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Old Oct 15, 2025 | 02:51 PM
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This afternoon, I return to loving every minute I spend in slow moving traffic. Today is the day, I return to a Convertible. In 2012 I stored and then passed down my 97 W68 Convertible 1 of 253, and getting a 2013 RT Challenger.. since 2013 till several months ago it was my daily... great car, but not a Pontiac TA Convertible..

Today is the day I receive my 2002 TA Convertible Pewter on Ebony Leather with 25,700 original miles. Today is the day I stop driving a boring car, for my last 2 years of work in the pigging industry before I retire.. 60 years young now, 2 more years baby!

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Old Oct 15, 2025 | 03:08 PM
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Congratulations, enjoy it!

Sure your like a little kid in the back seat on a road trip" Are we there yet"!
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Old Oct 15, 2025 | 05:11 PM
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Congrats! Nice find w/ the low miles. Looks like 1 of 159 '02 Pewter T/A 'verts (non-WS6) built. Enjoy! 2 years will be here before you know it.

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Old Oct 15, 2025 | 05:15 PM
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Congrats! Nice find w/ the low miles. Looks like 1 of 159 '02 Pewter T/A 'verts (non-WS6) built. Enjoy! 2 years will be here before you know it.
Wait... 1 of 159?
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Old Oct 15, 2025 | 06:17 PM
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Congratulations, enjoy it!

Sure your like a little kid in the back seat on a road trip" Are we there yet"!
Any minute now, he's gonna say around the corner... and I will see her for the first time... stoked!
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Old Oct 15, 2025 | 06:30 PM
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So I paid 18,250 .. I thought it was an amazing deal!
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Old Oct 15, 2025 | 10:12 PM
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I got a new 2002 TA Convertible... woot!
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Old Oct 16, 2025 | 06:36 AM
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Wait... 1 of 159?
Yep, my breakdown from CompNine's database (link in sig) shows a total of 261 11U / Pewter T/A 'verts built in '02, subtract the 102 that were WS6s leaves 159. If you were to include the interior color and transmission, that number would be lower, however I only broke-out transmissions on the WS6s. A VIN check on CompNine may lead you to the finer numbers, but suffice it to say beyond exterior color and engine/transmission combo, no collector really cares if the car came equipped with a CD changer or not.

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Old Oct 16, 2025 | 09:40 AM
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Thank you soo much for the info... you are too kind in volunteering that research as I wouldn't know how to.
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Old Oct 16, 2025 | 08:07 PM
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She's beautiful... need to christen her with a name soon.
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Old Oct 17, 2025 | 08:53 AM
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Welcome to the 'vert club. Not many of us left.
Nice find and I feel a very good price with those low miles. Years and years ahead of driving pleasure.
I see we have the same taste in cars. You had your Challenger R/T a really long time. Still enjoying mine.




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