"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo)
08/23/2020 at 18:41 • Filed to: img src=data:image/jpeg;base64
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"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo)
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It’s a 4.3 v6 chopped down from an olds 350 diesel v8. there was a chev celebrity so equipped for sale around here but I couldn’t find any evidence such a thing existed. In the Land of Ontario (how the hell is this not rusty?) there is this lovely 6000 for sale right now.
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> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
08/23/2020 at 18:54 |
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Price seems fair for something that supposedly has no rust. $2500 still seems like a lot for what is only worth something as a curiousity.
dogisbadob
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
08/23/2020 at 18:58 |
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$2500 Canadian is a good price for a rust-free car that runs
In 1985, the full-size FWD GM cars got a diesel engine (a variant of the same 4.3L V6)
called, wait for it... LS2 :p
Roadkilled
> dogisbadob
08/23/2020 at 19:07 |
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$2500 CAD may be overpriced. The car may not be worth the hassle. It’s old enough that parts will be hard to find and repairs could get expensive. Brakes and suspension parts won’t be a problem, but any powertrain issues won’t be simple to fix. It also has no airbags, no antilock brakes and it handles like a boat.
Add to that the fact that the car will be slow. I got to drive a friend’s 1984 Buick Regal Diesel in the early 90s, and it felt horribly underpowered to me. It had torque, but it took forever to get moving. Let me clarify that my daily driver was a 1982 Dodge Aries. (Don’t judge me; it was a free car.) The Buick felt underpowered compared to the Dodge.
fintail
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
08/23/2020 at 19:07 |
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So just under 2K USD, if it is actually sound, maybe fair to the enthusiast of rare but forgotten vehicles.
I remember coming across this kind of stuff 20-25 years ago, seeing things like a diesel Tempo or Escort, and there was a diesel Monte Carlo in town. Never see any of that today.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
08/23/2020 at 19:09 |
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buy it
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> Roadkilled
08/23/2020 at 19:11 |
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I learned to drive in an 81 k-car, hard to be slower than that.
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Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
> pip bip - choose Corrour
08/23/2020 at 19:14 |
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It would be a 24 hour nonstop drive to go have a look (Canada being quite large), typically one would skip most of Ont ario and d etour through USA. Not on the menu right now, also these c ars suck.
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Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
> dogisbadob
08/23/2020 at 20:33 |
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That’s gotta be a tight fit sideways in the A body. I had a bonneville, lots of room in there.
punkgoose17
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
08/23/2020 at 22:13 |
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Wow I bet it is terrible and awful.
bob and john
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
08/23/2020 at 23:57 |
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this is close to me....
thank god I dont have $2500 burning a hole in my pocket