I was reading that the 83 Recaro's got a "bird" emblem on the outside sail panels rather than the decal. I haven't seen any '83 Recaros to know for sure and tried searching and came up empty handed. Just wondering if anyone on here owns one or knows for sure if it was an emblem or a decal.

 

I know the 84's came with the metal bird emblem on the sail panels, but I always thought the 83's came with the regular bird decal.

 

1982 was the only year with the decal on the sail panel.

 

my 83 has the bird emblem. Did you want me to get you a picture?

matt

 

Yes, a pic would be great! I haven't seen any '83's before so I'm just curious on the differences between them and '82. I know there probably isn't much, but it's the little variences I'm interested in.

 

i will sort that out for you asap ;-)

 

Although you can't see it well from this clip, the 83 Recaro Trans Am in this scene from "The A-Team" has the bird emblem, not decal. If you ever get the chance (or have the DVD), it's the second season episode "When You Comin' Back, Range Rider?".

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6pvzWZETeZs

Joe

 

yah, saw that already...couldn't really make it out.

 

Here's a picture of David Hasselhoff's personal 83 Recaro Trans Am taken during his Knight Rider days. You can clearly see that this car had the emblem and not the decal:



Joe

 

VERY COOL !! You can even make out the Recaro door handle

 

I Don't think its an 83 looks like an 84 to me, look at the steering wheel . I never seen an 83 steering wheel like that only the 84s. I might be wrong

 

I have seen more pics of this car, it's defiantly a 1983 and look at the shifter !!

 

way to bring back on old thread.
Its definitely an 83 by the shifter.
FYI, The steering wheel is the Leather-wrapped Formula steering wheel, RPO NP5 which was first introduced in 83. it also has the rear wiper.