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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: 1995 caprice...F/S Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:40 pm | |
| Here's the new parts: front delco severe service shocks, front sway bar links, eibach pro lowering springs front and back. Window rain deflectors, belt tensioner. Pcv valve, Coolant temperare and level sensors, new hood shocks, new hancook tires with about 1000 miles on them now, rear decarbon shocks and eibach pro lowering springs. True dual exhaust from an impala ss, almost a year old. The caprice is light driftwood metallic 7 out of 10 with a few scratches here and there. Tailight trim blacked out. Side trim delete. Body color matched trim with ss spoiler on trunk, and one rust spot on the drivers lower quarter. Easy enough to sand and patch/weld over. The interior is tan leather. Clean 9 out of 10. Power Windows, locks, mirrors, and seats. Twilight sentinel switch and cruise control. It had a tune up in the spring to include new opti, plugs, wires, ignition coil, and associated gaskets. Tranny flush and rear end fluid exchange. Homeplate delete with hockey puck mod. Smog (AIR) pump delete. The things that could need attention: the rear window rollers need to be replaced, the rust spot as mentioned before. Looks like the front sea is leaking. I need to get a good car for the winter and the lowered 9C1 I have won't cut it. It has 127 miles on it now,it is an L99, and I do drive it on the daily. Registered and insured so come by and test drive it. I'm asking 1300 with the problems. I initially paid 2500 after getting it in Vermont a year ago and have spent a few thousand more on it since then. It's comfy and driveable anywhere. A/C blows cold and the car comes with a new heater core still in the box.
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Machine-De-Zine
Posts : 512 Join date : 2010-11-16 Age : 67 Location : Wrentham
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:55 pm | |
| This is a VERY nice car at an exceptionally fair price.
Personally, I'd rather have an L99 than an LO5 any day. My 95 L99 9C1 smoked the tires thru 1st & 2nd gear & had better MPG.
But I wonder if the poor running in wet weather situation in this car is as difficult to unmask as may it seem to appear.
Having had several vehicles in the past (Chevys) that suffered from this same kind of issue, I sympathize with you and your frustration.
Moisture is most often the root cause of the troubles, but the water has to have an opportunity to enter where it is not supposed to be.
It does NOT need to be raining for moisture to be the culprit. Humidity in the air will condense on cool engine & ignition parts.
Water conducts electricity plenty well enough to provide paths to ground, or power to be miss-directed to unintended electrical destinations.
The two most common problems are: First, older parts (particularly plastics & O-rings) that have been heat-cycled so much that they loose there proper shape & no longer seal out moisture (or have cracks).
Second, new parts that are quite poorly engineered or manufactured in order to "lure" the buyer into the hopes that a lower cost part that "looks" the same, will perform as well as the OEM stuff.
Water can also condense upon, and then by gravity, travel down the insulation of a cool copper core wire to the terminal or even a split or burn-thru point.
Old insulation on copper wires should be looked at. Also check for "green-death" where a test-puncture in the insulation will allow the copper within to corrode (unseen) and fail to conduct properly. (resistive "spike")
Often, without expensive "job-specific" test equipment, problems can be diagnosed with electrical contact cleaner and or dielectric grease/sealant.
* * * All of us should have at least one simple VOM (Volt Ohm Meter). * * * Right?
While researching this situation on L99s & LT1s, I found that many others have encountered exactly these same problems and with these same solutions.
Cheap aftermarket caps, that don't seal out condensation or have current paths that are insufficiently separated or isolated to prevent arcing across adjacent circuits are increasingly prevalent.
Reminder: vent tubes and their related parts for venting the distributor must be model-correct and operating properly to avoid moisture accumulation inside the distributor.
I solved my LT1 damp weather woes with new parts, [ALL-OEM] : coil, distributor, water pump, ignition module @ 180,000 miles & no problems since. Paid a "one-time" premium, but WELL WORTH IT!
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96Brougham
Posts : 819 Join date : 2009-02-02 Age : 36 Location : Easton MA
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:56 pm | |
| This isnt the Black Caprice that was at Mod Day, this is the LDM Caprice.. Unless you saw that one too, in which case, nevahmind!
GL with the sale bro | |
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Machine-De-Zine
Posts : 512 Join date : 2010-11-16 Age : 67 Location : Wrentham
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:59 pm | |
| - 96Brougham wrote:
- This isnt the Black Caprice that was at Mod Day, this is the LDM Caprice.. Unless you saw that one too, in which case, nevahmind!
