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Did the TA map pocket only come with a "gold" emblem?

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Old Apr 19, 2004 | 06:15 PM
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Did the TA map pocket only come with a "gold" emblem?

Never seen one offered in silver, but wanted to be positive.
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Old Apr 19, 2004 | 07:02 PM
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In my experience I do not remember seeing a black 82-85 Map pocket with a silver bird.

The same map pocket was used from 1982-85. All the black ones I have seen have had gold birds. The light grey 15th T/A map pocket featured a blue bird, Firebird SE's featured various colored map pockets with black bird logos. Because of the different color map pockets I would not totally rule out that a silver bird was not used at some point.

From what I have seen, 82/83 T/A map pockets were black with a gold bird logo. 84 T/A map pockets were black with a gold bird logo and "TransAm" script. I *think* the 85 T/A map pocket was identical to the 84.

86-92 their were a few different style map pockets and colors offered.
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Old Apr 19, 2004 | 07:12 PM
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That's what I figured.

Wonder if theres a way to remove the gold and have it printed in silver.
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Old Apr 19, 2004 | 07:40 PM
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How about just plain black thats what my 1982 trans am has.It has no bird nothing.
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Old Apr 19, 2004 | 07:53 PM
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Car: 1983 Daytona Trans Am
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'82 had all black and '83 has all black too but I don't know if they did that the whole year or not...
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Old Apr 19, 2004 | 07:56 PM
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Are they the same dimensions as the 85? If that's the case...hmmmm.....
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Old Apr 19, 2004 | 08:01 PM
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you can swap any 82-85 map pocket. I don't know about the later ones...
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Old Apr 19, 2004 | 08:08 PM
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The map pocket in my '83 T/A
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Old Apr 19, 2004 | 08:29 PM
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Cool. Thanks! Guess I need to keep my eyes open now.

I have an all black and silver theme going on the interior and the gold logo just sticks out and looks all wrong.
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Old Apr 20, 2004 | 02:43 PM
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You can swap any 82-92 map pocket. I got the 89 with a small silver bird in the right hand corner in my 84. I used to have a 91/92 with a small orange bird in the right hand corner. There's quite a few different models over the 10 years to choose from. Check e-bay there is always alot of them on there.
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Old Apr 21, 2004 | 01:47 PM
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From: Doghouse ······································ Car: 1989 Formula 350 Vert Engine: 350 L98 Transmission: 700R4 Axle/Gears: B&W 3.27
Car: 87 Formula T-Top, 87 Formula HT
Engine: 5.1L TPI, 5.0L TPI
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I removed the pocket like that from my 83 T/A, It was all Black, I put it into my 87 Formula. After a little modification
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