I was at a car show today, and saw what seemed like a Trans Am, but with all new body panels....the front and rear quarter panels were flared out beyond belief, there was a notchback-like hatch, Recaro seats, new front fascia and hood and what loooked like aftermarket wheels. The owner had a piece of paper in a frame with a pic of the car, and it said soemthing about how the "Trojan" was a factory option, and only 500 or so were built total in 1986. Is this bulls**t, or is it credible? I have never heard about this car in my life. Anyone have any guesses?



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Its Tojan, no R... Anyway they're a high end kitcar. They show up on Ebay every so often. There's also a Tojan registry and enthusiast group I believe. When you get right down to it, they're a hideous 80's creation that was based on Pontiac Firebirds. The people that own them seem to like them but you don't see anyone screaming about how badly they want one.

Last one I saw on ebay was starting at $17,000 with ZERO bids.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI...tem=1610192629

And

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cg...001738&r=0&t=0

Their only real claim to fame was being used on Miami Vice... I believe they were all made by one company, similar to how ASC built the convertibles, but it definitely wasn't a factory option.

 

That is one ugly car!!!!!!!

 

YUP!! Thats the one!....wasnt sure if this was for real or not...but i guess so. I never said i liked it...b/c i dont The front end is hideous. Rare or not, its not something i would want. Thanks for helping me out though.

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1986 WS6-Equipped 5.0 TPI Trans Am
Random Tech High-Flow Cat
Two Chamber Flowmaster Muffler
Megs Custom 4.5" Stainless Steel Rolled Tips
1999 Grand Am GT In-Dash CD Player w/Equalizer(fits like '86 original)
5% Tint On Rear, 35% On Sides
http://www.pitt.edu/~zyhst/trans86/

OTHER RIDE:
1998 C5 6Spd. Corvette Coupe
Silver w/Gray Leather Int.
12/14 Options
Stock(for now)
Best 1/4th: 13.5 @ 104.4MPH

 

OOOOOooooooooAAAAAAAAHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhh
Ugly yet unique!

Almost looks like a TVR.

[This message has been edited by Tonyrodz (edited July 15, 2001).]

 

Couldnt see the 2nd ebay link pics , wanted to see the Recaros

Anyway here is some more Toejam, barfbags not included

http://www.bobsclassics.com/88tj.htm
http://www.bobsclassics.com/89t.htm


Don


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Wow, Sonny had me fooled there, I thought it was a Ferrari!

Don

 

Those are very nasty cars, I'm not even going to bother mentioning them on my site.....

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[This message has been edited by 92GTA (edited July 15, 2001).]

 

Just curious. Where is the "ram air"? It looks like a speed density system not ram air. Just like on my 305. Probably a sticker added after the 4th gen when ram air became popular again. Speaking of which I saw a Jacked up suburban with a ram air hood yesterday. I laughed so hard I almost wrecked.

 

It looks like a 300 ZX to me

 

Looks like an import had sex with a firebird.

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sad to say there was only 2 black ones ever made... compared to the rest of the tojans though, the black ones are beautiful... their lines seem to flow together a lot more and the thing looks genuinely better than the reds and whites n whatnot...

Theres one for sale out here in a car lot... apparently they're fairly valuable because some crackhead bought it and turned around and sold it up the street for $20k more or something like that, LOL

 

Boy..... this is a tough room.

92GTA, if you're going to have THE 3rdGen Firebird site.... you HAVE to mention them.

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Ditto.

 

Frankie, I think I can technically get away with it since it wasn't factory authorized, yes niether were the MR MSE or others but these are just WAY to ugly to disgrace my site I'd like to just forget I ever saw one or heard of one.........

 

Lookie what i just rememberd I had, I saved it a long time ago.
http://hometown.aol.com/thefirebird1985/trojan.html