GL with the sale bro The car that was backed up to the garage (bay closer to the house) with HD cooling fan conversion & LTZ badge on the hood. Sorry if I got that car mixed up with the one for sale. I have both C.R.S. (can't remember $h!t) and a bad case of O.L.D. to boot! Besides, , , Who has the photos of the day and WHY ARE'NT THEY POSTED YET? Did everyone present that day also forget to post some muddy jeep pictures? | |
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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:08 am | |
| I think I had a break through today with the water/moisture no start b.s. Poured a bottle of water on the the coil and its surrounding components and the engine stopped dead in its tracks! and the crank/no start ensued. i will retest and verify tm my findings. As for the car for sale, it is my 1995 Light driftwood Metallic Caprice with an L99. I dont think anybody but Tim and...Brad have seen it. You are thinking of my Black 1996 9C1 with the LT1. No heavy duty cooling, just the factory green hoses and dual elec fans. As for pics too, I didnt take any. And everyone was too busy staring at the girls to think about picture taking to begin with | |
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Machine-De-Zine
Posts : 512 Join date : 2010-11-16 Age : 67 Location : Wrentham
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Mon Sep 05, 2011 7:45 am | |
| I do remember your black car, and I also know it from the thread where you first showed the red stripes and cut down springs.
The car in the driveway closest to the house on "mod-day", that still had the long steel tube for the lower radiator hose left over from the old HD belt driven coolant fan (conversion to electric fans), was that your black car, or was that somebody else's car?
I can not remember what color that car was, or who it belonged to, as I only saw it from the front with the hood up.
Seem to remember you said your L99 car was from up north, and that the black car was a refurbished 9C1 car from California, right?
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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:55 am | |
| - Machine-De-Zine wrote:
- I do remember your black car, and I also know it from the thread where you first showed the red stripes and cut down springs.
The car in the driveway closest to the house on "mod-day", that still had the long steel tube for the lower radiator hose left over from the old HD belt driven coolant fan (conversion to electric fans), was that your black car, or was that somebody else's car?
I can not remember what color that car was, or who it belonged to, as I only saw it from the front with the hood up.
Seem to remember you said your L99 car was from up north, and that the black car was a refurbished 9C1 car from California, right?
You are correct about colors and origins. the car you are thinking of is mikes friends dggm caprice he saved from a junk yard. He was in the process of modding the under hood fuse box to accept the dual electric fans in place of the mechanical heavy duty cool pkg fan. I hope that sums it up for you. I did check his SPID and found it to be a B4U if that helps. | |
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:18 pm | |
| - MASShole9C1 wrote:
- Machine-De-Zine wrote:
- I do remember your black car, and I also know it from the thread where you first showed the red stripes and cut down springs.
The car in the driveway closest to the house on "mod-day", that still had the long steel tube for the lower radiator hose left over from the old HD belt driven coolant fan (conversion to electric fans), was that your black car, or was that somebody else's car?
I can not remember what color that car was, or who it belonged to, as I only saw it from the front with the hood up.
Seem to remember you said your L99 car was from up north, and that the black car was a refurbished 9C1 car from California, right?
You are correct about colors and origins. the car you are thinking of is mikes friends dggm caprice he saved from a junk yard. He was in the process of modding the under hood fuse box to accept the dual electric fans in place of the mechanical heavy duty cool pkg fan. I hope that sums it up for you. I did check his SPID and found it to be a B4U if that helps. hate to make it more confusing...purple pearl car with B4U | |
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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:41 pm | |
| Purple pearl sounds good. I think the parts 9c1 was dggm then? | |
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:43 pm | |
| - MASShole9C1 wrote:
- Purple pearl sounds good. I think the parts 9c1 was dggm then?
i thought it was painted "see through blue" Or maybe it was just missing a few things...like doors and fenders. | |
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Cadet57
Posts : 4481 Join date : 2010-03-14 Age : 36 Location : Chicopee, MA
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:54 pm | |
| - 1984twodoor wrote:
- MASShole9C1 wrote:
- Purple pearl sounds good. I think the parts 9c1 was dggm then?
