darndot's 92 Caprice Wagon (New Photo 10/19/09)

darndot · 12-29-2007, 09:05 PM

I bought a 92 Caprice Wagon.

It has a 5.7 V8 with 111,000 miles. A sewing machine repair man owned it, and passed away recently. My plans are to make it a daily driver/interstate cruiser. I am going to swap out the grill and rims, and make it a Impala SS Wagon.

Future Mods: Radio, Tinted Windows, Impala Rims, Keyless Entry, Impala Grill. I think I will leave it blue, but it will need a paint job sometime.

**GMCSonoma** · 12-29-2007, 09:06 PM

Nice!!!!

darndot · 12-29-2007, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by GMCSonoma

Nice!!!!

I figured you would like it since you also have a b-body yourself. I also think Cort needs one.

I am going to sell the Prizm. It had to much Toyota parts under the hood for me.

knightfan26917 · 12-30-2007, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by darndot

I also think Cort needs one.

LOL!

Yeah, maybe..... But ... I'm not too keen on the bubble body style. I'd rather have one of the box bodies ... '89 or '90 Caprice with the 9C1 ... or, better yet, a '77-'79 Caprice

.

Darndot ... that car looks sweet! CONGRATULATIONS! I thought of you earlier today ... was looking through online ads and found a '94 (er, I think it was a '94) Caprice wagon with the Impala SS front end ... looked VERY good, btw

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**mikmak** · 12-30-2007, 06:47 AM

Another Wagon! You lucky dog. Congrats on your new transport Darndot, *sigh* I'm so proud.

F14CRAZY · 12-30-2007, 02:16 PM

They don't make them like the used to

darndot · 12-30-2007, 03:47 PM

Rats. I just spent the afternoon taking out the radiator. Gald I found that one out the easy way, and not along side the road.

**GMCSonoma** · 12-30-2007, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by darndot

I figured you would like it since you also have a b-body yourself. I also think Cort needs one.

I am going to sell the Prizm. It had to much Toyota parts under the hood for me.

Damn straight...looks fine...and a TBI...it'll run forever, and God forbid it breaks down..it'll be cheap to fix!

marinerbc · 12-30-2007, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darndot

I bought a 92 Caprice Wagon.

It has a 5.7 V8 with 111,000 miles. A sewing machine repair man owned it, and passed away recently. My plans are to make it a daily driver/interstate cruiser. I am going to swap out the grill and rims, and make it a Impala SS Wagon.

Future Mods: Radio, Tinted Windows, Impala Rims, Keyless Entry, Impala Grill. I think I will leave it blue, but it will need a paint job sometime.

Great find, darndot! B Bodies forever!

darndot · 12-30-2007, 09:23 PM

Somebody has a quote on their signature. Chevy's run badly longer than most imports run at all.

I am hoping the radiator shop can fix it instead of replacing the whole thing. I would like to spend the money on something else like rims.

**GMCSonoma** · 12-30-2007, 09:37 PM

That happened on my Roadmaster right after I bought it....

I had a seam starting to leak when cold of all things...so I bought a new Spectra radiator that was plastic & aluminum...I replaced all of the coolant hoses as well when at it. Then the new radiator leaked at the transcooler lines and I broke a trans line while R&Ring the 2nd time!!! All in all I spent a week's worth of evenings messing around. I should have just sent the old copper one out for a repair, but the core fins were starting to ash out...

Check Rockauto.com, even ebay for a comparison on the radiator...

Quote:

Originally Posted by darndot

Somebody has a quote on their signature. Chevy's run badly longer than most imports run at all.

I am hoping the radiator shop can fix it instead of replacing the whole thing. I would like to spend the money on something else like rims.

dauntlessVsix · 12-30-2007, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knightfan26917

Yeah, maybe..... But ... I'm not too keen on the bubble body style. I'd rather have one of the box bodies ... '89 or '90 Caprice with the 9C1 ... or, better yet, a '77-'79 Caprice

.

x2

Why slice through the wind when you can just punch a hole in it?

