Bought a B-body.

[a_d_a_m]

I bought this as a gear hauler for my band. Picking it up and doing the title transfer tomorrow.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/3DBEA928-959C-42A6-B558-1591522A5EB2_zps4j9znvjb.jpg

It's a '94 Caprice with the LT1. 202k claimed miles, but the digital odometer scrolls like a slot machine so who knows for sure? Everything works, even the A/C and the power antenna. New dual exhaust, starter, tires, brakes. Typical GM oil leak = free undercoating. The interior smells okay, but looks like someone was murdered inside. The rear quarters are pretty rough; I'm thinking of pop riveting old license plates in place.

More pictures once I clean it, maybe.

Oh yeah, the best part is that I only paid $600.

[Gerry24]

The good OL'Caprice wagon. I seen them tricked out too.

[Crown Vicman]

I hate to bash your new ride man but those caprices are ugly vehicles. Hard to believe the SS came from that. LOL

[RubberCtyRauder]

It's a band wagon. Ugly or not doesn't matter. Late night part time musicians don't need a Lincoln Navigator. Cool for what it's intentions are in my book

[03blackvegas]

I bought this as a gear hauler for my band. Picking it up and doing the title transfer tomorrow.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/3DBEA928-959C-42A6-B558-1591522A5EB2_zps4j9znvjb.jpg

It's a '94 Caprice with the LT1. 202k claimed miles, but the digital odometer scrolls like a slot machine so who knows for sure? Everything works, even the A/C and the power antenna. New dual exhaust, starter, tires, brakes. Typical GM oil leak = free undercoating. The interior smells okay, but looks like someone was murdered inside. The rear quarters are pretty rough; I'm thinking of pop riveting old license plates in place.

More pictures once I clean it, maybe.

Oh yeah, the best part is that I only paid $600.
I thought you were talking about a Mopar, Oh well, maybe next time.

[CoreyM75]

Spray paint your band name down the sides. You have to.
http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt153/2000-cvpi/bbband.jpg (http://s607.photobucket.com/user/2000-cvpi/media/bbband.jpg.html)

[Motorhead350]

Lets jam this summer and race our band cruisers. I need 10 and the hit... You would still beat me.

[a_d_a_m]

I hate to bash your new ride man Then why do it? :confused:
I don't disagree that they're not beautiful cars, but as Mark said:

It's a band wagon. Ugly or not doesn't matter.


Spray paint your band name down the sides. You have to. Not the worst idea. :D


Lets jam this summer and race our band cruisers. I need 10 and the hit... You would still beat me. I'm down.

[CHSurvivor]

Before my MM I owned a 95 Caprice sedan. It was hands down faster than my MM and better on fuel. The MM is 10x the ride, comfort etc. But I averaged 100 km (60 miles) per tank more and it was quicker out of the hole and top end.

Watch Roadkill sometime. they take a caprice and CV and destroy both. Hands down Caprice wins.

To each their own.
Good buy Adam

[loud2004marquis]

I like it, should add some tint since your using it to haul music equipment.

[fastblackmerc]

Nice score :up:

[a_d_a_m]

Picked up the car today and signed the title over. First stop was an emissions test. Passed with flying colors - though I suspect a few pinholes may have helped. :D
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/C7BA3EE8-1FB9-4197-A82F-69321CBBF3A4_zpsobqko7pi.jpg

After that, my buddy (who followed me back in my '04 Marquis) conned a free lunch out of me since I made him wake up early. He decided to sit in the third row for fun once we got to the bar.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/B5A0B866-0F2C-4EDB-BFCB-CFE00118E6C9_zpsierohkha.jpg

Then we enlisted a friend's lift and did a rear cat delete on his '99 Mercury and threw some rear shocks in the Caprice. I went with cheap-ass Monroe Gas-Matic shocks because they were in stock. Not the best, obviously, but they corrected the hilarious wavy-gravy ride. Here I am, spinning a ratchet while another pal looks on.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/32F84A0F-62B8-4F45-85E5-B7B556463505_zpsycrgnzk1.jpg

That job was kind of an ass pain. Those top bolts aren't fat-hand-friendly.

While doing the shocks, we found a lot of rust in unexpected places, and a bunch of leaks. I will probably just keep the thing topped off for now. Optispark is already wet, so I'm guessing a water pump and new Opti will be in order sometime in the next 3 months. No big deal.

Got home around sunset and drank a beer on the roof of the car.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/CCDF2562-F20E-4234-9F84-C54AC3A39730_zpsdwhuxm2d.jpg

I'm considering a really stupid paint job on this thing...

[Mebot]

Nice score Adam! Perfect car for what you need it for and I'm sure you'll be able to keep it running and driving no problem. Cool

Can't stop the signal...

[Joe Walsh]

Band wagon.....

:hmmm:

Most important question:

Do the seats fold flat so that an air mattress fits in the back?

(Then you could really refer to the wagon as a 'woodie'!)

[a_d_a_m]

Yes, the seats fold down...

[Darigaaz]

HNNNNGGGGG!!!

Look at the rear end on that thing!
What a thing of beauty!

[a_d_a_m]

That's one of the only decent angles to shoot this particular car from... :D

[Gerry24]

I've owned a 95 Caprice police package with the 4.3 v8. I enjoyed that car very much until I wrecked it in Miami years ago. Dam I really liked that car.

[pantheroc]

Nice score!

[sailsmen]

Looks like a stretched Pacer. :DI am sure you will have a lot of fun with it and I bet all the previous owners did.

If only station wagons could talk.:censor:

[Motorhead350]

I love the beer picture!

