Looking to sell my Hardtop/Leather TTA
Hello,
I am a new user to these forums and unfortunely I am looking to sell my Hardtop/Leather TTA to a good home.
A little history if you will:
In 1988 I knew Pontiac would have to come out with a anniversary model just like the 1984 and 1979 models, so I waited with bated breath to see what it would be.
I was heartbroken to learn that the price of this model was well over $30K sticker, not to mention the tack-on prices the dealer in my area was tacking onto the sticker to bring the car to almost $39K! I just could not afford that so I bought one the last remaining 1988 GTA's they had in stock. A red one. Kept it for over 5 years.
Started searching for a TTA about 4 years after that to see if I could pick one up. I really really really wanted one and was in a good financial situation to get one. Well, after a year of looking, I found one in Hemmings. It was a hardtop car, and I was even more focused on getting it as I had over the years learned the production of the hardtops was less then 2% of the entire production run so it would be a rare of the rare so to speak.
The owner was the original owner, and actually took me about six months to finally convince him to sell it. He had put it in Hemmings and was looking to get a Typhoon. But he really like the car and had a change of heart on selling it. Well, after calling every week for like 5 months he finally told me he was going to sell it. I hopped on a plane and flew down to Houston to take a look at it and hand over a certified check. The car was everything I dreamed of and more and so ownership changed hands and I had the car enclosed transported to my home.
The car had just under 4K miles on it when I got it to my house. It now has over 14K miles on it and honestly I have not driven it in about 4 or 5 years. It has sat in my garage for that time and I just kept it there knowing someday I would get around to falling in love with it all over again.
Well, I recently lost my job of 19 years with the same company. When you are making good money you really don't mind keeping stuff you never really use around because it really does not cost you much if anything to do so.
Well, after I lost the job, I paid off a few big things I owed on and started looking into some of these things that I just have not used for what seemed like forever.
This 20th TTA is one of those things. As much as I wanted to have it back in the late '80s and '90s, I have just fallen out of the mindset I was in at that time. The car is super fast and a blast to drive to be sure, and I had many a fun time racing up and down the Blvd. beating just about any kid that wanted to challenge me ( you know these look like GTA's of the time period and lots of Mustang 5.0 drivers could take the GTA's easy - well... not THIS GTA lookalike! ) and afterwards were like "what you got in that thing?!" Well, those crusing days are really history for me and I dont really get into the car show thing anymore, so instead of letting this poor car sit and rot away in my garage, I think it is time to let someone else who can appreciate a car of its rarety take it under their wing and give it the love and attention it deserves.
So I am seriously looking to sell it. I was looking around to see what a car like this is worth these days and funny I stumble upon this topic. Fate? Who knows. But I can see that there are some great fans of these cars / motors here.
I am actually looking at getting into a Bonneville GXP or a late model SSEi. I have a 1990 Bonneville SSE and really like this class of car. So that is what I am interested in using some of the value of this 20th TTA for. Its time to get rid of all the stuff I hung onto all these years as it is becoming clear that I will more than likely never use this stuff and its time to pass it onto folks that can and will use it.
I know there will be alot of questions about the car from folks who are interested in it. I know the spoiler is indeed cracked at the mounting points and it pissed me off but what can you do? It was a factory defect that took time to show up. I am the second owner and I need to get the car out of the garage and wash/wax it and let her run around the roads a bit and take some pictures.
So, I will post more info as I get it and feel free to PM me with questions and such and I will answer them to the best of my ability.
I don't want to post up a price here in this thread as I am not really sure it is the proper place for that. I just wanted to reply and let it be known that I am interested in letting my baby go and this is one community that I think can and does apprecate a car like this.
Xenawise
