Bvllsh!t on craigslist.

[RetroC10Sport]

I had thought about a Camaro Series II 3800, with the top end from a 3800 with a supercharger. At the time I didn’t have access to the fab setup I do now, so without milling the throttle body would have been in the cowl.

I have a friend that has done one in a Camaro. He's still sorting it out.

The Holden Monaro came with an L67, but importing the SC setup might be a pain.

 

[vr1967]

I have a friend that has done one in a Camaro. He's still sorting it out.

The Holden Monaro came with an L67, but importing the SC setup might be a pain.

Wife had an L67 in her 97 Regal GS. Buddy had one in a Gran Prix. They were great engines and my wife’s got 25-27mpg with me running it pretty hard sometimes.

 

[Strick]

Hmm, you don't want to know about one of the cars I'm currently pursuing then, lol. A Celebrity with a 5 speed.

My girlfriend back in high school had a Chevette 4-speed. It died & her dad swapped it with a Citation 4-speed. I've never seen another...

HS

 

[ChuckN]

Thats where im glad mines a 4.3, just wish it was 4wd

That was a hot rod back in the 90s. A 4.3 with 2nd- lots of kids I knew got in trouble with those

 

[bucket]

That was a hot rod back in the 90s. A 4.3 with 2nd- lots of kids I knew got in trouble with those

Yep, I raised hell with my 4.3 and 5-speed. Lots of no lift shifts, those rear tires were always making noise.

 

[78C10BigTen]

Yep, I raised hell with my 4.3 and 5-speed. Lots of no lift shifts, those rear tires were always making noise.

Even with a a 700r4 this truck ALWAYS wants to twist them!! Wet pavement after a rain itll spin em at a stop light without even tryin. Part of why i want a locker and a 5spd swap!

 

[Grit dog]

Yep, I raised hell with my 4.3 and 5-speed. Lots of no lift shifts, those rear tires were always making noise.

Yup! Buddy in high school, parents gave him their almost new 4.3 5speed reg cab S10. A rarity, as no one in my school got a “new” car for a high school ride. But man that thing was fun. Had a posi too so it was 2 wheeler peeler and speed shifts all day!
That’s how sad the 70s-80s were in automotive history. When a 160hp S10 and my 190hp Monte SS seemed “fast.”
Fast forward 30 years and my kids are driving stock vehicles from the mid 2000s and mid 2010s and they’re 300 and 395hp respectively….

 

[Grit dog]

Facespook market place is a complete joke compared to craigslist.

I agree, mostly because FB is harder to search, doesn’t split dealer and private party and has even more clowns.
That said most older used cars “by owner” around here are Russian or Eastern European car flippers disguising as private party sellers.
At least those guys are responsive. But generally they’re hiding something. Easy to tell usually though, as they have 20+ well staged photos like a dealer would have on a freshly detailed car with the paper floor mat covers and the pics are in front of someone’s million $ home but in the street.
Now the rest? 1 in 10 that I call or email on, maybe, isn’t a flake or tweaker.
Been looking for a first car for my niece back east. But buying out here because everything back there is rusted junk unless it’s <10 years old.
1 person would only text back “available”. 1 word. That’s it. No matter what questions I asked. Even when I started poking fun at him/her and being derogatory, same bot type response. Probably a scam. And I wasn’t asking the right sucker questions.
Another had an “estate sale” old grampa Dakota. Emailed. No reply. Reply couple days later. “Sold”. Clicked the add link and it was still valid but for another “estate sale” car. Got 1 “available” reply and no infor. Couldn’t get an answer to a question.
It’s equally as fcked up imo. I get 1-2 inquiries a week about an old truck been trying to sell. 1 in 10 are legit looks loos. The rest are complete tards or scammers.
Sad really when you get old enough to realize the “average” intelligence level or integrity level is actually very LOW.
Fck, same neice, her deadbeat dad that she’s disowned started a gofundme for Xmas because how tough the year has been. He hasn’t held a real job in the 20 years I’ve known him….

