Daytona_83

Here's my new car, a 1983 Pontiac Trans Am "Daytona" pace car. It has 123,xxx miles on it and I bought it off of my dad. The engine is an LG4 305 and the transmission is a T-5 manual. It's adequate...better than I thought it would be at 150 horsepower! It is in great condition with ZERO rust. He put on a set of restored '87 Monte Carlo SS wheels in place of the white bowling ball wheels/hubcaps (I still have them, thank God!). He also bought a dash pad cover and hatch struts, which I still have to install them. I, myself, have bought a Jeg's white shift **** and an Edelbrock SDT muffler on sale from Summit. I made my own shift boot as well (I work at an upholstery shop). I plan on doing a lot of things to this car, such as painting the car all white (don't care for the dark grey bottom) and redo the entire interior in black with white accents. Eventually I'll swap in a 350 or something along those lines and build it up so it's got some better power. Anyways, here's some pictures of it:








And here's the new shift **** I bought from Jeg's.


I think the **** looks really good in there, but it makes the interior need more white, so I'm going to look into the white gauge overlays that Hawks sells on their website. I also made the shift boot black with white stitching.

Here's what I bought for the exhaust so far:

Edelbrock SDT muffler


Exhaust tips


I got these exhaust tips from eBay and they look great! Anyways, enjoy the pictures and the project. I'll be updating this as I progress. Any comments or questions, please feel free. Thanks for looking!

-Brodie

sethteef

I saw one of these on the road today and didnt know what it was until now. But that one was in crappy condition.

Jonboy2312

You're kidding, right? Please keep it original... pace cars are rare. yours looks fantastic!

mechacode

I like the license plates, "lol, bye".

sethteef

Also I didn t pay much attention to the post the first just the pictures but if you dont like the pace car as it is sell it. It would lose it orginal value without orginal hardware. You would have plenty enough to buy a white t/a with a 350. I would have but the orginal wheels back on if it was my car btw.

92RS(real slow)

I know it's your car and all but I vote to keep original daytona's are awesome

Grumbles

+1 for keeping it factory.

That car is very low production, you could definitely put it up for collector value and get yourself a formula or trans am to fiddle with.

Daytona_83

I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet...I might just repaint the bottom and call it good.

9014josh

iTrader: (1)

i would def lose the truck shifter,that thing sticks up higher than eiffel tower!
car looks great tho but id put the factory wheels back on

Daytona_83

Eventually I'm going to get the Pro 5.0 shifter....I've heard nothing but good things about them. Unless anyone has a better suggestion like Hurst or B&M?

Jonboy2312

If you could get the door decals, and find a similar light bar (something easily detachable so that you could put it on when at a car show), it would be absolutely fantastic.

Definitely keep it two-tone... that's what makes a Daytona pace car...