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Old 11-26-2017, 11:25 AM
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87 Trans Am Cheap Resto

Hello Guys
That's my 87 Trans Am from Italy
The car was a bit rusted so I decided to do a cheap restoration
These are the pics
Paid 3.5k for the labour
Paint seems not good but is better than before for sure

Painted the floors with anti rust

New Trailing arms with poly bushings and new end links

done the whole floor tho

emptied cat

wheel well cleaned ant put some anti rust

new driver's side battery tray

bondo

holes closed because of previous owner anti theft system

bondo

under there there's a lil damage in the quarter panel but here we are in Italy so no replacement

new lips from metalfabrication
Old 11-26-2017, 11:29 AM
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fender tabs rusted

patched kick panel's hole

new weatherstrips
Old 11-26-2017, 11:32 AM
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yeah it was a T5
Old 11-26-2017, 11:50 AM
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new used deluxe panels

repaired inspection cover

speed bleeders and new seals on the calipers

it looks good! New pads and rotors plus brake lines

want gta rims tho

new boot from a jeep on the intermediate shaft

new rag joint

sagging column fixed

energy trans mount
Old 11-26-2017, 12:00 PM
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Spectra tank and delphi sending unit, delco pulsator and delco fuel pump plus strainer

the best i can do with the spectra

testing new remy alternator and 21 lbs injectors from an IROC

looks good
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Looks Great!
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Looks really good! Nice car!
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Awesome, looks great. I especially like the driving pic with Italian street signs!
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great job. These cars are rare in Europe and either being locked away or being parted out (I was pleased to see a red Formula in Romania a few months ago!)

Glad to see one being restored to be driven
Old 11-28-2017, 05:00 AM
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Thank you guys!
Here in europe there are many v6 cars around and some GTAs
Formulas are more rare here
10 years ago I found an 87 T5 black car (pretty rare)
Italian streets are garbage for those cars but climate is good so they do not rust like crap
That's my car compared to some italians ones from the 80s
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That car looks great. Your restoration is perfectly fine, particularly since you are in ITALY! Not a lot of parts cars for you to use, if any. Enjoy.
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Nice work F-body driver.
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nice work!
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Good Job.
Old 12-02-2017, 11:37 AM
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Re: 87 Trans Am Cheap Resto

Thank you guys!
Next step is front end rebuild and some HPs
Planned a LT4 hotcam swap and some head work for the extra lift
I've scored a full TPI setup from an 89 IROC converted to carb so I will port and gasket match it
I am planning on porting my 081 heads too in order to gain some cheap hp.
3.42s and I guess I will break mid 14s
Subframe connectors are a must
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Re: 87 Trans Am Cheap Resto

That thing looks great. I can tell you right now it would have cost you way more than that over here.
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Take care of those convex wheels, they are hard to come by!
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Do the European folks like these cars or consider them trash? Here they are not accepted by a lot of muscle car guys because they are not old enough or a real muscle car. Funny thing is a late 80's Bird or Camaro could hang well in the 1/4 mile with a lot of so called muscle cars form the 60's and absolutely kill them in the twistys. Great job keeping her alive!
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Great resto, not cheap at all.Beautiful work.
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Re: 87 Trans Am Cheap Resto

Well done.

Originally Posted by F-body driver


That's my car compared to some italians ones from the 80s
What's sad is that those Italian cars are just as fast as that Trans Am is your pic lol...

Btw, how is the Syrian refugee problem over in your area? As bad as the RT media is implying?

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Old 12-28-2017, 03:45 PM
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those side italian cars are 39hp rated!
Our syrian refugees problem is getting bad. Too many here!




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