Tried making an account over at Trans Am Country but I guess their site is down lol so anyway hello all.
I work for a tire shop out in the country. Southern Idaho. I was out fixing a tractor tire one day and drove past a farm and saw a neat old trans am just sitting out in the open. Caught my eye immediately, white with snowflake wheels, just gorgeous.
I went up to the house a few days later and asked about it, the man who owns it wasn't there but his wife says he wants to sell it. I gave her my number for him to call but he hasn't in over a week. Got to thinking about it and I don't know how much these are worth.
I got the vin off the car, it's a 1979, k code 403. T-top. Passenger side door is extremely dented, there's little rust spots all over. Hole in the windshield, hood scoop is gone and he has a coffee can over the carb with a cement block on top of it. Who knows how long it's been sitting, so there's definitely been some rain and moisture gotten into the interior through the windshield, and I don't know how effectively a can and block can protect an engine lol.
Down here in Idaho we have some pretty hot summers, but it can get wet and cold in the fall and winter seasons.
I want to know how much I should offer for it. I don't plan on doing too much to fix it up, I'm wanting to build a tough little 383, get a good tranny, some subframe connectors and beefing up the rear end. Fix up the interior a bit and keep the exterior rusty, make it a sleeper to putt around in.
Ita not letting me attach images with my phone but I think all you need to know is it's been out in the weather for god knows how long, the engine is kind of exposed, interior exposed, pretty rusty. If you need pictures I'll try again.
According to the vin, not a rare model at all, it's one of the ones that was most manufactured.
Any opinions? Thanks.