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GNREGISTRY ID: TTA00871B
- David Willard
E-MAIL: dave_willard@worldnet.att.net
CLASS: FSS - Factory Stock Show
PART A - OWNERSHIP: I
purchased the car in July of 1993 from a local Pontiac dealer. The car
had approximately 28,000 miles on it. It now has approximately 36,000
miles on it. I now know that this TTA was owned by PAS Inc, City of
Industry, CA until I purchased it. I had a friend look up the VIN # in
the GM warranty system; it had never been registered by any dealer for
warranty purposes (this means it was never sold retail). I don't know,
technically, if this makes me the original owner or the second owner.
PART B -MOTOR: Original Factory
Stock.
PART C - TRANNY: Original Factory
Stock.
PART D - SUSPENSION:
Original Factory Stock.
PART E - BODY & PAINT: Original
Factory Stock, Maintained.
PART F - PERFORMANCE: Original
Factory Stock. Never been on
race track.
PART G - OTHER: Here is some of the
information that I have acquired regarding Production numbers of
the 1989 Pontiac Turbo Trans Am and the status of
the 5 Pilot cars produced.
Production Figures
Number Options
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1,324 T-Top & Leather Interior
187 T-Top & Cloth Interior
24 Hardtop & Leather Interior
15 Hardtop & Cloth Interior (Base)
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1,550 Total Production Cars
4 Pilot Cars with T-Top & Cloth Interior
1 Pilot Cars with Hardtop & Leather Interior
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5 Total Pilot (Pre-Production) Cars
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1,555 Total Cars Built
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There were three Pace Cars that were the first to pace the Indy 500
completely stock. The only modifications were strobe lights. Each of the
three pace cars were named for where they were broken in before being
given to Pontiac Motors for promotion. # 235275 was named "Van Nuys", #
235137 was named "Beverly Hills", and # 235584 was named "Malibu". For
promotional reasons, each pace car was delivered to Los Angeles, Boston,
and Miami to be driven to Indianapolis by the press people in the cities
along the way. One of the Pace cars is in the Indy Museum, one is in
Pontiac Motors collection, and the third was given to Emerson Fittipaldi
as is customary to the winner of the race.
The E-prom chip is unique to the Pilot cars. On the
back of the chip in my TTA is hand-written "20th Anniversary Trans-Am".
Here is another interesting side note to my
purchase of
this particular Pilot car. A few weeks after I had purchased it, I went back to the dealer to see if the
"other" TTA prototype that was sitting next to the TTA that I
had bought was still there. At that time, I still did not fully understand
what the potential significance and value of these cars. I thought that
this was just a car salesman line he was using to sell a used car! But
he also told me that a broker in
California had come looking for the cars and wanted them back - that GM was
looking for them, and that GM had a policy to never sell their
pilot/prototypes to the public, for fear of warranty and other claims.
Later I went back to purchase the second car after I had learned more
about the five pilot TTA's, but it was gone. That second TTA had been a
hardtop with leather interior - the only pilot car with this combination
according to my information. Talk about one that got away! I tried to track it
down, but never did find out what had happened to that other prototype
TTA that this dealer had.
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