codemonk84

Borrowed my friend's camera for this...got my car from my uncle a few weeks ago (free! he works on cars and a client's daughter...well it's all posted elsewhere). I'm real happy with it (just got it back from the shop today for e-brake/rear pads fix/replacement and spark plugs+wires replacement)

The front


My best ability at art :P


The "turbine" wheels ^_^


Checkin out that rear ^_^


Oh i put in a pioneer radio...sounds good but the antenna's screwy


Insides...which is getting redone (you should see underneath the covers I bought...ripped up )


The guages...that only go to 85mph


EDIT: so the links above are broken...however the pics are still up there, just moved. Check them all out at:
http://www.thecodemonks.com/linux/ga...ls.php?album=7

cdartz

Nice pics. Best of luck with the new wheels.

codemonk84

thanks Just gotta figure out what to do with it once it's all fixed...I'm open to suggestions...esspecially since I know next to nothing about car schtuff...just what I read here and there on these boards (I lurk...a lot...)

jamessr

A TranAM and a box of Kleenex (6th in the back on floorboard)

dude thats so freaking awsome

codemonk84

hah...thanks. I end up using the rear floorboards as a place to put light stuff so they don't get blown away when the tops are off. Not to mention it's allergy season >.<

tom3

Sure don't see those early cars around here these days. I'd suggest keeping it as original as possible, just get it back to new condition as possible. That's a CFI powerplant? Nice car I think.

codemonk84

that's the plan mostly for now...just fixing everything that needs fixin. So far the list is:

- body work (for dents and rust)
- interior fabric replacement (it's all torn up under the covers there)
- repaint (same paint scheme as it is now)
- get a new lock for the back (it just looks bad that I have to open the rear with a long screwdriver since there's no lock cylinder thing...just the mechanism behind it)
- replace screws all over that are missing
- clean tail lights and replace the hood insulation (it's also all torn up it seems)
- lots and lots and lots of cleaning...well...everything
- fix speedo...it's consistently 10mph slow (reads 55 when I'm going 65 and 35 when I'm going 45 kinda thing).

uhm...forgive my noob-ness but...what's CFI?

TAdan

Its an L69 car. Look at the tach. and oil press. gauges.

CFI was not available in 84.

billsfirebird

iTrader: (1)

Nice bird, give that thing a bath!

Can't beat free. I'd keep it close to original, but update it with some modern performance parts. Make a good "sleeper" out of it.

congrats on the new car!

codemonk84

this weekend I will wash it...and yes, free is nice ^_^ esspecially for the good condition it's in ^_^

Will do on the performance parts, got any recommendations? I'm kinda new to the car thing

*searches around to see what a CFI is*

TAdan

CFI: Cross-Fire Injection. Available in 82 and 83. LU5 305 V8. Twin TBI throttle bodies.

You have an L69 305 HO V8

codemonk84

aha thanks Just a simple carb engine for me ^_^

Mr. TurboTA

I've got a really good knee pad for the driver's side console, if you want.
PM me for a price.

George

Difflock

A most excellent Freebird! A superb find
Now I'm really confused though! My VIN says my car is an 85 T/A, however the bodywork and interior is the same as your 84 apart from the steering wheel and tachometer (doesn't go to 8k). The passenger's dash panel has a wood veneer insert with a screaming chicken badge on it.
We (ThirdGen members) thought that someone had gone to a load of trouble attempting a knight rider conversion and swapped the 84 front and rear on to my car.
Now I'm thinking that the VIN is wrong..... Not that I'm too worried, she's got a 305 with a Holley 4 barrel on it and the bodywork is 84 Trans Am. Good enough for the UK

Thanks for photographing your car from different angles, I can see which decals and badges I need to buy

I don't suppose you know if the hood decal is available in gold or silver?

Cheers,
Mark.

codemonk84

glad it was helpful I'm sure you can get it made in most any color...the body guy I talked to mentioned some people who could fabricate them.

kerryismygirl89

Wow, classic man. I really like your car and I love the hood scoop with the bird decal.

codemonk84

I do too...gonna keep that and probably all the decals when all is said and done.

Going in for interior cleaning and re-upholstering in a week...so excited ^_^ (after that, time to clean up the body...dents and paint).

GTA Jim

I like that decal on the hood bubble too.. It looks good and you don't see many...