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Old 11-26-2013, 01:00 PM
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I had a 95 Formula that I want to say was MDPM, but a previous owner painted it matte black at some point and all that was left purple were the door jambs.

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Originally Posted by Kevin Lee 487
I guess I should have been more clear and mentioned that I was going off Trans Am numbers lol
Indeed, you were comparing T/As to all Firebirds. Not sure where TechCam's #s came from, but they should total up to:

563 BGM '97 Birds
640 BGM '98 Birds
122 BGM '99 Birds

Quite a few more than BPMs.

If we're talking T/As only, in BPM:

34 '97 TA Coupes
3 '97 TA 'verts
84 '98 TA Coupes
42 '98 TA 'verts
TOTAL: 163 BPM T/As built

In BGM:
85 '97 TA Coupes
13 '97 TA 'verts
98 '98 TA Coupes
10 '98 TA 'verts
38 '99 TA Coupes
0 '99 TA 'verts
TOTAL: 244 BGM T/As built

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Originally Posted by JohnnyBs98WS6Rag
....Not sure where TechCam's #s came from,...
Originally compnine, they were conveniently compiled into nice little graphs over at Trans Am World. Lost of interesting stuff on that site.

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but they should total up to:

563 BGM '97 Birds
640 BGM '98 Birds
122 BGM '99 Birds
They do.
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i have a 1998.
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Originally Posted by TechCam97
Originally compnine, they were conveniently compiled into nice little graphs over at Trans Am World. Lost of interesting stuff on that site.
Aye, those came from me.
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I never realized that was a factory color. I just recently purchased a trans am that had been painted the same color but has some crazy metal flake in the paint also. The paint job is old but I thought the color was completely custom.
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Here's another pic. It's hard to see the metal flake in the actual picture
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I am the original owner of one of the 98 WS6 BPM 6sps. Ordered from the factory. Car has 61k original miles and in mint condition.
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Originally Posted by Doug Filer II
I am the original owner of one of the 98 WS6 BPM 6sps. Ordered from the factory. Car has 61k original miles and in mint condition.
Do you have your ASC#? If not, PM* your VIN to me and I'll look it up.

Oh, and PICTURES would be great!!

* Don't get big ideas everyone else, I only have ASC#s for '98 WS6s other than the red/black cars. So unless you have a '98 WS6 in Silver, White, Gold, Purple or Navy Blue, I can't help you w/ finding your ASC# (sorry).
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ive only seen 2. one was mine 95 Firebird formula with a pontiac 400 swap, Medium Dark Purple. the other was a 96 ram air T/A also Medium dark purple
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I have one of the 1998 Purple Trans-am Convertibles. Its my DD and at 160k miles its starting to collect some squeaks. Since having a wife & kids, I may need a bigger DD and hopefully the wife buys off on letting me make a SCCA/track day car out of it. I added a Ram Air hood to it, Strano springs/struts/shocks and have a tube K-member and strut braces ordered.
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Just picked up a '96 purple formula, all stock, T-tops, automatic. I figured it was pretty rare, still trying to find production numbers but from what I'v seen 1 of 414
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Originally Posted by CGCBandit
Just picked up a '96 purple formula, all stock, T-tops, automatic. I figured it was pretty rare, still trying to find production numbers but from what I'v seen 1 of 414
That sounds like a gorgeous car. Post some photos when you can!
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Originally Posted by xirxious
I have one of the 1998 Purple Trans-am Convertibles. Its my DD and at 160k miles its starting to collect some squeaks. Since having a wife & kids, I may need a bigger DD and hopefully the wife buys off on letting me make a SCCA/track day car out of it. I added a Ram Air hood to it, Strano springs/struts/shocks and have a tube K-member and strut braces ordered.
Would you consider selling ?
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Purple should certainly go for good money this week, especially if they are a Prince fan!
Purple Rain Trans Am!
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Default bright purple metallic

[I have a 1997 lt1 5.7 in the bright purple metallic love her.

QUOTE=Kevin Lee 487;17833796]Hate to correct you, but as far as 98-02 models are concerned, Bright Green Metallic only had 136 in total.

98 in 98
38 in 99
0 after that

I don't know the numbers from the LT1 models, but I've only ever seen ONE BGM 93-97 Firebird ( including internet pics )[/QUOTE]
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Yeah i have a 1997 5.7 lt1 in bright purple metallic she looks dam good for being 22yrs old.
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Ancient thread, but I have to admit that I don't think I've seen another picture of a '97 in BPM. Worthy post! No wonder, there were only 34 '97 T/A coupes built in BPM. Get that puppy out into the sun and let that metallic pop!
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[QUOTE=McCall 94 Formula;17848223]My brother had a 97 trans am that color. I seen that it was introduced mid year in 97. I tried to get it but he wound up making a deal with someone else for it. I got a picture of it on here[/QUOTE
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The 1996 Formula I saved and restored a few years ago
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