Hey everyone!
Finally got some decent pictures of my 1983 Firebird S/E. I have had this car for about 4 years now. However, my dad bought it brand new from the Pontiac dealer here exactly 22 years ago this month. Anyways enjoy these pictures because you dont see too many nice original early Thirdgens anymore...
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Looks amazing. Is that original paint or a repaint??

 

Thanks man, yeah a buddy and I repainted it ourselves about 3 years ago now. We put a lot of time into it and it came out pretty nice. I don't drive this one very often, the daily driver is the '89 Formula.

 

i love that rear shot!

 

beautiful...it really is...even being the early examples of third gens i dont like as much...mainly cause there never in good condition...that just looks absolutely mint...theres so much styling in these cars.


Very well represented early third gen

 

any interior shots or engine?

 

that was almost exact to the same firebird i owned, except mine was an 82 S/E and it had t-tops. i bought it for 1500 and sold it for 600 after i ran it into a bridge. lol.

i loved it.

 

That is awesome!!! I love all well kept/ restored 3rd gens. True the usual beat-down variety is the ones we usually see, but Golly that car is beautiful!! I thought you found a pic from when it was brand new and scanned it in. Then I saw the late model Expedition in the background and thought, he must have a time machine and that time machine is the late-model Expedition.

Seriously though, that thing is gorgeous.

Forgot to ask, I recently bought an '83 T/A spoiler that came from the factory flat black. Were the spoiler and side mirrors originally flat black, and if they were (and in no way am I complaining at all) and you painted to original specs, why didn't you leave the spoiler flat black? Now if it was painted body color is that an S/E thing?

 

awsome car and pics.I have a 82 S/E

 

Thank you to everyone for the great comments!!
And BigWhite you are correct, in 83 the Trans Am had satin black mirrors and spoiler, however the S/E's always had everything painted to match. Even the bird in the center of the tail lights, the Firebird emblems, and S/E emblems match the main body color. No other Firebird was like this.

 

Looks great!!! I've always wanted to see a picture of your S/E!

 

THANK YOU! Ive been waiting several years to see some pics of that car!

I was not disapointed It looks fantastic.

 

Very nice for an '83.

I see your from Winnipeg, might see you cruising around some time.

 

Absolutely gorgeous. Im not a fan of the actual color and interior color but I tell you that goes out the window real quick given its condition. Excellent looking firebird. My jaw dropped when I saw it.

I had a briar brown S/E for about a year. It was in really sad shape. The interior was pretty good though (tan leather).

Keep it looking good man.

-bill

 

definitely looks good!! do you have any plans for her?

 

Yeah thanks man, it was all those great pics you took of your silver 83 T/A that inspired me to do this little photo shoot. That car is awesome.

 

Thanks Bill, yeah I remember seeing pics of your S/E, it did look pretty sad. I liked that interior as well. And didnt that thing have lear sieger (sp?) leather seats? I would love to get my hands on a set of those.

 

Well worth the wait, primo example!

 

yeah it had the contour seats:



Interesting story about his car....

I sold it a few years ago and about a month or two later I got a letter in the mail from the local police stating the car was abandoned and was placed in the county impound. The guy I sold it to, never transfered the title, so the VIN ran back to my name.

I would have liked to have gotten the car back. I could at least have parted it out and made more money off of it. I would have saved the tranny and some other parts for my red firebird.

-bill

 

Just going to try and keep this one nice!

 

Yeah that would have been sweet to get the car back and double your profit!

 

thats good..its nice to see 3rd gens without any mods to them

 

could you please tell me what color that is? I swear that car is my car's twin. Mine is an 84. Same interior and color.

 

The color as displayed in the 1983 Pontiac color chart is:

62U Light Brown Metallic
67L Dark Brown Metallic

 

Very Very nice '83! I love the 82-84 birds! I have an '82 T/A - I love that car and will have it running again some day!

If you wanna see.. just click the link (didn't want to post a huge picture)

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Love your car man... keep it clean and safe... these cars are becomming extinct!

 

Ever think of getting different rims. I'm not a big fan of the older style rims at all. Great looking car though!

 

That is a nice '82 man. Love the snowflakes on it.

 

Yeah these were not the most popular style of wheel, but thats what I like about them, they are different than all the usual thirdgens you see around.

 

It even has the original "PONTIAC" center caps witch were only used one year (1983).
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Thanks! bought the whole set for $125 right after I bought the car in '95 off of some little whole in the wall wheel place in my old home town... that was waaay before I knew anything about 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th gen - I just knew they were firebird/transam wheels and bought them b/c the orig. wheels on the T/A were rusting and looked very dangerous... needless to say.. someone got a very good garage sale find with those wheels..

 

Very nice "early bird"

I also have the "Pontiac" centercaps for my stock wheels.
But I have some silver 1988 Formula center caps on them now.
I thought the silver went well with the wheels, and they also say"WS-6" on them.



I usaually run my 16 wheels though, as in my sig.
And the guys are right, you just don't see nice 82-84 'birds, like yours, around much any more.

Keep taking care of it, as you have, for the future generations, so they can see what these cars looked like, back in the day!!

Leon.

 

great looking car man!!!

 

Yeah thanks for the kind words man. I love your '83 as well, it is soo clean. You did an amazing job on polishing those rims, that is what I want to do on my '89 Formula.

 

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83firebirdS/E awesome car you have there! Keep her beautiful!! What size tires are those??

 

Fast68: keep that trans am alive! Good luck with it!

85 ZED28: they are 235/60 BFG T/A. Thanks for the kind words.

 

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