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I also have a bit of history with this rare piece of Pontiac history.

In the mid to late 90's (probably late 97 or early 98) I went to look at some parts that a guy had for sale just North of Houston, Texas.

When I arrived and we started talking Trans Am, he told me about the "blue 72 Trans Am" in his garage. He opened the garage door and there was a faded and rusted 72 TA with what, to me, was NOT Lucerne blue paint. The guy told me that as far as he knew the car was Lucerne blue that it was just faded. I told him that I had seen faded Lucerne blue and that the color on the car was not Lucerne blue. I asked if he had ordered the PHS docs and he said that he had, but they had not shown up yet. A look at the trim tag confirmed that it was not Lucerne blue but I did not know what that code was At the time I was in contact with Jim Mattison regarding a 50th Anniversary Grand Prix that he was considering buying for the Pontiac Historic collection. I had just looked at the car for him as it was in my area. As soon as I got home I called him and asked about the 72 TA in Houston that he had just run the PHS on. He immediately knew the car I was talking about and told me that was surely the only Adriatic blue 72 TA ever ordered. I remember that we wondered why someone would special order a 72 TA and pick a different blue, instead of an entirely different color. I called the owner and told him that I had confirmed that the car was a special order paint, Adriatic blue car. Needless to say he was excited. I later lost track of the owner and the car and found out several years later that Steve had purchased the car.

That car is a bucket list car for me, so Greg if you ever decide to part with it keep me in mind.