imissmy86ta..sigh

 

thanks alot mantaguy.. i saw local ad for 86 TA with low milage and well maintained. So i traded my 05' civic for this TA.

 

Got myself a 86 TA. Love the look of that red on silver. It was a tough decision when I painted mine. I went with all red however.

Went from this basically as it looks here without a motor and still factory color engine bay. To the 406TPI/T5 setup that I am running now. Painted the bay before motor went in.





After that drove it for the summer with paint as it was.



Then at the end of the summer/beginning of fall I did my first ever paint job on it. Took about Sept. to November. This was with working 2 jobs and going to college full time to so that was the main hold up. Anyways here are some shots just after it was finished and back together.







Had a friend of mine thats still in high school take these shots just after Chirstmas. Most recent changes have mainly been new tires and I plasti dipped the rims but kept the outer lip silver. I think it turned out decent. Was just something different to cover up the not so great condition original rims.



One of these days I will get around to starting a build thread. Just to busy with work and school...

 

First nice weekend of the year, time to wash the Beast!

 

I hear you Bro! Had my TA out yesterday. It was final nice here was nice to go for a rip. Was gasin up when buddy next to me said"Bet you don't drive that in the winter" I said no first day out. Then he said nice looking car. I said Thanks. :-) Was getting alot of looks and was lovin it. Cheers Bro Drive Save....

 

Dug mine out today,took it for a little fresh gas,a wash and a nice ride up the interstate.

 

Took my TA for a local meet










Cheers

 

Well, I went and got myself another bird. Here she is... yet to be named, a 1986 base model v6. The interior looks immaculate. The previous owner kept it garaged, drove it rarely, and it just rolled over 100,000 miles this past weekend. I've got the receipts from the last 24 years from every oil change, every tune up, everything that was done to the car. I'm the 3rd owner.

 

Looks pretty clean Will71. Nice find.

 

A lot of nice cars, we celebrated the nice weekend by buying another GTA.

I can't wait to get it cleaned up and detailed!

 

1983 Pontiac Firebird S/E

1994 350 V8
4.11 rear end
full decals
coaxial front speakers /triaxial rear speakers
2-12in kenwood sub woofers running off a planet audio 1500watt amp
and of course 16in aluminum 25 slot rims

(still a work in progress so every week my car changes a bit - that's why the decals aren't in the first picture

 

^nice bird...like the hood decal

 

why thank you very much maks! its my first car and it was in terrible shape when i bought it. hardly any paint, more electrical problems that i knew what to do with, bad transmission, engine kept knocking, bad interior everything, and worst of all a strut had broke its mount and punched right through the hood. but I jumped in head first and it was too late to get out of it. but I kept going at it and now its back to being a cool car. so having some one complement it is beyond awesome

 

^no prob...always like to see different style thirdgens ...cool to see you revived the bird based off the original condition

paint looks good...especially first time ever painting...eventually would like to learn to paint...always wonder how thirdgens make it thru snow pics bc even with this pic im sure you had some icy roads getting there

 

Finally got my TA runnin ... some new pics HSR equipped

 

 

Your car looks great Maks10!

 

thanks for compliments ...its getting there... of course now I get the TA engine finished up and we have a cold front lol no ttops for atleast a week

deprest, haven't seen any updates on the blue gta??? im guessing your still tackling the other gta

manta need some updates as well man, cool to see your still running the white crosslaces

 

Go figure, right! We could definitely use a cold front down in Florida right about now.

I actually have been working on my blue one. I hope to finally get it started this weekend. I still have a ways to go though to get it back on the road. Check my thread for updates. Lots of pics

 

^^^insane work...im glad I actually saw your solution for the "direct fit" champion radiator...will be looking for a single fan top

 

Thanks man! I thought you might be interested in that.

 

91 T/A L98 took it out of the garage for the first time in quite some time and washed it. Still a work in progress

 

Some Interior pics, GTA seats from an 88 model heading to the crusher, so i grabbed the seats to replace my worn out grey cloth ones

 

Diggin the sleek look!!! Beautiful t/a

 

Here are some more recent pictures of mine. Still a work in progress and a lot has been done since my initial post in this thread. More motor work planned soon and hopefully get the body work and paint done before too much longer.

 

Patrick...what rims are those?

 

Boze Forged Mesh 17x8 in the front and 17x9.5 in the rear. Got them off Hawks website. They're the same wheels Bruce used on Stormtrooper. They are custom made to whatever specifications you request.

 

Did yours come black & did you custom order yours?

 

They were custom ordered.

 

^^^nice!!! any close ups of wheels???

 

This is the only close up picture that I have of the rims right now. I can get better close up pictures when I get home. It was taken during the test fit right after I got them.

 

This is mine:

 

she is a beauty

 

thanks...

 

Caratini....clean gta!!!

 

Thanks...

 

Beautiful,

 

maks, did you have to modify the inside of the hood to fit the HSR? My buddy had one and had to cut the bracing so the intake wouldn't rub on the inside of the hood?

 

Yes sir had to cut a rectangle by the front part of center brace...the throttle body hits hood...also had to lose my strut tower brace

 

Here's my newest adddition. 89 Formula 350, all original and unmolested with 65k. In the paint shop right now for fixing a few stones chips and scratches and small amount of rust I found under the t tops. Should have it back by the weekend. I have a lot of detaling to do, to get it ready for cruise ins and shows. It is in really good shape and was well taken care of thru the years.

 

Beautiful,good luck with your new toy.

 

I want a HSR, but I'm not sure I wanna cut my hood or get rid of my STB.

 

Khmee that's a beauty!!!

Rsfreak ur hood might not need cutting bc of camaro but most likely u will lose stb

 

My 87 Formula 350, 54,000 miles. 383, 190 AFR, SuperRam intake, custom Comp Cam, Dana 44 with 3.54. Love the car I've had it since 1989. It had 9000 miles on it when I purchased it off the used car lot at the dealer I was working for. Been playing with it for 24 years. First exhaust and bolt on's got the car running low 14's. Then built up 350, headers, cam intake got down to low 13's, now 383 down to low 12's. Now thinking of going to a T-56 and forget about the automatic. I love driving a manual trans and my 700r4 is out of the car with problems.

 

whats the d44 from?

 

The Dana is from the LE-1 road racing option on the Camaro's, at least I think that's what the option was. It's a factory GM axle made for the 3 Rd Gen F-Body.

 

beautiful car man!

love the wheels btw

 

FireTurd is still a work in progress slowly but surely. 88' firebird with a fully built first gen sbc 350 swap bored .30 to a 355cid and b.w w.c t-5. last ran 12.25 @ 121 with stock radiator, no fan, no tune and naturally aspirated. Now has dual pass radiator w/ twin 12" electric fans, dyno tune, 100 shot and msd power grid controller system plus many other new goodies.

 

 

ill join this party to