Check out this 68 TA Vert!
06-15-2008, 07:15 PM
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Check out this 68 TA Vert! We went to this little small town show last weekend...as we pull up I get out to ask where I can park my truck and trailer to unload and this guy (an older guy...probably in his 60s) walks up to me and says how pretty my car is, and says he has a Firebird in the show too. He asked me when I get it unloaded if I would park beside his...I said sure where are you. He said on the on the other side of the square...its a 69 Convertible. SO I unload and get around there and his 69 Firebird turns out to be a 69 TA! First thing I asked was if it was a real TA and he said "yeah...I have had it for 25 years!" He really had no idea what he has! It turns out this was the first time he ever showed the car and he takes it driving on the weekends (he drove it to the show BTW!)
(BTW...I still got 1st place but felt a little guilty about it!)
(BTW...I still got 1st place but felt a little guilty about it!)
Last edited by 97ramsst; 06-15-2008 at 10:54 PM.
But 1-8 is damn impressive! Very clean.
06-16-2008, 09:42 AM
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We went to this little small town show last weekend...as we pull up I get out to ask where I can park my truck and trailer to unload and this guy (an older guy...probably in his 60s) walks up to me and says how pretty my car is, and says he has a Firebird in the show too. He asked me when I get it unloaded if I would park beside his...I said sure where are you. He said on the on the other side of the square...its a 69 Convertible. SO I unload and get around there and his 69 Firebird turns out to be a 69 TA! First thing I asked was if it was a real TA and he said "yeah...I have had it for 25 years!" He really had no idea what he has! It turns out this was the first time he ever showed the car and he takes it driving on the weekends (he drove it to the show BTW!)
(BTW...I still got 1st place but felt a little guilty about it!)
(BTW...I still got 1st place but felt a little guilty about it!)
That's a 1/2 million dollar car at the right auction if he has good paperwork.
06-16-2008, 05:30 PM
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I don't have access to my Pontiac Bible at the moment otherwise I could verify the Vin.
But I can tell you the Air cleaner is incorrect, It should be a lower pan with the Foam and the Air filter is housed in the Hood above the upper pan on all `69 Trans Am's.
everything else looks good. And it's one of the 4 4spd T/A verts.
They made 4 auto's and 4 manuals all behind a 400 R/A III
But I can tell you the Air cleaner is incorrect, It should be a lower pan with the Foam and the Air filter is housed in the Hood above the upper pan on all `69 Trans Am's.
everything else looks good. And it's one of the 4 4spd T/A verts.
They made 4 auto's and 4 manuals all behind a 400 R/A III
06-16-2008, 07:00 PM
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I don't have access to my Pontiac Bible at the moment otherwise I could verify the Vin.
But I can tell you the Air cleaner is incorrect, It should be a lower pan with the Foam and the Air filter is housed in the Hood above the upper pan on all `69 Trans Am's.
everything else looks good. And it's one of the 4 4spd T/A verts.
They made 4 auto's and 4 manuals all behind a 400 R/A III
But I can tell you the Air cleaner is incorrect, It should be a lower pan with the Foam and the Air filter is housed in the Hood above the upper pan on all `69 Trans Am's.
everything else looks good. And it's one of the 4 4spd T/A verts.
They made 4 auto's and 4 manuals all behind a 400 R/A III
And that looks like a Holley carb not a Q-jet. 
06-16-2008, 08:37 PM
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That is a really sweet car. I have never seen one of those. I really like how the rear panel is blue, that looks really cool.
This might be a stupid question...but I'm not a Firebird guy (Camaro's are my thing). Anyway, on the 1st gen cars...what did the Trans Am package include? I assume it was a performance package, but was it comparable to the Z-28 package for Camaro's or was it something different?
This might be a stupid question...but I'm not a Firebird guy (Camaro's are my thing). Anyway, on the 1st gen cars...what did the Trans Am package include? I assume it was a performance package, but was it comparable to the Z-28 package for Camaro's or was it something different?
06-16-2008, 10:13 PM
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I don't have access to my Pontiac Bible at the moment otherwise I could verify the Vin.
But I can tell you the Air cleaner is incorrect, It should be a lower pan with the Foam and the Air filter is housed in the Hood above the upper pan on all `69 Trans Am's.
everything else looks good. And it's one of the 4 4spd T/A verts.
They made 4 auto's and 4 manuals all behind a 400 R/A III
But I can tell you the Air cleaner is incorrect, It should be a lower pan with the Foam and the Air filter is housed in the Hood above the upper pan on all `69 Trans Am's.
everything else looks good. And it's one of the 4 4spd T/A verts.
They made 4 auto's and 4 manuals all behind a 400 R/A III
If you get a chance check the VIN and verify it....I would love some confirmation on it.
(BTW I dont think they came with cheap *** Accel spark plug wires either!)
06-17-2008, 11:38 AM
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But thats a mute point...the VIN is right there if anybody wants to confirm it either way.
06-17-2008, 04:43 PM
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I obviously wasn't paying enough attention.
I've seen several clones aswell, I don't have a problem with clones as long as they don't try to pass it off as the real thing.