Caprice engine swap?

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bill25
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Need more info.
email: pkjkw-5924818423@sale.craigslist.org
Bob
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kevm14 wrote:
Bob wrote:You can be like that guy who traded his way up from an old cell phone to a Boxster.
Need more info.
http://jalopnik.com/5591644/how-a-17-ye ... -a-porsche
kevm14
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I'm not sure what part of an Impala SS is fiberglass...
I have a 1996 Chevy Impala ss for sale. Car is very nice . Interior can use a little work but overall it's pretty good. Everything is original LT1 v8 engine . Car needs a doughnut on the exhaust and small bump on fiberglass thats not noticeable. Other than that you have a strong fast nice looking car. I drive it everyday to work and I don't have any Problems with it.3000 or trade for a nice work truck
I wonder about mileage.

I don't know off hand how I would go about fixing the seats. The seats on these did not hold up. An OEM seat from another vehicle is probably the most likely fix but other than Bonneville I don't know what a good source is. The best approach is to take the power seat mechanism off the factory seats and bolt another seat to it. The seat you bolt on should have manual recline to match the OEM seats (my Caprice is actually the same - I could use my seats in fact - the whole thing - and probably bolt my passenger seat to the SS factory power seat frame). My driver's seat is slowly deteriorating but it is safe to say that 9C1 seats are FAR more heavy duty than the OEM SS seats.

I could swap my entire exhaust (or parts) to this car, by the way. Including the manifolds. They are all LT1 parts. Wheels. Brakes. Any suspension parts. Even interior door panels (that would look stupid).

The paint seems not failed which I like.
Bob
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How much would it cost to pay someone to reupholster the OEM seats? Is it prohibitively expensive?
kevm14
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I am going to assume that it is. For a $3000 car.
Adam
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Don't forget all the spare LT1 B-body parts that are laying around.
bill25
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Are we videotaping the ride to Charlotte?
kevm14
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Extremely clean and low mile RMS, local.

http://providence.craigslist.org/cto/5919766617.html
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Armored Fleetwood.

http://hartford.craigslist.org/cto/5914389074.html

This thing is legit. And it has some James Bond switches inside, too.
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kevm14 wrote:Armored Fleetwood.

http://hartford.craigslist.org/cto/5914389074.html

This thing is legit. And it has some James Bond switches inside, too.
Is that an oxygen tank in the back in case of chemical warfare?
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