New Winter ride
August 24th, 2016, 05:28 PM
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August 25th, 2016, 04:47 AM
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i POR 15'd the frame and any place that would be suspect to rust. I also cleaned all the door drains to make sure nothing was plugged up. it is a nice car but its gonna save my Marauder from the winter. I'm dumping the electronic carb and dist because its running sluggish and throwing a tps code. probably worked fine in 87 but i'm not chasing down problems in that old of a system.
it took me quite a while to find a nice 4 door. last winter was pretty mild so as long as the salting keeps to a minimum i should be good. most of my trek each day is 80% highway. i may bump up to run 15inch snow tires because i think i still have a set of studded ones at my dads shop.
it took me quite a while to find a nice 4 door. last winter was pretty mild so as long as the salting keeps to a minimum i should be good. most of my trek each day is 80% highway. i may bump up to run 15inch snow tires because i think i still have a set of studded ones at my dads shop.
August 25th, 2016, 04:53 AM
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Clean! Look at the side profile pic and you'll see that, like most GM cars, these cars were NEVER MEANT TO WEAR A VINYL ROOF.
Joe P, ain't you pretty good with electronic Q-Jets? That TPS might be a simple fix. Is this a 307 or V6?
Joe P, ain't you pretty good with electronic Q-Jets? That TPS might be a simple fix. Is this a 307 or V6?
August 25th, 2016, 01:50 PM
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This time of year, hardly anyone thinking bout the next winter, and you already have a ride. Its pretty cushy too. Meaning...comfy seats and stuff. Only needs studded snowtires. I'd rock it.
. How did you find it? Estate sale?
August 29th, 2016, 06:41 AM
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yes the windows are fixed...no reason anyone at GM should have thought this was a good idea. my Mercury Marauder's rear door have glass the goes all the way down. I remember my moms 84 delta going half way. they are basically similar door designs. Ford out engineered GM something fierce on this one.
I found it on craigslist, mainly because i was looking for a 4 door g-body, preferably a cutlass. I woulda loved an 83 cutlass cruiser wagon but this is pretty close to what i wanted. the only thing i woulda changed is having it code 31 dark teal metallic and giving it overdrive, maybe a few power options but for a 30 yr old car i cant complain.
car belonged to a priest at some point. probably why its close to rust free.
August 29th, 2016, 06:50 AM
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On the Olds, you can see that despite the small quarter window, the main sliding window is still limited by the wheel arch.
August 29th, 2016, 07:45 AM
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you showed how easily it was done via the design . Someone at GM signed off on this BS. "yeah, people wont care about a window that goes half way down"
you wanna see a car thats really awful, try the 94-96 impalas (and caprices) it might go down 30%.
you wanna see a car thats really awful, try the 94-96 impalas (and caprices) it might go down 30%.
August 29th, 2016, 07:49 AM
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And both people who bought them withOUT A/C probably care about that...
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