 

[Grit dog]

This is a funny CL flipper story. Earlier this year I was down in Vancouver for business and had been looking for a truck for my son moving to MT. The K20 ain’t getting that duty and the Camaro would be impossible where he’s living.
Find one I am certain is not a flipper. Except for the he want to meet at a parking lot. Which is 50/50 imo.
So I’m almost there to meet him at the time we agreed and he calls, traffic getting thru Portland after work etc will be half hour late.
No problem I’m hanging out at the location waiting. I see someone selling a car to a couple. They test drive, make the deal, as they leave, someone swings by and picks up the seller dude.
Same mfer shows up 10 min later with the truck I was looking at!
I let him tell me the story about how he’s selling it for his grampa who can’t drive as of recent. (Guys roughly my age =50, his grampa ain’t alive lol) and how the lift kit was installed by grampa but he doesn’t know when (it was old).
At least it was fun telling him to fck off!!

 

[Old77]

Really Jonesing for this truck but I'm waiting to see if the price continues to fall. Currently asking 4750 but was up at 5500 just a few days ago. It's a 1991 Sonoma ST, 5 speed, 2.8 (eww) that appears to be 100% stock other than it's lowered a little bit. Picture quality is awful even by my standards but is unique and I enjoy it

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[Grit dog]

Really Jonesing for this truck but I'm waiting to see if the price continues to fall. Currently asking 4750 but was up at 5500 just a few days ago. It's a 1991 Sonoma ST, 5 speed, 2.8 (eww) that appears to be 100% stock other than it's lowered a little bit. Picture quality is awful even by my standards but is unique and I enjoy it

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Looks like he needs to just take a 0 off the end of the price!
More seriously, what do you think it’s actually worth?
I mean, interior looks nice ish but that seat foam is fugged.
2.8 = deduct
And it needs hundred hours and $1000 worth of paint plus more in parts, wheels etc to make it even remotely presentable.
Asking because there’s way nicer versions of this truck all day long around here in the $3k range if they’re 2wd.

 

[Grit dog]

So not a total bullchit on CL story but close.
Been an 87 Monte SS for sale around here for months.
Black original miles 37k, supposedly original paint, interior kinda cooked (doesn’t add up if low miles and decent original paint).
Finally had to call on it. Brotha seemed forthright on the phone, actually drove to meet me to show it.
Well, he was right about the low miles. It had absolutely been untouched under the hood. But very nice sounding engine even though it and the trans were grease bombs. Desperately in need of pulled and re-sealed… everywhere.
Interior and window gaskets were very sun baked.
Paint looked really good. Driver quality for sure. Undercarriage was spotless typical clean PNW car. Just beautiful.
But it had been repainted. Probably 30 years ago, AFTER it sat in the sun for 7 years in Eastern Oregon and burned all the factory paint off.
Brotha argued with me that it hadn’t been repainted. When it obviously had. I mean unless it was the one car at the factory that got rolled out back and painted during bug season with the windows installed…lol. I mean, I’m pretty good at bad paint jobs so I know what to look for. Because it looked like I painted it! Hahahaha
Honestly that wasn’t a deal breaker but it was far more of a project than lead to believe. Didn’t need a paint job, but would have had to gut the interior and drivetrain, AC broke, lied about that. Power windows no work, etc etc.
Best part was ole boy was starting to get a little heated about it. When he dropped a joint out of his pocket. (Not surprised since it smelled like cheech n Chong when he rolled up). So I ended the discussion on “Yup you’re high…good luck…” and cut my losses to 2 wasted hours of my day.

 

[Old77]

Looks like he needs to just take a 0 off the end of the price!
More seriously, what do you think it’s actually worth?
I mean, interior looks nice ish but that seat foam is fugged.
2.8 = deduct
And it needs hundred hours and $1000 worth of paint plus more in parts, wheels etc to make it even remotely presentable.
Asking because there’s way nicer versions of this truck all day long around here in the $3k range if they’re 2wd.

Yeah, I was thinking 2,500 to 3,000 is the appropriate range. I figured I'd wait to see if the guy drops it near $3k and then start hitting him up at seeing if he' take $2100 and go from there LOL

 

[Grit dog]

I had thought about a Camaro Series II 3800, with the top end from a 3800 with a supercharger. At the time I didn’t have access to the fab setup I do now, so without milling the throttle body would have been in the cowl.

Thats the ultimate sleeper! I just sold the Bitchin Camaro last night. 3800/5speed. Briefly thought about doing this. Quite a few turbo builds on those stock 3800 II engines out there. Seem to be a reliable 400hp + setup. Embarrass a lot of badder looking cars with that setup I’m sure.

 

[DoubleDingo]

Not on CL, but the local paper, and the main reason I can't bring myself to sell my basically factory 1981 C20, because I'd hate to have it meet the same fate/demise.

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