heres something look at the vin # :hail: :hail:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...507895864&rd=1

 

Nice find.

 

nice

 

Made in: United States
Manufacturer: General Motors
Make: Pontiac
Carline Code: F-Body
Carline Series: Trans Am, Formula
Body Type: 2 door coupe (hatchback)
Restraint System: Manual belts
Engine Code: 350 ci V8 B2L/L98 (1987-1992)
5 is the CHECK DIGIT
Model Year: 1989
Assembly Plant: Van Nuys
Production Sequence: 220894



heres the VIN, to bad its in cruddy condition, it can be fixxed up.. But wouldnt VIN say 2 door coupe (convertible) instead

 

Only 91-92 got the factory convertible digit in the VIN. All others were dealer ordered cars sent to ASC after the fact and the vin's are the standard coupe vin's.

Kevin D.

 

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=261955
Here is a thread you were recently involved in. Read and remember rather than post on every topic Your answer to your question is in your "not so old" thread. :lala:

 

wow that wasnt it soo damn long ago! Thanks for the thread! Somtimes i attend to forget things Give me a break, i already have over 2500 post, i cant remember everything:lala:

 

 

sweet find for sure,now try to find the only 89 turbo ta drop top,there is only 1....................more trivia.

 

Nope, 2 built for the public .. and I think one for testing
I have a pic somewhere of the 2 together.. and i have seen GMs test car with the 6speed.... they had it at the T/A nats a few yrs ago...

 

Sounds about right... I've seen 89 GTAs, the 350 variety of limited prod mine falls into (EDIT> 1 in 50 appears to be mostly GTAs). If I turn out to have my facts mixed up, I haven't heard officially... I had asked for major magazines to explore ASC conversions, like Car Craft and HHP, never got a word back
hmmmmm
Checking the # against mine it preceded mine as well in production sequence. hehe Same early vert spoiler, nice spot!
The one below is in my city... not quite sure on the year though, only spotted it everyday at the store
Bill

 

even handicapp ppl love 3rd gens!

 

There were three 1989 TTAs converted to droptops; one was done for Jeff Beitzel, who was head of PAS at that time. The other two cars were sold through dealers:

'89 TTA Convertible Article

The "50" figure is bandied about a lot, but according to what information I have seen.... the "50" is the number of cars converted that had the 5.7L TPI engine. GTAs could also be built with the 5.0L too, so it is possible that some 5.0L cars could have been converted as well. I have the VINs of the cars converted, but there is really no way to trace them down.

Therefore, it's not really feasible to claim only 50 GTAs were converted in '89, as there were obviously some Formulas done and likely some Trans Ams as well. Sure, the GTAs are rare, but there's no way to verify only 50 of them....

 

I have seen pics of 2 together and heard of the 3rd sold to the public but wasn't sure about it .... nice find:hail:

 

For more info on PAS's fun and a color shot of one of the TTA convertibles, go here:

Pontiac's Playthings

Some nice stuff.... too bad none of it came to fruition.

 

That's where I had to edit my response from what I've seen so far, most of those 350s I think were GTAs (obviously some Formulas...the basis of the Firehawks too!), but I can never really say for sure. If only a comprehensive history of ASC were available it would be of GREAT interest to everyone here I think
Bill

 

About the '89 Turbo T/A convert. A guy by the name of Rick from Carmotorsports.com here in Kennesaw,Ga. owns it. He (or his company) also owns a black T/A that was used for preproduction testing on the turbo motor before it was released for productin. They had both cars at a show our club (Atlantacfa.com) hosted last year. Chris

 

I wish he would drag them to the TA Nats

 

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HA HA Why am i not surprised.

I just wish i can see his warehouse of "toys" .:hail:

 

I don't know the guy, but I know the car. Someone emailed a red droptop GTA and I list it as an 89...gotta be > Found the pic finally:
BILL

 

That picture of the red 89 GTA with the black top is my old car. I bought it in Arizona. It originally had a tan top and tan leather. The current owner who I sold the car to changed the top to black and the interior to black. It's an original 350 car. It sported a 89 TTA drivetrain for awhile. As far as I know it's back to a 350 (non original engine now) and he's repainting it. Car has a very clean rust free body...

and that's the original paint in that picture.

 

I now own a

89 GTA 350 Flame red metallic tan leather
89 TA 350 Blue/grey grey cloth
89 Formula 350 Wht grey cloth (Bill Speed's old car)

that pic in my avatar is a GTA convertible found in a junkyard (sitting there outside for 6 years, very rusty and sold)

 

Bringing a 8 year old thread back from the dead huh?

 

BTW,
There was waaay more than just 50 L98 Firebird Convertibles,
There was at least 142 GTA or Trans Am's and 42 Formula 350's I have record of confirmed 30 GTA's and 2 Trans Am's and 13 Formula 350's...

On a side note I also have record of 4 IROC Z's with the 350 in 1987 that were converted from T-top to Convertible.