G bodies in the winter

[Bonnewagon]

Hey! Thank's for reminding me, it's time to put the SNOW TIRES on!! This wagon never gets a break. I just made 3 trips hauling stockade fence sections on top and then just today I hauled away the old fencing in the cargo area. Damn I love these wagons!

 

[Bonnewagon]

OK, I think I'm all set for winter!

 

[pontiacgp]

nice car but it must be hard to parallel park...

when I drove a G body in the winter I had 4 winter tires on it, a few bags of sand in the trunk that that car would go anywhere. With the posi it would go places where a FWD wouldn't make it.....

 

[King_V]

I can't. I just can't.

In terms of body, frame, lack of rust, etc. I don't think I'm going to find another affordable G body like mine. Not with the amount of rain, snow, etc. And I *know* that I'm not meticulous about keeping it clean. Thus, it never sees rain nor snow.

Now, when my 84 Regal 4-door V6 was my daily driver, well, yeah, I drove it in the winter. But that was a less-than-10-year-old car at the time.

Plus, in rain or snow, I don't trust the idiots around me. I don't think I'm all that great of a driver, but I've seen the mayhem on the roads around here. My 7 year old son has even said, when I've suddenly had to avoid someone - "It's like they let any dummy have a license!"


On the other hand, I've been (somewhat nervously) using my 1987 Ford Crown Victoria Coupe (yep, an actual, last-year 2-door) as a daily driver for a few years now. I dread trying to find a door for it if anyone smacks me.


I don't know. I guess if I had a beater G-body, I'd do it. But even those seem to sometimes command money I wouldn't expect. Maybe if I get a 4-door V6 or small-V8 car for cheap enough.

But I admit it - I'm just scared to do it. I don't want to put these cars in higher risk scenarios as their numbers dwindle.

 

[axisg]

for me the Gbody was always a source of cheap reliable transport. Used to pick up good running 4 door gbodies for less than $500 ( less if the three-oh-fried had a flat cam ) and the 4 door malibus were the most plentiful for cheap winter transport. Like GP said, 4 snow tires and a couple sand bags in the trunk and they were near unstoppable. Buddy of mine actually used to winter his Malibu over his 4wd jeep TJ because it handled it better LOL

 

[Hoopty_Mike]

My cutlass get's daily driven all year round here in CT. Awesome car in the snow with 2.14s out back. Never had snow tires though. Never a fan of sandbags, always had better luck stopping without them.

 

[78chevolds]

I drive mine as a DD in the Winter here in RI/MA. I have no problems getting around once I put on the snow tires. The car was originally Ziebarted 6 months after it was bought. I added Eastwoood's internal frame coating, and internal panel coating and that has kept the car solid.

 

[pontiacgp]

with all you guys driving in the winter then there should be a month set aside for you for G body of the month.....

 

[81cutlass]

Oldsnowmobile, snow-mobile?

Fireturd took a sh*t, dead #1 cylinder and has spark, fuel, and valves are opening with good compression. #4 shares a coil and is firing so its not spark related. Engine for my newly purchased durango isnt back from the machine shop. Drive Turbo-Cutlass!

 

[pencero]

My Cutlass was an Oklahoma car still showed black on the frame if you scraped away the thick coat of orange dust. One Chicago winter was all it took for the frame to start looking rusty and little pieces of ice to cut up my Billet wheels - never again... I only drove it in the snow like 10 times and deteriorated rapidly