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Complete 1994 Trans Am Restoration

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Old 03-20-2016, 06:33 PM
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You are doing that car some justice! Good work! your father in law would be proud.
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Originally Posted by hrcslam
You are doing that car some justice! Good work! your father in law would be proud.
Much appreciated! Never got to meet him. Sure he was an awesome guy from what I hear. I'm actually more of a import/turbo guy so this is new ground for me. I have an R35 as my "car" but I really like these cars a ton. Excited to get it rolling in a few months.
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Well, since you have a 94, definitely get the ALDL cable and tuning/data logging programs. If you know how to tune, then you could do that with all your mods as you go. Not a bad investment for $60. The 94-95 LT1 F-Body has got to be one of the cheapest cars to tune.
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Weird you say that. I was actually reading about them last night. Seems to be well worth the investment. I'm gonna pick one up when I'm closer to rolling.
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Great job on the TA! I really like seeing these restoration threads.

Hard for me to believe these cars are already 20+ years old...seems like just last week I was a high school kid drooling over brand new ones in showrooms.
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Originally Posted by HellTeeOne
Great job on the TA! I really like seeing these restoration threads.

Hard for me to believe these cars are already 20+ years old...seems like just last week I was a high school kid drooling over brand new ones in showrooms.
Right?! Time flys.
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Also I sent the headliner to my upholstery guy. Still waiting on this to get back.
Hopefully the headliner wasn't dried out and flaking off? Mine was that way and couldn't get an adhesive to stick.
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Very nice work so far, glad you made the effort to save it.

I see in post #10 you have a 95 timing cover. 95 engine or did you do the timing cover/ pin drive opti conversion on a 94 engine?
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Originally Posted by SS RRR
Hopefully the headliner wasn't dried out and flaking off? Mine was that way and couldn't get an adhesive to stick.
The upholstery guy was very confident he could get it looking great. Also got the transmission parts ordered if all goes well I will have the headliner and tranny back by the weekend.
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Originally Posted by Gojira94
Very nice work so far, glad you made the effort to save it.

I see in post #10 you have a 95 timing cover. 95 engine or did you do the timing cover/ pin drive opti conversion on a 94 engine?
It is a 95 engine and transmission going into it.
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We are using the valve body and harness from the 94 transmission that is junk to keep from having solenoid issues. Planning on a 3400 or so converter and a shift kit. Excited to have some movement from the ole thing in a few weeks
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Going today to pick up some SEM to restore all the interior plastics. Also picking up the headliner tomorrow afternoon. Gonna be a good weekend!
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Looks like a good and Fun project. Looks good. I took a carpet to the car wash once and hit it with the hose and soapy brush. It worked pretty good as well. Keep us updated
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Amazing! Great Work on this old LT1.
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Can anyone confirm if the factory interior plastics are two tone? I have "graphite" a pillars console and dash but "light gray" seats carpet and all other plastics. Below is a pic of the color difference between the a pillar and sail panel. Thanks for the help. I'm trying to find out if I should re coat each as they are or pick on color and do it only.


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Here is another shot from before I took it apart. Notice the color of the console versus the 1/4 panel in the background
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I feel like this is how it's supposed to be but wanted to verify
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Good work so far! & Yes, the plastics are supposed to be different colors.
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Originally Posted by originalsilverz28
Amazing! Great Work on this old LT1.
Much appreciated
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Originally Posted by waltsfastz
Looks like a good and Fun project. Looks good. I took a carpet to the car wash once and hit it with the hose and soapy brush. It worked pretty good as well. Keep us updated
Yeah I was impressed with the result. I had almost no faith it would come out at all.


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