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69 Trans Am registry?
Anyone know if there's a registry for 69 Trans Ams.? Kinda curious as to how many are still in existence.
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more than built!Tom
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A lot
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Yes there is a member that has a nice registry of 69 TAs.
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1969 TA RAIII M40 Auto Cameo White/ Std Blue Int 1970 TA RAIII M21 4-spd Lucy Blue/Std Black Int 1971 TA 455 HO M22 4-Spd Lucy Blue/Deluxe White Int |
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If I remember correctly, the member who had the 69 TA registry list kept all VIN's confidential, I think he told me there was less than 100 TA's with PHS documented and this was 2007. This may have been TA's that were active or restored. I took this as roadworthy or being restored. This equates to about a 15 % survival rate. Should be higher at this time!
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considering some of the ones to have shown up on eBay in the past decade, I'd wager every last one which hadn't been crushed by (Oh, I don't know, lets say) 1990 is probably fixed, or planning to be fixed.
I would be curious to know if Mr Mattison has kept tabs on requests for cars like this one.
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1970 Formula 400 Carousel Red paint on Black standard interior A no-engine, no-transmission, no-wheel option car. Quite likely one of few '70 Muncie three speed Formula 400's left. 1991 Grand Am: 14.4 @ 93.7mph (DA corrected) (retired DD, stock appearing) 2009 Cobalt SS: 13.9 @ 103mph (current DD; makes something north of 300hp & 350ft/lbs) |
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I'm pretty sure many, many more are out there than what's on that list. I can name a half dozen extremely easily that aren't listed in the registry. Mine shows up under the previous owner though. Would be interesting to have all the data.
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I reached out to the folks at PHS. Their reply was they're not aware of any registry.
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Someone needs to reach out to PHS and tell them that releasing the production numbers for every year, color, etc., is very lucrative. I'd pay to have a production numbers vs. options/colors/engine/hardtop/convertible breakdown (like the Martini report) any day on all of my cars. It's just data and there's not that much of it.
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Amen, brother. If Marti & Govier can do it, why can't Mr Mattison?
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In the May(?) issue of Smoke Signals, it covered PHS (Jim's son is now in charge) and how GM tried to break in and cart off all Jim Mattison's records several years ago. In the following court case, they ruled that Jim was the owner of these files he had received years ago from GM. They are all on micro fiche, and not computerized as its millions of Pontiac build records. It also stated the fiche is deteriorating and may not be recoverable in the next few years. Really great article on the attempted burglary at Jim's place.
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Not new tech at all. Has to be cost effective and not speaking for them, look at PHS point, who can scan them all in and cost to do that and market?
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Interesting..........
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Does anyone recall the name of the member that started the registry???
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Years ago I think Patrick Ferrante, Ft Lauderdale area. Been decades since I've seen him or heard from him.
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Ok thanks…wonder what happened to him or the info?
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