1998 WS6, Formula Convertible???

**firebird1999us** · 09-06-2006, 07:10 PM

I didn't think the Formula was made in 1998 in a convertible incarnation, let alone with the WS6 package??? But according to the link below 2 1998 WS6 Formula convertibles exist...anybody know if there's any truth to this? I'll add a link when I get 5 posts.

I found the link on an ebay auction and was suprised at first to see the lister posted that 221 WS6 Formulas were built in 1998 -- I had always been told 223 were built and none were convertibles.

Chris

**firebird1999us** · 09-06-2006, 07:10 PM

bump

**firebird1999us** · 09-06-2006, 07:11 PM

here's post 4

**firebird1999us** · 09-06-2006, 07:11 PM

here's 5 and some links to follow...

**firebird1999us** · 09-06-2006, 07:12 PM

OK -- here's the link to the production # site:

http://www.marshu.com/ws6-car-gm-fir...-2000-2001.php

Chris

**firebird1999us** · 09-06-2006, 07:22 PM

Here's another site with the same numbers: http://lair.evyl.org/1998-Firebird_P...on_Numbers.htm

Chris

**nhra-trans-am** · 09-06-2006, 08:11 PM

yeah, I heard about those convertibles. They were GM test vehicles. Don't know whatever happened to them thougn.

**1fastcamarosss11** · 09-06-2006, 09:03 PM

i thought it was 98 but i was wrong.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ponti...mZ300024160959

**Redphoenix1998** · 09-07-2006, 12:14 AM

it's not a formy. It's got a T/A front bumper. I know they made em, but they're rare. The verts had the formy rear, no spoiler.

**bostonbruins34** · 09-07-2006, 06:49 AM

Boy, in the picture from the rear those exhaust pipes stick out so far they look like wheelie bars!!

**jbmcmillan** · 09-07-2006, 09:11 AM

I own a 1998 concertible, WS6 T/A. Ram Air, Leather power seats and 12 CD disk changer.

**JohnnyBs98WS6Rag** · 09-08-2006, 07:07 AM

I'm pretty sure the last year you could order a Formula 'vert was '97. There WERE two '98 Formula 'verts built w/ WS6 option (both red, one w/ black top, one w/ white top, one 6M, the other A4). However, my understanding was that they were "special order" for a dealership in Kansas very early in the production run (Formula 'verts was not a combo made available to the general public after '97). Not sure what happened to them or where they are today.

**03regency** · 09-08-2006, 11:13 AM

what is the significance in "6M and A4"? is it some kind of upgrade on the motor or is it cosmetic?

**bigboykilroy** · 09-08-2006, 11:28 AM

6m = six speed manual
4A = four speed automatic

**bigboykilroy** · 09-08-2006, 11:30 AM

the car in the auction is a 2000 body, the drivetrain is out of a 2002, they changed it over from an automatic to a manual tranny.

**ss~zoso~ss** · 09-08-2006, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by 1fastcamarosss11

i thought it was 98 but i was wrong.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ponti...mZ300024160959

eck .... SALVAGE TITLE

**F-body fan** · 07-19-2007, 11:47 PM

2007 update to this old, old thread... if anyone is still interested in the rare and unseen "'98 Formula Convertible"... HERE is one (and I LIKE it!):

http://www.classyauto.com/viewlistin...84%91_id=82340

**firebird1999us** · 07-20-2007, 01:17 AM

Originally Posted by F-body fan

2007 update to this old, old thread... if anyone is still interested in the rare and unseen "'98 Formula Convertible"... HERE is one (and I LIKE it!):

http://www.classyauto.com/viewlistin...84%91_id=82340

Lt1??? I hope that's just a wierd type...because I recall seeing several Pontiac magazines where people took pre-98 forumula convertibles and putting post 98 front ends on them way back when.

**JohnnyBs98WS6Rag** · 07-20-2007, 07:29 AM

Assuming that "LT1" IS a typo and this car REALLY IS one of those 2 (the missing "Ram Air" decals on the hood are also a concern there, but if this was a WAY early build for test it might have come w/o them....... the car DOES still have the SOTL exhaust though!!), the great mystery of which car (M6 or A4) had which color top has now been SOLVED! I would've lost the bet on that one.

**9T8W66** · 07-20-2007, 08:35 AM

I think I read somewhere that one of the cars got crushed and the other I heard was owned by a guy in Mass. He was on the Formula Source for a little while.
Stil a very cool car