IMissMy86TA

had it detailed? man I would not let anyone take that pleasure away from me!
unless they were very good with a orbiter. I do mine by hand so I am sure it could be better, but I love to do it.

mechmit

I wish I could do it myself, I have eczema on my hands that comes and goes and right now they're bad.

mechmit

Thank you

puma1552

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One thing I'm noticing in perusing craigslist is that 95% of the cars have suffered horrible inhumanities and are total beaters, and the other 5% are of the caliber in this thread...it's kind of funny, there truly is no middle ground, that being nice, low-value (RS, Firebird, etc.), high mileage cars...it's pretty much one extreme or the other.

Jason444

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My '91 triple black 5-speed is at 53K miles which is a little over the 50K request in the original post, but maybe its close enough!

IMissMy86TA

within the margin of error. lol
love the wheels

86TA355SR

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Flame Red/silver is one of my favorite Trans Am color combinations.

You and evo305tpi both own beautiful grey GTAs!

There are many excellent third gens in this thread! Can't wait to see some more!

Stuart S

Mine too, but I'm biased

Thank you!

This thread has quite a variety of really nice stuff... I look forward to the new replies and additions... It's nice to see that there is a following for clean, original stuff... Not to take away from restored cars, but they're only original once...

ev305tpi

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Same here about the flame red / silver combo, LOVE IT!! Your TA is gorgeous!

Thanks very much for the compliment on my car, i'm going to start to get it sorted again this month. I need to do a little interior work and it needs to be detailed under the hood. Updated pics to come

IMissMy86TA

I get to see a lot of highly modified cars on this site. I created this thread to show case original and close to original cars. normally if you have a low mileage car the mods you want to keep mods to a minimum or very tasteful. sometimes it's a curse. I know I modified my exhaust to have the tips I love but the tint and the plastidip can be removed an she is almost 99% stock. great cars everyone!!! keep them coming!

I would be remiss to not include the one that got away. the one owned by 1badgta. he hasn't been on here for a while but it is a 41k mile 89 GTA with 5.7 and t-tops! I tried to get ahold of him when I was ready to buy but cldnt reach him. I bought local in stead but he qualified when these pics were taken




as you can tell I copied his look
anyway. good one to include!

ev305tpi

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Triple black 5-speed vert, that is a rare car!! Very nice!!! Do you have any pics of your JY hardtop Formula?

Jason444

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Thanks for the props on the vert! Here is a photo of the JY car from a few months ago before I put the correct N10 exhaust on it. Its got 95K so its not in the low mileage category, but it is a 5.7, dead stock and everything on it works.

ev305tpi

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Awesome car!!! That is a rare one, that's for sure!!!!

86TA355SR

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BadBillly442's 91 GTA. 3,600 Original Miles.

Hope he doesn't mind me posting a picture of his car. I thought it would make a nice addition to this thread.

IMissMy86TA

nice one! If he has any issue a moderator can remove it or you could edit the post
love the color

Jason444

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That car is incredible.

Joel

1992 1LE, currently at 6,000 miles.

IMissMy86TA

lets make it bigger
I hate having to click on them
very very hot looking 1LE man

1992 1LE, currently at 6,000 miles.

Jason444

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Very nice!!!!

drjewalton

Mine again. Now at 35k miles. Won 1st place 82-92 street class (not stock class since windows tinted) at Camaro Superfest in Michigan this past July 6th. Also won best stock engine overall for 82-92. Drove 400 miles each way from KY....performed flawlessly!

GICATA

Lotta great cars in this thread, hard to pic a favorite!!

86TA355SR

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Beautiful, always loved the TA convertibles of 91-92! Plus have a soft spot for black!

That is so awesome. The great thing about this thread is the variety of third gens, we have great Camaros and Firebirds. Yellow looks so great on this car.


Yes it is. I saw this car in person before BadBilly442 bought it and it's a GTA piece of history. I am so happy a guy like him got it, it will have great care and be an example of a stock GTA for all of us.

Another great GTA to have posted in this thread is AngryBird's GTA, hint, hint....

mantaguy

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Speaking of low mileage,I attended a local car cruise today in S.Jersey and their was only 3 3rd gens their,1 87 GTA,mine and a 87 Iroc Z.This Iroc had only 5000 original miles



PS,This car is for sale,he's not a member and I said I would post it for him here on TGO.
If you would like any info PM me and I can give you some limited info on it.

86WS6

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Sweet!

Vassago

My 89 IROC, almost 43,000 miles on her. Bought her in 2011 with 32,634 miles from a local car dealership. I am the 2nd owner. Very lucky find for me.

Jason444

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Lets hear the story about you finding a car like that at a local dealership. That's like hitting the winning lottery numbers!

bwiencek

I picked up my low mileage F-body a couple of months ago - still working on getting it road worthy... 1984 TA, just a hair over 17k miles and a lot of "hot rod" stuff started on it and not finished... Still has '86 inspection, city sticker and plates on it!

