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Offline 1981turbotransam

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my 1980 INDY TURBO TRANS AM PACE CAR PICS
« on: June 22, 2008, 11:00:20 PM »
ok i guess that it is time for me to make a build thread on my orginal 1980 INDY PACE CAR TURBO TRANS AM. Here is just a little background on my car. i used to work at a car-lot and every tuesday we would go over to West Jefferson NC to buy cars for the lot. Before i got the car my father and i bought a 1977 se trans am Hard top :-[ i didnt want a hard top i wanted a t-top 79-81 car so this is what sparked my intrest in trans ams and i always wanted a turbo car cause of Smokey and the bandit 2. anyway back top my pace car i started looking for a 79-81 trans am but to no avail untill i asked one of the mechenics in West Jefferson he told me that there was on sitting in a feild that was for sale he also told me that it didnt have no motor or transmission in it. so on the way how we was running late so we didnt get to stop and look at it that week but the next tuesday on the way home we stopped and looked. well as i was walking up to the car i seen a bird embroidered on the back seat as soon as i seen this i knew that there was something special about this car. then i walked around the the fendor and i seen the flying tire and then i knew that it was a pace car. well we went back to the owner and i asked if he had the title he said yes and then i asked how much he said $500 and i asked if he would take $400 and and then i asked if it had a clean title and it does so i said sold and i took him the cash the next day so for $400 buck it aint much butit has a clean title and it is 1 of 5700 ever made well when we got the car home on a rollback we got the hood poped and to my suprize there was a motor and a tranny but it was a turbo motor but when the turbo went out the orginal owner made it a na 301. i can tell that it used to be a turbo due to the type of intake manifold and the pancake a/c compressor. so i am going to make this car back to stock. so the first thing i need to do is the motor and returning the turbo car to its formar glory. so i won a complete motor 301t tranny subframe baseically the whole car minus the body. if there is any questions or any details that i have left out please feel free to ask me here is the pics BEWARE they are VERY SCARY.










P.S. I am very thankful for my father that got me into cars and i thank GOD everyday for giveing me the father that i have that got me into cars and fixing cars and spending my money on something that means something and that will amount to something and not spending my money on cars and not drugs or beer.
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR A FRIEND
1980 Indy Pace Car Turbo Trans am 301T
1977 Pontiac Trans Am 400 Auto SE Hardtop
looking to buy a 1980-81 Trans Am

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Re: my 1980 INDY TURBO TRANS AM PACE CAR PICS
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2008, 11:01:48 PM »
here is some more pics












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1980 Indy Pace Car Turbo Trans am 301T
1977 Pontiac Trans Am 400 Auto SE Hardtop
looking to buy a 1980-81 Trans Am

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Re: my 1980 INDY TURBO TRANS AM PACE CAR PICS
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2008, 11:12:16 PM »
Well, first off congratulations on saving what would surely be a heap of rusty junk in a couple of years.  It looks like it's mostly complete, which is a good start.  So many times cars left in that condition are open to the weather so basically everything is trashed.  This one looks to have been last running in 2004 so it may not have degraded that badly.

Before I sank much more into it, though, I'd get a GOOD look underneath, especially in the rear frame rail area and trunk.  Severe rust problems in those places are something that need to be addressed first -- BEFORE you put any more money into anything else.  Sometimes if the problems are bad enough back there, there isn't much you can do with the car -- so check that first.

Otherwise, pick out an area at a time and concentrate on that before moving onto the next area.  Personally, I'd go for making sure the underside and floor pans were all fixed so the basics were solid, then go for getting the mechanicals (engine, transmission, etc.) sorted out before wrapping up the exterior paint and trim.  (It's just easier than worrying about scratching or gouging the paint when pulling engines, etc.).  I'd scout out the interior stuff and keep looking for that while I was working on other areas because sometimes it's a little hard to come up with cherry parts on short notice, then address the interior last.  But that's just my first impression of how to attack this.

Good luck, and keep us posted! :) :) :)

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Re: my 1980 INDY TURBO TRANS AM PACE CAR PICS
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2008, 11:15:01 PM »
IT IS MY SMELLY BABY
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1980 Indy Pace Car Turbo Trans am 301T
1977 Pontiac Trans Am 400 Auto SE Hardtop
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Re: my 1980 INDY TURBO TRANS AM PACE CAR PICS
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2008, 11:18:06 PM »
also it was running in 2004 before it was that is how it got parked in the feild
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1980 Indy Pace Car Turbo Trans am 301T
1977 Pontiac Trans Am 400 Auto SE Hardtop
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Re: my 1980 INDY TURBO TRANS AM PACE CAR PICS
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2008, 11:19:28 PM »
It's nice to see another Indy thats going to be revived.  Good luck with it and like Rick said, take your time and check EVERYTHING out before going to something else.
Shawn
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1980 Trans Am Pace Car - 428 ci Poncho in the works
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« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2008, 11:22:00 PM »
oh i already know that ALOT of it is rotted out but o well i will deal with it and restore here to her formar gloy and i think that it might have auacutaly been used at the indy track!!!!!!
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR A FRIEND
1980 Indy Pace Car Turbo Trans am 301T
1977 Pontiac Trans Am 400 Auto SE Hardtop
looking to buy a 1980-81 Trans Am

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« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2008, 06:02:44 AM »
Good luck with your project.  Hopefully she can be saved!
Dave
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Re: my 1980 INDY TURBO TRANS AM PACE CAR PICS
« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2008, 11:39:36 AM »
yea i posted this on 301garage and have not got this many hits yet
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR A FRIEND
1980 Indy Pace Car Turbo Trans am 301T
1977 Pontiac Trans Am 400 Auto SE Hardtop
looking to buy a 1980-81 Trans Am

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« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2008, 12:04:47 PM »
wooo baby you got some work ahead of you good luck keep posted
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Re: my 1980 INDY TURBO TRANS AM PACE CAR PICS
« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2008, 01:45:49 PM »
i know that i do
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1980 Indy Pace Car Turbo Trans am 301T
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« Reply #11 on: June 26, 2008, 11:23:16 AM »
I have seen a lot worse and for a lot more money. I seen a Indy some years ago that was only the trunk to the windshield, everything else was gone,no interior, no dash components, even the sub frame, guy was asking 1200. SO you came across a steal for that price even if you have to do a little more work to it. Congradulations.
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« Reply #12 on: June 26, 2008, 12:32:24 PM »
sweet i think kat the car might have been one of the few that paced the race but i am not shure yet
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR A FRIEND
1980 Indy Pace Car Turbo Trans am 301T
1977 Pontiac Trans Am 400 Auto SE Hardtop
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Re: my 1980 INDY TURBO TRANS AM PACE CAR PICS
« Reply #13 on: June 27, 2008, 03:21:48 AM »
wow i would like to see that it aint a car but a flinstonemobile
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR A FRIEND
1980 Indy Pace Car Turbo Trans am 301T
1977 Pontiac Trans Am 400 Auto SE Hardtop
looking to buy a 1980-81 Trans Am

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Re: my 1980 INDY TURBO TRANS AM PACE CAR PICS
« Reply #14 on: September 22, 2008, 12:17:51 AM »
yea i am in love with my pace car
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR A FRIEND
1980 Indy Pace Car Turbo Trans am 301T
1977 Pontiac Trans Am 400 Auto SE Hardtop
looking to buy a 1980-81 Trans Am