"Bandit" (2bandit)
04/30/2014 at 20:18 • Filed to: NPOCP
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"Bandit" (2bandit)
04/30/2014 at 20:18 • Filed to: NPOCP | 1
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The ad sucks. The car is not a "bandit car," it was a factory white car. What did they do to the shaker scoop? It looks dreadful. Also, luggage rack? Really? The seller rates the body as a 9/10 and that is just wrong. There is rust peeking through, the car clearly hit a thing in the drivers side front, there is the wrong style bird (and a tacky non factory pinstripe). Also, a sunroof?! Why? The interior (also rated a 9/10) has bad seats, is miss matched colors, the console is meh, and there are speakers in the door panels (a big no no on these cars). !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
I'm calling CP, but would like to know what you think a car like this is worth. It's not that it is a bad car, I just feel like the seller doesn't know anything/thinks too highly of the quality of the car (I hope that doesn't sound dickish).
Brian Silvestro
> Bandit
04/30/2014 at 20:21 |
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I'd give him a cool hundred if I were you for parts and such.
lone_liberal
> Bandit
04/30/2014 at 20:27 |
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Why would you put a 77 front on a 76? That seems backwards to me. But if the floors and rockers are solid and the other notorious rust areas are good I don't think it's too far in to CP territory. Fixing that roof is not going to be easy, though, so I wouldn't pay more than $5-6k.
Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
> Bandit
04/30/2014 at 20:29 |
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CP. Slushbox and poor taste.
RW53104
> Bandit
04/30/2014 at 20:29 |
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Realistically, I can see him getting $3-4k for this, unless there's a horrid issue only noticeable when driving the thing.
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Bandit
> Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
04/30/2014 at 20:31 |
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Sadly most 2nd gens are slushboxes. Mine is, however I did research a 4-speed conversion but couldn't make it happen because the parts would exceed $2000 which I can't justify. I installed a 4-speed + overdrive auto trans from the 90s instead of the original 3 speed auto.
Takuro Spirit
> Bandit
04/30/2014 at 20:31 |
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That's a stripe common to the base and Esprit cars. Like the Esprit I saw at Jefferson on Sunday:
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
But it was never available on a Trans Am.
This car is hacked as shit.
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Bandit
> RW53104
04/30/2014 at 20:32 |
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Yeah, I see this selling for $5,000 but could go for much more if they corrected the faults and restored the thing to factory.
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Bandit
> lone_liberal
04/30/2014 at 20:34 |
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The '74 - '76 front ends are the ugliest noses put on a 2nd gen. I agree with your value point.
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Bandit
> Takuro Spirit
04/30/2014 at 20:38 |
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Woah wait. You could get a factory sun roof?
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Takuro Spirit
> Bandit
04/30/2014 at 20:46 |
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No, it means the half vinyl roof:
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Bandit
> Takuro Spirit
04/30/2014 at 20:50 |
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Now that is classy. I would totally rock a white vinyl top on a blue '71 or '72 Trans Am
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lone_liberal
> Bandit
04/30/2014 at 21:02 |
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After I posted I realized I was thinking of the 70-73 front end (which I love) and looked up the 76. Yeah, you're 100% correct. That was pretty bad.
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Bandit
> lone_liberal
04/30/2014 at 21:06 |
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The 70-73 cars are so incredibly classy. Want to see worse? 1974 Camaro
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lone_liberal
> Bandit
04/30/2014 at 21:23 |
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Oh my, yes. I have a 71 Camaro and I'm aware of the terrible things they did to it in the name of 5mph bumpers in 74. I love the 70-73 T/A front so much I've been tempted to put it on my Camaro. I won't do it, but it's tempting.
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Bandit
> lone_liberal
04/30/2014 at 21:26 |
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Awesome! Pics?
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lone_liberal
> Bandit
04/30/2014 at 21:29 |
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It's in pieces right now. I bought it as an $800 basket case and I'm still getting it fixed up. It did have an intact nose, though, and that alone was probably worth the purchase price. A few more things hooked up and I'll be ready to start it. You don't know how excited I am about that!
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Takuro Spirit
> Bandit
04/30/2014 at 21:44 |
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With whitewalls? YISS
Chase
> Bandit
05/01/2014 at 01:54 |
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yuck, that pinstripe is awful. Makes me think of an AMC Gremlin (or maybe a Pacer)