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Aaron Taylor owns this Trans Am. Not a common color and I think its
great looking on this car. Aaron writes:
"This is a garage kept, three owner, 1985 5.0 Tuned
Port Injection Trans Am with 67, 797 original miles. This vehicle was
special ordered from Culiver’s Pontiac in Phoenix AZ by my father in 85,
it was sold to my uncle in 1995 and I bought it from him in 2001.
Therefore, I know the entire history of this vehicle as I have been in
or around it from the day we brought it home. The colors of this vehicle
are unique and you won’t see many like it, GM literature from 85 labels
the upper color as “Copper metallic” and the lower as “light brown
metallic”, I have also seen them referenced as “Russet Metallic” and
“Light Chestnut Metallic”.
It features the Recaro seats and interior in a two tone buckskin tan and
charcoal grey. It is equipped with the “Performance Sound” AM/FM/Tape
stereo with equalizer, power everything: mirrors, locks, windows and
hatch release, it also has every courtesy light available, and the
interior sound deadening package. As the only option available for the
TPI in 85 was the auto it is equipped with the 700-R4, it also has the
WS6 suspension package with four wheel disk brakes and the hard to find
Borg Warner “Australian” 9 bolt Posi. Rear-end with 3.45 gears.
This vehicle has also been somewhat modified, these include:
1987 snorkel assembly, MAF sensor screens removed, throttle body
airfoil, ported 87 center bolt 305 cylinder heads, Comp Cams roller
rockers, cam, and valve train, Flowmaster 80 series muffler, GM
Performance shift kit with kick-down override, CMS panhard bar, GM
engine oil cooler, transmission cooler, 87 dual cooling fans with manual
override switches installed in the center console, an OEM 160 MPH
speedometer, and a custom PROM. A word about the PROM, this is not your
run of the mill “aftermarket chip”. This is a custom one-off written for
this vehicle at GM by a GM engineer and is part of the unique history of
this vehicle. I still have all original literature with this vehicle
such as, the original owner’s manual, window sticker, and RPO code
sticker. I even have a few binders labeled “GM Confidential” that made
it out of Detroit documenting the specifics of the EPROM and its effect
on engine management."
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