Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 02/12/2017 at 19:08 • Filed to: None

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Priced quite low, but the world is probably better off with this one as an organ donor.

boredalways > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/12/2017 at 19:18

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after you take care of the brakes, would it qualify for a LS swap?

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > boredalways 02/12/2017 at 19:20

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That sounds like a great idea. I’m not a huge fan of LS swaps because they seem so, well, common, but I think this is a perfect candidate. After all, it’s just replacing one GM V8 for another one, amirite?

boredalways > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/12/2017 at 19:22

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i believe you are correct, sir.

LongbowMkII > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/12/2017 at 19:24

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Rust? How low is quite low?

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > LongbowMkII 02/12/2017 at 19:28

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I think it had a price of $1,299. I didn’t look at it long enough to check for rust. The interior was partially disassembled; I’m assuming someone started taking it apart to fix an HVAC or electrical problem, and once the cost was discussed they decided to dump it.

LongbowMkII > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/12/2017 at 19:49

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It could be worth the headache for three digits (like $400).

Birddog > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/12/2017 at 23:13

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Discos for $1000 or less pop up often around here. There’s always a reason and the ads almost always include the phrase “just want it gone”.

No brakes whatsoever is refreshingly direct. My favorite is when they claim it has a “lifter tap”.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/12/2017 at 23:31

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It is not even remotely that easy. The flywheel for an LS is as large as the bellhousing on the disco trans. I’ve done a lot of research in this topic and know discos better than I know Mercedes built before 1994. The general consensus and most common practice is to install with a GM trans and either get a custom built transfer case and driveshafts or a massive adapter between the trans and transfer case with custom driveshafts. Then there is the issue of fitment...

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 02/13/2017 at 06:13

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Being a British vehicle I would expect extra challenges. My comment was not to imply that it would be easy, just a little history on the Buick 215.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/13/2017 at 09:53

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Gotcha. People throw the idea around all the time thinking it would be easy, so at this point I naturally assume.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Birddog 02/13/2017 at 18:11

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And that reminds me of an ad from 20+ years ago that I still have laying around somewhere: “ 1976 Audi Fox. Doesn’t run, don’t know why. Get it away from me, please ”. Having owned the VW version of the same car I can completely understand.

Birddog > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/16/2017 at 02:09

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Dang! It wasn’t the 70s version but when I was In High School (1990ish) I wanted a VW Fox 2 door wagon pretty badly.

They were advertising them super cheap at the time too. Oddly, I never saw one on the road at the time or in the old Tradin Times a few years later used (and I bought the Times like it was a religion).