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Originally Posted by Baron Von Zeppelin
Friend of mine about 4 years older than me, bought a new 79 TA.
Silver with Red Deluxe Interior, Auto AC no other options.
Decals & Eagle were like Red/Orange/Yellow / with Rally 2's.
Never liked the car - but i loved 79 TA's and wanted one BAD (was 16 in 79)
He should have at least gotten the Red/Black/Silver/Grey Decals
I'd go that route and leave it Silver with Turbo wheels
Put the 75 engine in this car.
The 80 is the superior-being
To be totally honest, i don't like these cars in Silver
And don't like Red interiors
Brewster Green with 79 Black Deluxe Cloth and 72 Nose would be wicked
Would need REAL Honeycomb wheels to pull it off
And your Hi-Po engine from 75
73 and older can get by without Hood Bird just fine, 74-81 have to have it
Not a Brewster Green guy either - but would take it over Silver
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Red interiors are love/hate. My first GTO when I was 16 (1978) was a 1970 white 455 4-speed Ram Air with a red interior. Once you go red, you never go back... or something like that? When you get in a Pontiac with red, it's all red. Your eyes have to readjust when you get out of it... hypnotizing. The firethorn red is a much brighter red than the 80 cloth. With a set of the new 17" honeycomb wheels at about $1K the car would really pop.
I forgot to mention the cam in my 75. I bought most of the parts directly from Butler (including the shaker base which I'm still trying to make fit under the shaker). I asked them what would they choose for the grind with my E-heads/carb/exhaust/intake and they suggested a special grind. I didn't even look it up yet, but it sounds good. The exhaust is Thrush one double in/out muffler. In 75 cats were introduced, In Colorado, only 76 and later cars have to have catalytic converters to pass smog. This one is exempt, so it's just a muffler. It's loud, but not obnoxious. The 80 will need catalytic converters, but the performance ones don't hurt too much.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/17-Honeycom...UAAOxyi-ZTY6~c
I've rethought things and came up with a third option. I had a 80 Turbo in Maroon with a red interior... loved that car. It was gutless, but very pretty. What if I put the 72 nose and hood on it and painted it 1980 montreux maroon with a red bird. The red bird would show the maroon through its wings. I think that would be cool, but maybe only I would?
Regarding the engine, the engine in the 75 is staying there. I have too many projects to tear one apart, plus the 75 is a really cool car.
Here's a 73 Brewster green with the 17" wheels. Note I have both 72 and 73 grills for the front end. I like the 73 grills better, prolly because it's honeycomb.
