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And you can see some of these plastic wonders in action right here: (video)
Trailer for "Johnny Dark"
The 1954 Movie Johnny Dark prominently featured 5 fiberglass sports cars
including the Woodill Wildfire, Victress S1A, Glasspar G2, Grantham Stardust,
and Irwin Lancer. Other cars included the Chuck Tatum Sports Car, a Kurtis
Sports Car (KSC), and a Sport Custom roadster built by Bohman and Sons called
the "Bohman Special."
You might get $12K for a stunning, show quality example if....IF....you can find one of the handful of buyers globally who would step up for that price.
It's an interesting curiosity of a car, but gets no respect, as Rodney Dangerfield would say.
A dealer would be most fortunate to even sell a low miles '96 Impala SS for that kind of money.
I've heard it said that you shouldn't even answer an ad that doesn't list an asking price. It indicates a seller hoping that somebody will offer him more than even he thinks it's worth, and isn't yet ready to consider realistic offers. How do you handle one of these ads (assuming you're interested?)
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
You never know what a seller is going to do. You might get a call back 3 months from now, once the seller realizes the car is epoxied to his floor.
Now, this advice applies to quality merchandise. If some maniac on Craigslist is asking $50,000 for a 1968 Camaro 6 cylinder coupe with no power steering and rust in the floors, don't even bother.
There's a difference I think between the rat-like cunning of a dealer and the crazed delusions of some guy barricaded in his barn.
Exquisitely stated
Just stating my opinion, knowing full well that some will see it very differently. I mean, how many people would be happy with a miled up '88 Z, a '99 TL and a '07 A4 (the latter two with average mileage)? Come to think of it, I'm the one who's probably nuts.
If there's an organized club for the car (specifically that car), then there's probably a market for it.
http://cosworthvega.com/
Maybe not a *great* market, but at least somebody cares.
Actually, the Panther has a pretty good turnout at the Carlisle Ford show in June. Lemko always puts his Grand Marquis (leave it to Lemko to have a Ford product that still manages to be a "GM"!) on the field, to help represent.
Crown Vic.net is great for the later models. There are a lot of 4.6 gurus there.
When was that show? I remember seeing one on the highway in that area back in early November.
I was somewhere near Hershey when I saw it.
Not as nice as those your pictures.
Oh, on that subject, look at what the mechanic who's working on my DeSoto had in his shop a few years ago...
So, somebody still loves the danged things! Main reason I took a pic of this was because I really love that color. I think Chrysler called it "Teal Frost" metallic or something like that, but I'm too lazy to go look up the '79 brochures online right now. Years ago, there used to be a St. Regis I'd see locally that was a 2-tone, dark green over light green, that I really liked the looks of. And, ironically, the day after I bought my '79 5th Ave, it showed up for sale, right around the corner from where I was living at the time.
I knew where the car "lived"...about 5 miles from my condo, as I remembered it from my pizza delivery days. So, when it showed up near my home for sale, it was almost as if the car was searching me out!
I remember back around 1985, my dad looked at an Omni to replace his Horizon. I don't know what the model was, but it was very plush compared to the Horizon. The Horizon was replaced by an S-10 Blazer.
My dad really liked his Horizon and kind of regretted moving on, although it was getting worn out. I remember when he had a hobby car itch sometime in the late 80s, he looked at a Horizon being flipped by a local curbstoner. It was brown, think a 78 or 79, but it was a mess, for $400. I also remember he looked at a pretty immaculate Pinto Cruisin Wagon that he wanted, but my mother wouldn't allow. Can't recall when I last saw one of those.
Now if it were a US left hand drive 3.8S with wire wheels, 4-speed manual transmission, overdrive and a decent interior, I'd reconsider, since that version of the car would be worth perhaps 4X as much when done.
Cool vintage style "CH" identifier anyway.
Of course, you'd be hard put to justify spending that on a fintail or a 6.3, too, but at least you'd have something interesting when you were done.
I know its rare, but I can't understand most of what you are saying!
Where exactly is this 3rd door?
Redefines Fugly.
This actually could be of interest.
I'm listing this for you boat lovers.
If it was a 5.7, I might actually be interested in a weird way.
I'm not sure what's going on here. If the swap is done and it runs and drives, could be a fun car for little money.
Could be cool
cheap luxury
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I bet the TC has 500K miles on it or more. The truck isn't an 87 - well the cab could be but nothing else. I think Lemko owned that Caprice once.
Peugeot ad has me fearing for the future.
Truer words....
And then my friend would take out a book of matches and toss it on the deck and walk away---LOL!
(He was a very big guy, by the way).
No, I don't think you'd want a 1984 Caprice wagon with a 5.7. Or ANY GM car from 1984 with a 5.7, unless it's a Corvette or copcar. Only other 5.7 that year was the Olds Diesel. :sick: For $1,000 it seems like a steal, provided it's not hiding anything evil. I like the '89 Caprice LS and the 2001 Town Car, too.
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Yeah, that's certainly true. Actually, a big-block would even fit in there, although that's not as common of a conversion.
When the 305 on these cars does finally need to be replaced, I think it might actually be fairly common to drop a Chevy 350 in, instead. I believe all the external stuff bolts right up, and the 350 is so common I think it might be even cheaper than a 305.
As for the Olds 350 Diesel, supposedly it makes for a great gasoline conversion, because of the extra-beefy block. You can really boost its power because of that. Alas, it just wasn't beefy enough for Diesel conversion. :sick:
just taking a quick look...
290 hp for $2k.
Of course, that's missing quite a bit. How can you advertise the hp without an intake and carb?? Kind of a key component to output there.
Here is about the cheapest 350 these guys have that comes with most components attached.
Or more displacement and power for the same price.
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OK, a question. I think I know the answer but here goes; the reason that the 5.7 liter gasser wasn't offered was that it wasn't EPA certified for the Caprice in 1984. I would think that it would be illegal to put in a 5.7 from that year. However, it should be legal to put in a 5.7 from another, later, year when it was certified. Is that right?
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
I think you might be able to get away with putting in a 5.7 from an Impala police car, or a Corvette from 1984, but not sure. But anything newer than 1984 should be fine. Anything from 1983 and earlier though, I'm sure would be illegal. But also probably almost impossible to get caught.
I'd guess that the biggest hurdle would be if you lived in a county that had emissions testing, AND wanted to register the car as a regular car, rather than historic, modified, street rod, or other limited-use.
Where I live in Maryland, for example, they still emissions-test everything from 1977-present, unless you get historic or modified tags. Even then, emissions tests usually give a lot of leeway, especially with older vehicles. I remember testing my grandmother's '85 LeSabre, and compared its numbers with my 2000 Intrepid. While it put out more pollutants than the Intrepid, the numbers were still so low that it would have easily passed the stricter 2000 standard, and passed the 1985 with flying colors.
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