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Old 02-01-2009, 08:13 PM
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I sold my 99 nbm Z28 m6 saturday for 5500 bucks, and found a mystic teal mettallic 98 Transam a4 the same day and bought it for $3500! it has 139k miles, grey leather, t-tops, new tires, 100% bonestock. Pretty clean inside and out, just the driver side rocker is busted and ill need to get another one.

yep, it was an awesome deal. i drove from atlanta to charleston, s.c. to pick it up. I even had the guy who was buying my car from the other end of s.c. meet me in charleston instead of driving to my home in atlanta, just so i could pick up the transam. it worked out perfect, and i had a nice weekend vacation
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Dam these cars are getting cheap. What was the reason for the switch just wanted a change or just wanted to go auto? How bout some pics of your old car and the new one.
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sounds like you made out well. what are the plans for the bird?
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thats a good deal, and I know why you switched from a camaro to a trans am, You will never look back, I have had 2 camaros, and 4 firebirds Two of them Trans AMs, I love them Hope you do too
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well i owed my dad 2 grand, and i still came out buying an fbody and paying him off haha!

I dont have any pics yet of the T/A, but heres a pic of the z i just sold:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/vehicles-...m6-5500-a.html
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ah heck the plans for the bird would be too long to even list.
gotta fix the rocker panel for starters. then do a few cosmetics, tint, chrome bird and pontic letters and the back bumper fill in mod. then catback,lid, so on and so forth. 400rwhp would be a good stopping point for me
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Congrats on the new ride! How many miles on the Camaro? Did you just get hit by the Trans Am bug or what? I'm sure you'll enjoy it!
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heres the link to the t/a 's forsale ad:
http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/981346929.html
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Originally Posted by rio95cobra
heres the link to the t/a 's forsale ad:
http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/981346929.html
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Congrats...picked up a Ls1 transplanted 94 Z28 for the same price right around 100k miles...
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trading a z/28 for a ta and cash?

sounds like you made out well IMO, but I'm not much for 4th gen camaros
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wow lol my car was 10k more than yours, but then mine had 33k miles and is off the lot condition.
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pm sent thunderstruck
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Get some new wheels for that bird....
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Oh I see now...

I don't have a fbody, I was commenting on the OP essentially trading a z for his new t/a
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Originally Posted by rio95cobra
Nice TA, take care of her ..
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thanks alot, and i definatly will.
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You're lucky I didn't see that add on Craigslist or that would have been gone locally! Keep an eye out if you don't mind. I'm looking for a f body under 6k. Great find!



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