Thread Number: 69579
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Post# 924739   3/3/2017 at 20:48 (2,581 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)   |   | |
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Post# 924740 , Reply# 1   3/3/2017 at 20:53 (2,581 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)   |   | |
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Post# 924741 , Reply# 2   3/3/2017 at 20:54 (2,581 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)   |   | |
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Post# 924743 , Reply# 3   3/3/2017 at 20:59 (2,581 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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A GM person, these were one of my favorite cars in the 80s, I knew several people who had them and I thought they were very classy looking. |
Post# 924744 , Reply# 4   3/3/2017 at 20:59 (2,581 days old) by Travis ()   |   | |
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Nice,
You saved it from riding around East St. Louis!
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Post# 924812 , Reply# 5   3/4/2017 at 01:08 (2,581 days old) by washdaddy (Baltimore)   |   | |
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Looks to be a nice car and with you giving it a good once over and taking care of anything that was neglected you'll be good to go. How many miles are on the car? |
Post# 924815 , Reply# 6   3/4/2017 at 01:18 (2,581 days old) by earthling177 (Boston, MA)   |   | |
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Good luck and enjoy it in good health! |
Post# 924833 , Reply# 7   3/4/2017 at 06:21 (2,581 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 924839 , Reply# 8   3/4/2017 at 06:48 (2,581 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 924841 , Reply# 9   3/4/2017 at 07:15 (2,581 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)   |   | |
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the car has 25500 miles on it and was from the state of az so no rust just age and never maintained. I can do many things but others are out of my hands. will take it into work with me on tue and let them have at it. at this point I know the cv shafts are shot no boots and the joints are dry and since the brake fluid was never changed its thick and black as tar and that destroys all the hydraulics in the system. at this point you can feel it hard petal to the floor and cant pump it back up. the cleaning and fluids and tune up stuff are easy. till its safe to drive I don't want to play
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Post# 924920 , Reply# 13   3/4/2017 at 14:27 (2,580 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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Post# 924989 , Reply# 14   3/4/2017 at 22:43 (2,580 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )   |   | |
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Post# 925111 , Reply# 15   3/5/2017 at 12:55 (2,579 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)   |   | |
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well the shafts are dry and noisy so they are history so I'm ready for that and the brake system oh well. just has to be done. have all the parts for the reg stuff and fluids ect. its an old car so it needs what it needs. once the techs at work get there hands on it they can give it the once over its hard to see everything with out putting it up on the rack. and well go from there. once its all done I think it will be a fun car.
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Post# 925318 , Reply# 17   3/6/2017 at 14:57 (2,578 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 925320 , Reply# 18   3/6/2017 at 15:22 (2,578 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)   |   | |
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Post# 925323 , Reply# 19   3/6/2017 at 15:37 (2,578 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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That was my favorite car back then, I had a friend who bought one new (85) white with black cherry interior and I thought I'd die if I didn't have one too. Lol. Being 18-19, college and working only part-time, it was never meant to be. ( I could afford a Dodge Omni tho) Still makes my heart flutter even now. Congrats, Chris, this is a really beautiful automobile. Keep us posted on the progress.
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Post# 925327 , Reply# 20   3/6/2017 at 15:48 (2,578 days old) by jkbff (Happy Rock, ND)   |   | |
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Thats a pretty good looking car :-)
I've always loved the look of these cars. I like big old cars. I miss my 87 Chrysler New Yorker that I had. I have an 84 Caddy Fleetwood Brougham d'Elegance that I bought from my cousin for my dad to drive after he was laid off. That car was always the car we cruised around in. Now that dad has it, I steal it every once in a while, like this weekend, and go cruise around to waste about a half a tank of gas. It's been a while since my cousin drove it so he was pretty ecstatic when I let him drive. |
Post# 925396 , Reply# 21   3/6/2017 at 22:27 (2,578 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )   |   | |
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Post# 925509 , Reply# 23   3/7/2017 at 15:14 (2,577 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)   |   | |
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well the work has begun as of today I just opened my check book and said here ya go.. I trust the guys at work so it will done right. the car is older than the guy workin on it ha ha but its all good. it seems the cap rotor wires and plugs and belts are the orig to the car wow was time for a tune up huh. hopefully they can start on the big stuff tomorrow. one thing I will say I was only able to drive it to the gas station about a min from the house and have had it parked since but I drove it to work this morning and was thinking its a good thing I'm on the road at 315 am that way ill be the only one on the road, anyway that car actually floats down the road .. kinda cool
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Post# 925510 , Reply# 24   3/7/2017 at 15:22 (2,577 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan)   |   | |
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cloud mobiles. I can't say the new LaCrosse floats though. The last Park Avenue and LeSabre did though. |
Post# 925692 , Reply# 25   3/8/2017 at 14:13 (2,576 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT)   |   | |
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daily summer driver, once we get her sorted, 403 Olds V8 and only 40k miles but sat for several years, we didn't have time last fall to rebuild the carb: '79 Electra:
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Post# 925709 , Reply# 26   3/8/2017 at 16:10 (2,576 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)   |   | |
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