Thanks man! The pinstripe is OK, its alot better than alot of the pinstripes Ive seen on third gens. If I had it my way it would be taken off, but the previous owner had it painted on. Ive been too chicken to take it to the body shop and have it wet sanded off. I think the car will be repainted soon though.

 

Here's my turd

 

I'm liking the look chikn. Very smooth car, everything goes together very well. I can't read the scoop, does it say Turbo?

 

^^^ agreed!!! LOVE the 325/50/15 tires

 

 

^Jealous...maybe one day ill have 2 birds

 

 

Thanks guys. The emblems on the hood say 3.8 sfi turbo. They are the hood emblems from a Grand National.

 

^any engine shots??? Havent done any research but is this motor different from the 89 turbo birds?

 

It is basically the same engine. It has a little different head. I don't have any engine bay pics right now. The motor is going back in this week I will try to get some.

 

i know a guy that does really nice decals if your interested, good prices too

 

AHHH were twins!!!! I dont have bra or a TPI but nice to see another white TA. Now if only my paint looked as good as yours!! With all the pics on here of black Trans Ams, i may just change the color in the winter!

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but once you go black you dont go back, and no its not racial, lol paint that bird black

 

Trust me I know, all my nephews and neices call me Uncle Knight Rider cause of my TA, but it would fit better if the car was black . A lot of work and $$$ involved in changing the color but it would be soooooo worth it haha.

 

^lol almost identical man...Yea ill have to take some updated pics and post em ...braless now and waiting on some nice decals...doesnt look like your cowl hood has any fitting issues where did you get it? But thanks for the compliment

 

The 3" Harwood cowl hood has a few little issues to be addressed still, but it all comes with the prepping of the hood before install. I found it on Ebay about 150 miles from me late last year. The guy had been trying to sell it for a long time with no luck, so I called him and made him a cash deal outside of Ebay. Long story short, $100 later and $25 bucks for gas and I had the hood home. It was laid in 07' and had never been installed on the car it came with when he bought it from another guy, so the hood was flawless. Even came with Harwood's replacement hood hinges for it and all the mounting hardware still taped to the underside of the hood.

 

I Think it might be more then twins!

 

My Bird just got back on the road. A guy at the local cruise took this pic.



Here is getting it cleaned up after 3 years of being garage art.

 

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Dave, your car is awesome!

 

Thanks for the compliment. Its been a long running project. It gets a kittke better every year. There are many outstanding cars on this site, someday I hope to have a high caliper car.

 

I took these at lake mead here in Nevada yesterday.

 

^Bigbadgta always lookin good man

jj74sd455, looks like you have plenty toys to work with..whats the deal w/ the bird???

Dave nice car man, is that the stock ground fx setup or aftermarket? Looks good

Blackhawk, is that pearl white i see ????

Oh and that cowl hood for $125 total was an obvious steal!!! Maybe lookin at a cowl vs ram air

 

Those are the stock ground effects, just tried to clean up what the general supplied when we re-did the body. These cars were not designed with panel gap in mind :-(

 

Some nice weather = updated pics ... New interior goodies, braless (may reconsider since it was hiding a nice dent!!!), and suspesion upgrades (not shown yet)..btw redbulls fit perfectly in the side between seat and console lol for those without cup holders

 

What rims are those and do they need adapters/spacers

 

Here's my vert..
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HERE ARE A FEW MORE STRARTED PUTTING EMBLEMS ON

 

88 GTA 20,000 miles...

 

Just got this, i havent had it more then a week. Don't know if i am going to do anything to it but i like it more then my previous car.

 

love the black on black wheels!

 

here is some of the hood i been weldin up
lookin to put some kind of screening ^ in the holes

 

all the welding done, sealed all the welds, now to do some body work, and make er pretty, oh ya, just some american racing wheels

 

 

My one-owner '89 GTA with just under 81,000 miles...

 

how did you manage to keep it from being stolen in hawaii?!?!?!?!!????

was an mp there in the early 90's and it was nothing but stolen cars left and right!!!!

 

I guess it all depends on where you park them! Actually, the car spent 13 of its 20 years on the mainland. I bought it new in Honolulu in Sep. of '90. It had sat on the dealer's lot for a year and a half, unsold. (I must have put 40 miles on it during three different test drives trying to figure out what was wrong with it. Never did find a thing and it's been the best car I've ever owned!)

In '92 I moved back to the DC area. Shipped the car to L.A., then drove it across the country. After about 13 years of mainland living in VA, MD, IN, and KY, I finally got back to Hawaii. Shipped the car from Baltimore, and have been here for the last 5 years.

It helps to avoid parking it on the street. Most of the time, mine is in my carport, hidden from public view by the wall surrounding my townhouse complex. It was actually broken into a couple of weeks ago while it was in the shop for some minor work. It was parked on the street near the shop, since they have more cars at any one time than they have room for on their lot. The thief only got the radio, a small toolbox, and the big Maglite I keep beside the driver's seat. So much for car alarms. At least they didn't get to my amps that were hidden underneath the subs in the well! The radio was 9 years old and outdated. I was already planning to replace it, but hoped to get by until next year. Oh well. Now I'm gonna do a double-din conversion and put in a Pioneer Z110BT.

 

Wss the gold pinstripe on these GTA's dealer installed? Horrible ,what where the thinking?

 

which one? the red 77 or the black 94?

 

Mine was added by a body shop as a freebie after they kept my car three weeks longer than planned because the heater in their paint booth broke. (I was in Northern Virginia at the time). I like the stripe. I've always found the monochromatic color scheme on the GTAs to be a bit boring. In fact, the next time I repaint, I'm thinking of having the ground effects pieces painted gold like the regular TAs. I know that will offend the sensibilities of the "stock *****" but I've had the car for 20 years and I'd like to change it up a little for the next 20!

 

its amazing you oly got broke into once in 5 years.

even tho thirdgens are no longer theft magnets they used to be mine is getting a gps locator when i settle on a good one. im trying to keep mine as it came from the factory. the only thing i left off are the rubber side moldings after it got its new paint a few weeks ago. i did have them repaint the moldings and they can get glued back on anytime. it just looks better to me without them.

 

I agree on the side moldings. Cars look much better without them. On the other hand, I'm sure you remember how cramped most of our parking lots are out here. Since mine's a daily driver, I'm not sure I dare leave them off! I won't be repainting for at least a year anyway, probably longer. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

 

Heres mine. Not much done, but it all works. Im saving, and studying for an LS1/T56 swap in the next year or two.

Recently painted, with only an exhaust and radio upgrade. And of course wheels and tires.

 

Here is a newly taken pic of my '91 bird. From what I can tell, its an odd combo mashup of the changeover from the '91 to the '92 styles. It has the new nose, but no ground effects, and the slimmer (and im my opinion more appealing) wing on the back.

 

There are quite a few 91-92 birds with no ground effects. But you are correct, there are fewer without the appearance package than there are with it.

 

oh yeah i remember, i would leave em on if mine was daily driver. she is strictly a weekend dry weather car now. mine is due out of the body shop this week from a complete scraping down to metal and smoothing out of the body panels and repainting.

 

White 3rd gen???

 

its my 89 ta. just pulled it out of the garage after 5 years. pulling smog stuff off right now. 305 tpi

 

updated pic with new chrome door handles, window tint coming next week

 

Looks great especially w/ those wheels in black

Toad, looks great do those handles look like they will last...meaning are the made decent??? Wanted to grab some but questioned this