‘89 Caprice Mini Thread

[CorvairGeek]

I love the car, but I'm jealous of your L03. My carb still works fine on my LG4 (267K miles), but hot soak at high altitude in 100+ degrees is an issue, especially with E10 fuel.
I thought I had complete fuel lines from an '89 this past summer. Had them ready to remove (incidentally, they are installed before the body is mounted to the frame, ugh!), and went to remove the hose that had been installed to protect the open ends. Found the engine had been lifted with them still attached, unrepairable kinks.
I think I'll go for plastic lines from a '90, if I ever find one.

 

[Dougnsalem]

And that broken plane needs wedged up in a big old oak tree, then scatter the loose parts about the ground below it. That would be a great conversation starter.

Lmao. Geeze. That would be so epic! Worthy of nationwide news.... How about in front of a flight school???

 

[Honky Kong jr]

Lmao. Geeze. That would be so epic! Worthy of nationwide news.... How about in front of a flight school???

In my front yard would be better. I have a nice birch tree to wedge it into.

 

[Big Chip]

It was in Hurricane Katrina. My dad bought it from an equipement auction in 2004 and lost it the next year. He took the wings off, took the engine out and apart, the interior is gutted of the upholstery, adornments, etc., the tail surfaces have been removed... It’s pretty much a scrap/salvage plane. It does have some parts that are in good shape, and it’s not all corroded. The fuselage looks like it could be saved and maybe some here and there big pieces. One of the wings is destroyed, and another is damaged but mostly in tact. I’m no expert, but shouldn’t all that be worth a couple grand even in that shape? Plus, there’s the 210. I really think I need to get rid of that, too, and the money needs to go into the house. It’s just gonna sit there forever. Even if I flew, which I really want to do sooner rather than later, I’d never feel comfortable in a 210. There’re also some miscellaneous parts laying around like a McCaulley spinner, avionics, some P35 wingtips. Finally, there’s a Jet A fuel station in there. I’d sell it to an FBO who wouldn’t just part it out for the pump, but I imagine the market for a self-serve Jet A fuel station is very limited. @Big Chip

I would call Wentworth and see what they would give you for the Baron. http://www.wentworthaircraft.com/

Did you say there was an issue with the 210 logbooks? I don’t remember our back and forth on that one.


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[Iowan]

This is a cool build!

 

[bucket]

My mom had a 2 door with the funky back window. Black and grey with maroon interior. I loved that car. Was thinking of buying one befor I got the V10 to put my engine in. I was quickly slapped back to reality. Those things are pricey even relatively ****** ones.

That's one of my bucket list cars, right down to that color combo. You are right though, they have got very very spendy. I blame the box/bubble crowd for the crazy price increase.

 

[Big Chip]

There's a young fellow in my town who drives the Olds version that he's been trying to customize a little bit. I'll get a picture next time I see it.

 

[CSFJ]

The '77 I had for a while...

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[Honky Kong jr]

That's one of my bucket list cars, right down to that color combo. You are right though, they have got very very spendy. I blame the box/bubble crowd for the crazy price increase.

The '77 I had for a while...

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[bucket]

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Oh my, that's perfect! Just needs a set of rallies. Well, and duals, factory gauge cluster, f41 suspension, etc.

 

[CSFJ]

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If I found one that clean, I'd be hard pressed to let it go. The one I had, was ok, it had it's issues though. I saw a pontiac version of about the same vintage, a couple years back. Almost stopped to check it out,2 tone gray, looked clean and had the pontiac rallies, but didn't have a pile a play money at teh time.

 

[CorvairGeek]

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That one is an Impala! I had a medium metallic green/green/green vinyl top '78 Impala coupe too. Loved the car, hated the color and standard soft suspension.

 

[Honky Kong jr]

The sad part is finding a pic of on with out big ass ghetto wheels on it. My moms was darker I believe on the bottom and had rallys on it. Not factory of course it had the grandma spokes on it.

 

[bucket]

That one is an Impala! I had a medium metallic green/green/green vinyl top '78 Impala coupe too. Loved the car, hated the color and standard soft suspension.

I had a green/green '78 Bonneville but it had a white vinyl top on it, which I promptly peeled off as soon as I got it home. It ended up with a set of Firebird wheels, black primer "paint job" and a dark brown interior from an '83 Caprice.

 

[CorvairGeek]

I thought my triple green was bad, but your white vinyl sounds worse. I used to see a green with tan interior Impala around my home regularly too (not long ago either). It was definitely a fugly combination.