Looking for a wagon....

Decided I NEED another 91-96 b body wagon MORE than a 64 nova wagon. Planning to sell the nova wagon for cheap and find me a big ol V8 powered wagon.

Prefer a caprice but can't complain about a Buick
Must be running. No rolling shells or the like,
Not concerned about mileage or color
Looking for $1500 and under because that's what I'm selling the nova for.

Hopefully I can sell the nova quickly and get back into a beater for myself before the snow.
We have the low mile 93 sedan. But sedans dont haul SHYTE!! need a daily for myself that can carry stuff,
Keep an eye out and thanks!

Seriously?

Yes seriously.

The nova is cool and all, and it's running now but I can't fit as much in it. And the kids can't go in the car due to no seat belts and other issues.
Just replaced the tail gate and rebuilt the entire steering column and dash.

I'd take a 60's impala wagon as well. Just don't think I'd find one in running condition for what I can afford to spend.
I just need more room/safety. It's not one of those I need this ASAP. just throwing it out there that I AM looking.
I'm also having issues with getting paperwork on it here in MA, But I'm still continuing to chip away at it when I have time.

Find me my replacement wagon & I'll give you a GREAT deal on mine
.. 

What kind of wagon are you looking for steve? Caprice? Buick? woody? Olds? 94-96 or tbi?

Don't mention "woody" to him. Lol

Ironfistdog wrote:

What kind of wagon are you looking for steve? Caprice? Buick? woody? Olds? 94-96 or tbi?

LT1. Black. No wood. And I'd assume big mirrors.

No blue interior either

If I found one of those I'd probably buy it. Lol especially with red interior

Ask and you shall receive.


http://maine.craigslist.org/cto/4173513315.html

I didn't even have to click that link. That car was already in my head since I decided to start looking for one.
3 hrs one way for me. But probably worth it.
I'd still like Steve's car since Id have a good honest history on it,

Yes.....cuz I'm honest. 

AND

you can stop my car like Fred Flinstone..

If is had the $ is have gone and looked at it. But no cash, no car.

Damn those pictures suck!

This is in your backyahd (sorta) Indy:

http://worcester.craigslist.org/cto/4202011748.html

I work in Millbury. Pretty close to that 95. I just emailed him. I'm holding out for Steve's hematoma special though If possible,

This one is about 45 minutes from me so probably around 2 hours for you for the price this isn't bad I've actually talked to him on phone haven't seen it though has a little rust on both quarter panels nothing bad at all two of the power windows don't work buy other then that seems like an almost steal for 1300 http://newhaven.craigslist.org/cto/4150205489.html

Haha, that has Cadet57 redux written all over it.

Good luck Indy! I hope that one close by turns out to be worth the look.

Ice been writing back and forth with him. He just got back to me again and upped the price a $1000 bucks. WTF!!!!!
he's like oh KBB says in "fair" condition it's worth $2080 or something. It's says in ad rust and rot, I have numerous email addresses so I'm gonna email a bunch of stupid offers in the attempt too make my real offer look "great", no way it's worth $2000 to me.
Stupid kid.

Ironfistdog wrote:

Ice been writing back and forth with him. He just got back to me again and upped the price a $1000 bucks. WTF!!!!!
he's like oh KBB says in "fair" condition it's worth $2080 or something.  It's says in ad rust and rot, I have numerous email addresses so I'm gonna email a bunch of stupid offers in the attempt too make my real offer look "great", no way it's worth $2000 to me.
Stupid kid.

Dude I wouldn't even bother. He's probably smoking crack with that logic changing shit around right in correspondence with you...if he thinks he didn't ask enough I mean at least delete the ad and wait a while then relist it for more with pics or something...lol

It's his "dad's car" he says he made a mistake when listing.
It's also a black Wb4 with grey interior with "around 90,000 miles"
Gauge cluster is out so no way to tell for real.

Because it's a black caprice with no wood in my back yard I'm gonna be persistent until it comes to a "can't come to terms"
It's also a best offer ad. I could get there and the frame could be rotted out. I've talked ppl down from $5000 to $2400 before. Anything is possible!

Ironfistdog wrote:

It's also a black Wb4 with grey interior with "around 90,000 miles"
Gauge cluster is out so no way to tell for real.

Wait WHAT?....I'll get back to you!!!
Regards,
Joe


 


OK....now....You scout THAT car out, let me know..
If I get what I'm looking for I get real generous....
jus sayin... 

sdstick wrote:

If I get what I'm looking for I get real generous....
jus sayin... 

Since when?

Emailed the guy again from another email, now he says it has 120,000 miles but not sure. Refuses to let me fix the cluster.
I am trying to get out there soon to look in person.

Text me steve..... What's generous?

Am I the only one who wants to see pics of the Nova wagon?

I believe Indy posted a couple showing it being retrieved from the woods as he found it initially, pretty cool

Really regetting selling the sedan, any chances of getting it back? haha. but seriously....

