Blake Noble

http://lexington.craigslist.org/cto/1409021115.html I don't get it.

If I get the chance, I'll maybe submit some beauty shots of the Cutty. I'd like to wait until the leaves change over, though. I think fall colors will really make the red pop if I do it right.

doughboy

Well howdy stranger. Sit a spell will you?

There isn't much that's terribly different about it.

Hopefully this is a teaser for a civilian Chevrolet version of the VF Caprice/Statesman.

Ohhhhh, so that's what he looks like. Well, except for the fact that I have sideburns at the moment ...

"37 Ghosts IV" - NIN Creepiest goddamn song. Ever. I'd go so far as to say it's even a little bit disturbing.

http://www.cheersandgears.com/index.php?showtopic=40851 :wink: I really don't understand the baby with the "Do not touch the baby" sign.

Give Hummer back to AMGeneral (if they're still around) ...

He changed his mind ...

The guy's interested. Knock on wood, something might just happen ...

Man the harpoons!

Yes, especially in the Cutlass.

Bengal for the compact, please. I think it would be fitting if the second-gen looks like this:

Figure out the situation with the Monte Carlo.

wait wut? Toyota tried to go '90s retro on this? I don't know why, but I still don't like it. I feel like I've seen it 1,000,000 times already. Granted, it does look better with a dash of flat gray exterior paint here and there, but I still feel like I'm being euthanized when I look at it.

Thanks, blu. Strangely, most everyone I know isn't a fan of The Police.

If things go ATP, I'm going to kick the tires on the Formula this Thursday or Friday. I'm also hoping the carcass that has been sitting in my driveway for the past four months will be gone by then too.

"Every Breath You Take" - The Police Don't say it ...

Yessum, you'd be right. Guess BV's a spy these days. If so, awesome.

Hopefully, my finances will look better at the end of the week. :wink: The Monte is a bigger money pit than I first realized. Work on it has been at a dead stand still since early this month. I've been scratching my head over what I should do with the car. I'd really like to keep it, but then again, I've began wondering if sinking so much money into it would be worth it. This car isn't going to be the garage queen the Cutlass has ultimately turned out to be. After all, I wanted the SS as a DD to replace the 'Bird, not another project car. So far, just to make the car road-worthy again, I'm going to need to buy a set of digital gauges (about $750) for starters. The carburetor, I think, only has a few thousand miles left. I can hear the diaphragm squeak and wheeze like the Cutlass's old Edelbrock used to do and since GM doesn't make the particular model of Quadrajet the MC/SS uses anymore, I have to pay about $500 bucks for a rebuilt one and I'd rather not waste money on a chance like that. So, in order to use an aftermarket carb (or even an older, more basic Q-J), I have to remove the engine management computer and there's where I'll really run into some money. In order to remove it, the car will need a new carb, new intake manifold, a set of headers, a new TV cable, and a lock-up kit for the torque converter. To buy quality parts of all of the above, I'll need somewhere over a grand (I don't have my estimates handy). The HVAC is busted too, and since winter is coming up, it's a priority this is fixed. I don't have an estimate on what that will cost at this time, but I know it won't be budget-friendly. Then there's the bodywork and paint that will inevitably have to be done. I'm certain there's some rust lurking in the car that I don't know about. The Formula I found is just a thought. Since the owner is open to trades, I might try to find a way up to Newport this week and check 'er out (and much, much, much more thoroughly than I did the MC/SS; I don't know why I was so ignorant about checking it out, so I deserve the buyer's remorse I have as a result of that). I won't make any offers until I know for sure that some rusty sheet metal and a bad carb are all that's wrong with it. If everything checks out, he accepts the offer, and a deal is made, I'll throw on a new 4-bbl carb, find a decent job and save up some money to have the rust fixed and a new coat of paint slapped on. I let that '71 Cutlass slip through my fingers and I've regretted it since. It needed the valvetrain assemblies replaced, but the parts were already in the trunk (in fact, new parts came with the car to fix everything major that was wrong with it except for the bodywork). It had problems in numbers far less than the Monte has turned out to have. I've thought about a newer car, but outside of a '98 and up T/A or Z28, there isn't much that would really make me happy. There's also this: http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/cto/1395899939.html ... but the digital dash makes me uneasy. Also: http://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/1357634889.html ... That one blew me away, too. EDIT: RE: a newer car; thinking about it, I wouldn't complain if I could find a decent early '90s 3er coupe in black with the I-6 and a stick. 944s are sort of new ... ish, and are cheap. If something major broke on the 944 broke, though, I'd probably shit myself.

http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/cto/1392759031.html I'm considering offering the Monte and maybe some cash to boot, just to see if the guy will bite.

This. The interior doesn't bother me.