Recent content by ssn696

Nice survivor. No red interior. 😀 All the front reinforcement bars. Frame looks really decent for a NE car.

For those still with us who served, it's also a moment to be personally grateful that you made it home, and to think of those who still have physical reminders of their service.

The body number and vehicle number will not match. When I brought my wagon in for the VIN inspection when registering it, the number on the door tag was illegible, but the original owner saved my bacon when I found the original window sticker/paper folded up inside the owner's manual in the...

If you will be removing the upholstery, you can get to the locking spring once the back of the seat cloth is pulled up.

If anyone wants the TPI setup that goes with these heads, I have enough parts to make a single engine.

Fun fact: if you in swap disc brakes from an S10 or Fbody, the two threaded holes in the flanged ends that hold on the Gbody backing plate exactly match the traditional GM trapezoid bolt pattern. Just cut off the excess so that the disk backing plate fits, punch and drill the missing two holes...

I talked to a Chevy dealer in 1992 about buying a replacement dash and GM wanted $450 at that time, you did not get to choose the color. So, 32 years later, this may be a remarkably good deal, actually.

The Caprice/B-body 8.5" differentials have the upper control arm bushing mounts in a lower, wider, more forward position than the G-body version used in the GN and 442, which exactly duplicate the location on the smaller more common 7.5". Compare with your axle before taking home the one in the...

If the hen's tooth you find is a non-posi, that's a bargaining point, and you can upgrade to a 30-spline 8.5/8.6 GM truck differential and upgraded Moser GN axles to match. https://www.moserengineering.com/a103004-10-bolt-30-spline-fits-1982-87-grand-national.item

It's refreshing to hear a new member offering advice. The normal new member first post is usually, 'I ripped the emissions junk off my car and now it won't run - help!' or 'can I put this huge cam in my stock 305 for more power?', etc. We welcome your enthusiasm. I've had one or more Malibus in...

Did you treat the bare metal and old holes to prevent rust?

My 92 W250 used to molt sheets of white paint off the hood as I rolled along at 75. The driver's door looked like it had sprouted a pocket. I touched the bottom of the bulge and watched a bunch of rainwater drain out...

Still have mine. Didn't realize it had been that long. Signature is Mac-Ink.

We live for reverse-engineering the General.

What a nice, emissions-exempt survivor you found. I looked at a diesel Malibu wagon in 1987. Wish I knew then what I know now, and chose it over the one I bought with the gas V6.