For the price of a lower end 'new' car a person could be driving around in this 19,000 miles beauty. I think it was a really good deal even though the 'aftermarket' stuff always is a concern for me personally. The convertible factor, the cool wheels, yeah, I could see myself in this baby instead of some modern cookie cutter car.

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Nice car, looks like it is one of the 56 without the Hurst shifter.

But yeah, I like these way better than the CETAs, classic colors, unique blue top, unique blue rims. I seriously considered trading my then new '98 in on one of these, but the high ADM killed the sale for me.

 

I agree on greatly preferring the 30th over the CETA. I think GM really missed the mark by not using Millennium Yellow on the CETA; I'm not generally a fan of yellow on modern cars but, if it has to be yellow, MY is a much better shade than what they actually ended up using. The "stripes" were also poorly executed on the CETA, IMO.

Regarding the 30th linked above, that ad is not completely accurate. All it mentions about the exhaust is "Borla catback", but the car obviously has LT headers as well, which can be easily seen in the undercarrige pics, and this might explain why exhaust fitment isn't quite right at the bumper. I just wonder why the owner didn't bother to list this modification?

The engine bay needs a lot of detailing to present the way that a 19k mile car should, but I think with some effort it could be really nice. Interior/exterior/top all look extremely nice to excellent.

 

I prefer the 2002 Collector's Edition Trans Am to the 30th anniversary Camaro. Though I own a Camaro now and have for years, I've always preferred the Firebird/Trans Am.

 

Just to be clear, all the references above from myself an others were regarding 30th Anniversary Trans Am (1999) vs. CETA (2002), not relating to the '97 30th Camaros.

 

Agreed. The blue wheels were always a little funky to me, but overall the 30th T/A is the top shelf color scheme IMO for a 4g T/A.

 

Well thanks for taking me down memory lane… I haven’t seen a 30th vert in years. Every time I am taken back to the first time I saw it while pumping gas. I had never seen a car like that before and I don’t think I have since. I loved the blue top on it. Such a well designed and thought out anniversary car.

 

I agree that the 30th T/As were one of the best looking 4th gens, but IMO I liked the black / gold of the '97-'98 Hurst/LPE Firebirds and 10th Anniv. Hawks better. Can't go wrong with any of them.