i thought it was painted "see through blue" Or maybe it was just missing a few things...like doors and fenders. Yeah, that was a 9C1 only option. It was the Flinstones package. No doors allowed for easier exit when going after a foot suspect. | |
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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:09 pm | |
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Matt Trakker
Posts : 5093 Join date : 2009-07-30 Age : 42 Location : Reading, MA
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:08 pm | |
| I think that was RPO ATM, the A-Team option | |
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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:37 pm | |
| The no start problem is finally fixed after yesterdays findings. I took the coil and all that stuff off of the head and sanded and greased everything. I also found that a ground terminal was broken and hidden by the harness as well as exposed ground wires. I put a new terminal on and taped everything up. Poured 2 bottles of water on the area like yesterday and no problems. Im just waiting for it to rain so i can see what happens overnight. | |
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Matt Trakker
Posts : 5093 Join date : 2009-07-30 Age : 42 Location : Reading, MA
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Mon Sep 05, 2011 6:09 pm | |
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sdstick
Posts : 4292 Join date : 2009-03-20 Location : Revere, MA
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Mon Sep 05, 2011 7:43 pm | |
| Its ALWAYS the most simple things that cause the biggest headaches | |
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toomanytoyz Club President
Posts : 6876 Join date : 2009-01-20 Age : 47 Location : East Hampstead, NH USA
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Mon Sep 05, 2011 9:16 pm | |
| Good to hear, Brian! | |
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Machine-De-Zine
Posts : 512 Join date : 2010-11-16 Age : 67 Location : Wrentham
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Mon Sep 05, 2011 9:21 pm | |
| So, your going to keep it ?!?!?
Its good that you found it before selling it, now you can enjoy the car.
Also, better than having sold it for low bucks to someone else who may have fixed it just as cheaply and easily, , , thus making your loss their gain.
Or, , , if you are still committed to selling the car, now it will be worth more. | |
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Matt Trakker
Posts : 5093 Join date : 2009-07-30 Age : 42 Location : Reading, MA
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:04 pm | |
| ^Glenn's comment reminds me of the time my dad sold a '69 F250 to a guy across the street because all of a sudden it wouldn't start. He said F it, didn't want the truck anymore. Guy who bought it, for next to nothing, looks into the no-start issue and realizes someone from the housing projects a block away had come over and stolen the starter out of the truck in the middle of the night. Guy threw a starter in it and drove the truck for years... | |
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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:24 pm | |
| It's a tough decision. With it being broken, I was just going to cut my losses and start over again with a tbi car. Should I add some to the asking price? I'm sure it'll make me look like an a$$. It's funny that I'm selling a car, and next to nobody inquires about. And anyone that does, i try to accomidate schedules. But the other people selling cars, I call, and they jerk me around. What's the deal. I'm a little frustrated that they want to sell a car, have a potential buyer, and don't answer phones, emails, return phone calls etc. I was thinking of using the sale money to fix my now broken 9c1, and put the rest towards a 91/92 caprice. | |
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toomanytoyz Club President
Posts : 6876 Join date : 2009-01-20 Age : 47 Location : East Hampstead, NH USA
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:51 pm | |
| What do you want for the aero coupe? | |
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:33 pm | |
| - toomanytoyz wrote:
- What do you want for the aero coupe?
He'll trade you a subie...runs mint! | |
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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:43 pm | |
| I must first re iterate that IS in Alabama at my folks house in the barn. I do have the clean mass title. It would cost about $650 to ship. I shipped it from here to cali, and then from cali to alabama in 2008. It was registered until I bought the red '94 in 2009. Im looking for around 7k, but for anyone here, price is negotiable. Think Im crazy, but check the going rates on ebay. Its no big deal if it doesnt sell, it still means a bunch to me. 83k miles, power sun roof, etc | |
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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:00 am | |
| Alrighty. Last time. I need the cash for the next vehicle that I have lined up. If I trade it in here, it'll more than likely got to the scrap yard they said. They are giving me bottom dollar for this Caprice. So, desperate times call for desperate measures. I'd rather it go to an enthusiast than a grave. Excellent for an LT1 swap! I see a few are up for sale as it is...
New lowering springs, shocks, tires, dual exhaust, the leather is back in it, no more bonnies or console shifter, HID lights (low beams only, I will include regular bulbs for a sticker), full power interior, full size spare, new opti, plugs, and wires.SS spoiler, color matched trim. A bunch of other new parts over the summer! About 129k miles. Still my DD.
Needs front wheel bearing and front brakes. $1,300 B/0
I need this car gone ASAP. I'm finally moving on and this car's sale is the key to success for my family. | |
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toomanytoyz Club President
Posts : 6876 Join date : 2009-01-20 Age : 47 Location : East Hampstead, NH USA
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Tue Nov 22, 2011 11:40 am | |
| Wow, that's a steal. GLWS, Brian.
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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Tue Nov 22, 2011 11:47 am | |
| Thanks. I'm sure it wont sell cuz it doesnt have an lt1 . | |
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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Tue Nov 22, 2011 12:24 pm | |
| Pics added. No longer has 91/92 tails in the pic | |
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booth9C1SS
Posts : 231 Join date : 2009-01-24 Age : 49 Location : Wayne, ME
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:33 pm | |
| - MASShole9C1 wrote:
- Alrighty. Last time. I need the cash for the next vehicle that I have lined up. If I trade it in here, it'll more than likely got to the scrap yard they said. They are giving me bottom dollar for this Caprice. So, desperate times call for desperate measures. I'd rather it go to an enthusiast than a grave. Excellent for an LT1 swap! I see a few are up for sale as it is...