[88CuttyClassic]

Before my MM I owned a 95 Caprice sedan. It was hands down faster than my MM and better on fuel.

i beat my boy's slightly modded (gears,intake, exh) 96 SS with my Marauder when i was still stock. hands down is a bold statement. i'd say they are a toss up at any given time.

[sailsmen]

i beat my boy's slightly modded (gears,intake, exh) 96 SS with my Marauder when i was still stock. hands down is a bold statement. i'd say they are a toss up at any given time.

In the 1/4 based on the times posted it comes down to the driver.

[detrailers]

why is it the junior members make the stupidest, non necessary comments....

cool ride OP, wanted one of those for years,,,great potential to mod them to awesome

[Gerry24]

[QUOTE=detrailers;1450002]why is it the junior members make the stupidest, non necessary comments....


What was this comment in regards to??????

[detrailers]

[QUOTE=detrailers;1450002]why is it the junior members make the stupidest, non necessary comments....


What was this comment in regards to??????
A "junior member" made a derogatory comment about this car and either saw my comment or suddenly had better judgement and deleted it...

[ace2184]

Good find, and probably more reliable than my old band car, 1997 Volvo 850.

[Gerry24]

[QUOTE=Gerry24;1450047]
A "junior member" made a derogatory comment about this car and either saw my comment or suddenly had better judgement and deleted it...

Oh, ok cheers :beer:

[a_d_a_m]

Oh, I'd love to know A) what the derogatory comment was B) who in the hell said it.

[MMBLUE]

Oh, I'd love to know A) what the derogatory comment was B) who in the hell said it.

Only one junior member has posted in this thread :confused: :help:

[a_d_a_m]

I did not perceive any negativity in his post, though.

[LSp8]

Before my MM I owned a 95 Caprice sedan. It was hands down faster than my MM and better on fuel. The MM is 10x the ride, comfort etc. But I averaged 100 km (60 miles) per tank more and it was quicker out of the hole and top end.

Watch Roadkill sometime. they take a caprice and CV and destroy both. Hands down Caprice wins.

To each their own.
Good buy Adam

That's how it is with my Impala, just destroys the MM on acceleration, especially top end but the MM has way more creature comforts and is obviously a newer car with a much more reliable stock trans.

[a_d_a_m]

The rusty wheels started to bother me. I went out in my garage and found a few mostly-empty cans of black spray paint, and a can of silver that was at least ten years old and barely had anything in it.

Better than it was, I guess:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/1EB3D5A4-74F0-433E-983C-6E098D820D08_zpsq1di3o0h.jpg

[Darigaaz]

That's how it is with my Impala, just destroys the MM on acceleration, especially top end but the MM has way more creature comforts and is obviously a newer car with a much more reliable stock trans.

The Impala has redonkulous amounts of torque like all Chevy small blocks, 330 at the crank if I remember. Just enough to slide you around in the terrible seats and pray to God they don't break.

[LSp8]

The Impala has redonkulous amounts of torque like all Chevy small blocks, 330 at the crank if I remember. Just enough to slide you around in the terrible seats and pray to God they don't break.

That car feels like a rollercoaster on take off, Redonkulous though lol:banana:

[a_d_a_m]

After one gig, it was painfully obvious that the Caprice wasn't large enough to hold all of our equipment.

I put it on Craigslist and it sold quickly, with a couple extra bucks in my pocket.

The search is on for a cheap van now.

[chief455]

The search is on for a cheap van now.

PM with offer. Might let it go. Not used in a while.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/633/yqK8nv.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/hlyqK8nvj)

[myrodr]

look at chevy mini vans room +mpg wife had one 28 mpg on highway good luck

[a_d_a_m]

Scored an Aerostar instead. :D

[a_d_a_m]

The bassist of my band and I went to the Pull-A-Part on the west side of Cleveland a few days ago. We needed a door latch for the Aerostar.
Guess what we found?
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/D4391D51-5C88-4119-B780-97173209B85B_zpsmjmqp3l0.jpg
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/73499415-E143-4BEB-8E95-5C52B6180B3F_zpsvohfgxix.jpg
Showed up in the yard on September 1st, according to the little decal on it.

[Finally]

Good price I think,great engines with lots of power,I know my 94 lt1 caprice would have whooped my MM but same as others have said the MM is a classy ride.hmmmmmmm maybe they should have done a MM wagon.

[CoreyM75]

Well that sucks. The next guy to drive it didn't get more than one or two drug runs out of the Caprice. And why so few parts pulled off it in five days? All the pick and pulls that I've been to pick cars quick.

[Joe Walsh]

The bassist of my band and I went to the Pull-A-Part on the west side of Cleveland a few days ago.
Guess what we found?

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/73499415-E143-4BEB-8E95-5C52B6180B3F_zpsvohfgxix.jpg
Showed up in the yard on September 1st, according to the little decal on it.

On the bright side....the rims still look good....:2thumbs:

BTW: Is that Police fingerprint dusting on the side glass......or merely hapless passengers trying to get out?

[Finally]

I'd be surprised if the motor wasn't pulled already.

[a_d_a_m]

I'd be surprised if the motor wasn't pulled already. It wasn't.

The car was intact as the day I sold it. No parts removed.

[lifespeed]

Watch Roadkill sometime. they take a caprice and CV and destroy both. Hands down Caprice wins.

Power, not handling. And it wouldn't win on power either against the DOHC Marauder. Which is not to say the Marauder shouldn't have shipped with a blower as intended.

[chief455]

BTW: Is that Police fingerprint dusting on the side glass......or merely hapless passengers trying to get out?
^good call!