Bagged 91 Caprice
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that thing is freakin rad. if i could find a down and out wagon id hack it up and do something like this.
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this Cappy looking mean. are you going to keep it this color?'.are you going to slap on some smoothy bumpers and change up the side view mirrors?Yea I was at slamfest just wasn't able to bring the car. Just got it driving but still need to get a plate and clean some stuff up. Rockstar I looked for you by your car but don't think I seen you. Your car looks good, I took some pictures of it. I rolled in with all the Explicit trucks. I took a some pics of the car today and some video, I'm going to start on the body work this week and hopefully have everything ready for paint. Heres the pics and video and a clip shot cruising during slamfest.
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I don't know what color I'm going to paint it just yet, probably some sort of two tone with something to break it up. I am going to atleast get a smoothie rear bumber and as soon as I come across a good deal on some Impala mirrors I'll shave off the old ones. I'm trying to find some 95-96 rear quarter windows so I can swap those out to and I already have an SS spoiler to but I am going to do a test fit to see if I like it first.
Rockstar: The trailer fenders were just some ones purchased at my local steel supplier, they were 12"x33".
Rockstar: The trailer fenders were just some ones purchased at my local steel supplier, they were 12"x33".
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F'n Sweet!!
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Are you laying frame? What kind of bags are u using, I cant get mine that high
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that thing is effin sick wid it JC!!!! minitrucker here also, thinkin bout selling my mini and getting a Cap now! what size tire are you runnin? might have missed it somewhere in there if ya posted that...
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awwww i see that sucks, would like to know whatever happened to it. there was some sick ass work done to it
New here, I am the newest owner of this car.
Let me be clear in stating I am not posting here to start an argument or a fight so please read what I am posting open minded and just read it as facts.
I purchased some stuff of a guy off craigslist. When I met him he said he had a caprice that would lay frame on 24's. I decided to give the car a look.
I initially wanted the car to finish it. When I got really into looking at the car, my mind quickly changed.
This is how it was when I got it 3 days ago.
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I have no idea how many people have had their hands on this car. I don't know who did the work, or who redid the work.
The rear 2 link suspension was scary. The was many good intentions, but poor follow through. There was nothing holding the axle to the arms other then the u bolts. A good bump or hard launch and the axle would have been free. The metal was welded at the bend, but not braced at all and the shocks were welded at the bed further weakening the weld. The way the suspension was designed there was no way to lay the car side to side without flexing the entire frame of the car. The rear bags upper mount was welded through the floor of the car. Now it was tied into the frame, but why would you want it bolted to the floor of your car.
The front suspension looked good, and built pretty nicely.
The air hoses were routed insanely, the silenoids and valves just laying on the trunk floor. The engine was changed over to a carb. Rather then using the in-tank pump with a regulator and keeping things nice and tidy, there was a inline fuel pump bolted to the floor above the rear axle, in the way of the axle. The new pump was plumbed in with air line rather then fuel line, and all of it was just flopping around on the frame not mounted to anything. I have never seen so many ZIP ties in my life.
The guy I got it from said the under hood wiring was just left laying on the tires and in the way of the suspension. He did his best to fix this, but I found a lot of wiring missing and there wasn't enough to hook any of the engine back up.
Like I said, I don't know who did what or why along the way and through the multiple owner, but it was a disaster. I decided to cut my losses and scrap the car.
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The inline fuel pump
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One of the rear bag mounts in the floor, this had to make a horride racket going down the road.
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The new wooden suspension, LOL. Had to hold it up long enough to get it on the trailer
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Look closely on the other side you can see the 2x4 wedge in there holding the car up.
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Let me be clear in stating I am not posting here to start an argument or a fight so please read what I am posting open minded and just read it as facts.
I purchased some stuff of a guy off craigslist. When I met him he said he had a caprice that would lay frame on 24's. I decided to give the car a look.
I initially wanted the car to finish it. When I got really into looking at the car, my mind quickly changed.
This is how it was when I got it 3 days ago.
I have no idea how many people have had their hands on this car. I don't know who did the work, or who redid the work.
The rear 2 link suspension was scary. The was many good intentions, but poor follow through. There was nothing holding the axle to the arms other then the u bolts. A good bump or hard launch and the axle would have been free. The metal was welded at the bend, but not braced at all and the shocks were welded at the bed further weakening the weld. The way the suspension was designed there was no way to lay the car side to side without flexing the entire frame of the car. The rear bags upper mount was welded through the floor of the car. Now it was tied into the frame, but why would you want it bolted to the floor of your car.
The front suspension looked good, and built pretty nicely.
The air hoses were routed insanely, the silenoids and valves just laying on the trunk floor. The engine was changed over to a carb. Rather then using the in-tank pump with a regulator and keeping things nice and tidy, there was a inline fuel pump bolted to the floor above the rear axle, in the way of the axle. The new pump was plumbed in with air line rather then fuel line, and all of it was just flopping around on the frame not mounted to anything. I have never seen so many ZIP ties in my life.
The guy I got it from said the under hood wiring was just left laying on the tires and in the way of the suspension. He did his best to fix this, but I found a lot of wiring missing and there wasn't enough to hook any of the engine back up.
Like I said, I don't know who did what or why along the way and through the multiple owner, but it was a disaster. I decided to cut my losses and scrap the car.
The inline fuel pump
One of the rear bag mounts in the floor, this had to make a horride racket going down the road.
The new wooden suspension, LOL. Had to hold it up long enough to get it on the trailer
Look closely on the other side you can see the 2x4 wedge in there holding the car up.
Reasons for scrapping the car
1 - poorly engineered
2 - engine smoked
3 - electrical nightmare, no fuses on anything, some fuses replaced with pieces of scrap metal
4 - not a salvageable body panel on the car (rust/dents/hacked)
5 - parts worth more then the car
6 - most of the interior was missing or broken to bits
7 - door handles shaved but no poppers, you had to open the drivers door and get in to open the other doors
8 - not enough air supply for the car, could lay it out and raise it twice, then had to wait an hour to do it again
Some of the work was done nicely on the car, most it wasn't.
I will say, my kids loved bouncing around it in for the brief time they could.
1 - poorly engineered
2 - engine smoked
3 - electrical nightmare, no fuses on anything, some fuses replaced with pieces of scrap metal
4 - not a salvageable body panel on the car (rust/dents/hacked)
5 - parts worth more then the car
6 - most of the interior was missing or broken to bits
7 - door handles shaved but no poppers, you had to open the drivers door and get in to open the other doors
8 - not enough air supply for the car, could lay it out and raise it twice, then had to wait an hour to do it again
Some of the work was done nicely on the car, most it wasn't.
I will say, my kids loved bouncing around it in for the brief time they could.
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