1989 Pontiac Trans-Am TTA 43k miles
Make: | Pontiac |
Model: | Trans Am |
Type: | Coupe |
Trim: | TTA |
Year: | 1989 |
Mileage: | 43,301 |
VIN: | 1G5FW2177KL235648 |
Color: | White |
Engine: | 3.8 |
Cylinders: | 6 |
Fuel: | Gasoline |
Transmission: | Automatic |
Drive type: | RWD |
Interior color: | Tan |
Drive side: | Right-hand drive |
Vehicle Title: | Clear |
Item location: | Wolcott, New York, United States |
Extras |
Cassette Player, Leather Seats, Sunroof |
Listed by | Private seller |
Description of 1989 Pontiac Trans Am TTA |
Looking to stand out from the crowd? Thinking of a great investment? This 1989 Pontiac Trans-Am TTA is the perfect fit. With only 43,301 actual miles you will be hard pressed to find another one like it since only 1555 were produced. The near perfect interior brings you back to a time when a muscle car was fun. That long sweeping hood line gives the impression that you are ready to take on the world. Everyone will stare at you when you drive this car by. All services are up to date and it is ready for its next owner to enjoy. Production Originally conceived by Bill Owen of Pontiac, the 20th Anniversary Turbo Trans Am project was outsourced to PAS, Inc., an engineering firm led by Jeff Beitzel. Beitzel and his team did most of theTTA development work. The V6 turbo engines were built by PAS at their 40,000 square foot City of Industry, CA plant. From there, they went to GM's plant in Van Nuys, CA to be installed into GTAs on the F-Body assembly line. The cars were then shipped back to PAS for final assembly, testing, and quality control. Incidentally, the GTA chassis were selected at random, thus there is no correlation between VIN number and production sequence number. The actual number of cars to be produced had ranged from 500 to 2,500 until GM finally settled on 1,500. In all, a total of1,555 Turbo TAswere manufactured. Features and OptionsThe 20th Anniversary Turbo Trans Am was offered as a complete package. Each was white with saddle (tan) interior, with T-tops and leather interior the only available options. Although other TAs were available with a CD player, the Turbo TA was available only with a Delco ETR AM/FM cassette with graphic EQ and redundant steering wheel controls. What makes the 20th Anniversary Turbo TA so special is that it is a complete mechanical package, and not just some tape stripes. Starting with the engine, Pontiac borrowed Buick's 3.8 liter (231cid) V6 turbo powerplant from the fabled 1986-87 Grand National. Some difference exist between the TTA motor and the GN version.Different headswere necessary in order to squeeze the motor between the strut towers. These heads, adapted from the transverse FWD version of the 3.8 liter motor, have the added benefit of improved exhaust flow and combustion chamber design. Subsequently, different pistons were required in order to maintain combustion chamber volume. Other changes to the TTA motor are across-drilled crank, larger 12 fin/inchGNX-style intercoolerin place of the GN's 10 fin/inch design, specially-designedstainless-steel headers, higher-pressure Bosch 237 fuel pressure regulator, and a recalibrated engine control module. The 20th Anniversary Turbo Trans Am had the honor of being selected as the Official Pace Car of the 73rd Indianapolis 500, held on May 28, 1989. The three cars which did pace car duty were the first in the history of the Indianapolis 500 to do so with no performancemodifications whatsoever. The only changes to the car were the usual safety equipment required by Indianapolis Motor Speedway (including a five-point seat belt harness), pace car lighting, and television-related equipment. Strobe lights were installed into the front fog lights, front turn signals, and side marker lights. Anadditional set of strobeswas inserted into the space between the spoiler and decklid. The rear windows were changed to ones with no defogger grid, so the rear-facing ABC television camera would have a clear view of the track behind. In addition to three pace cars, an additional 162 "Festival" TTAs were at Indy for VIP and parade duty. All of the cars at Indy, including the three pace cars, had T-tops and cloth interiors. Approximately one hundred festival cars were sold to GM employees at the fixed price of $25,854.83. It was not a raffle, an interested employee simply had to fill out a form indicating they wanted the car at that price. Price was non-negotiable, and there was no choice of car. These buyers received cars with anywhere from a few hundred to 7,000 miles on them. As for the three pace cars, one now resides in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum,another is in the Pontiac collection, and one was presented to race winner Emerson Fittipaldi. Emerson loves his Turbo TA, when asked about it he grinned "It's a FAST car!" |