Congratulations to this month's ThirdGen.Org Car of the Month winner, Hawk312 and his stock appearing, LS powered sleeper 1986 Trans Am.

 

Congratuations Hawk312!

That's one well built, neatly crafted, and fine looking automobile.

I might be a little biased though.

 

I love the two tone Red/Gray seats! I'm a sucker for red interior though!

 

Very nice car Hawk312. You did an awesome job. Congrats on COTM!

 

Congrats, sweet looking car. Love the interior too. What kind of intake is that?

 

congrats man!!!!!!! beautiful car and extremely clean ls swap

 

It's the professional products ls2 typhoon. We drilled holes in the side of the runners so we could run a scope down to port match with the heads.

 

Also, its an honor to even be nominated. Props to this months nominees, ZZ3Astro, Dmans85, TEDSgrad, and fasteddi. with turbo sixes & eights, and LS ones & twos,these are awesome sleepers that appeared seamless in their quality.

in the end though, it was the man with the engine bay that looks like friggin' candy that got the most votes. congrats to the winner.

only one question on everyones' mind. will the '86 Trans Ams three-peat?

 

Heavens to Murgatroid, that's one sexxxxy beast!!!

 

Way to go Dave!!!Congratulations

 

Just curious, where are the windscreen wipers?

 

They weren't on yet. These pics were taken the first time we started it up and pulled it out of the garage. I'm sure Dave was just cleaning them to perfection. Every last detail.

 

Congrats! Sweet ride.

 

Nice! Beautiful ride!

 

WOW! Great car.

 

Thanks alot everyone! I really appreciate all the votes! I can`t take all the credit though. This thing was nothing but a shell when we started...no suspension, no transmission, no interior, etc. It didn`t even have a hood. Most of the work was done by my brother who built the engine and pieced together and rebuilt much of the drivetrain. He also figured out the wiring and harnesses to get the digital dash working, which was even more difficult with the LS1 engine. I also have to thank my brother in law and his wife for putting up with this in their garage for a couple years while I was doing the paintwork. And their were numerous others that helped with odds and ends stuff, and some just dropping by to help.
For those of you who haven`t seen, this is what we started with:



To this:

 

Thanks Manta! Thanks for all the inspiration and advice during the build! Imagine that, we get COTM back to back! Two `85 T/A`s with Carmine (impossible to find!!!!) interiors.

 

Amazing looking car. Simply gorgeous.

 

I love this car. Motivation to get mine done. Going for the same idea, clean stock looking with the LS1/T56. Plan to shave the antenna too.

 

Dave,their 86s!!!!!!!!!!!and your welcomeHow bout that,back to back
Is boltons87 your Brother-in-Law,if so,it's always nice to have a mechanic in the family,especially one with a garage.
Congratulations again Dave,you've earned it.

 

That is simply gorgeous. I look forward to the COTM awards and this one is well deserving, a fine showing of talent and inspiration. Can't wait to complete my LS conversion.

Mike

 

Congrats, Perfectly done!

 

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Very nice and quite amazing, all the way from a shell to winner!

 

Congrats! Nice ride!

 

Car deserves it. Beautiful.

 

Wow, What a transformation!! Beautiful Car!!

 

Well diserved Congrats!

 

Congrats! Tastefully Done, and very nice.

Love the idea with the 4th gen console. No more drinks in your lap. You gave me an idea.

 

That's one super clean TA.

Incredible interior. Well done.