Special Edition Vehicles - Finding a mecham t/a?

The 98-02 Mecham T/A has always been my dream car and Id love to try and find one before breaking down and making a clone. Anyone have any ideas on where to start looking? A friend in HS had a white one on roh zs's with blue decals and the blue phoenix on the hood. Thats the car that made me fall in love with LSX fbodies.

I believe there's around 30 Mecham TAs. Try doing a search on oodle.com, it searches all the classified sites except autotrader and perhaps a couple smaller sites.

There was only 30? Wow. My friend is a complete dumbass then. He had someone steal the car for him so he could collect the insurance check. (Hes already been to jail for it btw so dont get your undies in a wad, hes served his time.)

I think there were only around 30 of the REAL deal Mecham TAs and all that. The numbered ones. If it didn't have a number on (I think) the driver's side headlight and the spoiler, then it wasn't necessarily one of the real deal ones. Mecham sold just parts as well, and it may have been one of those cars just made with a few of the parts. I've seen several that were just parts or without numbers. One has chromalusion paint and the other is red with black air brushing.

I don't collect Firebird info, but I did look at some of my notes, and I believe there were 9 Mecham Camaro Z29Rs made. I don't have the number of Firebirds written down anywhere. Something tells me from memory it was around 30, but it might be a much lower number. I know there's at least 18. I think you'd need to call Dennis Mecham and ask him, because I don't have the number apparently.

Just so this post is worthwhile, I do know the color of a couple of the #ed Firebirds.

#1 is red
#2 is pewter
#4 is navy blue
#7 is navy blue
#8 is a silver convertible
#18 is black and doesn't have the number on the headlight, it has it on the engine bay

1998 trans am GTR #24 is a navy blue metallic car

Different years had different amounts made. Only Dennis has the exact numbers, I think it is more than 30. Because when I called Dennis about my 2001 he said they made less than 20 in 2001, so i would say there is more than 30 made. Finding them is a whole other issue. I looked for a few years, Had one owner back out on me when I was wiring him the money and finally found probably the best one I could have purchased in November. Good luck I will keep my eyes open for you.

FH212, how about some pics of your car? Can we see?

FH212, how about some pics of your car? Can we see?

I dont have any new pics, YET, i am going to put the correct "Mecham TA" decals and number on this week, but here is the way it looks now.....
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a363/FH212/MECHAM%20TRANS%20AM/B2FTsowEWkKGrHqUOKj8EW9VlNPsBMhBy3WMg_3.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a363/FH212/MECHAM%20TRANS%20AM/B2FTvKwCWkKGrHqYOKiEpg-bqBMhBzCin9_3.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a363/FH212/MECHAM%20TRANS%20AM/B2FOLHBGkKGrHqUOKkMEOu2okCiBMhBdKJ2jg_3.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a363/FH212/MECHAM%20TRANS%20AM/B2FOMsQB2kKGrHqUOKicEfgFcRkBMhBdQOhQ_3.jpg

That car is super nice but that wing and hood is hideous to me. I love my ws.6 and all fbody cars but for a specialty car i think they could have done a little better job on the wing at least.

FH, what do the red decals say? How'd it get mislabeled #4?

FH, what do the red decals say? How'd it get mislabeled #4?

They say "Pro Dyno Limited edition". Its actually labeled #1. Mr. Mecham told me that it was a joint venture between the original owner and Pro Dyno to build similar "Supercars" And that was car #1. Which I thought was odd because Pro Dyno is the company Mecham used for the work on the cars they sold. So thats why it got labeled that way. Oh and I guess they never made a #2. Could not sell any! Lol. But it is going back to the way it should be. A "Mecham TA"!

Very interesting. I may end up having to add a Mecham T/A section to my site someday if some other site doesn't cover it. That's a good bit of info!

Crazy how rare these cars are. I never figured that much, but I also live in Phoenix where all of them were built. Hell, I currently work a block from where the original Mecham Pontiac was. Dennis was selling a bunch of take off parts about six months ago on CL here for dirt cheap. Hoods, strut and spring asemblies, spoilers, wheels etc.

I just noticed the chromalusion one I referred to earlier is for sale on ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2000-Trans-Am-WS6-Sema-Show-Car-/320666437223?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item4aa9358667

I dont have any new pics, YET, i am going to put the correct "Mecham TA" decals and number on this week, but here is the way it looks now.....
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a363/FH212/MECHAM%20TRANS%20AM/B2FTsowEWkKGrHqUOKj8EW9VlNPsBMhBy3WMg_3.jpg


It's good to see people who can obviously afford whatever car they want still owning f-bodies (albeit at a higher level). Just goes to show the appreciation for these cars spans across all levels of society. Amazing car (and house!) :pimp:

It's good to see people who can obviously afford whatever car they want still owning f-bodies (albeit at a higher level). Just goes to show the appreciation for these cars spans across all levels of society. Amazing car (and house!) :pimp:

Thanks! I will never not own a 4th Gen T/A. Best car in my opinion. BTW, Not my house, It was a photo shoot house from the previous owner. :nod:

Here's a Mecham Formula just put up for sale....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1999-PONTIAC-FIREBIRD-FORMULA-UPGRADES-MECHAM-/120715339124?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item1c1b31e574

Thanks for posting that. Awesome pics and a gorgeous car!

Lucky #13

That mecham formula is sick. I wonder why the door panel is cracked?

Both of them are. Think somebody climbed in through the windows or broke into it?

That mecham formula is sick. I wonder why the door panel is cracked?

Typical Firebird flaw.
Well-known defect in the Firebird world.
There's even a 'sticky' about it in the Firebird forum.

Cool car.
Needs more mod's tho.
Surprising it still has the OE airbox.
Maybe because it's in CA.
And yes, needs new door panels.

Not sure I trust that seller tho.
I used to watch a lot of their sales years ago & they had a lot of negatives.
These days the buyers can't leave negatives for the sellers so they have good feedback.

Call me weird, but that formula screams clone to me.

These days the buyers can't leave negatives for the sellers so they have good feedback.

I think you have that backwards.

Sellers are unable to leave buyers negative feedback anymore. I stopped selling stuff on ebay because of that. It's too stressful. I had to spend 10 hours going back and forth with a buyer who bought a used shirt from me for $3 plus shipping because they didn't read in the description that I said it fits like a medium even though it says it's a large on the tag. My ad said I don't take returns or give refunds, but guess what? I ended up with a negative from a buyer with only 3 feedback and ebay made me refund their money in order to remove the negative feedback. How's that fair when ebay makes all of their money off of sellers and doesn't make a cent from buyers? :bang: :mad:

Call me weird, but that formula screams clone to me.

That's ridiculous.

Just seems like the side decals are a bit "off" and it has the wrong fog lamps. But I could easily be mistaken.

Oh wow, my neighbor has a white one. I just thought he had a cool hood and wing... too bad it just sits...

Just seems like the side decals are a bit "off" and it has the wrong fog lamps. But I could easily be mistaken.

I dunno about the decals? But the lights are correct.

I have the 99 #3 Mecham TA. I am in the Tulsa, Ok area. I am the second owner of it. Right now it is getting repainted with new decals, while I am overseas. Will put up pics when I get back if anyone wants to see them.

Definitely want to see the before and after pics!

Definitely want to see the before and after pics!

Yeah, Me too! I need to post new pics of mine still! :bang:

I have the 99 #3 Mecham TA. I am in the Tulsa, Ok area. I am the second owner of it. Right now it is getting repainted with new decals, while I am overseas. Will put up pics when I get back if anyone wants to see them.

Im in OKC, hopefully ill get to see it in person some time.