1997 4th Gen Fbody Trans Am Junkyard Find
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- 1997 4th Gen Fbody Trans Am Junkyard Find. Well I didn't think I'd run into another 4th gen Trans Am in the junkyard so soon. And much less one with a factory ram air hood. But yet here it was. And let me say that this one was in pretty good shape that i'd drive it as is. The body was in nice shape with T-tops and the interior wasn't that bad either. Was it a WS6? lets check it out and see what the rpo codes say.
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Iam a Chevy guy but GM in all but I gotta say that the ws6s look way better than a f body Camaro
olot better id drive that not a 4th gen camaro i still want 1
can i get the left brake light of of you
This car is long gone
Man, hate to see these go, less and less on the road every day.
@@josephburkhardt2144 came in with no title I believe so they had to crush it
I really don't like 90s car but this one is nice the only 90s American cars it had sexy body line's was 87 to 93 5.0 Gt mustang
Yeah, fox bodies were SO sexy...🤮
Said it before and I'll say it again. It amazes me what people scrap. 😔
I was looking through your vids earlier and I can't believe the kind of cars people are sending to the yard.
I was thinking the same thing. Some real cool stuff being crushed.
These yards just keep finding them. Don't know how but they keep coming in the yard
I seen a restorable Buick grand national and a nice 87 v8 fox
body mustang given to that cash for clunkers program a few years back. What a waste.
The reason for that is because these cars are unibody cars. So when they are neglected the undercarriage gets rusted out so there's no frame to replace. People take them to the junkyard. Mainly V6s you dont see V8s sitting there unless they have a blown engine and the underbody is fucked.
@@thehellbird8946 No it's just because people have literally no clue what really is fixable so they take perfectly good project cars to the crusher for just a couple hundred dollars worth of meth money. I do body and restoration work for a living and I know as good as any professional what is worth saving. I'm currently in the process of saving a unibody 73 Rustang with almost no floor pans left at all. I've even put a floor patch in a rusted out 4th gen Camaro for a customer before. Floor rust is nothing to real car guys, it's just a lame excuse to part out and scrap a good project.
I can’t believe all these clean fourth gen 🦅 ‘s turning up in the boneyard! 😮
that hood and airbox combined you could sell for over 1500 to the right person man i swear if something like that came into a local yard near me I would snag it up in a heart beat
It's sad that no one wants the LT1 cars. I see them dirt cheap all the time. I love my 96 WS6 but I don't like the LT1 either. I just think the LT1 WS6 and Camaro SS are better looking than the 98-02 models.
Agreed, far better looking 👍
The LT1 is a very solid engine as well if maintained properly.
Pisses me off!
That is not an SLP WS6. The rpo sticker would say WS6. WS9 is just a Trans Am. Also the door sticker for tire size will say 275/40/17 except for 97 convertibles which only came with 16" wheels. I have a 96 WS6 #93 from SLP.
The hood does appear to be from a real WS6 but the car definitely is not.
God I wish I was there to save this car!! Or at the very least all the good parts on it! The hood is worth a easy $800-$1500 bucks with ram air box
I saved the hood/air box. Someone else snagged the exhaust. The car was then crushed
Classic Ride Society wow! No way so much good stuff went to waste! Can’t believed that they Crushed it with so many good stuff left on it but at least you got the crown jewel!
LT11988 how much for the hood and air box
Honestly
Classic Ride Society That interior, and body panels were easily useable
It's not a ws6 car .if it was .
the actual code for that option package would be on that RPO
code list in this case it's not. years back owners would slap on
a ram air hood and badging to
a non ram air trans am or formula and try to "pass it off"
as the actual model.
In the state of Texas no junk yard by law is suppose to take a car without a title.. Idk about where the state you live in but id check the laws out there as far as junkyards & titles go.. Maybe they had the title but were being stifflers & didn't want to sell the car thinking they would get more out of parts
Good find. Someone could of saved that one
They crushed it soon after
@@ClassicRideSociety what a shame...... it appeared to be in pretty good shape. looking on Craigslist it seems like the LT1 cars are starting to disappear.
@@ad356 I did manage to save the hood and ram air box
Smart man... I would’ve took the hood and air intake in a heart beat.
D4x4Bronc *could've or could have. "Could of" isn't correct English. Basic grammar. You must have missed 5th grade.
That SPID decal in the glove box is from a different car. The 96-02 cars had the SPID on the driver's door so that glove box door is likely from a 93-95 car.
She would have been my new to me race car! Why can't I ever find these before they get to the yard? I know they didn't pay much for the car lol . Nice find anyway.
