I'm sorry to hear about your loss. You put up a very good fight. You went about it in a very educational manner. You went well above the means that you have should have gone to and were pushed to go beyond. Those means cuz I know that in reality you would have accepted it with an aftermarket high performance frame under it and fixed up. I'm glad that you stuck to yourself and did what you had to do. But I got to say this as much as I'm a fan of the LT1 engine and I did amazing ET numbers in a '97 Z28. I would love a GTR R32 wow way way more. But that's just me. I know you would rather have both but hopefully you get the GTR you want and it doesn't need too much upkeep so you can do the stuff that you want to it!
@@jasonpowell4847 yeah what a friggin fiasco.. i was actually planning an LS conversion so I'm glad I didn't get to invested down that rabbit hole . Agreed if it all didnt shake out I know I would have gotten it back on the road eventually. But it definitely would have gotten retired for a bit .. yeah really excited about the gtr. Luckily I have a few good RB mechanics in the area to fall back on. Thanks again!
Those suicide doors are badass! I have a 96 Fleetwood, that has Impala parts (rear for posi and 4 wheel disc, and cold air and program). Would love to have doors like that on my fleetwood!
@@inkandpistons my dad bought one in 94, 95, and he wanted a 96 because it was the last year. All new back then! My brother totaled all of them. I wanted to make the back half removable. Just like a truck cap. And Leer made a truck cap that sloped on the back just like it. But never got around to that. It would have been cool.
@@zracer1099 yeah back in the day someone had a kit to convert a Caprice wagon to a El Camino style. It was pretty rad. I don't know if any ever actually got sold or built, but it'd still be a cool idea. Even cooler to have the removable cap
Got to be honest, but all that rust under the door "repair" is a ticking timebomb. The body guy who did this is not too good, except as a cake decorator who specializes in slathering on the icing.
@@jamesplotkin4674um nope, the rust happened after it sat outside for 6 months without paint. Door was perfect prior. I peeled back a bunch of the paint to inspect that area.
WOW I cant believe your insurance company made you call around to get the car checked, I'm from the UK and have had to make 3 (major) claims on my insurance, every time they came and took the car away to be examined by their appointed repairer and each time it was written off and they offered me more than the book price for my vehicle
Basically your insurance didn't wanna total the car to pay out that $30k! Makes me nervous now because I have to old classics myself (79 & 83) and gonna recheck my policies now!
Should put the insurance company on blast!!! Because if we are giving them money because we have that same company then if we know they are shitty, I don’t want to support them and go to another company!
@@zracer1099 yeah I just don't want to get into any legal issues. With them. I consider it finished now.. feel free to ask me who it is and I'm more than happy to give some blues clues 😁
@@mattschmit1 haha . I'm considering it... Before the GTR popped up. I was checking out Buick Roadmaster wagons that I could LS swap...that still may be on the horizon
