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I really miss just seeing the second gen birds on the road. Used to see them all over the place. You couldn't drive 10 minutes around here without seeing one back in the 80's. Every other farm had either a Camaro or Firebird parked in the yard/driveway. A good friend of mine had a 4-speed Y88 that he sold to another friend of mine last year. Thankfully, it is still around here. I had first chance to buy it but didn't have the 16K he wanted for the car that included a load of NOS GM parts including GM carpet in the box. Car is beautiful and still has original paint.
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1970 Trans Am 1971 Trans Am 1974 Trans Am 1978 Y88 Trans Am W72/auto 1979 10th Anniversary Trans Am 1984 Trans Am 1993 Trans Am 1999 30th Anniversary Trans Am 2001 10th anniversary Firehawk #104 2006 GTO |
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SOMEDAY I WILL GET A Y88 W72 4SPD WS6 LOW MILEAGE SAVIOR CAR. I LOVE Y88'S
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Might not want to wait too long, they aren't getting any cheaper. Speaking of, what do you all think the going rate is for the various Y88's these days? Assume a strong number 2 condition and identical options, how would you value a L78, 403, W72/auto and W72 4-speed? Anybody have a feel for these? Seems that the Y88's don't bring as much money as the other SE's do from what I see.
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1970 Trans Am 1971 Trans Am 1974 Trans Am 1978 Y88 Trans Am W72/auto 1979 10th Anniversary Trans Am 1984 Trans Am 1993 Trans Am 1999 30th Anniversary Trans Am 2001 10th anniversary Firehawk #104 2006 GTO |
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7 of the 10 people that came to look at it were going to paint it black.... Bandit "wanna be" thing,I guess?...
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For a nice documented car the 4 speed brings a little more $$ but $25 to $40K seems to be what I've seen. Here are 3 for sale right now. My car is interesting because it's the only one I've ever seen with standard interior. No power windows or locks but has Rear Defrost; power trunk; came with 8 track and T Tops. I wish I could find out how many Y88's with 4 speed had standard interior. http://www.cars-on-line.com/62337.html http://www.cars-on-line.com/57931.html http://www.cars-on-line.com/55521.html
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Black 1978 Trans Am SE Clone Butler Performance 474 E heads Built 400 Trans with 3000 stall 17" Y/O 1978 Y88 4 Speed T Top PHS Docs Restored 1987 Grand national 4.1 Stroker Motor Just a 6 Cylinder Buick Last edited by BARRACUDA1968; 04-07-2014 at 09:33 AM. |
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I am hopeful that someday there will be some clarity on the W72 Y88 Automatic cars.
As several of you guys know, This has bothered me for the last 5 years for sure.. When I was just out of high school, (1986) a buddy of mine had a Y88 automatic car that would spank my 78 trans am. We never knew why at the time, but it sure ticked me off a bit. Maybe it was the chrome valve covers I thought?........ haha. There was no info out on these cars at the time, they weren't collector cars, no internet wealth of information, none of that stuff. If somebody would have said WS6, Y88 or W72, you would probably just get a black eye for talking stupid. They were just cool cars that were aging just enough were if you were 18-20 years old & had a good job you just might be able to pick one up for $4000- $6000 with 50-60K on the clock. So fast forward to 1994. I start looking for a Y88 car like my buddy had. At that time Auto Trader magazine was the only way you were going to find one. I located a Y88 about 6 hours South of me & I hit the road. I bought the car (still have it today) but was surprised to learn it didn't have the high output engine. Back then I thought it was part of the special edition package. That's when I started to learn about the Y88, WS6, W72, & all the options that were never part of the S/E package. My buddies car had every option, so I just thought it was standard equipment. From that day forward I continued to look for W72 automatic Y88's I had zero luck finding one after several years of hunting. As luck would have it, I eventually found one. As it turned out it was a vin match to my buddies lost Y88 from 1986. The car is priceless to me..... Over the last decade I have for sure seen more 4 speed cars than Automatic W72's while I don't think the w72 auto's are crazy rare, I don't think there are a lot of them. Not sure how there really could be. A car that came out in April of 78, has the option stripped away the same month. How many got through? Who knows. But I feel its very conservitivly less then 2,000. If somebody found the numbers & I had to guess I would say 400-600 maybe..... The 6000 listed on various sites is ludicrous. As these cars are gaining popularity, its a crying shame the numbers are so garbled.