They paid $300 tops for it
Hood and ram air intake worth around 2 grand alone. I want the sail panel and none cracking interior panels
I had that hood for almost 3 yrs at $300. I thought it would sell quick.
Loved my factory ordered 1994 z28 with LT1 and 6 speed... was an absolute blast for it's time... owned it for 3 yrs, not 1 issue... can only imagine where it is now.😔
Bro... you missed the giant pile of meth on the front seat man!!
I seen 2 or 3 Firebirds from you now that look like the police destroyed them doing a search or something
Did you get the hood? Guessing this car didnt have many miles
I did take the hood and ram air box. They crushed it soon after
@@ClassicRideSociety sad that bumper assembly was worth more then the hood
maldo72 *than. Basic grammar.
cash for clunkers.... watched way to many really nice cars get crushed... which president started that nonsense???
The one that brought us out of the largest recession the usa had ever been in. That guy left the usa with a huge surplus of cash. Then the hairguy got in and made that money dissappear. To his friends mostly..
At 2:58 the tag says ws9 which means it’s a Trans Am but not a ws6. Someone changed the cluster because the odometer didn’t go digital until 98. It was mechanical. Tail lights went from grid to honey comb.
I thought they went digital in '97?
They went digital odometer in 97. I have a 97 WS-6 and it has the digital odometer
Love to have those seats right there even the back ones leather
Good thing you saved the hood and air box, i wouldve stripped the whole car for useable parts, hell i need a steering column and interior parts
That glove box sticker is not right. the paint code 8774 is for a red car, 8555 is for black but it is sad I could use alot of parts for spares.
Why was Matthew Mcconaughey looking at a car in the junkyard?
😅
Opti probably went out and couldn't figure out why it didn't start
De verdad..la gente NO valoran los autos NO 😓😢 ésos vehículos se ven prácticamente nuevos y como terminan. Por boberías tal vez que tengan ésos autos. El estorbo de unos es el sueño de otros.
Looks like a loud mouth slp muffler 😕
Not sure of it was but someone went through the trouble to snag the exhaust
Sad seeing this in a junkyard.. Regardless of being an automatic, I'd try to buy the entire car for parts..
I'm not really sure what happened to this one.
Nice LT1 engine after that GM put the LS1 after 1998
Splitfire spark plugs😂😂😂😂😂
Nice 4th gen, that looks like a Ws6 SLP model. Very rare.
I didn't see the rpo code for it. I was hoping it was
@@ClassicRideSociety did you look on the driver's door? That SPID on the glove box I believe was from a different car, a 93-95.
@@pdennis93 it's been a little while. I dont recall seeing it on the drivers side door
But hell at a point pepole junked gto judges too.
The "Y83" is the 4th gen Trans Am merchandising package and the "LT1" is of course the 5.7 liter VIN code "P" 350 V8. Model code shown in the corner of "2FS87" means 2 for Pontiac, FS for Firebird, 87 for two door plainback. A Trans Am is the 2FS87 plus the Y83 code to make it a Trans Am. Years back, the cowl tag (as in the Trans Ams I own) would have WS4 on them (that was the RPO code for Trans Am back in the day).
I was actually a little confused with where the rpo codes were located on this one. Had always thought they were located on the door of these 4th gen Fbodys
I looking at one of these but it is a 99 WS6 auto with 32k miles in good shape but it's sat outside since 2011 and the guy only drove about 500 miles/year. Do you think it's worth it for 10k POUNDS which is around 13k dollars
There's a lot of good parts there .
That was a very valuable car !
I need that hood
Makes me fucking sick
I know this video is old but DAMN. Why? How? Da fuqqqqqq!!!! So sad man. Love these cars. Just not the optispark 😛✌️
The optispark isn't really a big deal. If it has to be changed the cost will be around 550.00, give or take a few.
@@Ravaniscool ive changed plenty. And compared to the conventional sbc distributor it sucks. Last one I changed was my 94 z28. Used the MSD Opti, think it was 500 alone. Then they sent me the wrong one twice... Might as well change the water pump and wires, plugs too.... Ugh. And I did it in three feet of snow 😊 lots of fun ✌️👊
Hello from México :D
What part of Mexico?
Thays just sad
What a Dam shame!
What a shame...
Wow.😢
Didn’t even put it on blocks. This irritates me
That yard doesn't put vehicles on blocks.
Thank you Benny I always enjoy watching your videos I am from South Africa
Not a real Ram Air would have WS6 code, hood does look like a factory ram air hood and box.
Should have kept the hood I paid a thousand on eBay for mine
I did take it
Thick gauge speaker wire🤔
Definitely owned by youth,
Definitely beat on, RIP
Where is this at
It was located in ft worth TX. It was crushed though
Lovr the SLP trans am there we rebuilt in st terese Canada along with the Camaro definitely an LT1 v8
I would love that spoiler and two bumpers, can I get it?
