84 Caprice coupe 86k for a good price

going to look at this 2morrow if its good definately gonna buy it..

anything i should be aware of ?

If it has a cloth top, look at the front a pillars, brad can fill you in more. Sounds like a really nice car Rich, id be all over it.

No Moa wrote:

If it has a cloth top, look at the front a pillars, brad can fill you in more. Sounds like a really nice car Rich, id be all over it.

it doesnt have the cloth.. the body looks good(from pics) just needs passenger front fender..going to give it a good look 2morrow

The boxies are alot like the bubbles as far as where they tend to rust. Just make sure it hasn't been "tinkered" with too much. I passed on a car because the previous owner installed an e-brock carb and managed to route all the lines and hoses wrong. Between that and having to clean up leaking fuel lines from him using the wrong parts, it just wasn't worth it.

I'd say a nice coupe in decent shape that is roadworthy should go for about $2k. If they want more than that then either the interior, body, or drivetrain should be near mint.

Pretty basic rust spots.

Check door jambs
lower quarters on bottom where there is a built in drain
A pillars as mentioned

BIG ONE

check the doors. I searched three years to find a set and I've got a good set that I'll refinish and have primed and ready for a just in case situation. If the quarters or doors are bad pass on it unless you're really good with metal. The posts on the doors will rust and get flimsy and basically ready to fall off. Make sure that theyre solid.

If thats all goodthen it sounds like a pretty good deal.

Good luck

CHECK THE DOORS

bammax wrote:

The boxies are alot like the bubbles as far as where they tend to rust. Just make sure it hasn't been "tinkered" with too much. I passed on a car because the previous owner installed an e-brock carb and managed to route all the lines and hoses wrong. Between that and having to clean up leaking fuel lines from him using the wrong parts, it just wasn't worth it.

I'd say a nice coupe in decent shape that is roadworthy should go for about $2k. If they want more than that then either the interior, body, or drivetrain should be near mint.

1984twodoor wrote:

Pretty basic rust spots.

Check door jambs
lower quarters on bottom where there is a built in drain
A pillars as mentioned

BIG ONE

check the doors. I searched three years to find a set and I've got a good set that I'll refinish and have primed and ready for a just in case situation. If the quarters or doors are bad pass on it unless you're really good with metal. The posts on the doors will rust and get flimsy and basically ready to fall off. Make sure that theyre solid.

If thats all goodthen it sounds like a pretty good deal.

Good luck

CHECK THE DOORS

Yea im definately going to check for rust spots.. he wantd $800 but yhen he drop it to 600 and if he said if i pick it up 2morrow i can get it for 550 .. but i will try to get him to go lower

If it runs then buy it. That's a great price for it no matter the rust.

Should he still buy it if it looks like this?

GasTT wrote:

Should he still buy it if it looks like this?

HELL YEA!

Surface rust aint a problem. It's the sunlight passing through the car that you have to watch out for

BoSStonsSS wrote:

Yea im definately going to check for rust spots.. he wantd $800 but yhen he drop it to 600 and if he said if i pick it up 2morrow i can get it for 550 .. but i will try to get him to go lower

If the frame is bad there is an 84 four door parts car you could take the frame from, or just do the 9c1 frame swap

....I'll do it myself...someday

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GasTT wrote:

That looks like it had 1 to many run-ins with the road salt truck
I HATE when they drive by & pepper the side of the car

LOL look at the car in the background too. I don't think they've heard about car washes.

That car was a piece of shit... waste of my time heading down there definately not a dd. It would be a good a project car.. needed a lot of work

Was going to buy a 80 caprice from my buddy but it diddnt ride like my 87. So im trying to make him let go of his 84 monte ls freshly painted new tranny and carb

BoSStonsSS wrote:

That car was a piece of shit... waste of my time heading down there definately not a dd. It would be a good a project car.. needed a lot of work

Was going to buy a 80 caprice from my buddy but it diddnt ride like my 87. So im trying to make him let go of his 84 monte ls freshly painted new tranny and carb

That sucks, in craigslist finds there was a gold 96 civi that looked great a few posts back, I posted it so look through mine if you want.

Also, I know someone who might be interested in selling their fleetwood, more info on that to come