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this is a true 82 trans am fast68

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mine had a red arrowhead decal on its shifter ****

yours isn't a trans am, my trans am didn't have the buldged hood so I doubt your firebird originally had one, as for the grafics, 83 was the first year for them, I'de say you have a nice clone

x87 I believe is the s/e

 

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It's a T/A.

If it was an S/E it would say W69 on the cowl tag.

 

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pretty plain and simple ..... W87 ... is a trans am X87 was used on 79 80 81 trans am's for special editions, like pace cars, 10th anniversaries ect. but I can't say I have ever seen a 82 up using X87 on a trans am including even the 15th anniversary car it was a W87 as well, mine never had door panel bags as well.

if even special edition 82 through 84 trans am's had X87 then why wouldn't the recarro's be X87's.

I dont think the date stamped hood means a thing, my 84 trans am's tail lamps are stamped 82 but does that mean they have been changed, NO because I bought the car new, I think it means its a style that dates back to 82, check your tail lights are they black tinted or more of a red shade.

I had two friends with crossfire 82 trans am's both had the buldged hood, I've seen several 82 LG-4's all had flat hoods what does that tell you, the crossfires got the buldged hood and the carbed ones didnt.

PMD seats dont mean yours is a trans am, the AR9 on your trim tag means your firebird got the upgraded seats is all.

sway bar, can't say I've ever seen a f-body without one.

find your build sheet, or call PMD historical services, 20 says your build sheet does not include ws-4, your X87 is a firebird

 

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your 5th VIN digit is your series code

S=firebird
W=transam
X=S/E

your build tag

C (model year) 08E (time build code)

26D(interior color) 21L (lower color) 21U (upper color)

 

yes i know that but i dont know for sure that that us the digit that is actually on the VIN plate because i cant read it its rusted,.




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fast you say the VIN is to rusted to read, see the numbers on your trim tag that match your VIN numbers last digits 5xxxxx

 

yeah i see that, but what about first half of VIN, how do you get that from the body tag codes ? theres a way to, but i have no idea how

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im trying to make out the vin on the windshield plate but damn its hard to tell, but it looks like tops of a W in front of the 87
but am not certain yet, wish was a way to get down to the plate and sand it off....

amyoen know what i can do, can i get to it even if i have to unglue some of the glass ??

dang...

 

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oh, and would the car technically be a WS6 or WS7 with its oriignal correct rear drums and front and rear large bars ?


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well now that your officially a expert on the 82 trans am you shouldn't have to ask anymore questions, heck why not write a book and sell it, so we can all learn from what we have read and seen that we are wrong.

 

Fast68:

I told you last month your car was a '82 Trans Am and not a S/E.

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=183328

 

jproz youre a moron

 

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In 82, all LU5 cars got the bulge hood. The early 82 LG4 cars didnt....they got a flat hood. The bulge hood wasnt available until mid-year with the LG4. And yes, it was functional.

 

Correct (AFAIK) about the timing of the bulged hoods on LG4's. But they were NOT functional in 1982 for LG4's. LG4 and L69 cars had functional hoods in 83 and 84 only.

Mine was not originally functional. Also, there's talk on this thread about the red pontiac emblem on the shift ****. That's not a T/A specific item. All auto 82 Firebirds had them.

WS7 includes rear drum brakes, which is far more common in 82 than WS6. I am WS7 (and glad)

 

cool, ok so red arrow **** was 82 thing all models of bird then ?

ok.

so 82 was stuck with non functional with the LG4 and was functional with LG4 after 82.. thats soem crazy sheep there, wonder whats up with GM doing that ?

any ideas ??

oh and if a carb engine came with functional bulge in 83 then what the heck kind of air cleaner they use ? 4 bbl air cleaners for functional power bulge exist !!!! ??!!!?

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GM database.

 

Bulge Hood, aka Sport Hood aka RPO T48:

Included with WS6/WS7 package:
Required on LU5, Non-functional on LG4

T48 Hood Optional: Non WS6/WS7 LG4 Trans Am.

"Flat Hood", aka Standard Hood:

Standard:

Non WS6/WS7 LG4 Trans Am
Firebird & S/E

Any hood shortage is a MYTH.

 

Red Pontiac Arrow Button was on all '82 models. There was also a Gold Arrow Button.

Air Induction Unit on LU5 is different than the LG4-L69 unit that didn't come out until '83. The rubber intake gasket is diamond shaped and attached to the unit on the LU5. On the LG4-L69, the intake gasket is attached to the air cleaner lid. The LU5 and the LG4-L69 induction units are not interchangable.

 

GM database*

wheres this at and how ?

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ok, cool good info here, awesome, did not know a gold oen existed, thats cool to know

does all that info you just replied with here mean that i can find an 83 or possibly 84(if 84 had LGR functional bulge hood) and swap all the parts from that over to my 82 trans am LG4 car's non functioning power bulge hood and carb ?

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Here is a picture of a red one and the gold one that was on my 82 T/A. Does anyone know why there was two different ones?

 

I have 6 Red ones and they all came with black stems. The gold one came with a blue stem which I have never seen on another one.

 

I have the gold shifter button on my 82 Recaro's. All are Van Nuys cars, if it makes a difference.

I agree with 90TA on the induction info.

All '84 Trans Am's LG4 and L69 had the air induction unit. Should be able to swap into an 82. Make sure the solenoid on the unit works.

 

Hey 82RecaroTA Do you know if they have the blue stem or not? Thanks.

 

I can only tell you that one has the Black Stem. The other two I don't know because they don't have the typical "disconnect" problem common with the 82 shifter. I have a spare gold one I pick up and it has a black stem.

 

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I've never seen a gold emblem on a shifter before! I do know that the red ones FADE badly. I have three red ones, and they look almost like the gold one after fading.

Perhaps the gold ones came on Recaros and other black/gold T/A's?

Yes, check my sig. That's exactly what I did.

 

Actually, all 82 Recaros were not built in Van Nuys. A lot of them were built in Norwood. But very correct in saying the shifter button with the gold arrowhead is only found on Recaros. Same for the bowling ball hubcaps. Gold decal for Recaro, red for regular Trans Am.

 

Maybe you misundertood what I said.

The Recaro's that I have are all Van Nuys cars and each one has a gold shifter button.

Just thought it might be different between the two plants as I have seen the red button on other Recaro's but only the gold button on Van Nuys built Recaro's so far.

 

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That picture does not show the rest of the shaft. It was taken off for the picture. The emblem changing is one thing, but the shaft should be the same for the same tranny....the 200C in 82.

So your emblem is the Firebird rather than the Pontiac arrow symbol? Never heard of that!

 

Shaft sould look like:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2425984294

Of course the asking price is due those KR hacks.

If you have a "Bird" on the button, it would be from a second gen. Have the same on my 79 TA.

 

oops no, its an arrow actually

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If the botton looks like this, it was swapped from a second gen bird.

http://ebay3.ipixmedia.com/abc/M28/_...6be6ba/i-1.JPG

 

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The second & third gen buttons are the same size, the ***** are slightly different.

As far as models, offhand I think all models. There was a gold bird on the Smokey & the Bandit Editions. The picture was from a 78 TA.

I have the same button on my 79 TA.

 

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I think pretty much all models from 81 back. Not sure offhand how far back though.

 

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The LG4 305 is about the only thing that comes to mind right now.

 

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