Hi to ALL!! trying to figure out if I got ws6 or not..no ws6 logo on the back..Im new to the Formula family so let me Know what I got. I bought it from a friend a couple of days ago..Its a 97 formula Ram Air Convertible with 105k miles green with tan leather has chrome abs wheels with the square exhaust tips says formula on the back & on the right head light Ram Air hood with logo`s. any help would be great sorry if I seem a little stupid about this car but I cant find a 97 Ram Air convertible anywhere on the web. One site said they made 43 of them.Thanks

to TFS! Cngrats on your new car. I hope that you enjoy yourself here. BTW got any pics?

The best way to see if it is a true/real WS6 car is to check the RPO codes. The sticker with the listing of them should be on the drivers door. If that sticker is missing, get the VIN number, take it (along with the car if possible) to a local Pontiac or Chevy dealer (Pontiac preferred), go to the Parts Department and tell them that you just bought the car but the RPO code sticker is missing, that you have the VIN number for the car and that you'd like a print out of the RPO codes for the car. They should be able to get you a listing of the RPO codes (and usually for free).

Once you have the RPO code listing just look for the WS6 code. If it's on the listing it's a true/real WS6, if the WS6 code isn't there you've got a clone.

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thanks sassysue!!!!
here`s the pic`s
did some research seems like there was only 41 made in 97 and 2 made in 98
it has the ws6 rpo but no badge on the back of it. looks like there never was one. did some of them not come with it?

You're welcome. Nice looking car.

Since it does have the WS6 RPO code then it is a real WS6 even without the rear badging. What could have happened is that the rear of the car was damaged and when it was fixed the badge just wasn't replaced, one of the people who had it before you just removed the badge for some reason, the adhesive tape that holds the badging on could have lost its adhesion and the badge just fell off. Who knows though since all real/true WS6 cars did come from the factory with the badge.

As far as the 2 98 WS6 convertibles, you really can't count those as production vehicles. Both of those were made by GM as strictly "show" vehicles to introduce the new body style to the public at the auto shows. Once those shows were over those two cars were given to GM emplyees and were never meant to be released to anyone else. One of them is still in the hands of GM but........one has made it into the hands of a non-GM employee and has been that way for several years now. I know that for a fact because two people have owned it since the original person that GM gave it to bought it. Both of those people are here on TFS, one is the first of those two to own it and the other one is the current owner of it.

As for how many were made in 1997, I don't have a full break down between the WS6 verts and the non-WS6 verts but a total of 324 convertible Formulas were made in 1997. So no matter what you've got a fairly rare car so you better take care of it real good.

yep, 324 1997 formula verts, 41 of those had the ws6 package.
welcome btw