93 is the Wife's car, Probably not lol.

Will post a few Pics of wagon now that I've fixed stuff.
Here's the story so far:

When I pulled it out of the woods it had the back half smashed into a V (rolled downhill and into a tree), the engine didnt run, and the interior smelled like the rodent section of petco.
I got a tailgate for $400 from a guy in Ohio MINT!
replaced fuel pump and coil and the engine fired right up.
Also replaced valve cover gasket and while I was at it sandblasted the valve cover and painted it,
Brakes were non-op.... Replaced the master cylinder with a brand new one and did the brake lines that were bad.
They still need bleeding.
Interior was completely gutted. All the way to the metal. Sprayed the interior with water and bleach
Seats were stripped to springs and "cleaned" with a blow torch to get rid of the smell. I recovered the rear seat with black vinyl, the front seat has a seat cover on it cuz I ran out of material and it wasn't going well with sewing anyway.
Installed a period correct 80/20 loop pile carpet (black)
The dash was stripped down and emptied out, took gauge cluster apart sandblasted and painted, gauges and electrical contacts cleaned.
Steering column was all f'd up and had a stupid grant steering wheel. Tore the column down to bare shaft and rebuilt the whole thing: new wiring harness, new turn signal switch, and cancel cam. Junked the grant wheel and got an original 64 wheel with chome horn button and dyed it black.
Heater box was removed and disassembled. Sandblasted the whole thing and reassembled after painting black, new heater core. New heater hoses, new blower motor and new blower motor resistor. Reassembled dash and heater and defrost now work.

Replaced the tail gate and pulled all the metal back straight, needs some minor welding across the back where relief cuts were made.
Replaced both rotted out front fenders with mint ones.
Replaced the original tires with a $100 set of junkyard find 155/80r13's.
All doors open and close like new. Windows are all mint and roll up and down no problems,
Definitely needs more work. But it's a CLASSIC and a numbers matching car.

Was that Ohio tailgate the one had for sale on that forum?

No. It was bought on eBay. Good guy. He actually sent me a box of stuff including that steering wheel.

Ironfistdog wrote:

No. It was bought on eBay. Good guy. He actually sent me a box of stuff including that steering wheel.

That's awesome, glad you made out.

Also from the looks of my last post I had a momentary brain lapse typing that sentence... 

Generous would be me getting the car I want & having no need for this wagon
Of course...this wagon is no bargain... has lots of rust & rot...but hauls shyt & starts every time.
Not sure I could get involved with a guy like that....unless the car looks special...

well I'm stuck with a POS Volvo and hate it.....it's just like the Nova in design but 30 years newer..yea.


found this.

http://nh.craigslist.org/cto/4186645105.html

That's odd...looks like it hasn't moved in a long time from the bleeding whitewalls but also looks like someone loved that car at the same time. Looks nice.

BUMP..... still looking. 95 caprice in Worcester guy now refuses to return emails I guess,.......... Unless we got a Joe around here for real (not Steve). Would like to be in one before the end of the year. I swear they disappear when I got money in my hand.

bigbluey88 wrote:

This one is about 45 minutes from me so probably around 2 hours for you for the price this isn't bad I've actually talked to him on phone haven't seen it though has a little rust on both quarter panels nothing bad at all two of the power windows don't work buy other then that seems like an almost steal for 1300  http://newhaven.craigslist.org/cto/4150205489.html

Matt Trakker wrote:

Haha, that has Cadet57 redux written all over it.

Good luck Indy!  I hope that one close by turns out to be worth the look.

Holy shit, its my car's doppelganger circa 2010  

Went and saw that black wb4 a few hours ago.....
steve it is DEFINITELY not for you. I might be able to work with it. But it's gonna need a complete doosh!
I made s very reasonable offer. We'll see what happens. The guy's father is definitely out of touch with reality. NO WAY that car is worth $2k.
The whole roof looks like a little "rust mole" made small mounds of rusty metal. D pillars rotten, lower spare tire rotten through, interior missing stuff loose door panels. And everyting had like a mildew mold look to it, like when a car sits for a while with a window cracked open.
Trans lines held together with rubber hose, hatch glass pistons in-op, no AC, rear defrost busted, dash pad all cracked and broken. It had FORD hub caps and the passenger mirror was held on by duct tape.

Sounds like a $500 parts car to me

It could be saved, a new hood and some small patch work and it would be nice.
The interior needs a clean but I would be opposed to swapping interiors to a non-grey one so I can SEM the damn thing black. Wishing I still had that black fleetwood interior now.

IMO

The way you described it, that car sounds like a waste of time .

Also sounds like the guy deserves to eat it?

sdstick wrote:

IMO

The way you described it, that car sounds like a waste of time .

Also sounds like the guy deserves to eat it?

Or maybe I made the whole thing up to thwart any "Joe's" out there?

Funny the owners name was Joe and so was his sons!

lol

black with grey interior??