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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 07:17 PM
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Originally posted by His Divine Shad
I had some help from some people on a german pontiac forum(www.bandit-online.de), using the VIN number they where able to get the RPO codes from the GM registries.......

The germans have GM registry access ? I guess were behind the technology over here !

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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 02:49 AM
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Originally posted by 85 T/A WS6
The germans have GM registry access ? I guess were behind the technology over here !

Actually I believe it was thanks to this guy who used to work for GM
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 02:10 PM
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California paint was non toxic, synthetic stuff, to reduce factory emissions. the primer and paint weren't completely compatible (it was quite new technology then) and the paint blisterd / peeled as a result.
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 02:08 PM
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From: Bentheim/Nordhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Engine: 305 TPI LB9
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...yes, it´s a GTA... ...and I think, "His Divine Shad" travelled to Germany bought it right now

...btw....

...here (on ebay) is an other example from a 91 GTA european export-version...

....ugly mirrors, turnsignal-"cubes" by "Hella", firebird taillamps....and so on....

http://cgi.es.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI....&category=9835




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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 03:19 PM
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leave it to europe to ruin a perfectly good looking car..
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 09:10 PM
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Just got back, with my new car, love it!
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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 08:33 AM
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congratulations!

the first F body i ever drove was an 89 350 GTA, a memory that will live with me forever.
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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 04:46 PM
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From: previously OKINAWA JAPAN,georgia, now new england
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Originally posted by thirdgen88
leave it to europe to ruin a perfectly good looking car..
NAH......... i think it's kickass that we thirdgen'ers get to represent in other countries. I mean, really for what i will have invested into my Trans Am and the year of time, i could have bought a SKYLINE. It would be way faster, and super easy to get parts for.
Either way, in the states it's easy to criticize, but i know i have the best japanese mirrored T/A on the island.
Oh and the bonus is there are only 6 here, so it's just as cool as a PORSCHE or FERRARI, to the locals.
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