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Old May 10, 2016 | 11:40 AM
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85 Kammback TA

While searching for my next third gen purchase I found this.


http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/...e1462841019308
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Old May 10, 2016 | 11:43 AM
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Funky!
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Old May 10, 2016 | 05:26 PM
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Really surprised nobody came up with a kit for this version.

Here are some other pictures.





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Old May 10, 2016 | 05:30 PM
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Old May 10, 2016 | 05:33 PM
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Re: 85 Kammback TA

Someone at Pontiac had a real hard-on for the Kammback. They built 2nd, 3rd, and 4th gen examples. Of all the things to turn into a station wagon, I'm not sure why they kept looking to the Firebird.
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Old May 10, 2016 | 05:34 PM
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Here is a nice 4th gen Kammback



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Old May 10, 2016 | 05:35 PM
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Someone even made a 3rd Gen Camaro Kamback.







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Old May 10, 2016 | 05:39 PM
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Old May 10, 2016 | 05:42 PM
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Old May 10, 2016 | 05:44 PM
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Old May 10, 2016 | 06:01 PM
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Maybe they thought they might catch a part of the family car market.

But honey, I bought a station wagon like you requested.
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Old May 10, 2016 | 08:05 PM
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Re: 85 Kammback TA

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Someone even made a 3rd Gen Camaro Kamback.



I found another Kamm back camaro someone made here in tampa. Looked like they did a better job than what is pictured.
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Old May 10, 2016 | 09:52 PM
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Hideous
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Old May 10, 2016 | 10:53 PM
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This is what happens when you put two cases of beer, a welder, some junk cars and a weekend with nothing to do. Monday you wake up sober to this sitting in the back yard. Time enough to load it on the trailer and to the crusher.



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Old May 11, 2016 | 07:32 AM
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Damn what a waste of a bunch of fine cars! But I guess if I had to drive a station wagon then id have to have one of those 80s Pontiac Trans AM Kamelbacks with an L98!
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Old May 11, 2016 | 11:30 AM
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They're all ugly but the thirdgen one looks the best out of the bunch.
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Old May 11, 2016 | 12:37 PM
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The comment "they broke the mold & beat the mold maker" comes to mind.
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Old May 11, 2016 | 01:34 PM
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Not even Corvettes were spared from this treatment.











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Old May 11, 2016 | 02:03 PM
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OMG!
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Old May 11, 2016 | 03:53 PM
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Re: 85 Kammback TA

I almost bought a C3 Kammback probably 15years ago. $2300, 2 hours too late.
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Old May 11, 2016 | 04:20 PM
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There was a company that made a kit for the transformation. Quite a few C3's got the treatment. Some were tastful others not so much.
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Old May 11, 2016 | 08:15 PM
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I'm surprised no one has commented on the price of the car in the ad that I posted. Ugly as sin with a price tag of 125k. Crazy.
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Old May 11, 2016 | 10:47 PM
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Re: 85 Kammback TA

Originally Posted by MJS422
I'm surprised no one has commented on the price of the car in the ad that I posted. Ugly as sin with a price tag of 125k. Crazy.
I was thinking the exact same thing, who in their right mind would pay that? It's funny what a set of ugly wheels will do to a car. I used to think these were kind of cool looking but seeing all the different ones here, I think they're pretty ugly. With this one here did anyone else think the fitment is horrible?
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Old May 11, 2016 | 10:56 PM
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125k make me puke. Id be suprised if the car brought half that.
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Old May 12, 2016 | 01:49 PM
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That Third Gen Pontiac wagon design is pretty/very weird looking but I'd love to have one as it would come in handy for the extra room in the car. I've known people in the past who had third gens and you can't fit hardly anything in them. At least with the Pontiac third gen wagon, there would be some room for stuff to fit inside the car. But if I really wanted a wagon, the one I'd go out of my way to get is a classic smog exempt vista cruiser

LOL when reading the reference to this design as a "treatment". First thing that comes to mind is a sewage facility.

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Old May 12, 2016 | 03:11 PM
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Has anyone seen one of these in person? Why is the B-pillar not part of the quarter panel?
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Re: 85 Kammback TA

Originally Posted by bjpotter


Here is a nice 4th gen Kammback




I'm gonna do that to my 85 now that I seen a picture in my color!!!!!!
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Old May 12, 2016 | 07:16 PM
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Don't make me take it back Bob!
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Don't make me take it back Bob!

Nah, no worries there. I never seen one in person. But I do have that magazine from Performance Pontiac somewhere packed away!
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