New lowering springs, shocks, tires, dual exhaust, the leather is back in it, no more bonnies or console shifter, HID lights (low beams only, I will include regular bulbs for a sticker), full power interior, full size spare, new opti, plugs, and wires.SS spoiler, color matched trim. A bunch of other new parts over the summer! About 129k miles. Still my DD.
Needs front wheel bearing and front brakes. $1,300 B/0
I need this car gone ASAP. I'm finally moving on and this car's sale is the key to success for my family. I'm interested.
- 2.93 rear? Posi?
- When you removed the console shifter, was there a hole in the floor? How was it sealed?
- Is the rust spot a rust spot or a rust hole?
- When you installed the factory dual exhaust, Did you install all of the appropriate heat shields too?
- I wouldn't need/want the HIDs
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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: - Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:50 pm | |
| - booth9C1SS wrote:
- MASShole9C1 wrote:
- Alrighty. Last time. I need the cash for the next vehicle that I have lined up. If I trade it in here, it'll more than likely got to the scrap yard they said. They are giving me bottom dollar for this Caprice. So, desperate times call for desperate measures. I'd rather it go to an enthusiast than a grave. Excellent for an LT1 swap! I see a few are up for sale as it is...
New lowering springs, shocks, tires, dual exhaust, the leather is back in it, no more bonnies or console shifter, HID lights (low beams only, I will include regular bulbs for a sticker), full power interior, full size spare, new opti, plugs, and wires.SS spoiler, color matched trim. A bunch of other new parts over the summer! About 129k miles. Still my DD.
Needs front wheel bearing and front brakes. $1,300 B/0
I need this car gone ASAP. I'm finally moving on and this car's sale is the key to success for my family. I'm interested.
- 2.93 rear? Posi?
- When you removed the console shifter, was there a hole in the floor? How was it sealed?
- Is the rust spot a rust spot or a rust hole?
- When you installed the factory dual exhaust, Did you install all of the appropriate heat shields too?
- I wouldn't need/want the HIDs
Steve -yes/no -hole cut, rubber plug and sealed, quick patch job -rust hole -It never even crossed my mind -thats fine, i'll keep them for when the 9C1 needs a new set | |
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booth9C1SS
Posts : 231 Join date : 2009-01-24 Age : 49 Location : Wayne, ME
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:37 pm | |
| Hockey puck mod... Is it a Bruins Puck? If not, I might have a Portland Pirates Puck. | |
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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:43 pm | |
| Bruins one installed now, but a blank one will go with it instead. | |
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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:27 am | |
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:38 pm | |
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| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:49 pm | |
| Congrats on the sale. |
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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Sat Mar 17, 2012 2:20 pm | |
| I'm glad to see it go to a good home. I'm even more glad to just see it go. I couldn't give it the time or money it needed and couldn't really drive it anymore with the repairs it needed. | |
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bowtiepimp
Posts : 1568 Join date : 2010-06-19 Age : 38 Location : working a corner near you
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Sat Mar 17, 2012 2:23 pm | |
| - MASShole9C1 wrote:
- I'm glad to see it go to a good home. I'm even more glad to just see it go. I couldn't give it the time or money it needed and couldn't really drive it anymore with the repairs it needed.
.... the car staying local? | |
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toomanytoyz Club President
Posts : 6876 Join date : 2009-01-20 Age : 47 Location : East Hampstead, NH USA
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Sat Mar 17, 2012 2:40 pm | |
| Congrats on the sale! Figures. lol | |
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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Sat Mar 17, 2012 3:32 pm | |
| Thanks all. It will be in the Webster area undergoing a unique transformation. | |
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Tomz9C1
Posts : 1498 Join date : 2009-01-21 Age : 61 Location : Rumford, Maine
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Sat Mar 17, 2012 4:21 pm | |
| - MASShole9C1 wrote:
- I'm glad to see it go to a good home. I'm even more glad to just see it go. I couldn't give it the time or money it needed and couldn't really drive it anymore with the repairs it needed.
I hear that! Congrats on the sale. | |
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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: Re: 1995 caprice...F/S Sat Mar 17, 2012 6:41 pm | |
| Thanks. When I look back, I should have given the car back to the guy after all the VA and got my 2500 back, or just kept it as a clone and done a quick engine swap. | |
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