1987 Trans Am GTA
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1987 Trans Am GTA Curious to know what the majority of your thoughts are on what our 1987 GTA is worth.
She's got a 2 year old paint job, interior has been redone, new stereo / speakers, 1.5" lowering springs, new shocks and EVERYTHING works.
The reason I'm asking this is I'm thinking of selling the GTA to buy him a 2000 SS Camaro.
She's got a 2 year old paint job, interior has been redone, new stereo / speakers, 1.5" lowering springs, new shocks and EVERYTHING works.
The reason I'm asking this is I'm thinking of selling the GTA to buy him a 2000 SS Camaro.
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Looks sweet but need the mileage, number of owners, originality, etc... The history of the car is very important in this instance and heavily affects price. The more paperwork and documentation, the better. If I just threw a number at you it could be highly inaccurate and be meaningless. I'm sure you need an honest opinion.
For example, my '87 Aero has crazy low miles, as close to stock as possible, and all documentation along with the original paint. The price would be in the $16,000 - $19,000 range if I decided to sell it. If my car had 80,000 miles on it, with no paperwork or history, I would try to sell it for about $10,000 if still in excellent condition. Less than $10,000 if just in good condition with some non-original parts, mods, paint, etc... Everything matters on our now 25+ year old cars.
For example, my '87 Aero has crazy low miles, as close to stock as possible, and all documentation along with the original paint. The price would be in the $16,000 - $19,000 range if I decided to sell it. If my car had 80,000 miles on it, with no paperwork or history, I would try to sell it for about $10,000 if still in excellent condition. Less than $10,000 if just in good condition with some non-original parts, mods, paint, etc... Everything matters on our now 25+ year old cars.
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Looks sweet but need the mileage, number of owners, originality, etc... The history of the car is very important in this instance and heavily affects price. The more paperwork and documentation, the better. If I just threw a number at you it could be highly inaccurate and be meaningless. I'm sure you need an honest opinion.
For example, my '87 Aero has crazy low miles, as close to stock as possible, and all documentation along with the original paint. The price would be in the $16,000 - $19,000 range if I decided to sell it. If my car had 80,000 miles on it, with no paperwork or history, I would try to sell it for about $10,000 if still in excellent condition. Less than $10,000 if just in good condition with some non-original parts, mods, paint, etc... Everything matters on our now 25+ year old cars.
For example, my '87 Aero has crazy low miles, as close to stock as possible, and all documentation along with the original paint. The price would be in the $16,000 - $19,000 range if I decided to sell it. If my car had 80,000 miles on it, with no paperwork or history, I would try to sell it for about $10,000 if still in excellent condition. Less than $10,000 if just in good condition with some non-original parts, mods, paint, etc... Everything matters on our now 25+ year old cars.
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Well, not quite original when you posted this: She's got a 2 year old paint job, interior has been redone, new stereo / speakers, 1.5" lowering springs, new shocks and EVERYTHING works.
The mileage will not be a selling point and your GTA is not going to be sought after by 'collectors' (they mostly seek very low mileage, original, stock examples) so we know that the pricing has to be adjusted to those looking for a nice looking, 'mostly stock' weekend cruiser, or for local car shows since your car looks so nice. Out of the 88,612 of the '87 Firebirds produced, 11,102 of them were Trans Am GTAs. Not exactly a rare car. Some of the listings below are not GTA but they are Trans Ams and competing with yours.
I found a Barrett-Jackson '87 GTA that sold for $9,500 + buyer's premium but the mileage was lower and you really can't compete with high end auctions like those. The Mecum car listed below sold for $5,500 + the buyer's premium. The Hemmings listing is optimistic but probably within range to the right buyer. I also am posting a link of a very low mileage car currently on ebay for about $9,000 but it didn't sell last week and hasn't sold yet this time either. Also listed a higher mileage car that has no activity at around $3,200 which is rather unfortunate but all examples need to be seen to price accurately. There are many more examples out there and this small sampling gives you an idea what you might get for your car. I personally would ask $7,000 and start lowering the price from there if no serious inquiries after a few weeks. You probably shouldn't expect competing against the lower mileage cars in that $9,000 area so you have to price accurately, and also what the market has already shown (Mecum and BJ auctions and the 'no sales'). Hope this helps a bit. Best of luck!!
http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_de...=SC0512-124915
http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/...m/1567949.html
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1987-Pontiac-TransAm-Flame-Red-Coupe-/281109557941?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item41736f72b5
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1987-Pontiac-Firebird-Trans-Am-GTA-Not-Clone-/140977596124?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item20d2eb66dc
Last edited by NC01TA; May 21, 2013 at 05:59 PM. Reason: ADDED INFO
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My last post was getting too long so I added this here.
Look at this 52,000 miles GTA beauty at a dealer. Again, just use it for price comparisons. It is an asking price though so don't consider it a 'sold' car.
http://classiccars.com/listings/view...missouri-63301
Look at this 52,000 miles GTA beauty at a dealer. Again, just use it for price comparisons. It is an asking price though so don't consider it a 'sold' car.
http://classiccars.com/listings/view...missouri-63301
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yeah... ours is in great shape. But i don't think $7K is a good starting point.
I was thinking about selling it for $3-4K tops... It's by no means a "collector" car. It's a very nice daily driver with a nice lower stance to it. The OEM look was way too high.
I was thinking about selling it for $3-4K tops... It's by no means a "collector" car. It's a very nice daily driver with a nice lower stance to it. The OEM look was way too high.
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I think $7000 isn't far off. I sold my 1987 Trans Am with a mild cammed vortec 350 for $3200 two weeks ago to buy my z28. My car was nice but not near as nice as yours. Mine had re-done seats but the carpet was bad and it had no headliner. My odometer also stopped working. These third gen cars are getting some decent coin and its higher for stock cars.
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I think $7000 isn't far off. I sold my 1987 Trans Am with a mild cammed vortec 350 for $3200 two weeks ago to buy my z28. My car was nice but not near as nice as yours. Mine had re-done seats but the carpet was bad and it had no headliner. My odometer also stopped working. These third gen cars are getting some decent coin and its higher for stock cars.
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