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Untamed 12-10-2006 02:44 PM

Trans Am Bandit II
 
Saw a few pictures of owners Bandit II cars, but the company that used to make them "Choo Choo Customs Group" is no longer in business (like many Firebird-specific customizers) so I can't find the specs on the Bandit II.

I haven't reached out to TGO yet to start a thread. Thought maybe someone here might have an old scanned article, spec sheet or something with the options that went into the Bandit II. Plus any pics beyond the red and white ones on TGO would be great.

I did a search on Google, however I keep getting the movie Smokey & The Bandit II stuff, instead of the car specifications or pictures. Maybe I just suck at the Google mod.

Thanks for the help guys.

Knipps 12-10-2006 03:02 PM

http://www.highperformancetoys.com/f...ad.php?p=48811
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/90-Fi...QQcmdZViewItem
http://www.firebirdnation.com/forums...lbum&album=381
http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=263249
lots of pics --> http://www.cardomain.com/ride/775309/7

add more as i find 'em

deadtrend1 12-10-2006 03:09 PM

305 TBI cars underneath. Non-functional shaker hood and a few other appearance items added...

ar0ck 12-10-2006 03:14 PM

If you put one of those 85+ style areo front ends on it, it wouldn't look to shabby.

Untamed 12-10-2006 03:22 PM

Excellent, thanks for the links!


Quote:

Originally Posted by deadtrend1 (Post 294403)
305 TBI cars underneath. Non-functional shaker hood and a few other appearance items added...

So thats it? Just a Firebird or Trans Am base car, with a shaker scoop and aero ground effects? Are the decals specific to the car, or just an '86 - '87 style graphics package with hood bird?

So all ya need is a credit card and a sawzall. Sheesh.

BonzoHansen 12-10-2006 09:14 PM

Wow. So, they have nothing to do with the movie. JMO, but those cars all look stupid.

Choo Choo used to make all sorts of conversion stuff - El Caminos, vans, all sort of hideous bolt on body crap.

Untamed 12-11-2006 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BonzoHansen (Post 294486)
Wow. So, they have nothing to do with the movie. JMO, but those cars all look stupid.

Choo Choo used to make all sorts of conversion stuff - El Caminos, vans, all sort of hideous bolt on body crap.

I caught myself pondering what my 88TA would look like if I followed through with that idea. Fortunately the madness passed quickly. I wanted to see what they looked like / specs into the cars for academic reasons later on so posted the question here. Heard of them, but hadn't seen many examples.

Back to completing a near-stock 88 TA. </flop>

BonzoHansen 12-11-2006 09:15 AM

Power Buldge Hood >>>>> Bandoit II Shaker.

Shaker = 2nd gen.

enRo 12-11-2006 12:15 PM

Bandit II's are exactly were made from the same company that made my Pro/Am. They only made 500 in 1991 and 500 in 1992. They only converted "Formulas", so some of them I believe can have a 350 (not too sure tho). Choo Choo Customs aka Chattenooga Customs were bought out by "LA West" which does Convervion Vans.

Redraif made a cardomain site dedicated to rare F-bodies, with alot of pics of the Bandit II's in there. http://www.cardomain.com/ride/775309/7

AFAIK, they had nameplate + production # badges on the dash, shaker scoop (functional or not, dunno), Razzi Body Kit, and some other minor things

Untamed 12-11-2006 01:40 PM

Good find Noah, thanks.

Knipps 12-11-2006 02:25 PM

had that one too... haha

the magic of :google:

enRo 12-11-2006 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Untamed (Post 294611)
Good find Noah, thanks.

NP. I did ALOT of research when I had my Pro/Am-I and I had that bookmarked in my favorites since last year.


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