Let the show, er, work begin!

I drove the '86 Trans Am home last Sunday from Fort Pierce. It honestly wasn't that bad of a drive home, with the exception of there being no rear-view mirror and the driver's side-view mirror glass is loose and the headlights had to be held up by sticks because the motors have been removed and placed in a box in the front seat for who knows what reason and... the front driver's side tire was flat. lol! Other than that, I made it home safe and when I made it in the garage, it was smoking like a bitch! Here is a picture of it in the garage the day after I brought it home:

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From '86 TA in garage

Here is the '84 Trans Am next to it:

From '86 TA in garage

And the '86 for comparison:

From '86 TA in garage

Notice the slight differences in the nose and hood. The '84 has more of a "happy face" too with the lights on the bottom and light bar in the middle. Looks like the '84 lost a tooth too on the right. lol!

Here is a pic of the '86 depicting the broken headliner and massive cracks on the dashpad, which are simple fixes, but kind of pricey parts, nonetheless:

From '86 TA in garage

Now we get to the sweet pics! Here is one of the car in the outside, hosed off, looking like it's about to take off:

From '86 TA outside exterior

Here's a side:

From '86 TA outside exterior

And there's a side:

From '86 TA outside exterior

And now... the back side! Holy shit! It's a big ass snake!

From '86 TA outside exterior

Joking... it's just a vacuum hose! Ha, ha, ha!

Fender and flat tire side:

From '86 TA outside exterior

Now for the interior, after the headliner has been removed and everywhere vacuumed out...

From '86 TA inerior

Did you see that? It's an actual dashboard with gauges and they WORK!! Ain't that somethin'? You can also see the maroon color by the t-top area. That tells, er, shows you the car used to be maroon before it was painted black. My first '90 firebird was maroon too. What another coinkydink! I still wish I just kept that car to prevent all this bullshit throughout the years but ya live and learn and hopefully all of yous out there will learn without having to live it like I did!

Here's another view with the cool looking map pocket thing over there still intact, surprisingly:

From '86 TA inerior

Here's another nice shot from behind. Don't mind that dangling thing there. It's the dome light holder thing with no bulb in it. I might have that put back on later on after everything else is done or might not. I don't really like having the light go on when I open the doors. I have it disabled in the other car. I can easily have a flashlight within easy reach so I may just go that rout. If the new headliner has a hole for it, I may put it back up but not have it turn on but if there is no spot in it in the new headliner, I'll just do without because I prefer the plain look up top.

From '86 TA inerior

Overhead shot:

From '86 TA inerior

And another:

From '86 TA inerior

Seats in the back:

From '86 TA inerior

What have we here, behind door number one?

From '86 TA inerior

Why, it's a spare, of course! You'd think the '84 which cost over $16k+ would come with one of these but, alas, it did not!

From '86 TA inerior

Here is a shot of what's insulating the tire compartment. Looks like some lovely asbestos-type stuff made in China:

From '86 TA inerior

Oh, no! What the heck is this? There's a screw missing!! Ah Damn!

From '86 TA inerior

Ah, no biggie. Justin is here to save the day. I used ebay back then to bid on a few spares and, VERY coincidentally, the spare screws are the SAME EXACT color. Now, who would of thunk? Out of all the possible interior color possibilities, I manged to get the same exact color as the interior in the trans am I have now. Maybe my esp kicked in back then and knew I needed these screws this color? Whatever the reason, I did keep the screws around and they sure did come in handy now.

From '86 TA inerior

What's behind locked door number 2?

From '86 TA inerior

Why, it's a nice compartment full of spider webs and...

From '86 TA inerior

a lovely meal worm...

From '86 TA inerior

It's all good though. I gone did clean it up now:

From '86 TA inerior

It makes a perfect spot for my SAK:

From '86 TA inerior

This is a label behind the compartment thing. It says "DO NOT REMOVE." Why would one remove it and, even if they tried, it's complete failure because the sticker is a bitch to get off!

From '86 TA inerior

So, there are some pics of the '86 Trans Am in it's unaltered state, with the exception of the removal of the headliner.

Next up... pics of the '86 with some of the parts swapped out!

Stay tuned,

Justin