1982 trans am mse?
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1982 trans am mse?
I ran across this on craigslist: http://fredericksburg.craigslist.org...311294824.html
No pics or anything, but I was wondering what a "MSE" Trans-am looked like. I know i should have searched but i figured I'd share it with anyone in VA.
No pics or anything, but I was wondering what a "MSE" Trans-am looked like. I know i should have searched but i figured I'd share it with anyone in VA.
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Re: 1982 trans am mse?
Mechum Motor Sports Edition
http://www.firebirdfever.com/firebirdfever/mseta.html
What is interesting, is that the one you found is #47. The link I gave is #48 & he says 2 red ones were there & he chose #48. Maybe the other red one was #47? The one you found for sale?
http://www.firebirdfever.com/firebirdfever/mseta.html
What is interesting, is that the one you found is #47. The link I gave is #48 & he says 2 red ones were there & he chose #48. Maybe the other red one was #47? The one you found for sale?
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i like the look of the war paint scheme the MSE trans ams used.
the rear spoiler is pretty sweet too. Mecham still sells the spoiler.
http://mechamperformance.com/d_docs/aerotail.html
the rear spoiler is pretty sweet too. Mecham still sells the spoiler.
http://mechamperformance.com/d_docs/aerotail.html
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I'd say that's a good buy if the original MSE specific items are still on the car.
I thought I read somewhere that only 9 of them in '82 were red. Can anybody verify that?
I thought I read somewhere that only 9 of them in '82 were red. Can anybody verify that?
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"According to Mecham Racing, only 500 1982 MSE Trans Am were built. Of those, less then 10 were red in color. The remaining cars were all white in color, matching the actual race car."
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Car: 82 Trans Am MSE #47
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I dont have any pics, but I can put them up soon. Like you said, it is a 1982 M.S.E. These are very rare with 500 ever made for the streets. Less than 10 of them were originally red in color, as this one once was. Unfortunantly, It was repainted at some point, and repainted very poorly. But the engine does run well. It's body is in very good shape, and it has no rust, except for some surface rust underneath. There are quite a few cosmetic issues that I will need to handle, but it should turn out to be quite a good project.
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Does your console serial number end in -R ?
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sounds like a very good car, glad you saved it from the boneyard or something worse...
pics???
pics???
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Car: 82 Trans Am MSE #47
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Setup the following website to view pics:
http://www.tomsfamily.net/firebird
Let me know if the link works ok and shows our pics as we brought it home. We will update as the project car progresses. May need help as we go!
http://www.tomsfamily.net/firebird
Let me know if the link works ok and shows our pics as we brought it home. We will update as the project car progresses. May need help as we go!
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Re: 1982 trans am mse?
Nice find. Your car is close to my 1983 MSE which only 150 of them made.
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/hist...ns-am-mse.html
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/hist...ns-am-mse.html
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Car: 1982 Trans Am
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Transmission: 200C
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Haha, a second red 82 is spoken for. Eight more to find! Cameron H has another red 82, he's a big MSE guy. Now only seven left.
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Car: 1982 Trans Am
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Wow, I didn't think he would sell that thing. Do you know what other MSEs he has?
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The initial hopes by Mecham were to produce 2500 cars in '82. White ones and red ones.
In the end no records were kept, but the highest 82 MSE's I have verified are #203 white and # 98 red. The console plates are different on each cars with their own separate number series. The console plates on white cars read "82-00xx" and on red cars "82-00xxR"
In reality I believe that about 300 cars total were made for '82. If this is not the case, I would have thought that there would have been loads of used cars in the 400 # range and above.
In the last couple of years there were some unused "NOS" '82 console plates that were floating around for sale with high numbers. These were unissued plates that were never on cars.
Just my thoughts and my 2 cents.
ch
In the end no records were kept, but the highest 82 MSE's I have verified are #203 white and # 98 red. The console plates are different on each cars with their own separate number series. The console plates on white cars read "82-00xx" and on red cars "82-00xxR"
In reality I believe that about 300 cars total were made for '82. If this is not the case, I would have thought that there would have been loads of used cars in the 400 # range and above.
In the last couple of years there were some unused "NOS" '82 console plates that were floating around for sale with high numbers. These were unissued plates that were never on cars.
Just my thoughts and my 2 cents.
ch
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