[2manyT/A'S]

Looks pretty clean to me....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pontiac-Tran...US_Cars_Trucks

[njsteve]

Originally Posted by 2manyT/A'S

Looks pretty clean to me....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pontiac-Tran...US_Cars_Trucks

09C build date and he claims it is the last automatic 72 T/A built "#827"?????? I think the owners of the rest of the cars built from October to April might have issue with that.

I love the Ford "CAUTION FAN" sticker.

1973 fenders, 1973 one piece A/C lines, aftermarket A/C POA valve, generic non-bleeder master cylinder, unpainted intake.

Looks nice, good low stance, nothing a weekend of replacing parts couldn't fix.

Gotta change that single spaced all-caps font in the ad, though - my eyes are bleeding.

[Judge273]

Not sure on the 1971 strike. But, in 1970 the strike was in Sept around 15th of 1970??

Maybe he meant that: its early build and last before strike??

Nice car and matching (hope he is referring to vin matching). Like the W/W with AC is cool, No pun intent.

But, not liking the white cowl and seal segments.

Didn't go to Steve's online detail school for 72 TA....Fenders replaced in a weekend??

[Bentwheelbob]

The valve stems aren't indexed. Other than that, nice looking ride.

['ol Pinion head]

Positives: Body panels line up very well, appears to be born with block..
the rest: without a 3 man crew, see more time than a weekend to sort out the detailing under the hood & under the body, cowl appears to have been sandblasted at one time, thus appearance of cowl tag

interior needs a considerable amount of work, orig carb? orig distrib? exhaust system needs at least correct tailpipes & tips

Last white auto '72 built... not by a long shot. '72 Norwood UAW strike did not start til April 6, 1972. Last '72 T/A's had body asm dates of 03E, & possibly an 04A bodied T/A will appear.

[njsteve]

Feel free to inundate the guy's ebay inbox with examples of later cars.

[njsteve]

Originally Posted by Judge273

Not sure on the 1971 strike. But, in 1970 the strike was in Sept around 15th of 1970??

Maybe he meant that: its early build and last before strike??

Nice car and matching (hope he is referring to vin matching). Like the W/W with AC is cool, No pun intent.

But, not liking the white cowl and seal segments.

Didn't go to Steve's online detail school for 72 TA....Fenders replaced in a weekend??

LOL. Well if the fenders were already painted, that is.

The 1972 strike was in early April of 1972.

I sent him a polite e-mail mentioning that maybe he should edit out the "#827 ...the last automatic T/A built" stuff. Here is his response:

"not according to all the archive we researched including hemmings"


So obviously he is an expert in archiv-ology.

Especially with the Ford "CAUTION FAN" sticker, he has most definitely researched all the Camaro archives out there.

[johnta1]

"#827 ...the last automatic T/A built"

I have info on a white TA that is 47 higher VIN than his?
So his is the second to last one made?

[RamAir]

Originally Posted by johnta1

I have info on a white TA that is 47 higher VIN than his?
So his is the second to last one made?

LOL, that's my car. Mine is white/white and a 9C build too. It's funny, he's stating the "H" build code on the block & heads are Sept '71 cast. That means they were cast the same week or day as the build. Mine are "H" code also but were cast in August though.

[bossbirdta]

i like the custom interior with standard door panels?

custom seat belts with plastic buckles??

black knobs on the window cranks???

YB decal on the valve cover????

standard dash pad with no assist strap per custom interior?????

no black paint on the extractor grills??????

no white door handle tape denoting custom interior??????

nice exhaust tips too.....

and its funny how its assembled with parts cast after the 09C build date.....

if this is the most original 1972 Trans Am he's seen, then he aint seen many 72 T/A's.....

['ol Pinion head]

Originally Posted by johnta1

I have info on a white TA that is 47 higher VIN than his?
So his is the second to last one made?

From my records, there seems to be a literal flood of '72 T/A's built with 09C & 09D body builds. Assembled up into late first week of October with VINs in the high N506's, then I have no records of any T/A's built up into the N513's, then again, a flood of them.

Bigborehunter & I once PM'ed over the possibility of there being large batch builds of '72 GTO's. It wouldn't surprise me if something similar was going on in the Fall of '71 with TransAm builds. Once calendar year '72 came along, my records show examples of '72 T/A's built every week until the strike stopped it all.

If anyone has an Oct body build '72 T/A with a VIN in the N507xxx to N513xxx range would love to hear from them

[Bentwheelbob]

Originally Posted by 2manyT/A'S

Looks pretty clean to me....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pontiac-Tran...US_Cars_Trucks

The bid is now at $34,000 and the reserve has been met.....