I think I made a mistake
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Car: 1982 Trans Am KITT Replica
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I think I made a mistake
So I just got done parting out a 91 GTA
And I found this in the trunk, Read the bottom left corner delivered/shipped to
In my defense car was REALLY beat up
And I found this in the trunk, Read the bottom left corner delivered/shipped to
In my defense car was REALLY beat up
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Re: I think I made a mistake
I don't think you did, the car was worth more in parts than a whole, its not like there was anything special about it other than being a GTA, but its the most basic GTA you could get. A 2.73 drum rear end, LB9 Auto. Its nothing desirable worth restoring unless it was sentimental to the owner.
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Car: 90 formula, 89 formula 350 vert
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Re: I think I made a mistake
Eh, I don't think finding a build sheet is a determining factory whether to part a car or not lol. I've got a bunch of them, they make nice wall art
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Car: 1982 Trans Am KITT Replica
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Re: I think I made a mistake
Did any of you read the entire build sheet??
I posted this on the historical forum for a reason
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I posted this on the historical forum for a reason
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Re: I think I made a mistake
Post what your trying to refer to? What do you think was so special about the car that's in the build sheet
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Car: 90 formula, 89 formula 350 vert
Engine: 305, 355
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Axle/Gears: 3:45 9 bolt, 8.8 3:73
Re: I think I made a mistake
What, the FE2 code saying slp ? Not sure why it says that but FE2 is a standard rpo
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Car: 1982 Trans Am KITT Replica
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Re: I think I made a mistake
I don't think you did, the car was worth more in parts than a whole, its not like there was anything special about it other than being a GTA, but its the most basic GTA you could get. A 2.73 drum rear end, LB9 Auto. Its nothing desirable worth restoring unless it was sentimental to the owner.
I agree but look at bottom left corner to who it was delivered to
Not many of us see or touch a GM "test car", Let alone a third gen
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Car: '91 GTA, '92 T/A Convertible
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Axle/Gears: GTA: 3.27, T/A: 2.73
Re: I think I made a mistake
My guess is that it was sent to Pontiac as a fleet car of some sort.
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I think that stuff is pretty cool.
Probably not restoring a worn out car for, but still really neat to see IMO
I have a 78 Trans am that was built in April of 78 & invoiced to the dealer in August.
It went MIA under GM's watch for 4 months. Guessing it went through the same type of deal.
Probably not restoring a worn out car for, but still really neat to see IMO
I have a 78 Trans am that was built in April of 78 & invoiced to the dealer in August.
It went MIA under GM's watch for 4 months. Guessing it went through the same type of deal.
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Just what caught my eye was it was shipped to engineering dept ??
Pontiac Motor engine field fleet ??
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Re: I think I made a mistake
Thanks for posting that 3rdgenparts.
Too bad that car couldn't be saved. As I understand it, there aren't too many 91/92 GTAs around.
I consider it's history interesting. I've spent a lot of years working in that area, and for GM. Unfortunately, I know little of Pontiac.
If you use Google Maps for that address, you will see that it is the location of Auburn Pontiac (a Pontiac Dealer). They closed when Pontiac was killed.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/50...!4d-83.2501816
I can't swear to know what year Auburn Pontiac opened for business, but I would say the building has a '70s/'80s vintage appearance. It's still there as a body shop, as you can see if you click on the image. It would be my guess that in '91, they would have been an active Pontiac dealer.
If a PEP vehicle, I would not expect it to be shipped to a Pontiac dealer address, but not in the dealers name. It strikes me as odd. I'm no expert, so I'll defer to someone here who has done more historical research on these things. But in my "Chevrolet" experience, the PEP (Product Evaluation Program) was handled by an outside vendor, providing vehicle prep and paperwork processing. They didn't use Metro Detroit dealers for that task that I knew of. I made a few trip to the lot of the company that did this work, picking up vehicles that were being purchased. I didn't know PEP vehicles were ever shipped to a dealer for processing. And if they were, I would expect the dealers name to appear in the lower left corner, along with their address.
Pontiac was a much smaller division than Chevrolet in '91, and the divisions still enjoyed a great deal of autonomy then. So it's entirely possible their process differed greatly from that of Chevrolet. But it still seems odd to have the Field Fleet name combined with Auburn Pontiac's address. Again, could just be they were the official processor for these back in the day.
Auburn did do a LOT of business (as many Metro Detroit dealers did, and still do) with employee ordered vehicles. This area in the '90s was a hotbed of truck engineering, testing, and manufacturing. As well as being one of the closer, if not the closest, Pontiac dealers to Pontiac headquarters.
Just interesting to me to see. I hope someone here with more knowledge of the Pontiac PEP program can chime in with some details.
I'm not saying it makes it rarer, or more valuable. But it is (to me anyway) and neat part of the cars history, and far from average.
Edit: Oh, and this all assumes that the "Engineering Field Fleet" is the same as a PEP vehicle. In my experience, PEP was PEP, and never went by another name. So again, kinda weird.
Too bad that car couldn't be saved. As I understand it, there aren't too many 91/92 GTAs around.
I consider it's history interesting. I've spent a lot of years working in that area, and for GM. Unfortunately, I know little of Pontiac.
If you use Google Maps for that address, you will see that it is the location of Auburn Pontiac (a Pontiac Dealer). They closed when Pontiac was killed.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/50...!4d-83.2501816
I can't swear to know what year Auburn Pontiac opened for business, but I would say the building has a '70s/'80s vintage appearance. It's still there as a body shop, as you can see if you click on the image. It would be my guess that in '91, they would have been an active Pontiac dealer.
If a PEP vehicle, I would not expect it to be shipped to a Pontiac dealer address, but not in the dealers name. It strikes me as odd. I'm no expert, so I'll defer to someone here who has done more historical research on these things. But in my "Chevrolet" experience, the PEP (Product Evaluation Program) was handled by an outside vendor, providing vehicle prep and paperwork processing. They didn't use Metro Detroit dealers for that task that I knew of. I made a few trip to the lot of the company that did this work, picking up vehicles that were being purchased. I didn't know PEP vehicles were ever shipped to a dealer for processing. And if they were, I would expect the dealers name to appear in the lower left corner, along with their address.
Pontiac was a much smaller division than Chevrolet in '91, and the divisions still enjoyed a great deal of autonomy then. So it's entirely possible their process differed greatly from that of Chevrolet. But it still seems odd to have the Field Fleet name combined with Auburn Pontiac's address. Again, could just be they were the official processor for these back in the day.
Auburn did do a LOT of business (as many Metro Detroit dealers did, and still do) with employee ordered vehicles. This area in the '90s was a hotbed of truck engineering, testing, and manufacturing. As well as being one of the closer, if not the closest, Pontiac dealers to Pontiac headquarters.
Just interesting to me to see. I hope someone here with more knowledge of the Pontiac PEP program can chime in with some details.
I'm not saying it makes it rarer, or more valuable. But it is (to me anyway) and neat part of the cars history, and far from average.
Edit: Oh, and this all assumes that the "Engineering Field Fleet" is the same as a PEP vehicle. In my experience, PEP was PEP, and never went by another name. So again, kinda weird.
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Car: 1982 Trans Am KITT Replica
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Hmmm......is it possible this car was pulled/ordered as a random QC car for testing ???
When I worked for Chevrolet last year and went to a conference, I talked with a plant worker from the Camaro flint factory and he said they randomly "pull" cars off the line for testing/QC purposes
IMO, The VIN # sequence isn't low enough for it to qualify as a PPV ???
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