Okay , this is my 1st trans-am ... My truck got stolen and i was in the process of buying a new accord when i thought ... hmmmm
I am starting school soon and really dont want that high of a carpymt .

So my buddy offered to sell me his car for 600$ now i have some pics of it what do you guys think? and how do i get rid of that horiible blue bird on the hood!?

 

ugly blue bird

 

back and side

 

engine , sure is dirty any ideas on how to clean it up ?

 

oh yeah its a 1984 with a 350 in it .. standard transmission

 

Wow, 600 bucks for all that
Get gunk, its a spray can.
Its supposed to be real powerful.
There are a few engine cleaners out there.
dont forget to read the label.
some u cant spray over asphalt pavement.
Anyhow, its really not hard.. actualy a plesure..
Good luck and congrats

ps. whats has been done to it ?

 

use a pressure washer on the motor it works very well

 

Wow 600 bucks what a deaL!

 

I am still happier with my deal....How can you go wrong for a 82 Z28 for $200 and a go kart motor!?

 

Thats a clean car for only $600! Good find. My own 89 GTA cost me $1,000 and I didn't even have a working motor!

 

very nice for 600 bucks! That paint looks real good too, nice ride.

 

To remove the bird from the hood, I'd first try getting a heat gun, if you've never seen one, it looks like an industrial hair dryer. Start at the edge of the decal and try to soften it with heat and then carefully try to get under the decal without marring the paint. This will take time - be patient. After the bird is gone, I'd say you will need to buff out the hood, or maybe if you're lucky, just remove the leftover adhesive with an adhesive remover like "Goo Gone", or something similar. Then wax it. This is my best idea, I hope it works.

 

whatever you do, make sure you get rid of that air cleaner. those things are nothin but trouble...

Nice find for 600 bucks...

Eric

 

WOW!!!!!!!!!! 600 bucks, damn, if i lived near u and needed a car and that thing ran well i would give u 2500 for it easy.... great find if it runs well, as said above heat gun should work, but be very patient.... and yes get rid of the air cleaner, looks all pretty and stuff but that thing falls apart and down into your carb, ur SCREWED! nice car i cant wait to see more pics and hear more about it, if u wanted to u could get a nice set of gta rims for it i think they would look good on it, or some TTII's

 

Great car for a Great deal. Congrats on your purchase. It's a beautiful car with a #@$# fine paint job. You're a lucky man

 

yea definately get rid of that air cleaner, my friend gave me one and i put it on my car, i just rebuild the carb and i was still tuning it and it backfired one morning and the damn thing caught on fire, all that foam inside it just disengrated....pissed me off cuz i had to pull the carb off and clean it up again

 

Looks good. $600 for a TA sounds good.

 

I think the bird on there looks good, i like the color. those aircleaners really are trouble, especially when your car back-fires and they go up in flames.

brad

 

600_dollars: welcome to the boards. It looks like a you got a really good deal on your TA. Just wait til you spend some time on this site and find out all the cool things you can do to your car. You're going to end up changing your name to 10_grand!

 

my interior is a little rough , i'll take pictures later to show you guys .. where would i find a pontiac stereo for this old car ? she really is a runner and is in good condition i really like her but i was thinking of painting her dark maroon

 

Looks good! Welcome to the boards. Im a huge fan of the 82-84 body styled Firebird and Trans Am. Great car and great deal. I wish my firebird had a v8 in it when I bought it. Oh well.

I got my firebird for $500 bux. but its a standard bird with a 4 cylinder.

Keep us posted on what you do with it. I love seeing the older birds get attention.

 

nice car for $600
yea that bird needs to go and be replaced with a better one
biker

 

That's the "Knight Rider" TA, well at least the rims and color.

Great find for a great price.

Those wheels are worth some $$ if you can find the black Aluminum "hub caps". Those factory rims are very sharp if they are restored.

I am not a big fan of color changes.. she was born black and the VIN says she's black so leave her be. Besides it is very expensive to do a color change correctly you have to paint every jamb, recess etc. which means disassembling the car. Not a problem if you have the time and the garage space. $$$ to pay someone to do it. Don't believe anyone that says they can make it look good by just "masking off" the car with tape and paper.

Good luck with her!

 

too be nit picky...those wheels aren't the same ones that were on the Knight Rider car. The wheels you see here are the turbo finned rims that replaced the bowling ball style. The caps kept coming off so I figure they replaced them with these. I have the same styled rims on my S/E and I also have a spare set of the actual KITT rims in my garage...minuse the caps of course.


But that is a very good foundation for the KITT replicar!

 

WOW , i didnt think they even made a 4 cylnder .. your bird looks good though

 

Thats what I thought when i first looked at the car. I was a senior in high school ('98) and I was looking for some wheels for cheap. i didn't know much about the fbody except that I wanted one bad. For $500 who would pass on it!? It need some work but over the years I don't suppose Ive invested more than $1300 on the car.

heres a motor shot.

 

WoW looks clustered in there , i wonder why your engine looks so much more " busy " then mine... all kinds of wires and hoses and all sorts of crazy stuff!

 

two reasons for his looking the way it does, one being AC of course and i think he still has the smog equipment which i dont think yours does. but still a very nice car, i hope you take our advice and buy a new air cleaner. the interior if the carpet isn't bad can be redone sometimes for relativly cheap, 4th gen seats look great!

 

Yeah the engine bay is definitely alot more "busy" looking than most. Here is an angle with the air cleaner removed. Looks a little better.

 

That car is a steal. I paid 250 for mine that didnt run and a body that was shot. I wouldve killed for that car when I was looking for a project. It wouldve saved me a winter of learning how to do body work and paint.

 

yeah thats a nice looking car for 600 bucks!

 

Good deal!!! Looks like a solid foundation. I bought my car for $2,700, and almost $5,000 later, new motor/tranny, it still looks, runs, performs like crap, real money pit.

Good luck,

Dave

 

BTW, I forgot to mention, that is one straight, clean T/A - especially for a 19 year old car. $600 doesn't buy much anymore, you did pretty well.