david068513

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what is it? I was just curious what is the most rare color on a ls1 ws6 trans am? Did they make a ws6 in purple or just a ta? I couldn't find color break downs on all years and colors so if you know please let me know.

who_needs_maf?

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i think there was a metalic purple ws6, and a royal blue ws6. Then obviously the yellow anniversary ws6 cars

david068513

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royal blue? you mean the navy blue color? the light blue didn't come in a WS6 and I don't think purple did either.

jmspeed

Sunset orange was pretty rare. only made 41 of them in 2001. I know because I had a WS6 sunset orange vert about a year ago.

LS1W66

According to this Gold an Purple would be the 2 rarest colors on a WS6 as they were only made one year.

who_needs_maf?

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No i mean this color

http://media.photobucket.com/image/b.../Photo0188.jpg

who_needs_maf?

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Maybe that was a custom color though? I've seen a few over time though

JohnnyBs98WS6Rag

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If that is RPO 20U Med Gulf Blue Metallic (aka Bright Blue Metallic), that car was either repainted or is not a real WS6 as it was never available on WS6.

The rarest color on any WS6 is RPO 88U Bright Purple Metallic in '98, 10 T/A coupes and 2 T/A 'verts built.

90TSiAWD

Sport gold metallic is also ultra rare not sure of the numbers tho.

JohnnyBs98WS6Rag

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RPO 63U Sport Gold Metallic, 1998 only:

6 Formula WS6 coupes
52 T/A WS6 coupes
7 T/A WS6 'verts

While 28U Navy Blue Metallic was available thru 2002, it was actually more rare on a WS6 in '98 that SGM:

2 Formula WS6 coupes
20 T/A WS6 coupes
9 T/A WS6 'verts

Spd-Kilz

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That's an LT1 car.

Might be Quasar Blue

97ramsst

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They made way more yellow cars than they did SOMs.

Z28/2002

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2390 built in 2002 and that doesn't include the 93-94 model cars that were the same color

tughug

I have a sport gold meatllic sleek beak and have always been told its rare !

Brangeta

That's a custom color.

To the guy that started the topic--I don't follow Firebirds at all, but I know the answer anyway. It's going to be bright purple metallic or bright blue metallic. I don't know the pontiac names for the paint colors, I believe they're the same.

For reference, these are the colors I'm speaking about.



Sport gold metallic will be one of the next rarest along with bright green metallic, etc.

black_sheep454

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Bright purple I'd rariest, I believe there was only 1 ws6 vert

69camaross

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When talking about the rarest color on a 4th gen WS6, hands down no contest is bright purple metallic. They made between 9-12 of them early in the 98 model year. ASC had issues with the paint sticking to the hood and GM tried to recall these cars but most of them had already been sold. This is why even with 100K miles you see them selling for a LOT of money. A distant second place would be Sport gold metallic.

The bright blue (gumball) metallic was NEVER painted on a real WS6. The following colors were the only ones offered on a 4th gen WS6

96-97:
red
white
silver
black
forrest green

98-02 (some colors listed below were only available in certain years)
purple
gold
red
white
silver
black
SOM
yellow
navy blue

y2k_ta

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Purple would be the winner. They only produced 6 WS6 six-speed Trans Ams in '98 using the Purple color (before the color was discontinued due to problems at the plant).

I know the owner of one of those six produced. He even has vanity plates that say "1 of 6"....or at least he did at one time.

nascarnate326

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Bright Purple Metallic, Bright Blue Metallic, and Gold Sport are the rarest colors for LS1 TA's.

1997 and 1998 were great years for fbody colors.

For Camaro colors, this site is pretty good: http://sites.google.com/site/branget...olorproduction

Brangeta

If that's true, that's really interesting. Back in 2001, my mom was looking for an f-body so the Z28 could go to my sister and me to share in high school (and later college). She found a '98 purple WS6 Trans Am at a local car dealership, and the guy wouldn't let her drive it. He let us "ride" in it. Said it was too much to handle for an inexperienced driver (who just drove up in a Z28... ). It had a glasspack muffler on it, but seemed otherwise stock. This was in Midland, TX in 2001 for someone on the hunt for one... or someone who knows the history of their rare purple WS6... We didn't buy it, obviously.

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