Hello recently found a 92 trans am vert. 160k+on car needs paint and minor cosmetics. Price is 4k and really not negotiable. I'd have to sell my GTA to make room for it. My main question is this car worth the sellers asking price since its so rare?

 

Up to you if you like that body style. A GTA is nice. Keep in mind the 91-92 Firebird verts were NOT Pontiac made, ASC did the conversions.

Also hard to comment without seeing pics of both cars to know the overall condition.

 

understandable the car is dark jade metallic.the GTA is black.

 

Ha, best anniversary color ever! That's a win

 

I have had many ASC convertibles GTA 350 TA 350 Firebird Formula 350 all 89's all ASC convertibles...I personally don't like 91-92 Styling, 160+ miles for $4000 seems a bit high. Remember with that mileage if top is original and needs one $250+ and if you can't install add about another $400.

As far as rarity being a ASC convertible, they made a few but like my 89's they are 1 of 50 1 of 42...

and what's with the $4000 non negoitable? Let him sit on it

 

the top is nice whats the most the car is worth needing a paint job with a 160k? there really not budging on the price but I guess cash in hand is always a different story. I read 663 verts in 92 and the color combination is suppose to be even rarer?

 

Needing a $2000 paint job at low end cost...$1500-1800. Yes they made 663 verts but the Jade Green color...Do you really want that color car/combo?
There's a guy by me selling his 89 GTA ASC convt with a 350 WHT/TAN leather for $7000. He's negotiable. He's had car for 10 yrs + and remember 89 was the only year ASC slipped and converted 350 TPI cars..they did 1 87 IROC I believe

For $4000 you should be getting a 60-70,000 mile car that just needs to be cleaned

 

There is also a guy in Florida selling that exact same color vert with a 350TPI from a vette installed and a 5SPD which was never available...It's hit in back but not that bad. He wants $2500. The motor is low mileage and I believe the body has around 60K on it

I have his # if you're interested

 

So obviously my GTA is better in the long run?

 

yep think I saw that one on ebay with the motor yanked out for like 700...
was thinking I could probably get that vert for like $3500 in person but still seems too high.

 

He hasn't yanked the motor, that was for roller with no trans and yes $3500 for that car is still high

 

Yep....Looks better

 

For the Jade Green (Green/Gray) 18U for 1992
there was only 30 Convertibles in this color
21 Trans Am Convertibles
1 with a Black interior (cloth)
20 With a Beige interior (all with Beige Top) (4 Cloth, 16 Leather)

Of all the 21, 14 had WS6

YELLOW Trans Am convertibles
24 TOTAL
19 With Black Interior (1 Cloth, 18 Leather)
5 With Gray Interior (2 Cloth, 3 Leather)

18 of the 24 had WS6

Other Tidbits
Manual Transmissions on the 663
10 White (10U)
4 DK Green Gray (18U)
23 Black (41U)
31 Med Green Met (45U)
5 Yellow (52U)
8 Red Metallic (75U)
21 Red (81U)
3 Blue (80U)
0 Aqua (37U)
105 TOTAL

TOTALS (Just because I feel like it)
95 White (10U)
21 DK Green Gray (18U)
92 Black (41U)
161 Med Green Met (45U)
24 Yellow (52U)
49 Red Metallic (75U)
188 Red (81U)
33 Blue (80U)
0 Aqua (37U)
663 TOTAL



ARE THESE NUMBERS ACCURATE?????????? IF SO THIS CAR IS 1 OF 14?

 

I'd say sure, sounds right for that color. They only made 16 GTAs that color and I have the only I've seen with t-tops or even grey interior. Mine's easy 1 of 1 if you wanna look at it that way.

There is a guy on here with a vert that color that has a whole website about his resto too.

 

So this could be a diamond in the rough????

 

Sweet, i have a 1 of 42-3 89 formula 350 asc vert. (Only one of 2 with a dark blue top and its the only one left)
Also have 1 of those 24 JY 92 TAverts with gray cloth and WS6.

 

Not particularly. Certainly more desirable than the common colors but by no means does it increase it's potential value. Never have I seen anyone say they think the 25th anniversary colored Firebirds are worth more or will be.

As they say, value is in the eye of the beholder. It's totally up to you.

Me, I would do it just because I prefer that body style and certainly that color. I searched for 2yrs looking for a 92 GTA specifically in this color. But that's just me.

 

So the jade metallic is a one year only color?I'm just torn between the 2.I rescued my GTA from certain doom and a 12 year retirement but when can u say you have a 1 of 14 92 t/a vert or a 92 vert period?

 

I think if that's how you feel then buy the car and pay the sellers $4000asking price?

 

My feelings are mixed like I stated in previous posts. It just seems to be a rare find.But I would never pay asking price. Therefore this car is not for me.

