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Member ID: 81TATurbo

Location: Somewhere in, ON

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1981 Pontiac Trans Am

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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Performance Parts

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    • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Nov 30, 2008

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Jeff’s Pontiac Trans Am

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81TATurbo's 1981 Pontiac Trans Am

I bought the car in 2001 where it had been hanging in a sports bar for about 6-7 years. All the rims were painted black so were all the trim on the car and the tailpipes. There was no hood, a missing T-bar, no motor and no tranny, one of the rims was missing and the tail lights were virtually no good. Not to mention all the windows were tinted except the drivers side which had ben smashed out after I bought it and before I was able to pick it up. It's fully loaded and in the front seat after purchase I found all the original manuals including the dealer confirmation sheet listing all the options and the price. The original colour is brown. Plus the original Trans Am mats from the factory were still in. Since then I have put a '77 400 into it with a TH350 tranny, purchased a used hood, started taking the decals off, bought another Turbo rim, took all the tint off, replaced the drivers side window and put shocks in the front (there were no shocks just rods with bolts). This summer I plan on putting some $$ into it like new tires, a new Holly Carb. and Flowmaster exhaust. The daunting task will be taking the rest of the decals off. Despite how it looks in the pics, the paint has some marks cause of the decals. Check back for updates.

This is how it looked prior to buying it

81TATurbo's 1981 Pontiac Trans Am

81TATurbo's 1981 Pontiac Trans Am

81TATurbo's 1981 Pontiac Trans Am

81TATurbo's 1981 Pontiac Trans Am

Time and patience have brought me to what I have today. The following pictures show progress over the years.

81TATurbo's 1981 Pontiac Trans Am 81TATurbo's 1981 Pontiac Trans Am

Before some of the decals were removed
81TATurbo's 1981 Pontiac Trans Am 81TATurbo's 1981 Pontiac Trans Am

81TATurbo's 1981 Pontiac Trans Am 81TATurbo's 1981 Pontiac Trans Am

81TATurbo's 1981 Pontiac Trans Am Not a bad looking hood for $100

81TATurbo's 1981 Pontiac Trans Am

...the decals are slowly coming off

...this side wasn't decal'd 81TATurbo's 1981 Pontiac Trans Am 81TATurbo's 1981 Pontiac Trans Am

81TATurbo's 1981 Pontiac Trans Am

No more Goodwrench decal and shined up

81TATurbo's 1981 Pontiac Trans Am

81TATurbo's 1981 Pontiac Trans Am

81TATurbo's 1981 Pontiac Trans Am

81TATurbo's 1981 Pontiac Trans Am

81TATurbo's 1981 Pontiac Trans Am
...the decals are a PITA to take off and time consuming...the rest will come off this summer

 

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NYC_Bandit  

Posted by: NYC_Bandit

03/03/2009 07:16AM

Nice job man...check out my T/A

monmon87firebird  

Posted by: monmon87firebird

12/14/2008 04:30PM

Great job just love those T/A 5*****. Come and cheque out my firebird sommtime.

Ninny404  

Posted by: Ninny404

11/27/2008 08:55AM

Looks great, curious to see what she'll look like once the winter is up

allemand  

Posted by: allemand

10/25/2008 01:46PM

Great Job on the T/A I just love those cars 5 * for your ride

M_D_P_1989GTA  

Posted by: M_D_P_1989GTA

08/11/2008 07:37AM

Hey, how's it going? I just put up a site for my 94 suburban, if ya get a chance check it out & let me know what ya think. I entered the tug of war competition at the Carlisle truck nationals; I���ll add some video a.s.a.p. Mike

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: 81TATurbo

Location: Somewhere in, ON