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scuncio 12-09-2017 08:09 PM

Unrestored '70 RA3 Trans Am
 
Love the seller's description on this one:

"This is one of those cars that remained in the possession of the original owner or the owner's family for decades and decades and then all of a sudden, like an heretofore unseen star in the night sky, is revealed to the collector car world as if out of thin air, piercing the limitless abyss with a brilliant sparkle of light. But this is no twinkling little star, its a fire-breathing American muscle machine that snorts peppered vinegar and craps thunder's big brother. When I first saw this Trans Am my reaction was awe and disbelief. Like that star in the night sky appearing as if by magic or the hand of providence, I asked myself, "How could a car like this still exist?" Surely, ten or fifteen or twenty years ago a muscle car collector or a hot rod shop should have found it, wrestled it from the owner and brought it back to showroom condition, thereby undoing decades of history and patina that, once gone, can never be replicated. But this didn't happen. Somehow it stayed tucked away, unknown and unseen, like a patiently dormant volcano, waiting to finally be offered up to the world. And it is in this condition that we find it today."

Link to 1970 Trans Am Unrestored

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/nZMAA...LA/s-l1600.jpg

Lee Stewart 12-09-2017 08:21 PM

If it was truly unrestored then the hood stripe should look like this - also missing the bumper decal

https://s26.postimg.org/5bo77567d/image.jpg

L_e_e 12-09-2017 10:29 PM

I believe that the dash gauge bezels should chrome rather than black on a 1970

Tracker1 12-09-2017 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by L_e_e (Post 1378728)
I believe that the dash gauge bezels should chrome rather than black on a 1970

I believe the chrome bezels were for deluxe interior cars only. I don't see a grab bar on the pass. side or chrome bezels so I assume it is a standard interior car.

L_e_e 12-09-2017 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Tracker1 (Post 1378737)
I believe the chrome bezels were for deluxe interior cars only. I don't see a grab bar on the pass. side or chrome bezels so I assume it is a standard interior car.

If you revisit the auction photos you can see the 2 holes left where the pass grab handle is missing. Custom or standard interior, I've had both and both had chrome bezels. Maybe it's just a coincidence every 1970 I've seen had the chrome bezels, who knows.
I do know that they tended to tarnish and discolor early on and it would be very easy for someone refreshing a T/A back in the day to replace them with black ones.

Tracker1 12-10-2017 12:06 AM

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It's certainly not a hard & fast rule; this is my standard interior 70 TA, it had chrome bezels. It was an original owner car with under 40,000 miles. But I have definitely seen black on original '70s, mostly std. interior cars.

Tracker1 12-10-2017 12:10 AM

And the Rally II wheels he shows are definitely not from a '70 TA - they are '73 and later.

L_e_e 12-10-2017 12:18 AM

Nice!!
What I found confusing about the ebay car is it did have standard interior with the pass grab handle...or did have the handle at one time from the evidence of the 2 holes in the dash. Regardless, maybe it was based on time of production rather than interior choice, is yours an early 70 1/2?

Tracker1 12-10-2017 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by L_e_e (Post 1378758)
Nice!!
What I found confusing about the ebay car is it did have standard interior with the pass grab handle...or did have the handle at one time from the evidence of the 2 holes in the dash. Regardless, maybe it was based on time of production rather than interior choice, is yours an early 70 1/2?

May '70

auwrestling 12-11-2017 07:21 PM

Nice RaIII Ys motor. Lots of HS with this one


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