Here's a pic from how I got it in the guy's garage...



Short story from what I understand - blew the motor in '86, decided to "build" it, got started with engine swap, changed directions several times (stock to performance to wanting TPI, etc.), last iteration he ended up with what he called a "Copy of a ZZ4 engine" - which from the papers is a 'new' GM 350 short block, GMPP 'corvette' aluminum heads and q-jet intake, Carb was done at 'the carb shop' to 'stage 2' specs, Crane cam, Rhodes lifters, roller tip rockers, etc. Has Herb Adams VSE sway bars, Dana 44 rear, Crane Cams EMS computer, B&M Converter and full transkit, and a ton of other 'go fast' period parts... Had a hurst dual-gate shifter but he sold it before I bought the car!

Brought the car home on a trailer with a ton of boxes in the bed of the truck of all the parts still off the car... The engine hadn't had oil in it or been started since being (somewhat) installed!

Plan right now is to finish everything on it, detail it, and probably sell it when my daughter gets her license since I expect it's going to be too much car for her to drive as a 1st car...

IMissMy86TA

Nice story! is the engine the original block or did that crack? wonder how he blew a 2 year old stock engine.. not put in oil or keep it in 1st?

bwiencek

Stock it was the (then new) 190 hp L69 305 HO engine so it's far from stock block - from what I gathered - he took it to the dealer for overheating, they replaced the thermostat and he said it overheated on the highway and blew when he was going to Sedalia (about 100 miles from here) - I'm guessing it was the electric fan that didn't kick on since I found a wiring problem with it...

If I remember the warranty periods were awful short back then so I'm assuming he was just out of warranty or he just wanted to hot rod it and I know the warranty wouldn't cover a 350 engine upgrade...

I knew he was a hot rodder when he said he traded in his '82 TA because he HAD to have the '84 since it had a lot more power than his '82...

IMissMy86TA

ouch that reminds me when I got my 86 back in the day. I picked up the TA from the dealership the day after it arrived from factory (ordered it they way I wanted)
it overheated that night...
they said the fan was not connected as it should have been!
ran fine after that though

IMissMy86TA

gotta be more out there!

scottmoyer

Hopefully, I'll be posting a pic of a 1987 IROC-Z in blue soon. I was contacted by someone with a 512 mile original that is thinking of selling. Once I get the pics, I'll post 'em.

IMissMy86TA

yah saw the pics in another thread. nice ride. very jealous!
how many miles u think u will put on her? those would be a special event for each and every one!

scottmoyer

The car in the other post had 5000 miles, not 512. Different cars. Also, I can't afford the 512 mile car. I'd love to own it as it's a twin to my car only in blue. That's my favorite IROC-Z color. The owner contacted me about a few details with the car and mentioned that he was looking to sell it. I offered to trade cars with him, but that didn't fly!

Jason E

Holy crap Stuart, you're alive!!! What's it been, 5-6 years since we talked last? Ah...the old AIM days

Nice to see you...check out above, and you'll see I finally got my grey IROC.

scottmoyer

Holy crap, Jason, you're alive!!! What's it been, many months since we've seen you around here?

Stuart S

PM sent...

IMissMy86TA

a bro-mance kept alive by my thread!
aah..
now back to topic! LOL
There must be more around!

86TA355SR

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Trans Am Nationals in a few weeks, I'll look for nice Third Gens and if they meet the requirement, post pictures here. Also, if they are on thirdgen.org or not.

I am not sure if BadBilly442 still owns that green 91 GTA, he hasn't posted on here for a long time or on GTA Source.

Not changing subjects here, but did anyone see the 8K mile Flame Red GTA on e-bay for sale? What a nice car.

chazman

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Hey, thanks!

Here's a couple more:

ev305tpi

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Nice car!!!

((Mike))

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Beautiful car!! I was wondering why you have the 85-87 wheels on it though. Did you just like those better?

mechmit

Thanks , Those are my cruising wheels and tires, and I do prefer that stlye rim , the originals are sporting gatorbacks :-) for car shows they haven't made it out of the basement this year

Van Nuys born

My 89 w/47k mi in motion. A test video.... I hope ?

((Mike))

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Good Idea saving those gatorbacks! I wish I could buy a set for the car I just bought. I will post photos of it here when it arrives from Georgia. It only has 29500 miles on it.

IMissMy86TA

no disrespect cause I know u were in a residential area but you drive like a grandma
ever open it up?

IMissMy86TA

can't wait ! what did you buy?

((Mike))

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Here is mine! I just bought it. Its an 87 5 Speed G92 car. 29,500 miles on the clock. My dream car back in high school. Almost exactly as I would have ordered it. Right down to my favorite color!

drjewalton

Awesome buy! I'm envious!

IMissMy86TA

very nice 5speed and sweet color too!