It is a real Macho TA, just hard to see the details in the pic. I ended up buying the car yesterday at a garage sale. From all of the digging I can find it is #4 of 6 made. The car has 89K original miles and hasn't been registered since 1991. I have the title that is dated 1981 and it is listed as a Pontiac Macho right on the original title as well. The owners kid broke the key off in the ignition I guess years ago so I changed the ignition switch, changed the oil, checked the fluids and threw a battery in it, poured a little gas in the carb and it fired right up. The nice thing is this car has NEVER been tampered with, no wires have ever been cut, no bubbas got to the car at all...it is 100% original every where you look. I would love to learn more about the Macho TAs if anyone has any more info.