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.

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?

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

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?

In the link I posted, it says 10......

"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."

Haha I just bought this car from the guy.

O really? How bout some pics & info?

Yup, Mechams are pretty rare, lets hear more about it.

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.

Neat cars...I like the white & black editions with the Ronals..Sharp!

Does your console serial number end in -R ?

Yes it does

Pictures??????? ....we wanna see 'em!!

sounds like a very good car, glad you saved it from the boneyard or something worse...

pics???

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!

Nice find. Your car is close to my 1983 MSE which only 150 of them made.
http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/hi...ns-am-mse.html

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.

Camaron sold his 1982 MSE to his brother in AZ.

Wow, I didn't think he would sell that thing. Do you know what other MSEs he has?

None at this piont.

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