Frobozz

Curious about something. Last night I passed a Pontiac that looked like a TransAm, and as I went back to go look at it it said on the lower side door panel "Bandit II" & "Limited Edition", on the hood it said "5.0 INJECTED"........Curious, how rare is this thing?
Car is all white with t-tops and a HUGE freaking bird on the hood. Sarting with the 8th digit of the VIN number- EXLL .....That was all I could read.(raining at the time) I think its a 90 by the check letter but not positive. Any confirm?
With out hearing it start or seeing to much of the interior inside, except that it was grey and very very clean from what I saw, is it worth more or less than 4200?...

TIA

Jason E

Regardless of what its worth, I think its a farce. I've never heard of a "Bandit II" 'Bird, especially on one that's close to a '90.

There was a Bandit edition T/A put out in '82 or '83...I have a Motor Trend test on it if anyone has any questions about it. It was an aftermarket job too, BTW.

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Jason E
'89 Camaro RS 2.8
Hypertech chip/K&N filters/Accel 8.8 wires/RapidFires
Eclipse CD and 100x4 amp/Boston plates and 6x9s
Alpine Alarm w/ Keyless entry
IROC tailights/tinted windows

bradkeith

I've seen one of those Bandit II birds around my town also. It was a dark forest green with a shaker hood and a hood-bird like on my 79TA. It said 5.0 on the side of the shaker, and BanditII on the bottom of the doors. it was a 90. I looked at it at a car dealership. They wanted 5,500 but it was rashed.

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1986 camaro with 92z28 gound effects, aero wing, 4 3/4 Unlimited products cowl, 3.90 auburn gear rear-end with Steve Spohn adj LCA's,Panhard bar. 406 stroked to to 429 motor in the works to replace 2.8. just my 2 cents

Frobozz

Hey Brad,
Are you sure you saw one? I mean it could be a farce seeing how Jason hasn't ever heard of one being close to a '90.....

1984-Firebird-SC

Actaully, Motor Trend Magazine recently had a Firehawk in it (10th anniversary) with a "Smokey and the Bandit" paint package, but it has the 5.7 in it

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1984 Pontiac Firebird SE
2.8L V6
Camaro Z28 mag rims
Kenwood KDC-215 CD receiver
"Oh I've seen better days
The pain of these memories I cannot drive away" - Econoline Crush "Nowhere Now"

MilehighBird

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I bought a book at Barnes&Noble entitled "Muscle Car Color History-Firebird&TransAM 1967-1994".Pretty cool book.Anyway ,they list a "BanditII" version firebird in 1988.No stats just a pic of the rear bumper that says "BanditII" just above the exhaust.

TINFY Racing

yea the bandit II is a real car not sure on production or anything else. i just know it was built by i believe an outside company not GM and it was a thirdgen. i dont think it was as late as 90 i think it was close to maybe 86 -87. TINFY

MNformula350

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I have a magazine article around here somewhere,that has an article on the bandit II trans am.
it was a 83 Trans-Am with a hopped up 305.
it had aftermarket front gfx type things and a huge fugly looking rear spoiler.

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Dave
93 CAMARO-(FOR SALE) 3.4 v6,5spd,borla cat back,hurst short throw shifter,moroso cold air induction kit,kyb adjustable shocks,17" wheels,275/40zr17 comp t/a's
84 FIREBIRD-2.8 V6,5spd super economy model
no options except t-tops( not even locking),no tilt,no cruise,no delay wipers,no rear defroter,no a/c,no rear spoiler(i put one on)no pw,pdl,pm,pseat,no gauges(just a 85 mph speedo with no trip odometer and a big f***in' gas gauge)
90 FORMULA 350-
Edelbrock t.e.s,gutted cat,Borla cat-back,LT4 hot cam ,24# injectors,holley h.p. fuel pump,K&N Throttle Body mounted air filter,52mm throttle body,accel 8.8mm wires,plugs cap and rotor,ADS superchip,GTA tailights,T-tops
No E.T's yet.

