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#1
11-24-2009, 05:48 PM
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Anyone hear of a Mecham TATA before?
Friend of mine says his buddy went to Tennessee to pick up 30th anniv. TA.
Says the seller of the 30th is bigtime bird collector,and had the 1 of 1 Mecham TATA in pristine condition. Any takes??????????? Oh,supposidly a W72 car with RA IV heads... 
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11-24-2009, 09:13 PM
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pictures are worth a 1000 words, not saying it's not possible but i've never heard of one. i get people telling me all the time they had a car in high school that was one of none or their buddy has some crazy super rare car that dosen't actually exist.
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11-24-2009, 10:55 PM
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I do remember a pic somewhere of the Mecham dealership that showed several Macho T/As parked out in front with a TATA in the middle of them. I don't recall if it appeared modified. If it was it did not have the traditional Macho paint treatment. Seems like the pic was from an HPP article in the late 90's.
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#4
11-24-2009, 11:33 PM
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i think i remember dennis telling me that they did do one tata. i have a 15th ann 5 speed car that is a mecham car.
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#5
11-25-2009, 11:49 AM
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I thought I saw one on e-bay over the summer. I think it was an 83 in the boston area. Someone on this site gave me a website that had some info. I can't remember/find it anymore.
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#6
11-25-2009, 01:20 PM
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Correction,it's a Macho,
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1973 T/A Buccaneer Red L-75 A3,83k mi. #'s match 1979 T/A Atlantis Blue W-72 WS6 23k mi.survivor#'s match 1999 T/A Navy Blue 60k mi....babied 1968 442-gone but not forgotten "Oh,you can think about it,.....but don't do it!" Sheriff Bufford T.Justice |
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#7
11-26-2009, 01:17 AM
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Little bit of confusion going on here. Mecham did make a handful of special edtion "Silver Anniversary" Macho T/As, but not on the '79 Tenth Anniversary T/A. The Macho "Silver Anniversary" edition T/As were '78 models. Here's a pic of one.
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#8
11-26-2009, 02:57 AM
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I was told by another friend it is a TATA but that is a Macho TATA,only one built,Macho,Mecham,I don't know who's right,all hearsay...........just curious.
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1973 T/A Buccaneer Red L-75 A3,83k mi. #'s match 1979 T/A Atlantis Blue W-72 WS6 23k mi.survivor#'s match 1999 T/A Navy Blue 60k mi....babied 1968 442-gone but not forgotten "Oh,you can think about it,.....but don't do it!" Sheriff Bufford T.Justice |
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#9
11-26-2009, 11:47 AM
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Quote:
 According to the website, after the 1979 production run of 96 Macho T/As, Mecham later built one '79 Tenth Anniversary T/A and numbered the car 206, which is out of sequence. The car did not get the Macho Paint treatment, but it did receive the Type E package. Very interesting story. Attached is the weblink. You will have to scroll down to find it. http://www.firebirdgallery.com/dkmlot8.htm |
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#10
11-26-2009, 12:42 PM
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That's an interesting story on the Mecham TATA. I don't know enough about those. Did the other Mecham's have 5sp, RAIV Head, and HO Intakes as options too?
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#11
11-26-2009, 11:30 PM
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Quote:
 That would get a rotisseri from me for sure(if I had the cash  ) since the originality is worn thin...
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1973 T/A Buccaneer Red L-75 A3,83k mi. #'s match 1979 T/A Atlantis Blue W-72 WS6 23k mi.survivor#'s match 1999 T/A Navy Blue 60k mi....babied 1968 442-gone but not forgotten "Oh,you can think about it,.....but don't do it!" Sheriff Bufford T.Justice |
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#12
11-27-2009, 08:42 AM
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Mecham still makes specialty parts for Firebirds/Trans Am's.
They also keep records of the vehicles they did in the past. So if you find one and want to confirm it, Their website is: http://www.mechamperformance.com/ With reference to the Macho T/A: Quote:
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#13
11-30-2009, 04:55 PM
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I know the car and ts current owner, It was a continuation car...which means It was not done by mecham when new, it was "done" a year or so later, and last I knew was still not verified, but he was working on it as paperwork on one of these cars is everything. The number was not a consecutive 79 number either, If memory serves it was numbered 79 # 208.
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#14
11-30-2009, 06:13 PM
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OK, I looked it up and Its numbered 206, here are a couple pics.
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