Hi everyone. I'm new here and want to say hi. I'm severly outclassed by the amazing cars I've seen here so far, but thought I'd post a few pix anyway.

My car was parked on the street and some dummy backed out of his driveway and crunched my left rear quarter panel. Just got it fixed and detailed, so it seemed like a good time to snap some photos. Unfortunately, I won't get my new sail panel decal until later today, so the car is a little bare up top.

It's an '83 v6 with 229,000 miles (all by me).


Ed

 

Thats a very sharp 83. It looks like you've given a lot of care to her. Keep it up

 

It's lookin mighty nice.

 

that looks pretty good to me!
but whats around your door lock? it looks like theres a chrome thing around it...

 

Looks really like an 82-83 !
i would keep that look on the car
cause its really close to what originally was
personally i like more modern look but for this one
i'd go with the 82-83 look
nice !

 

I live in the Bronx and I didn't have a garage the first couple of years I had the car. It got broken into constantly (by popping the lock) so I had the lock guards installed. Unfortunately they're aluminum and the paint peels off every couple of years.

The body shop was supposed to repaint them for me the other day but they said they didn't have time.

One of these days I'll have them taken off and have the 4 bolt holes in each door covered up and refinished - they're really ugly.

 

Thanks for the nice words everyone. I ordered it in March of '83 and didn't get it until mid-July. There was some doubt that they'd get to it before they closed down to re-tool for 84's, but they fit it in right near the end of the production run. I still have the window stickers and the QC tags from under the seats.

It's all original except for the wheels and the black mirrors.

 

sharp very cleaning looking....

 

NICE Firebird man. Great to see the car so well-cared for.

 

Your bird looks amazing and original! Not too many 82-83's around anymore in that kind of shape.

 

Looks awesome. Welcome aboard! Two things though:

Lock guards? Huh? Never seen those before..


What about the black things you have on the bumper right infront of the signal lights?

 

That's a good looking firebird. I love it. Of course I'm a little biased towards red 82-84 body styles.

 

It only takes a second to pop the lock right out of the door with a screwdriver, so the guards have helped keep the car from getting stolen.


Errr, those are the mounting plates for 2 deer whistles, but you weren't supposed to notice them.

I have a house in the Adirondacks and we make the 600 mile roundtrip every couple of weeks during the night and early morning. We see LOTS of deer and the whistles actually seem to help so it's worth having them.

 

Wow, yours is really nice! I don't see too many like this anymore.

 

Looks great!

 

oh ok, thats kinda cool actually. it would look better painted body color though i must agree, then it would be function and form.

 

duuude. i bet people stop you in the street ot say "nice car man" on a regualr basis. that thing is CHERRY. keep up the good work. that high of mialage is a badge of honor.

 

I used tto live in The Bronx and before I even read the above statement I was gonna ask you if those were taken in The Bronx. I could almost name the street...Looks like a Morris Park nieghborhood.

Car is looking great BTW....

 

wait, whats the difference between 82-83 and 84? all I see is big wheel gap