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Old Jan 17, 2015 | 04:48 PM
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From: Roanoke "Roa-Joke", Virginia
For Sale / Trade 1977 Delta 88 Last chance this car has to live on

Alright, simply put, some of y'all seemed opposed to me yanking the engine from the '77 and junking / scrapping / selling the rest of it, so, here's a chance to buy what I have, make an offer, worst I can say is no, but I do have a little in it. I only paid $600 for the car, but I've doubled that since then. I'm not expecting to break even, not even expecting to come out ahead, but if I can put something t'wards a new vehicle fund, it would be nice. I'm taking the plates off Monday and canceling the insurance on it, gonna park it until I yank the engine or sell it.

It has about 150k miles on the engine, was put in back in 1993 with 88k miles on the car, not sure of the transmission mileage, car has 228,xxx miles on the chassis. Good rear tires, needs an alignment and front tires. It has a GM Goodwrench 350, originally had a chevy 350, still has the original intake, and some other original bits. Air con works, sortof, could use charging, it has manual windows and locks, solid bench seat, interior is rough except the headliner. I have two sets of hubcaps for it and a few other things including a full sized spare. There is virtually no rust on the car except the pass side fender and drivers side door.

Click the pic for more pics, I don't have pics of the new carb or plug wires installed, side pipe is no longer installed, I have a full length legal exhaust system, will need inspection in march.



The car has this going for it:

New exhaust, less than 400 miles on it, full system, cat to tip, glasspack, 2 1/4", local shop

New reman cheap alternator from Oreily's, installed spring 2014

Radiator, installed just before I got it, summer 2013

Remanned but still in need of work Quadrajet, unknown reman date, runs really rich, spits, sputters, it is not happy and the throttle sticks, replaced the air filter with the carb

New NGK iridium spark plugs, new Blue Streak 8.5mm plug wires, and a new A1 Select distributor yet to be installed.

New fan clutch, installed around the time the alternator was replaced

Battery has a 2012 sticker on it, but it's still strong

New master cylinder, less than 250 miles on it

Brakes where replaced last year, about 4,000 miles on the drums, shoes, and wheel cylinders, about 3,500 miles on the rotors, calipers, and pads.

Has monroe sensatrac shocks with about 4,000 miles on them, but the springs are bad under the car so the shocks aren't holding up well.

Blower motor was replaced by the previous owners, I replaced the resistor and relay, but it needs another relay 'cause I soaked it when I cleaned the engine to install the carburetor.

Other than an oil change with less than 400 miles on it, Shell Rotella 15w40 with a AC Delco filter, can't think of anything else off the top of my head. '

Ran terribly lean with the old carb, runs terribly rich with the "new" one, I've lost interest, it's just not there for me. More pics if you click the image above. If no one makes a reasonable offer, I'll pull the engine for another project and get rid of it.

So yeah, that's this bucket, I'm beyond done with it, take it or leave it, I ain't gonna give it away, but if someone else wants to fix it they can get it cheap. If I can get a starter fund for a new project I'll be happy. PM me if interested, worst I can say is no. I work 4:30PM-12:30AM mon-fri, off weekends, so I'm open to someone coming to look at it.
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