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68 GTO 4-spd Convertible 78 S/E Trans am L78, WS6 Auto 78 S/E Trans am W72, WS6 Auto 79 10th aniv W72 Trans am 80 Indy pace car Trans am 89 Trans am GTA Last edited by 68ragtop; 04-08-2014 at 03:49 PM. |
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Do you agree with the 21,384 W72 automatic Birds were made in 1978?
(both TA and Formula)
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I've been looking at 78 T/A's for over 35 years and haven't seen alot of them......personally..... That # has to be wrong.........
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1970 Trans Am 1971 Trans Am 1974 Trans Am 1978 Y88 Trans Am W72/auto 1979 10th Anniversary Trans Am 1984 Trans Am 1993 Trans Am 1999 30th Anniversary Trans Am 2001 10th anniversary Firehawk #104 2006 GTO |
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My car was built in the first week of April. (04A on the cowl tag)
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68 GTO 4-spd Convertible 78 S/E Trans am L78, WS6 Auto 78 S/E Trans am W72, WS6 Auto 79 10th aniv W72 Trans am 80 Indy pace car Trans am 89 Trans am GTA |
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I could possibly set up a registry like that.
But the problem is getting the people to actually respond to it. Most people always say they want the info, but very few want to give the info up.
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John Wallace - johnta1 Pontiac Power RULES !!! www.wallaceracing.com Winner of Top Class at Pontiac Nationals, 2004 Cordova Winner of Quick 16 At Ames 2004 Pontiac Tripower Nats KRE's MR-1 - 1st 5 second Pontiac block ever! "Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts." "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid." – Socrates |
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When could the Y88 option be ordered. I know none were built until late into the year, but were dealers taking orders anyway? Or was the car not able to be ordered right when the first 78's became available? My Y88 W72 auto car has a strange unclear history. The car was built 1st week in April & everything matches that date including castings, door jamb sticker, etc. But this is were it gets weird. The car wasn't invoiced to the dealer until 8/03/78 Still wondering where the heck it was during those four months! The 2nd owner of the car (whom I keep in touch with) said he bought it from an employee/salesperson at the Pontiac dealership. It had 23K +/- at the time. As far as I understand, even if it was purchased by a dealers employee, that dealer would have been invoiced as soon as the car was shipped to them. Was GM screwing around with my car somwhere? Maybe it had the snot beat out of it for a few months...... I wish I could find out. My other Y88, was also built in April & was invoiced either on the same day, or the day after it was completed. So I am confused....
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68 GTO 4-spd Convertible 78 S/E Trans am L78, WS6 Auto 78 S/E Trans am W72, WS6 Auto 79 10th aniv W72 Trans am 80 Indy pace car Trans am 89 Trans am GTA |
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Still wondering where the heck it was during those four months! The 2nd owner of the car (whom I keep in touch with) said he bought it from an employee/salesperson at the Pontiac dealership. It had 23K +/- at the time.
It could of possibly been a GM executive car then it would of been re-invoiced to dealer after GM executive was finished with it. |
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I miss my Y88 WS6 W72 (auto) more than I can tell you. |
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Wow, thats pretty early! I didn't realize there were any completed in February.
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68 GTO 4-spd Convertible 78 S/E Trans am L78, WS6 Auto 78 S/E Trans am W72, WS6 Auto 79 10th aniv W72 Trans am 80 Indy pace car Trans am 89 Trans am GTA |
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Check out these Y88 pages from the Hogheads both detailed are 4-speeds
Norwood Build - "My Trans Am Page (My first Gold Edition)" http://www.firebirdtransamparts.com/...m/781sty88.htm Norwood Build - "1978 Y88 Gold Special Edition Trans Am (Brian's Y88)" http://www.firebirdtransamparts.com/...ns_am_page.htm |
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Perhaps most here have probably already seen this one?
A Y88 W72 Auto for reference equipment and build dates:
"Trans Am Museum" previously sold listing Quote:
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