I would buy 2 TTA's with 30k miles then one with low miles I would never drive. Why does it make it more valuable that he drove it? The TTA to him is like a cavalier to us. He is into vettes.TT/Ameasap said:Somebody should nab that car up for 30k.
TT/Ameasap said:Go find a cloth festival car first. Then sprinkle a little history in with it and you have a very rare TTA.Bobby unser's car should bring big money also. These car's are not 20yrs old yet, but when they do hit that age, you will have to have something special because the average milage for a TTA is 30k miles. TTA's wont hit until the 20yr mark. Look at the GNx's.....Everything else follows. I had the choice 5yrs ago to buy a GNX or TTA for close to the same price. Now take a look.This is my experience and evaluation over the last 5 yrs, so take it for what its worth.
Bo
phillyturbosix said:Yea I don't get the fact that Lingenfelter owned this TTA and it should be special for that reason. He didn't do anything to it other then drive it. There is no real history other then he "owned" it at one time. I'm sure he just bought the car to see why TTA's were kicking the doors off his wonderful vette's back then. The fact that it's a festival car is more appealing to me then him owning it at one time. I'm gonna go and print some papers up sayin Carroll Shelby owned my TTA at one time! Maybe I'll get 100K for it
I still can't get over that busted up door lock. That takes away from it all. I mean just fix the thing. There is plenty of high end body shops out there that can fix that and you would never know in a million years it was repaired. Someone collected the insurance money and said f it on that deal I guess at one time.
The TTA's will have their day. Long after the high mile ones are gone and the ones that are raced are in the scrap yard. It's an awesome car. It's a buyers market for them now. I think your off on the numbers.. I think there can't be much more then 800 of them left. I know way to many of them that have been wrecked, or stolen and never showed back up. Just last summer I know of one that was parted out, One that was wrecked and totaled, and one that caught on fire and burnt to the ground and that's just around me!
TT/Ameasap said:TTA's wont hit until the 20yr mark. Look at the GNx's.....Everything else follows. Bo
TClassic said:You can get a MINT low mile, still in the wrapper,
Turbo T for around ~19-21k now...but a GN..that'll be about26-30k....
Hopefully our TTA's will follow the GN's, but more likely the'll follow the T's!!??
TClassic said:Uhhh, if thats the case how come MINT, VERY low mile '86 & '87 Turbo T's
value's are still sooooo low??? You can get a MINT low mile, still in the wrapper,
Turbo T for around ~19-21k now...but a GN..that'll be about26-30k....
Hopefully our TTA's will follow the GN's, but more likely the'll follow the T's!!??
70Mach1 said:I am not sure what you consider low milage, but it sure would be a good find to get one in a wrapper for $19-21K. If you know of one, I'll write a check right now. Last wrapper one I had seen went for $26K and that was over the winter.
As far as Turbo T's. they suffer from being the GN stepchild. Low mileage '87 GN's are going for $24K and up.
72firebird said:I don't think they're going to follow the Turbo Ts. Look at every low production, high performance TA. They bring pretty high dollars now, there the 73 455SD, 74 455SD, Ram Air III, Ram Air IV, 69 Trans Am, every one of them in mint condition will easily have a 6 digit price tag. The 15th Anniversarys are climbing now, and so are the 10ths. There's no doubt in my mind that the TTA will follow the Pontiac "supercars" that I listed before because of their performance and rarity. It's all about the name that they created for themselves when they were first released. With the TTA many people who were into cars at the time dreamed of owning a TTA, infact at just about every show I get atleast 1 person telling me they remember when the TTA came out and they dreamed that they would own one someday, and that they still do. It was known for being more expensive and faster than the vette. There's a major legacy behind the TTA and it really set the standards for everything that would follow. Heck, the TTA performs right with the 98 TAs in stock trim, even with the 9 year difference.
Also in every generation of Trans Am there is that one car that everyone desires. In the 1st Gens it's of course the 69 Trans Am, 2nd Gens is the 455 SDs, the 3rd Gen is the TTA, and the 4th Gen is the Firehawk. Every one of those was a limited production car and were the top of their generations.
I think I've done enough rambling to get the point across. There's much more to the TTA than it just being a LC2 powered 3rd Gen. It paved the way for the new musclecar era and set the standards high for the vehicles that we're soon to come.
phillyturbosix said:Keep racing and putting miles on that TTA Brian.. just keeps makin mine worth more money! :tongue:
Easy? haha...Any stock car running 12.3's is being pushed hard. Good time anywho..TClassic said:Yea, well I DO have 8 EASY Full 1/4 mile passes, thats an Awful lot
And before me it had ZERO passes..and lets see I DO have 15k on here now,
so the miles are getting High
No Jim, I agree with ya, I've Already Proved the cars Fast, just like ALL the TTA's NO POINT in making any more Track Passes - What's the point!! I'll let all those other fools whoop on thier TTA's and keep mine mint - Thank You Very Much!!
Wonder how many Passes are on Wes Dayrimple's TTA(Sp), theres some Durability for ya...