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Nov 10, 2009 21:19 |  #1

Here are a few shots I took of my Trans Am about two weeks ago. Any C&C is appreciated. I adjusted the color temp (originals had a bit of blue coolness), bumped up the blacks and brightness, slightly bumped the saturation in PS. Camera is 1DMKIIn.

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Nov 10, 2009 21:46 |  #2

Nice light on the side of #1 & the front of #2. Now it's just a question of putting them together. ;)
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Nov 11, 2009 05:26 |  #3

i like the first one


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Nov 11, 2009 09:47 as a reply to  @ 4g63's post |  #4

Nice shots. #2 for me. God it's been a long time since I've seen a CLEAN GTA. Most of them are bombed out by now. :)

My friend's dad had one of those when we were in elementary. We thought we were cool when he'd drop us off in the mornings. :cool:


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Nov 11, 2009 09:49 |  #5

Get that car off the grass. Cars drive on pavement, not grass. :wink:


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Nov 11, 2009 11:02 |  #6

Oh, and Nice ride! ;)


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Nov 11, 2009 12:39 |  #7

Nice! I have those wheels on my S14 haha




  
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Nov 11, 2009 18:36 |  #8

PhotosGuy wrote in post #8993693 (external link)
Nice light on the side of #1 & the front of #2. Now it's just a question of putting them together. ;)
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PhotosGuy wrote in post #8996387 (external link)
Oh, and Nice ride! ;)

Thanks! I'll try to improve the lighting next time. She's in need of a nose job. Rock-pecks are bad. I kinda like some glare to hide it. Hehe.


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Nice shots. #2 for me. God it's been a long time since I've seen a CLEAN GTA. Most of them are bombed out by now. :)

My friend's dad had one of those when we were in elementary. We thought we were cool when he'd drop us off in the mornings. :cool:

Thanks, yes, way too many are ragged out now. Even the last gen F-bodies are starting to show age in the hands of the wrong owners.

I've had it since May-99. I've been a Trans Am lover since I was a kid, and the '85-'90 nose was always my favorite. I was in junior high when the GTA came out in '87. Since mine is an '88, I call it my 8th grade dream car. :D It's a Canadian model with the metric/SI analog gauge cluster. A speedo that goes up to 220 catches most people's eyes!

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Get that car off the grass. Cars drive on pavement, not grass. :wink:

Guilty. :oops: I had read that advice a few times on here, and that crossed my mind as I took the shots. I was in that area for the trees, hoping for fall colors.

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Nice! I have those wheels on my S14 haha

Those are very popular wheels. They look good on everything!


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Nov 12, 2009 07:15 |  #9

Guilty. I had read that advice a few times on here, and that crossed my mind as I took the shots.

IMO, better on the grass than in a lot with light poles growing out of it? ;)


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Nov 12, 2009 10:43 |  #10

Great looking car... encourages me to keep working on mine.


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Nov 12, 2009 11:08 |  #11

Nice! Dwight Schrute let you borrow his car!


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Nov 12, 2009 11:20 |  #12

Nemesismachine wrote in post #9002386 (external link)
Nice! Dwight Schrute let you borrow his car!

LOL, I was thinking the exact same thing! I love 80's F-bodies. To this day I still dream about owning an 80's IROC Camaro, maybe it's the Italian in me, who knows. Of course, I'd have to swap out the crappy TPI in favor of an LS motor. :cool:


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Nov 12, 2009 13:00 |  #13

PhotosGuy wrote in post #9001380 (external link)
IMO, better on the grass than in a lot with light poles growing out of it? ;)

I'm not too good at Photoshopping stuff out, so yes, I'll take grass over light poles!

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Great looking car... encourages me to keep working on mine.

What do you have? A F-body, T/A, GTA?

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LOL, I was thinking the exact same thing! I love 80's F-bodies. To this day I still dream about owning an 80's IROC Camaro, maybe it's the Italian in me, who knows. Of course, I'd have to swap out the crappy TPI in favor of an LS motor. :cool:

The IROCs of those days were pretty cool! The TPI is not too bad. Mine is stock with minor bolt-on type stuff. I like drag racing. It's run 14.3 at 95-96. When I got it, it ran 14.8-14.9s at 91-92 with the same traction. I have a 2001 T/A 6sp. Two totally different feels. The LS1 starts screaming when the TPI is starting to wheeze. :D


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Nov 12, 2009 13:25 |  #14

BV1DMKIIn wrote in post #9003004 (external link)
The IROCs of those days were pretty cool! The TPI is not too bad. Mine is stock with minor bolt-on type stuff. I like drag racing. It's run 14.3 at 95-96. When I got it, it ran 14.8-14.9s at 91-92 with the same traction. I have a 2001 T/A 6sp. Two totally different feels. The LS1 starts screaming when the TPI is starting to wheeze. :D

My main issue with those cars is the fact that they never bolted a manual trans up to the 350's. GM didn't think they had a manual transmission that could handle the abuse, which is funny considering you could have a Corvette with a manual trans, but anyway. It would have to get an LS-1 + T-56 swap pretty much immediately.


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Nov 12, 2009 13:41 |  #15

BV1DMKIIn wrote in post #9003004 (external link)
What do you have? A F-body, T/A, GTA?

'89 Turbo Trans Am #579 :cool:. It's not running at the moment, still troubleshooting.




  
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