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Old Apr 8, 2003 | 12:49 PM
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GTA Source Page

This website is great. Any questions you have concerning your GTA are easily researched. They have RPO codes, production numbers, news articles, VIN decoder, performance data, and authentication tips.
http://www.gtasourcepage.com/
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Old Apr 15, 2003 | 06:55 AM
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been a member there almost 3 years =)

great bunch of guys!!
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Old Apr 15, 2003 | 07:31 PM
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Jet, glad you found The Source Page helpful and informative.... that's what it's there for.

Send me some shots of that Notchback.... I'd like to see it.
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Old Apr 15, 2003 | 08:19 PM
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Here's one!
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Old Apr 15, 2003 | 08:22 PM
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And another!
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Old Apr 15, 2003 | 08:23 PM
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And one more!
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Old Apr 15, 2003 | 09:27 PM
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Very nice....
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Old Apr 15, 2003 | 11:10 PM
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sweet ride dude!!
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Old Apr 16, 2003 | 09:00 AM
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Thanks, I love my car! I have never seen another notchback, has anyone else?
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Old Apr 16, 2003 | 11:58 AM
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Say a gunmetal grey one up here in BC another TGO member has it, sweet car.

Notchs are cool
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Old Apr 16, 2003 | 12:30 PM
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Let's see some pictures of Notchbacks! There probably aren't too many since there were only 625 made in two years (1988, 1989)!
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Old Apr 16, 2003 | 02:59 PM
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Here's one at Indy

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Old Apr 16, 2003 | 03:17 PM
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Is that yours??? They only made one notchback in 1989.
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Old Apr 16, 2003 | 05:14 PM
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Don't trip, it's not real. It's a regular TTA that they out a Notchback hatch on for the heck of it...
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Old Apr 16, 2003 | 05:16 PM
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Figured.
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Old Apr 16, 2003 | 09:21 PM
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Figured.
Why the BS flag? Its just a picture of one at Indy. Never said it was mine either. Get a grip...
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Old Apr 16, 2003 | 10:47 PM
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Thanks, I love my car! I have never seen another notchback, has anyone else?
I see one every time I go in and out of my shop....

According to PMD, the photo of the Notchback TTA was a prototype Pace Car that Pontiac fitted with the rear decklid to gauge support for or against using the Notchback on the TTAs in '89.

From what I understand, it was a consideration in order to make the cars more distinctive and less like a "usual" GTA. I personally think it would have been a great idea; the exposure it gained would have no doubt increased sales and awareness of the AA8 option.

But it was already canceled by the time the '89 production got under way.
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Old Apr 16, 2003 | 11:28 PM
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Sorry about the BS flag. They made one notchback in 1989. The rest were all made in 1988.
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Old May 3, 2003 | 07:15 PM
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Heres mine
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Old May 3, 2003 | 07:20 PM
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opps didnt mean to do such a small one!!!
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Old May 4, 2003 | 01:36 PM
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Hey, GTAJIM, do you have a digital dash cluster too?
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Old May 4, 2003 | 01:44 PM
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sure do, you? I wonder if there were any notches with cluster dashes? Cause ive seen three and we all have been digi and u would be 4.
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Old May 4, 2003 | 01:48 PM
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Hey GTA4ME wheres all your emblems? Almost looking from the front I hate to say it like a regular bird, not dissing the GTA but u MUST REPRESENT!!!! NO?
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Old May 5, 2003 | 01:33 AM
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Yeah, mine's digital. Somebody stole my emblems. I meant to buy new ones, but I have other stuff to get first (like brakes & tires!). The previous owner let the car sit outside for 3 years without driving it. So needless to say, I've been busy trying to fix it. I have had it for 3 years now and it is 100% better than when I received it (It wasn't even running then & it had a rats nest, fun stuff!).
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