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Mirroredshades
10-14-2012, 8:52pm
Somebody talk me out of this.

Cars for Sale: 1988 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am in Greensboro, NC 27405: Coupe Details - 330314209 - AutoTrader.com (http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?zip=27284&endYear=1996&modelCode1=FBIRD&startYear=1988&makeCode1=PONT&searchRadius=100&listingId=330314209&Log=0)
HOWSER
10-14-2012, 9:05pm
Lol. Save your money for at least something unique.
73sbVert
10-14-2012, 9:30pm
Somebody talk me out of this.

Cars for Sale: 1988 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am in Greensboro, NC 27405: Coupe Details - 330314209 - AutoTrader.com (http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?zip=27284&endYear=1996&modelCode1=FBIRD&startYear=1988&makeCode1=PONT&searchRadius=100&listingId=330314209&Log=0)

That's noice! I like it!

Of course, if it was a '78 with the same appointments, I'd be buying it! :yesnod:
mike100
10-14-2012, 9:31pm
Take one for a spin and you won't want one anymore.
Bill
10-14-2012, 9:38pm
I like it too.....then again, I'm partial. I've got a '02 WS-6 in the garage.

Question: it says manual trans, but that looks like an auto shifter? Also, a lot rides on the quality of that repaint. I'd really like to see it in person, as well as to see if the car runs and drives out as it should.

....and I also agree with 73sbVert.....I'd go absolutely apoplectic with a 77-79 Bandit Edition 400/4sp with Hurst t-tops.
kylebuck
10-14-2012, 9:46pm
Why not a C4?
Bill
10-14-2012, 10:10pm
Why not a C4?

Trans Ams are an old people thing....you wouldn't understand.
Mirroredshades
10-14-2012, 10:23pm
Of course, if it was a '78 with the same appointments, I'd be buying it! :yesnod:

....I'd go absolutely apoplectic with a 77-79 Bandit Edition 400/4sp with Hurst t-tops.

It doesn't help that I watched smokey and the bandit this weekend.

:o_o:


Take one for a spin and you won't want one anymore.

LoL. Some fond memories are meant to be left in the past. Yeah, I know it is slow and crude by today's standards but I still kind of want it for T-Top cruisin.


Why not a C4?

I have more self respect than that.

:D
Bill
10-14-2012, 10:32pm
She's on fire-Sammy Hagar Lyrics - YouTube

:55
87 Ragtop
10-14-2012, 10:43pm
That's tough for me...... as I love that generation... The things that stick out to me are the GTA stickers... , the wing.. I think all the trans am had the aero wing, and the 8K Tach on it. I think the 6CYL cars had the 8K tach and the V8's had the 6K. My 91 TPI 305 has the 6K tach.

Then on top of all that... the bird on the hood..... why why why. To me they just don't look right on the 3rd gen.

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u131/87Ragtop/TRANS%20AM%20PICS/P1020882.jpg
NeedSpeed
10-14-2012, 11:36pm
Price Neg.Price reduction.

I love F-Bodies, owned a '92 Firebird vert. myself. He's willing to come down, at about 5K that's almost disposable.

Do it :cert:
73sbVert
10-14-2012, 11:53pm
My faves:

S&TB Edition:
http://www.mopo.ca/uploaded_images/1978_Pontiac_Trans_Am-733427.jpg

Y88 Special Gold Edition:
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6009/6003864431_724a4a80b2_z.jpg
RED-85-Z51
10-14-2012, 11:56pm
Id hold out for a TTA...those were worth having.
NeedSpeed
10-14-2012, 11:57pm
Why not a C4?

