For those of you keeping record, VIN # 1G2AW87S5DN214228 was found in a junkyard today. It was painted black.

D 02A 2FS87 N 214228
604 11L 11U 82W E
AQ9 CC1
Y82 N09 D80
061522 747859

 

did you get anything off that car

 

82FirebirdTA: I just took a peek at your website....and I have one word to say, awesome! I love the locations you chose for the pictures, especially the ones of the DT500.

 

what junk yeard?

 

Thank you! I see you have a new '83!

82kr: I pulled the seats from it and a few other random Daytona parts...

91rs: Pick Your Part in Wilmington CA.

 

cool.Glad you got some parts for your daytona.If you ever see any or have any black or tan door panels for sale let me know bro.Even seats in those colors too.

later

 

what was rong with the car?

 

Wow... for some reason, I have never heard of the Daytona. Can someone fill me in?

 

Hey Alex,
How good are they?
I may want another set!

Let me know,

George

 

AAron the Daytona is an 83 Trans Am. the lower portion of the car is black while the engine bay and upper portion of the car is white. a big decal that reads DAYTONA is on both rear 1/4 panels. this I believe was the only Firbird that year that had the same ground effects as the 84 Trans Am's did.

 

Most of the cars came without the decal package.
So, the big Daytona stickers on the rear quarter will probably not be there.
In the decal package, you got front and rear windshield decals, stating "Pontiac" in white, with lines running through them, and the Daytona callouts for the doors, Offical Pace Car, Daytona 500, and the rear quarter Daytona decal callouts.

Hope this helps,

George

 

Daytona in full decal trim...



Interior





The bottom color is dark charcoal, not black.

With the Daytona package you recieved 1984 T/A style gfx, guages that light up red, Recaro seats, special Daytona 500 floormats, and special two-tone paint. Some of the cars came with the white Aero wheels.

 

those couple of pics def clears things up. I have never seen one oin person but I knew roughly what it looked like. my bad on the rear 1/4 decal, thought it said Daytona but I was wrong.

 

Hey,
That decal on the windsheild looks wrong! It should have black lines running across the letters, and the car should also have a rear window decal, so, having "Pontiac" across both the front and rear glass.
Nice car though!
Oh ya, I said Daytona too by mistake!
Uh, Alex, you didn't answer me about the seats!

George

 

I think that car has the cheap Autografics decals. The door and Nascar decals look wrong to me as well...

The seats have been recovered George. I will be keeping them around for now...

 

George

 

I located one of those in a junkyard out here in Wooster, Ohio. The body is in good shape and it still has the motor, but is blown. The car is rather complete but will need some minor body repair. Is it worth buying and salvaging???

 

I'd grab the seats and wheels!

 

I would def grab the seats if possible to. you might want to take a look at the center console and see if it has the padding on the left or drivers side, if so then you should prob try grabbing that to, if its in good shape that is. wheels would def be another good thing to snag up if money permits.

 

What do you mean by the padding on the driver side. Are you talking about the leg pad thingy?? I already have that on my car

 

yeah the leg padding. you may have one on your car but that is a pretty hard to find option intact so you could sell it on Ebay and def make some money on that.

 

Theres one in a junkyard near me, been sitting up front for years, I asked once about it and i think he wanted a couple thousand, the engine is blown though.. im pretty sure hes not letting anyone get parts off it, still looks the same as it did couple years ago

 

which yard sound like it may be a good project car.. did you check out the condition of it?

thanks jeff

 

websters in bristol CT (i think its bristol)

only what he told me back then, that the motor was blown, i considered then trying to buy it to resell it for a profit but it doesnt seem to have much value right now

its a bit dirty so hard to see inside but i believe the interior was intact, i could go find out about it again if anyone was interested

 

whats with those wheels on the daytona!

are they turbocast?
whats with the solid caps?
82FirebirdTAwhy don't you have the caps on yours?

 

Heck,
Sneek in a digital and take some pics for us to see!

George

 

As you see in the pics at top.Some 83 Daytona Trans Am's came with a 15X7 White Turbo cast wheel A.K.A "Aero" wheel.These DO take the bowling ball caps.But have a 1" extra lip on the outer edge than normal Turbo cast rims and have "Aero Pontiac" stamped on the outer edge on it.Making the caps flush with the wheel.I always wanted to paint a set of thoe wheels Black with Black bowling ***** and see how they would look like on a "Special black Trans Am".

 

i'm a KR enthusiest and all, but that sounds like a great way to ruin what truly is a RARE option...

 

i also would love to see pictures of this car

 

Hi George, have not heard from you in awhile, how have you been, I was just thinking about you last time I was comming passed kingman, will be going out that way again next week, maybe we could hook up on my way back to ohio, I'm looking at buying a few more 3 gen cars Like the 84 15th and the 83 daytona, got my eyes open. do any of you have more pic's of these cars. How many of these cars did they make, and how many may be still alive.

 

Yeah, no kidding! I agree totally.

Me-------> <-------KR conversionist

 

Hi there Lawbreaker2!
Ya, it has been awhile!
Feel free to stop on by when you drive through!
I've got lots of spare time!
PM me here, or email me at:
WarbirdTA@hotmail.com
I can get back to you with my address and phone numbers!
However, let me which day, as I may be in Vegas for SEMA.
But, I do plan on driving home each day to unload!

George

 

Got to watch what you say George

 

You're right!
I should have said unpack!
I do have dogs at the house to protect most of my goodies though! (The ones I leave)

George
P.S. Where's my data plate??

 

Ya, I was a little scared to stop buy after that comment

 

George, Sent you a Email

 

Hey George

I don't know if it's the same car Alex mentioned but tuesday I saw what might have been a 84 Daytona at PYP. It was pretty picked over but did have the flat panels on the front bumper which made me think it may have been a Daytona.
I thought you might be interested so I popped the data plate, If you want it PM your info and I'll mail it to you.

 

Jon,

Does it have the code Y82 on it? I took the data plate from the one I saw. Were there any good parts on it?

Thanks!

 

Jon,
I just PMed you, thanks!

Lawbreaker2,
I will email you after I go thru the posts at thirdgen.

Alex,
What's up?

George

 

George
I'll put the plate in the mail tomorrow.

Alex
It was a t-top car, I didn't see any codes, the interior was gone/trashed, bumper & body parts may be usable but the body parts are pretty common there. The only thing that might be considered special would be that style bumper cover. Could be that was just the Trans Am style, I'm not that familier with all of them.

 

Hi Jon!
I got the data plate, thanks!
But, 1984 is either a 15th Anniversary, which is white, or a Recaro Edition, which is black.
Do you remember anything else about the car?
By chance, did you get the vin?
Thanks again for the data plate! I put it in with my big pile of data plates.

George

 

Sorry, can't help any more than the above. The codes were gone and I didn't get the vin either, too much filth and I wasn't THAT interested.
But just for you I'll try to remember to take a notepad from now on!