Dang I have a 96 an I sure COULD have used some of those parts...what a shame
Them 97 are hard to find
Have one in my garage right now
Looked like it had a ws9 on the card but I could be wrong..
Man, I could use some parts off that!!
I would bought that one myself
LT1 but I would still take it
That looks like a WS6 SLP to me but I'd have to look up those codes. If so, that would be a rare find. And worth a few thousand to buy and restore. This one doesn't show much to bring it back. Wheels and a dash cover is all I see visually. Probably a battery but a charge might give it enough to turn the engine.
That is not a SLP Firehawk
Even if it was, SLP always started with a Formula V8, and made its on hood.
That is not a stock ram air hood either
I need that front clip....I can't find front clips anywhere. Anybody know where I can find a front bumper cover like this and a ram air hood like this
That car is long gone. I did take the hood though
I just got a 97 trans am formula ws6 convertible automatic for free with a title... if I could set it running ,just needed a fuel pump. It's been sitting for years the top is shit butt the body looks mint and the white paint still shiny AF ...
💯💪👍
I would take the hood ,the ram air , the T tops and the seats. I would used the seats on my 3rd gen Camaro and sell the other parts
I took the hood and ram air box
sad seeing these videoa man😂😂
Is that a police impound lot or
a junkyard?
It's a junkyard
Did someone ever save it?
No
@@ClassicRideSocietyyou should save it then!
Wasn't a huge fan of the early 4th gen Camaros/Fire Ams excepts for the LT1 you could get in them. Style was way better later in the generation.
Both later models were fugly IMO, but they were more popular for sure!
it's just a matter of taste, the lt1 is sleek/knight rider-esque, the ls1 was ridiculously overdone with scoops/vents, chevy side cleverly hid the lights and then made them all bubbly/bug-eyed
Of-course the intake but also the bumper was full of god-awful rounded bulging scoop/vent looking things that spoke nothing of smoothness/sleekness, get a clue dude...
@@spyhunt3r007 agreed, the LT1 cars were better looking than the LS1 cars...unfortunately, that's about the only thing they did better, the LS cars were better in every other way
Where is this junkyard need t/a parts
It was located in Crain's auto salvage in ft worth TX. It's been crushed though
Even though it wasn’t a WS6
according to the RPO codes in the glove box it did have a decent tear end ratio. GU5
equals a 3.23 👍.
That car could have easily been saved. Glad you got the hood and air box .
The 3.23 is it any good? I’ve searched Google and didn’t come up with much. This is what’s in my 95 lt1 formula fire chicken.
@@thatonecrazydudeyaknow285 3.23 is a decent performance gear. Way better than what most formulas came with. Which was a 2.73.
3.23 was standard on auto cars. 3.42 on the 6 speeds.
Why would you scrap such a cool car
Who knows why it was junked
What's the X on the glass mean
No title, typically those gwt2 crushed quickly
Could use the door panels
Whole car is long gone
Great video I hope someone saves this beautiful car
It was crushed
@@ClassicRideSociety that sucks
Buy it snd save it
It was crushed like he already told a lot of people in the comments section :( no title.
That car is way to nice to sitting there....
Dave Black *too. Basic grammar.
@@QS-si3cq Obsessed with grammar?
I need the taillights
This car is long gone
That's an actual s l p hood and pontiac air box. Grab it fast!
I did
Right on! Both items are very hard to find. Lucky s o b .lol.
Wondering what's the story of it being there?
Does the hood still have the metal screens for the scoops?
if so .the metal screens are very hard to find and no longer
made. Hoped you grabbed the
taillights too .you the man !
@@ClassicRideSociety I was at a yard near me a few years ago, and I saw a 97 Camaro, had the SS badges, the hood, the spoiler, I thought for sure it was a clone, since it was sitting there for a month before i went over to check it out, couldnt imagine my surprise when i lifted the hood and saw "MADE IN CANADA" I though holy sh** this is an OEM hood, I checked the VIN codes are sure enough, it was real, so I snagged the hood, airbox and spoiler, all for $175.
Pointless vid. Ight I'm outta here
My vids aren't for everyone. See ya ✌
It is absolutely horrible this got crushed . i would have bought it. You can always take the VIN number to the dmv and get a title for it. Those seats were perfect pontiac leather. Everything about it was nice. Deffo woulda saved it. Thats a rare model. Its sad people keep putting pontiacs in junkyards when they can ALL be fixed. Given that pontiac doesnt exist anymore stupid people should stop ruining pontiac cars and throwing them away. :/
Wow looks totally savable