bandit12

I don't really know what to make of this TA/Firebird. Being a former owner of a 97 TA WS6, I like some aspects of it but then again it has an identity problem. Not real sure if it began life as a TA or just a plain Bird.

I didn't hear it run to be able to tell if it had a V8 or V6.

Darth Z

Ooph, that looks rough. Judging from the front bumper (seeming to be original), I' d say it was born a Firebird, but there is an outside chance it was born a Formula.

DeviLs1

iTrader: (1)

formie with a bodykit and t/a wing/bumper ?

brynnda

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im going with trans am. rear hatch and bumper are more expensive than a front fascia and pos hood.

Darth Z

True, but it' s obvious that the hatch and rear bumpers were not installed when he originally sprayed the redneck paint job.

bandit12

The only thing that wasn't black primer was the bumper.

Darth Z

Ahhh, from the pic, the hatch appears to have more of a shine. If so, it may be black primer, but it must have been sprayed at some other time.

bandit12

Trust me....they only thing that shined on that car was the glass.

Darth Z

Pyro97

iTrader: (7)

looks like a not quite finished trans am conversion minus changing the front bumper.

brynnda

iTrader: (5)

maybe he can only afford to paint one section at a time? so he started with the back and is working his way forward? area behind the t-tops is primered too.

mcG

iTrader: (1)

man that thing looks like the frankenstein of firebirds

jman0322

iTrader: (6)

Now that's custom...lol

Formula350

iTrader: (3)

That's what you get for spending your paint job money on rims... You see that all too often on ricers (however, this guy might not have done that heh)

bandit12

I went by where I saw it...and yup...it was there again. I looked at it more closely and the hatch/wing does not match the color of the rest of the body. It is black but the same shade as the primer. I am voting V6 poser on this one.

SweeTbone

iTrader: (8)

Time to sneaky-sneaky up to the VIN in the window and see what engine is in it. Odds are it isn't swapped and has the factory engine.

Darth Z

Yea, or check the speedo. I don' t think the V8 speedo will work on the V6 without recalibration, and that' s a lot of crap to deal with, when the V6 won' t hit those speeds anyway.

emj2006

iTrader: (5)

The front bumper is a FIREBIRD one, the trans am bumpers have the foglights on em and are slightly different. I am almost certain it is a firebird.

Sneakyws6

Jesh, you all act like a repaint and or change over happens over night. Some people cant afford to do it all at once.

On the LT1 birds they had a tall wing option on the early years to get the high level rear spoiler on the formula, I had a friend that had one on his 94 LT1 formula. But it has been years since I saw the car so I could be wrong on that.

Looks like the owner is trying to update the looks some, I dont like the LS1 ram air style hood o it, but hey its their car and they have a personal look they are going for. the car looks like it is using all GM ground effects and or parts, so I can fualt them on that. At least it doesnt have a 4ft tall wing on the back of it...Yet...

redfbird99

iTrader: (20)

i really like that car, just needs a nice paint job, it looks to be in the process of a sweet transformation as funds permit, when done it would be better lookin than 90% of 93-97 firebirds i see around.