When I bought my '92 I was really wanting a WS6. I was looking at new Firebirds ('96 at the time) vs a used Vette. The insurance on the vette was less. Thus my purchase. :leaving:
kylebuck
10-15-2012, 6:32am
When I bought my '92 I was really wanting a WS6. I was looking at new Firebirds ('96 at the time) vs a used Vette. The insurance on the vette was less. Thus my purchase. :leaving:

Night Ranger - Sister Christian - YouTube

:banana1:
Shrek
10-15-2012, 7:18am
I may be mistaken, but weren't all GTA's 350 w/auto. That might be a Trans Am that's been rebadged.
RED-85-Z51
10-15-2012, 10:15am
My dad worked for Pontiac in 1990, he got a new off the showroom floor Bright red Firebird Formula 350 with every option available, at 1 penny over cost. I loved that car, wish he'd kept it.
C5Nate
10-15-2012, 12:34pm
Its listed as a 5.0 which is a bit of a dog compared to the 5.7.

I had an '88 IROC 5.7, just a few minor mods and it was blowing away Corvettes of the same era..........which is not saying a lot I know.
m and t's77
10-15-2012, 12:57pm
I may be mistaken, but weren't all GTA's 350 w/auto. That might be a Trans Am that's been rebadged.

:iagree:
And the thread title is misleading,old school F-body's are 1st and 2nd generations.:yesnod:
NeedSpeed
10-15-2012, 1:07pm
The one I had

http://www.americandreamcars.com/auction-advertising/gallery/images/1992-Pontiac-Firebird.jpg

Or should I say, the one I bought my Ex.
mrvette
10-15-2012, 1:10pm
Old Poncho head here.....but not so much on the new ones with Chebby in there, I liked the old 389-400-421-428-455 with a nod to the 326-350 engines also.....my last Poncho was a '70 Lemans Sport Convertible, blue/wh/wh had the 78-79 F Body snowflake wheels on it.....come think of it, I have one of those wheels for sale 15x8

so that Lemans had a 462 with #96 heads on it, stock iron multi tube headers, and Direct Port Injection that I cut up a old Edel intake and put a 1000 CFM throttle body on, MAN could that thing scream, 400 turbo and 12 bolt posi rear 321 ratio......550 ft lbs at idle, poor car had NO CLUE how to come out straight,....

It was the tow car for the boat, 8000 lbs total rig weight......

go into a pull on South Mountain out I 70 just west of Fredrick Md......

10% grade for 4 miles, go in at 80 and pull to 100 mph just to hear the engine scream and roar......:kick::rofl: lift under the Appalachian Trail.....:seasix:
NEVRL8T
10-15-2012, 1:48pm
Take one for a spin and you won't want one anymore.

:iagree:
NEVRL8T
10-15-2012, 1:52pm
Its listed as a 5.0 which is a bit of a dog compared to the 5.7.

I had an '88 IROC 5.7, just a few minor mods and it was blowing away Corvettes of the same era..........which is not saying a lot I know.

Re-read the description. The ad doesn't list the car as a 5.0. Just the tranny.
73sbVert
10-15-2012, 2:35pm
Put a pair of 113 alum heads on that 305 and it really wakes up!
mrvette
10-15-2012, 2:41pm
Put a pair of 113 alum heads on that 305 and it really wakes up!

That's what I have on my 355 factory roller '89 4 bolt truck block, with modified LT1 induction, :seasix:
C5Nate
10-15-2012, 3:48pm
Re-read the description. The ad doesn't list the car as a 5.0. Just the tranny.

Whoops, my bad.

It is a GTA so it should be a 5.7
78SA
10-15-2012, 4:18pm
I had an '88 GTA with the 305 TPI and auto.
Bill
10-15-2012, 4:27pm
Whoops, my bad.

It is a GTA so it should be a 5.7


It could also be a TPI 5.0. The 5.7s were standard with an automatic, but I believe the 5.0 could come with a standard shift transmission, so if you wanted a GTA and to shift yourself, you were stuck with the 5.0
Fastguy
10-15-2012, 6:06pm
I had an '88 GTA with the 305 TPI and auto.

I didn't think you could get a GTA with a 5.0, I also have never seen one with a 5 spd.
Mirroredshades
10-15-2012, 6:19pm
It is definitely a GTA. The only way you could get a 5 speed was with the 5.0 which is why most of the GTA's were 350/auto. It doesn't really matter to me other than that I like shifting gears myself.