anyone looking for a purple trans am???
10-28-2005, 10:14 AM
#21
Originally Posted by Luna
"they made only 10 Purple Ram Air’s & released only 6 to the public (only 2 6spd’s ) and only a few hundred Purple Non Ram Air’s. The story I got is that the color was pulled 3 days after they started production due to paint problems. There were a lot of Orders for the purple but all of them got spit back out. GM then introduced a new color in mid 98 to replace the Purple. (Navy Blue Metallic)." The color is called bright purple metallic LSWON the guy that wrote the wire mod tutorial has one he has a website with pics of the car and the story of how he got it...
http://www.lswon.com/2005/04/25/purple-trans-am/
http://www.lswon.com/2005/04/25/purple-trans-am/
They actually made 12 WS6s in purple.... 10 coupes, and 2 ragtops. 6 of those cars had 6-speeds - two of them are owned by myself, and LSWON. He's actually told two different versions of that story with conflicting production numbers in them. He has AQ9 seats... wish I did.
I'll tell you in a few days if the "3 days" story is accurate... I don't believe it is. If it is true it would mean both of my cars would have been built the week of September 12th, 1997.
BTW... Bright Purple Metallic cars aren't really commanding a premium price like everyone seems to believe they are.... yes, they are very rare, but it's also a color that gets a mixed reception from most people. A lot of people don't like it... I constantly get razzed about the color of my cars, especially now that I have two of them.
I paid $9500 for my Formula... and $12K for my WS6.
Last edited by DrEvyl; 10-28-2005 at 10:26 AM.
10-29-2005, 03:23 AM
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Originally Posted by DrEvyl
yes, they are very rare, but it's also a color that gets a mixed reception from most people. A lot of people don't like it... I constantly get razzed about the color of my cars, especially now that I have two of them.
10-31-2005, 05:53 PM
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Hey fellow TA and Camaro Lovers......Just thought I would throw in my two cents on the purple TA's.....Heres "KATIE".....Shes currently FOR SALE for the right money. A runner and a looker...
Thanks Jeffrey
Thanks Jeffrey
11-01-2005, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Luna
"they made only 10 Purple Ram Air’s & released only 6 to the public (only 2 6spd’s ) and only a few hundred Purple Non Ram Air’s. The story I got is that the color was pulled 3 days after they started production due to paint problems. There were a lot of Orders for the purple but all of them got spit back out. GM then introduced a new color in mid 98 to replace the Purple. (Navy Blue Metallic)." The color is called bright purple metallic LSWON the guy that wrote the wire mod tutorial has one he has a website with pics of the car and the story of how he got it...
http://www.lswon.com/2005/04/25/purple-trans-am/
http://www.lswon.com/2005/04/25/purple-trans-am/
I actually got my Navy Blue Metallic Trans Am in December of 1997. I'm pretty sure it was available from the start of LS1 production.
11-01-2005, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Deep Blue
I actually got my Navy Blue Metallic Trans Am in December of 1997. I'm pretty sure it was available from the start of LS1 production.
NBM replaced BPM when it was discontinued. My Formula was built in September, not sure about my WS6... All the BPM cars were really early in the model year, though.
for 14,000 
11-07-2005, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by joshtownsend
Well heres your 2nd chance at a deal http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1998-...QQcmdZViewItem
11-26-2005, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Luna
"they made only 10 Purple Ram Air’s & released only 6 to the public (only 2 6spd’s ) and only a few hundred Purple Non Ram Air’s. The story I got is that the color was pulled 3 days after they started production due to paint problems. There were a lot of Orders for the purple but all of them got spit back out. GM then introduced a new color in mid 98 to replace the Purple. (Navy Blue Metallic)." The color is called bright purple metallic LSWON the guy that wrote the wire mod tutorial has one he has a website with pics of the car and the story of how he got it...
http://www.lswon.com/2005/04/25/purple-trans-am/
http://www.lswon.com/2005/04/25/purple-trans-am/
BTW... at this point I've found that most of the story above is absolute horseshit. I'm not sure where this guy got this information from other than pulling it out of his ***.
There are more than two purple 6-speed WS6s with t-tops, because I know of at least one more besides his and mine.
BPM was made more than 3 days. My Formula was built in September, and my estimates on the WS6 are that it was built in February.
He also told me (as you can see in his guestbook) that all purple WS6s came with articulating seats (AQ9), and suggested that mine was fake, but the RPO codes on the car tell another story.
I'm going to have to take it upon myself to find out the real deal here... I hate finding out that data passed off as accurate is bogus.
11-26-2005, 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by DrEvyl
I'm going to have to take it upon myself to find out the real deal here... I hate finding out that data passed off as accurate is bogus.
11-26-2005, 10:22 PM
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The first e-bay car is the one i bought. bought it from a car lot in California. Found it on cars.com. shipped to Georgia and heres the good part, for $600.00 from CAto GA.
i called the guy about it and the next thing i know its on e-bay.
only give 8k for it , everything works some *** put in a aftermarket radio and cut all the wires , so thats been fun.
Anyway it's a m6, AQ9 with tan or tope interior and SUCKS , black dash, black console with black armrest, and every thing else is tope. headliner, seats front/ back , door panels carpet 1/4 panels and rear panels .
just look at any carboard box and thats the color.
the build date is sep/97 so it has to be one of the first late model 4th gens built.
trying to replace all of the dam tope with black.
i called the guy about it and the next thing i know its on e-bay.
only give 8k for it , everything works some *** put in a aftermarket radio and cut all the wires , so thats been fun.
Anyway it's a m6, AQ9 with tan or tope interior and SUCKS , black dash, black console with black armrest, and every thing else is tope. headliner, seats front/ back , door panels carpet 1/4 panels and rear panels .
just look at any carboard box and thats the color.
the build date is sep/97 so it has to be one of the first late model 4th gens built.
trying to replace all of the dam tope with black.
11-27-2005, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by 98BPMTA
the build date is sep/97 so it has to be one of the first late model 4th gens built.
Originally Posted by 98BPMTA
trying to replace all of the dam tope with black.
12-09-2006, 10:56 AM
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Since 2 others in this forum state the have 1998 factory purple trans am WS6 6 speeds, I can verify that there are more than 2.
I just acquired one, which was factory ordered.
1998 Purple Trans Am WS6 6 speed t-tops, leather.
I just acquired one, which was factory ordered.
1998 Purple Trans Am WS6 6 speed t-tops, leather.
12-09-2006, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by budjon
Since 2 others in this forum state the have 1998 factory purple trans am WS6 6 speeds, I can verify that there are more than 2.
I just acquired one, which was factory ordered.
1998 Purple Trans Am WS6 6 speed t-tops, leather.
I just acquired one, which was factory ordered.
1998 Purple Trans Am WS6 6 speed t-tops, leather.
My car is WS6 #19, the 6th of the 12 purple WS6s built... 10 coupes, 2 verts.
My question is... did you get the articulating seats in yours or not? What to look for is on the RPO sticker... it would be AR9 (which would be a no), or AQ9 (which would be a yes).
12-09-2006, 05:01 PM
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