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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 02:47 AM
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lights? fixed or pop up.

hey, anyone know of a late 80's trans ams that had the 4 fixed lamps? a freind of mine says there are such things, ive never seen that.

i know of another pontiac that had that but it wasnt a f body. i thought that look died in the early 80"s if at all in the 80's. and only the pop ups were on the cars even through 4th gen.

anyone want to identify what that other car was. was it a sunbird or grand am or something? i think hes got his pontiac's mistaken

wasn't it the early years maybe up to 81? and that was second gen yet. then later they switched to third gen right? TIA

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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 10:00 AM
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Could have been a hybrid. I've seen cars with third gen camaro front clips and third gen TA/Firebird rears and the other way around as well. Otherwise hes got them mixed up could be a Sunbird or a Grand Prix, or at least an 80-81 Firebird/TA. But those cars are second gens and not part of the discussions here. Well the main part anyway.

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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 12:31 PM
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Re: lights? fixed or pop up.

Late 80's Sunbirds had the four exposed headlights
1977-1981 Firebirds had four exposed headlights
3rd gen Camaros had four exposed headlights

Like L69 said: Could be a camaro front clip on a firebird. I have seen that kind of McGyverism happen before. Otherwise, it wasn't a 82-92 Firebird, Formula, Trans-Am or GTA.
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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 05:49 PM
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Re: lights? fixed or pop up.

thanks for confirming that. we actually found it on wikipedia this morning, but i think he was trying to pull a fast one one me.

thanks again. matt
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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 06:57 PM
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From: Doghouse ······································ Car: 1989 Formula 350 Vert Engine: 350 L98 Transmission: 700R4 Axle/Gears: B&W 3.27
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Late 90's, not late 80's.

John
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