Congratulations on the wagon, darndot! Looks like a great find.

knightfan26917 · 12-31-2007, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by dauntlessVsix

x2

Why slice through the wind when you can just punch a hole in it?

LOL!

That Impala looks great, dauntless!

BTW ... I see you are in S IL ... whereabouts? May've just missed ya on my road trip last November....

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dauntlessVsix · 12-31-2007, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by knightfan26917

LOL!

That Impala looks great, dauntless!

BTW ... I see you are in S IL ... whereabouts? May've just missed ya on my road trip last November....

Thanks!

I'm located just a bit north of Greenville and a half hour or so south of Litchfield.

t-rex · 12-31-2007, 01:55 AM

Ya betta pimp da mo-fo out, darndot!

12-29-2007, 09:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
darndot 6.2 Liter LS3 V8 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Southern Illinois Drives: Silvy, 57-Pickup, Corvair-Vert. Posts: 3,446	darndot's 92 Caprice Wagon (New Photo 10/19/09) I bought a 92 Caprice Wagon. It has a 5.7 V8 with 111,000 miles. A sewing machine repair man owned it, and passed away recently. My plans are to make it a daily driver/interstate cruiser. I am going to swap out the grill and rims, and make it a Impala SS Wagon. Future Mods: Radio, Tinted Windows, Impala Rims, Keyless Entry, Impala Grill. I think I will leave it blue, but it will need a paint job sometime. __________________ Toyota because Whirlpool doesn't make cars and trucks. Last edited by darndot : 10-20-2009 at 08:51 AM.

12-29-2007, 09:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
GMCSonoma GMI Staff Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 10,053	Re: darndot's 92 Caprice Wagon Nice!!!! __________________ GM dealer parts manager...for a lot of years! *Please post all tech questions to the GMI Tech Forum, not my message box! Thanks*!

12-30-2007, 06:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
mikmak GMI Australia Correspondent Join Date: May 2005 Location: Pacific Paradise, Australia Drives: VZ Wagon and JSII sedan Posts: 11,597	Re: darndot's 92 Caprice Wagon Another Wagon! You lucky dog. Congrats on your new transport Darndot, sigh I'm so proud. __________________ *READ GM International Operations 100 Day Scorecard!!It's official: I'm a twit. Follow me on Twitter!!***

12-30-2007, 02:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
F14CRAZY 6.2 Liter LS9 Supercharged V8 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Dimondale, MI Drives: '89 Buick Reatta Posts: 6,227	Re: darndot's 92 Caprice Wagon They don't make them like the used to __________________ Owner of vehicles powered by a Buick even-fire V6, Chevy 60 degree OHV V6, a big block Buick V8, and a quadrozontal Triple-X08:take your hybrids and shove em up yer ass, i'll take my fuel injection and carburetors, and still make 30+ mpg. and i wont look like a douchebag driving it.

12-30-2007, 03:47 PM	#7 (permalink)
darndot 6.2 Liter LS3 V8 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Southern Illinois Drives: Silvy, 57-Pickup, Corvair-Vert. Posts: 3,446	Re: darndot's 92 Caprice Wagon Rats. I just spent the afternoon taking out the radiator. Gald I found that one out the easy way, and not along side the road. __________________ Toyota because Whirlpool doesn't make cars and trucks.

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12-30-2007, 09:23 PM	#10 (permalink)
darndot 6.2 Liter LS3 V8 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Southern Illinois Drives: Silvy, 57-Pickup, Corvair-Vert. Posts: 3,446	Re: darndot's 92 Caprice Wagon Somebody has a quote on their signature. Chevy's run badly longer than most imports run at all. I am hoping the radiator shop can fix it instead of replacing the whole thing. I would like to spend the money on something else like rims. __________________ Toyota because Whirlpool doesn't make cars and trucks.

12-31-2007, 01:55 AM	#15 (permalink)
t-rex 6.2 Liter LS9 Supercharged V8 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New Orleans Drives: 2005 BMW 325i. Posts: 7,515	Re: darndot's 92 Caprice Wagon Ya betta pimp da mo-fo out, darndot!

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