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11-12-2005, 03:01 PM #1ws4transamGuest
81 rare t/a
http://www.taspecialties.com/taspec81.htm
with a numbers matchin 455
heres a link with info on this trans am
http://www.78ta.com/banditedition.htm
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11-12-2005, 03:22 PM #2
that thing is prutty, but the engine looks like ass.
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11-12-2005, 03:30 PM #3
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agreed 100%
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11-12-2005, 05:26 PM #4
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11-13-2005, 04:46 AM #5ws4transamGuest
my buddy says its a one owner car and the guy paid 26 grand for it from new
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11-15-2005, 11:12 AM #6
455
numbers matching? they didnt make 455 past 1976 so how can it be numbers matching?
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11-15-2005, 11:34 AM #7
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yeah an 81 should have a turbo 301 in it shoulnt it?
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11-15-2005, 03:38 PM #8
Pontiac stopped making that motor all together in *thinks*...76. After that pontiac's biggest motor was the 400. In 81 the T/A could have either 305, 301 N/A or the 301 Turbo. There were special Nascar additions with recaro bucket seats available in 81, but no 455.
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11-15-2005, 06:39 PM #9
Not sure what "prutty" means.
Almost certain the 455 was produced in 1978.
Nice car, either way.
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11-15-2005, 07:13 PM #10
455
nope last poncho 455 was 76 400 or 301 thereafter
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11-16-2005, 02:55 AM #11ws4transamGuestOriginally Posted by zman1969
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11-16-2005, 05:16 PM #12
Yes
Originally Posted by ws4transam
sounds like you buy a new car with a rebuilt engine in it for 30k? in 1980? man i thought turbo t/a's were overpriced -in 89 at 30k
so whats so rare about it? alot of people did the same things with their 301's
im not so sure, is this Your car? are you selling it or just trying to feel special?
Last edited by zman1969; 11-16-2005 at 05:18 PM.
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11-17-2005, 10:56 AM #13ws4transamGuestOriginally Posted by zman1969
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11-22-2005, 08:19 PM #14
The last year for the 455 in the T/A was 1976. This car, if you notice, is produced by a company... NOT general motors.
Thats not to say you couldnt buy an engine in 1981 and modify it to be a 455.. Im sure thats what they did. Another possibility is that it may have been possible to still buy a 455 in 1981 from GM.. But this, Im not sure of.
If its actually documented as advertised (because Everything on the internet is true, right?) then its more along the lines of a Specialty Vehicle.. ie: Not Stock
Either way, its a neat toy..
-Gonz
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11-24-2005, 06:38 PM #15Originally Posted by dreaded_hope
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11-26-2005, 06:01 AM #16
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11-26-2005, 06:09 AM #17
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Yeah, I've got a '78 factory Pontiac service manual in front of me, and a 305 was available in '78...code "U", 8.4:1 comp ratio.
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11-27-2005, 06:00 PM #18Originally Posted by ws4transam
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Interesting car. But sucks that it's advertised as 'matching numbers', when there' is absolutely no way it could have came from the factory that way.
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11-28-2005, 07:47 PM #19Originally Posted by 76ls1birdOriginally Posted by Bull
I did know that 305's were out before 82, but I posted what I did because I remember reading PHR back then & it was "big news" that the corporate 305 was being placed in the birds.
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12-06-2005, 04:09 PM #20
hey that cars from iowa! I'm from iowa!
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