fall, and we need the money. The pictures are a very good representation of this car. This is truly one of the cleanest third generation f-bodys around and it has all of the best parts you can get for these cars. For somebody who maybe isn't interested in keeping some of the aftermarket parts on the car after they buy it, I do have most of the stock parts, including the original shifter and console trim plate, 3.08 rearend gears, and the 305 engine which has about 10,000 miles on the rebuild. I also have tons of other extra parts laying around for this thing. If you are the buyer, I will work with you with getting whichever of these parts you would like to have.
Basics: This car is in above-average condition and in my opinion is in near excellent condition. There are a few minor imperfections, but nothing very noticeable. Many people have told me I should show the car, but I never have. Dark Blue with silver gfx hardtop car, 16 x 8 formula rims (the later cool looking ones). Body is in very good condition. The paint is very shiny, as you can see from the reflection of me taking a picture looking down at the hood in one of the pics below. Interior is in excellent condition, and in fact, many people have told me it is the cleanest thirdgen interior they've ever seen. I've got 4th gen trans am graphite leather seats and a B&M megashifter. Everything else is bone stock inside and looks amazing.. The A/C even works. The dash pad is absolutley amazing and is in pristine condition. The stereo is top of the line Eclipse.
Chassis: 1LE swaybars, factory "wonderbar" steering brace, steering linkage just replaced this winter, front brakes totally new about 2 years ago, Alston SFC's, Spohn torque arm, J&M products rear LCA's, Guldstrand Motorsports Panhard bar, 9-bolt with 3.70 gears installed 2 years ago. The guy that did it for me said the whole rearend looked like it was in perfect condition. There is no rust on this car.
Engine/tranny: 400sbc, bored .030, forged TRW rods/pistons 9.1:1, Moroso 7 quart oil pan, Comp Cams 286 HR10 magnum roller with all accompanying valvetrain goodies, 1.52 full roller comp cams rockers, ported Sportsman II heads with stainless swirl polish valves, Pro Products crosswind intake (RPM Airgap), Holley 3310 carb, L-88 drop base w/3" K&N, Mallory 85 series HEI, Flowtech coated headers/flowmaster exhaust. 700R4 with heavy duty internals and 2000 rpm stall converter with B&M electronic lockup control kit (really slick part). I've also installed a brand new 3-core radiator and am running a vacuum reservoir and the brakes work great. The engine has about 8000 miles on it and the tranny is near new.
See the links below for pics. The pics of the engine were in its final stages, before I started it. Just thought I'd mention that if you were wondering why the radiator hose wasn't hooked up.
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04-28-2006, 08:05 AM
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Car: 1985 Trans Am
Engine: 400
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.70
I bought then engine from a buddy who had it professionally built by a machine shop a few years ago. The engine has about 8000 miles on it. It had been sitting for about a year. I tore it down. The bottom end looked like brand new. As long as I had the heads off, I went ahead and took them down to the shop and had them go through them and grind the valves and check everything out. As for the steam holes, either they came that way, or the machine shop that built then engine originally drilled them, I'm not sure. They came to me that way. My buddy told me he had about $7000 invested in the engine when it was built. So, for anybody interested, the engine technically has about 8000 miles on it, but it is basically brand new.
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04-28-2006, 11:39 PM
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Car: 1985 Trans Am
Engine: 400
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.70
Also wanted to add that I'm planning on having it dyno tuned at a local shop in the next week or two as long as I have time.
05-01-2006, 07:40 PM
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Car: 1989 GTA trans am
Engine: L98 350 tpi
Transmission: 700r4 built
Axle/Gears: 3.45 4th gen 10 bolt
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pics. why do people try to sell cars without pics. takes a woopen 5 mins to post some pics and it help the car sell and helps buyers Know what there getting.please if your going to ask more then a 1,000 cash for a car
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05-01-2006, 08:12 PM
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Car: 1985 Trans Am
Engine: 400
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.70
Tell me how I can post the pics, and I'll be glad to. I don't know how to shrink my files down below the 1.0 mb limit. If you send me your email address, I'll send you all the pics you want.
Also, I just did some more tuning on the carb tonight, and it's running really nice now.
Also, I just did some more tuning on the carb tonight, and it's running really nice now.
05-01-2006, 10:16 PM
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Car: 1985 Trans Am
Engine: 400
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Hey, thanks for the tip, man. Also, there was only room for 10 pics at the top, so here's another of the subs and one of the amps. Let me know if there are more picture requests.
Thanks,
Eric
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05-11-2006, 06:03 PM
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Car: '87 Trans-Am
Engine: LB9 (305 TPI)
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.42 or 3.73..figuring it out still
It may not even be that the price isnt fair, its just a lot of money for a car thats 20 years old for most people. Looks like a sweet ride though.
05-24-2006, 09:11 PM
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Car: 1985 Trans Am
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$7500 for everything, or $6500 without stereo.
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05-26-2006, 07:42 PM
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Car: 1985 Trans Am
Engine: 400
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.70
Anybody have any thoughts of where else I could advertise this car, besides ebay?
05-26-2006, 10:08 PM
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If the car is real nice and worth the money, you could take it to area car shows. People seeing a bunch of other cars on display sometimes gives them the itch to buy something
05-26-2006, 10:50 PM
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Car: 1985 Trans Am
Engine: 400
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.70
Yeah, I've been planning on taking it to some shows, too. I may also consider a trade if something sparks my interest.
05-29-2006, 06:54 PM
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Car: 1985 Trans Am
Engine: 400
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.70
$7000 or trade either straight up or combined with money is my final offer. This car will be going on ebay soon if it does not sell. Somebody can get a killer deal on this car for $7000, and you won't be disappointed.
06-03-2006, 09:36 AM
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Car: 1985 Trans Am
Engine: 400
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.70
Here are some more pics I just took the other night after I washed it, sorry if some of them are a little dark; it was getting late.
06-12-2006, 06:37 PM
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Car: 1985 Trans Am
Engine: 400
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.70
The engine was built by a place called Racine head and machine and has about 8000 miles on it. Before I put it in the car, I took the heads and oil pan off and looked everything over. I had the heads hot tanked, valves ground, and new seals installed just for good measure, and then put it all back together. I haven't had it on an actual dyno, but my buddy plugged it into his desktop dyno, and said it should be pushing around 500 hp.
07-16-2006, 04:58 PM
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Car: 1985 Trans Am
Engine: 400
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.70
Still for sale. Would consider trade for nice daily driver. Tons more pics available upon request.
07-28-2006, 05:53 PM
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Car: 1985 Trans Am
Engine: 400
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.70
It kills me to think about selling this car for this much, but $6500 with stereo, or $5900 without. I'd probably get more money parting it, but turning such a nice car into parts just isn't something I can fathom doing.