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NEW CAR NEW CAR
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 10:50 am
by themarvelous3
i'm getting this car come monday!!!!
i'm so excited!!! cant live through summer without T-tops!!! and it'll only cost me $7000 to do the conversion i want..ha-ha
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 9:31 pm
by knightrider2004
very cool show picks when its done.
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 12:45 am
by Knight Newbie
I can honestly say I hate you... LoL Nice car. I am jealous.
I have been looking for an 88-89 GTa for quite some time.
congrats on the ride
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 4:02 am
by KARR Engineer
I'll say congratulations after it's converted - with the right hood, extractors, spoiler, etc.
I'm not jealous, because I can say that I'm close to HAVING a conversion, but I'm too young too have it registered on me. Pics pretty soon!
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 5:46 am
by Dome
It is a very nice car, congrats,
but honestly, I am happy with my 92' Accord 2.0i
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 8:39 am
by 86chvs10
i'm sorry to ask but is it a 91 model or 92 model. My conversion will be started out with a 87 gta model it's pretty close to a 86 model.
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 8:16 pm
by ramon88us
Wow nice, good luck on your beautiful car.
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 9:55 pm
by themarvelous3
yeah, the hood is going to be one of the major first things that i'll be looking for. i wanna rip off the ground effects and replace the back bumper too so it looks like the '80s trans ams (which i always like better)
Car
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:22 pm
by KnightRider2000
It's a 92, a 92 had the louvers, instead of a cowl, and it had the change in the fog light/turn signal in the front bumper than the last year.
-KnightRider2000
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 11:40 pm
by neps
Were you actually able to pick up the car? Just wanted to check if all wen well.
Re: Car
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 12:37 am
by themarvelous3
KnightRider2000 wrote:It's a 92, a 92 had the louvers, instead of a cowl, and it had the change in the fog light/turn signal in the front bumper than the last year.
-KnightRider2000
actually, it's a '91. i know cause i'm buying it : ) have to know these facts when getting a loan and insurance.
Neps:
i'm picking it up Thursday morning bright and early!! IT'S KILLING ME!! i cant stand waiting another day!!!
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 5:23 am
by aussieknight
Damn! That's a nice ride! And with the KR mods it'll look even nicer! I have to settle for one of these:
But at least I'm planning to make it look like this one day:
Not quite a 80's sports car, but a hell of a lot of fun!
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 9:22 am
by 86chvs10
Yes i knew it because the 92 model had the trans am bird in the front but the 91 model didn't.
91 trans am
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 5:25 pm
by KnightRider2000
Oops, i didn't know it was a GTA, the regualar 91 trans am looks TOTALLY different.
-KnightRider2000
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 5:51 pm
by themarvelous3
when i HAVE the money, i'll be doing the full out conversion...but for NOW i'm really just worried about the dash, pod unit and steering wheel. i'll cut a hole for the front scanner and make it look good, get the correct hood and rear bumper and then get the car painted.
someday though...
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 6:03 pm
by neps
so you doing the interior before the exterior? thats pretty interesting.. i thought most did it the other way first? whats your reasoning behind your process?
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 2:47 am
by vampire knight
Nice looking car...have fun with it. Here is mine 1982 TA =)
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:24 am
by 86chvs10
Nice TA vanpire knight looks nice fast have you got it from that TA.
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 10:20 am
by neps
sweet car vampire knight! are you planning on doing a full conversion? did you tint the windows to like 90% black to prevent the "daylight' from entering?
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 4:02 pm
by vampire knight
Yeah I'll eventually do a full conversion. Right now I'm just restoring the car as best as I can. It may look nice in the picture, but it needs a lot of work. Luckily its an 82 so I have some of the harder to find parts, like the tailights, and PMD seats....I have a set of 15" turbo casts with caps just not on the car. I'm waiting until I get a daily driver so I can work more on the trans am because that is what I drive daily. As for it being fast...far from it =) Sad but true, these cars weren't great performers especially in 82, they certainly have a lot of potential, bur right now its decent. I have something conjured up for the engine and suspension, I'm gonna do that first before I start converting as well, but who knows when that will be. I've had the car for over a year now, I just work on it when I hve the time and money, its an expensive hobby.
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 5:30 pm
by ivirscar
Very nice car, Vampire. From the photo, it looks finished!
Antenna
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 6:58 pm
by KnightRider2000
To have an antenna on your 82 trans am, is that standard or an option? Did they make them without antennas, or was KITT modified?
-KnightRider2000
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:25 pm
by themarvelous3
neps wrote:so you doing the interior before the exterior? thats pretty interesting.. i thought most did it the other way first? whats your reasoning behind your process?
because i see the inside more : ) mostly thats it, and i LOVE THAT DASH *drool*
i've always known i'd be ok if only i could just have the dash and the wheel...