 

[quote=87350gtanj;5845326]For the Jade Green (Green/Gray) 18U for 1992
there was only 30 Convertibles in this color
21 Trans Am Convertibles
1 with a Black interior (cloth)
20 With a Beige interior (all with Beige Top) (4 Cloth, 16 Leather)

Of all the 21, 14 had WS6

YELLOW Trans Am convertibles
24 TOTAL
19 With Black Interior (1 Cloth, 18 Leather)
5 With Gray Interior (2 Cloth, 3 Leather)


18 of the 24 had WS6

Other Tidbits
Manual Transmissions on the 663
10 White (10U)
4 DK Green Gray (18U)
23 Black (41U)
31 Med Green Met (45U)
5 Yellow (52U)
8 Red Metallic (75U)
21 Red (81U)
3 Blue (80U)
0 Aqua (37U)
105 TOTAL

TOTALS (Just because I feel like it)
95 White (10U)
21 DK Green Gray (18U)
92 Black (41U)
161 Med Green Met (45U)
24 Yellow (52U)
49 Red Metallic (75U)
188 Red (81U)
33 Blue (80U)
0 Aqua (37U)
663 TOTAL



So according to this list, My 1992 18U, 5spd, T/A vert with Black cloth interior and a black top is a 1 of 1 car?

 

I checked your 1992 Jade Trans Am convertible figures and they are correct according to Compnine. There was 21 1992 Jade Trans Am convertibles. 14 had WS6 and all but 1 had Beige interior.

 

How do you find this info? I have a 90 IROC vert, bright red with a the bright red interior. I am trying to find out how many red 1990 IROC verts had the red cloth (73c) and red leather (732).
Peace,

 

The owner is down to $3400.- on the car is this still to much for a car with 160k needing a paint job and other basic maintenance? Even though it's a 92 vert?

 

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Are you looking to own the car as an investment type thing? If so the convertible would be the better choice over the GTA since convertibles almost always bring more than their solid roof counterparts regardless of what type of car it is. Around 3k would be a decent deal if the car is pretty rust free and the hard to find parts such as the gfx and tail lights are intact. IMO the miles are a good thing since the car can be driven and enjoyed without completely destroying the value like on a super low mileage car

 

Really not looking at it as a financial investment with 160k on it but more as it's rarity being a 92' vert and a 1 of 14 produced in jade green with the WS6 package. And the cars current owner really doesn't want to bother negotiating which makes it hard for me to swallow paying that much for a car that is rare but has higher miles on it.

 

so I guess my question to all convertible owners is what is this car worth paying for as it is still for sale.

 

I think I saw this car advertised on Craigs or maybe a FB page, in Salisbury Maryland. Back around Thanksgiving, maybe. The pictures looked pretty decent. It's an odd color, so I'm thinking it must be the same one. The seller seems to list a LOT of cars on a daily basis, though, so I was wondering if she was a scammer.

 

I've left the seller an offer of about $1000 less then asking which I think is more then far so the ball is now in the sellers court.

 

Subscribe.

Can't wait to see how this works out.

 

Where did you get those production numbers for the '92 5 speed T/A convertibles? I bought one of the 21 red 5 speed T/A convertibles a couple of weeks ago. It only has 59,000 original miles on it. I am going to restore it to mint original condition. I have so much original paperwork for it too. I have documentation directly from Pontiac which states that there were only 94 T/A 5 speed manual convertibles produced for 1992 though, not 105. Please let me know where you got this break down, it'll be greatly appreciated!

 

i'm not sure who you were referring to but my information came direct from Compnine.

 

The 105 figure comes from Compnine. Compnine is a 3rd party resource that has the VINs and RPO codes for many GM vehicles but is not complete for every year.

I have a Pontiac letter that states there was 116 5-Speed 1992 T/A Convertibles. I have a 1992 T/A 5-Speed Convertible myself.

Unfortunately, record keeping was not good by GM. I have a letter from Pontiac from 1992 and another from 1997. The figures provided by Pontiac aren't even the same between the two.

I would appreciate if you could post your Pontiac letter here or email it to me jt@thirdgen.org

 

Hi JT,

I'll scan the correspondence I have from Pontiac and post it here in a couple of days. I remember the days that compnine was free! I'll have to run my VIN through there, because I want to see how rare my car is. The original owner (who I bought the car from!!) had the car special ordered from GM, and I think that it has a very unusual combination of options. In any event, I just love my Bird and love this website! It is so cool how we all get to chat with each other about our cars and we get to learn from each other. What a great resource!

 

PM or email me the VIN and I will look up the vehicle for you.

 

I wanted to bump this thread to discuss production numbers listed above. (yes, I searched already)

So, according to above...a 1992 Trans Am convert, black exterior, black interior, 5 speed with black top (305 tpi) is one of 23 made (out of 663 total verts). Is top color in SPID sheet somewhere?

 

Digging up an old thread: Just curious where you got these numbers from. Okfoz has completely different numbers he got from Compnine in this thread https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/hist...ird-color.html

 

They match. The numbers you are quoting here are just convertible TA's.

Kevin D.

 

Does anybody know how many automatic '92 T/A verts there were that had the Dark Green paing (45U) with the tan interior?

 

91 and 92 convertible are the only factory firebirds that pontiac built since 1969 i have never seen a 82-90 oem firebird convertible

 

Got my answer. It is 128.

 

GM really didn't build any 3rdgen verts "on the line". The only thing they did was change 1 digit of the VIN and ship it out to be converted. ASC did all the "factory" authorized and not authorized verts. (I have a 89 formula 350 ASC vert)