On the Akron Oh Craigs list there is a 87 GTA gray, T-tops and he says it has a 350/auto in it. Say it was built in Canada and that is why it has a 350 with T-tops as the US built cars only had 305's in them. It's loaded, but has cloth seats. Sorry I can't post the link here at work as CL is blocked here. So is this a true statement or is it BS? Also I don't recall ever seeing a gray GTA.

 

Gray was a color for the GTA. T-Tops were offered with the 5.7 liter until 1990. You could get a GTA with cloth. You could even get one with crank windows and no A/C. Here's the link FWIW.

http://akroncanton.craigslist.org/cto/3180633421.html

 

wow that thing has paddle mirrors

 

Gorgeous car! Buy it!

 

It is true that you could get a 1987 GTA with the factory 350 and factory T-Tops (CC1) if the car was a Canadian export (Z49) but it was N/A for the GTAs staying here in the US.

In 1988, I don't believe there has been any records to show that you could get a factory 350 and factory T-Tops in Canada like you could in 1987. Additionally, it was N/A for GTAs staying here in the US.

1989 was a year where you could get a factory 350 and factory T-Tops here in the US.

1990-1992 the combo was again N/A on the GTA.

The Formula, being a lighter car, is slightly different. 1991-1992 Formulas could get that combo if ordered with the PW7 style wheels.

 

and Gray was a 1987 color only for both the GTA and the IROC......

 

The digital dash males it a nice item tho I would rather have an '88 Digi Dash.

 

Correction, Medium Gray Metallic was the name for "The Gray" color on the Iroc in 1988, and for the Trans Am it was Gunmetal Gray. Available in the '92 GTA as well

 

Sweet Thanks guys, Trust me If I had the space and extra cash I would go look at it tonight. I love the looks of the car, well all but the mirrors. I don't think $8500 is bad for that car since he says it's has around 50K miles. I do love the color as well. Well for now I will stick with my TA.

 

Never heard of 2 different digital dashes. What is the difference?

 

The main difference is the shape of the tach bar.

 

Interesting! Did not know that either.

 

The early version:


The later version:


That's pretty much the difference, although I found the 1986 cluster (early tach version) I have has an orange warning segment in the temperature portion just under the red segment:


While my 1988 just has one red segment. Not sure if that's a difference due to the engine or the clusters.

 

Those are the European spec mirrors.

 

Some of the early GTAs received those mirrors as well.

The Pontiac bulletin linked below, from GTASourcepage, states how those paddle mirrors would be replaced with the DG7 mirrors.

http://www.gtasourcepage.com/Pontiac...7cdbs/87F7.jpg

 

And it was also available for base and LT Camaro coupes. I'm sure the same goes for the base Firebird's and Formula's.