Previous 3rd gen's
83 Trans-Am 305 CFI auto T-TOP
84 Firebird 305 H.O. auto HARDTOP
87 Firebird 2.8 V-6 auto HARDTOP

Jason E

What Dave84 has posted sounds VERY much like what I was thinking of when I mentioned there was one that came out in '82-'83. The ugly rear spoiler sounds right too! I didn't remember that it was called a Bandit II, but it probably was!!

I still think anything close to a '90 is a sticker job. I have 4 different Firebird books, and not one mentions a Bandit option that new. I'm not saying you guys didn't see them, but I still believe it was an aftermarket, or dealer-installed, stripe job.

Drew

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This has come up before, have you checked the archives? Everythign I read in the first post is the same as I've read before. Some people have said they've seen 91's dressed as a Bandit II... so who knows?

mont1le

Bandit II cars were custom cars that were customized by a company in Tenn. called Choo Cho customs(they also did vans and P/U trucks)they came in Black,red,green,white with 2nd gen hood birds and a fake shaker looking hood scoop they also had a customized interior such as wood paneling and buffed aluminium dashes and special wheels and other outside things with gold striping only,all the engines were the base 305s and were untouched, they were an appearance pkg and were all were Firebirds not T/As or Formulas for the 3rd gens they were made from 87 to 92 I had a 92 Red and I have seen at least 7 others all years,there is not a lot of these cars cause is not a Factory option but more of a dealer option,believe it or not they also made 4th Gen conversions I saw 1 in a car show in FT Lauderdale FL last year it was a 95 Formula with all the typical Bandit II Regalia, how much are they worth,who knows they are different and you dont see 1 evryday but they are still base FBs, I got a lot of looks in mine but that was it,there is probably a following out there for them but not in this forum since no 1 knows about them.

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Leo
92 T/A 1LE
77 T/A 455

Tom Keliher

Here's one:


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FORMULA 350 TK
Southern California 3rd Generation F-Body Organization©

speed88

I've seen one here in my home town. It was a '91 "Bandit II", black with a tan interior. It was in rough shape, and the owner claimed it to be 1 of 10, or something like that? He wanted $10, 000 for it, I don't care if it was 1 of 2, there was no way I would pay ten g's for a car in that shape. My GTA looks a thousand times sharper!!

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88 GTA
L98 350
700R4
3:27 axle
MODS,
Edelbrock TES headers, 2.5" straight pipe, Flowmaster 80 series, K&N filter, Accel 8.8mm wires, Bosch Platinum plugs, Wells cap and rotor button, Wells ignition module, MAF screens removed, Hypertech TB air foil, Thermomaster stage II chip, 180* Powerstat, Hypertech cool fan switch, B&M shift kit, B&M power clutch pack, B&M servo, GM fuel filter.

Brad91Rs

Check out http://efbody.tripod.com/fir.html it has pics of all types of rare Fbodies including the bandit II

fullsize fun

Just an update i just ran across this guy..LOL thinks he really has something.
https://richmond.craigslist.org/cto/...631654802.html

kentuckyKITT

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Continuing this 18 year thread bump, honestly, since it's a 1990, I'll bet there isn't too many of those around! No idea what it's worth, but it looks decent from the photos.

Drew

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Well... If you had a basic TBI Firebird, and the Bandit II version of the same car sitting next to it, and everything else about the cars was equal... I'd imagine the value would be the same, and the stock car would sell faster.

//<86TA>\\

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But it has detachable roof glass parts!

dmccain

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Wow. Wal mart hood scoop.

Galaxie500XL

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Here's some information for you I found...

http://www.78ta.com/Sliders/bandit2.htm

https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2011/0...comments-block

Jbuchanan

Saw this one at summit racing last year, nothing special outside of the decals to me. Especially didn't care for the non functional stick on scoop.