I haven't posted many pics this summer after getting my T/A up and running, so this is a massive update thread for me. I've shown the engine bay in platinum before and it'll be a while before I have the money to paint the rest of the car to match. Here's how the engine bay looks today:





For now, I'll just have to make the most of the 21 year old factory paint on the outside. These pics were taken in May:







Here it is today after some realigning of the hood:



My first winter project will be to redo the interior. Thanks to Bnoon, I'm off to a great start with polished aluminum trim rings. I'm going with a black and dark grey theme for the interior:





This summer I've also taken two cross-state trips without mechanical failure... ran a 9.18 in the 1/8 mile and drove like a maniac in autocross. It's been one hell of a summer finally having a roadworthy thirdgen of my own

 

Looks nice man, cant wait to see it in person one of these days!

 

Thanks. I expected to get up there this summer but it looks like it won't happen. I'll have to get up there next summer for sure.

 

Jeremy,

Great to see you got the out on the road and are enjoying it!!

I have been so busy with my nova (454 install and frame off resto) this summer the formula has sort of been put on the back burner.

I'll have to get out to one of the meets and get a look up close and personal.

Take care
Tom

 

I love the early thirdgen T/A's. I love the hood and front bumper and they just look kewl! What else are you planning on doing to it?

 

great looking car man.Is that a dash out of a later 3rd gen

 

those rings around the guages look really nice

 

NovaSS, we've missed having you around this summer. Some of us are heading to the track in Lancaster this tuesday night if you're interested. I'd really like to see your Procharger install in person sometime soon.

82knightrider- the entire drivetrain, dash, center console and everything else is out of an '88 Formula 350. I love the look of the 84 T/A nose and ground effects, but I like the later dash and console style better so I made my own frankenstein.

This coming winter i'm finishing the interior which i'm really looking forward to. It's getting GTA deluxe door panels and new charcoal carpeting. Hell, it'll even have a headliner! If money allows, I may work on the suspension also and lower it a bit. The front end sits at least 1" higher than the rear right now which drives me crazy! Then i don't know if i want to save up for a T56 or the paint and body work first

Thanks everyone for your comments and compliments. The recognition really helps as a motivation to keep working at it

 

great man, its awesome to see progress like that. Cant wait to see the whole car painted, and I love to see a tpi motor in a car that didnt come with it, tpi wasnt even around when your car was made, thats cool. Good job!

 

Looking great! I love the engine bay... so clean and uncluttered!

as for the polished trim rings.. I WANT SOME!!!

 

Cool.

I like birds in lite metallic colors, platinums, blues etc... should look good when done.

But still, u do kind of have a weird color combo to see on the roads nowadays. Might be awesome just to repaint it back to stock colors too.

I've been wanting myself a 2 tone birdie lol

later
Jeremy

 

Here's mine.... will post a link so the pic isn't HUGE!!!

anyone know how to size an image in the html on this board? PM me if you know!

My Medium Maui Blue Metallic & Silver Metallic '82 T/A

 

Can't do the sizing in the code.. You have to shrink the image below the given size (100Kb or so).. Usually 640x480 at 65% compression on a jpeg will work..

JeremyNYR: LOOKING GOOD!!