Tearing Down A 1984 Chevrolet Caprice Wagon - Carcass S5, E3 

I love hot-rodded wagons!! Especially the older Caprice. When I was a kid, my parents owned a '74 Caparice Estate wagon. Had all power, 454 BBC, and 400 Hydramatic. We put over 300K miles on it before it gave up the ghost. I love the wheels you guys chose, although Cragar SS/T would've been my first choice. Nice work, fellas!! 💪🔥

B bodies are my all time favorite

So many good memories watching powernation every Sunday morning after a Friday and Saturday of going to the races....some of the best weekends of my life 😄

I was rocking one of those at my HS senior prom. Awww yeah.😊

That generation box Caprice is still one of my favorites from GM. Lots of room for family, and plenty of room for performance upgrades. Make it an absolute cruiser boys.

nice, my 2003 GMC Yukon needs some of that , fantastic show

If you're from Minnesota you know that thing is as clean as they get

One of the best cars ever made.

I own a 77 oldsmobile vista cruiser station wagon and it was my grandparents. I absolutely love old station wagons you can't go wrong with a v8 power plant and a turbo 400 transmission. I love watching projects like this though. It's a great platform for improvement.

Brings back memories of of the Corvette Engineering Group "White Whale" chase car.

💪💪💪💪I'm intrigued by how the resurrection of the Caprice will turn out, I hope they restore the old 305 with improvements in its performance!!! greetings... I'm going to wait for more video on how the Caprice project is taking shape!!!

These are awesome for whipping donuts in a snow covered parking lot!

Right on 🎉I have 81 caprice classic no wagon but the name stands

Back in 84 when I was 24 we used to find wrecked Corvettes and swap the suspension out on a lot of those cars!!

My Grandpa had one just like this. Same color. ❤

Surprised you didn’t upgrade to Bubble Caprice rear disc brakes, loving the build so far!

The factory had no intention of putting a 12 bolt rearend with Posi since the engine was only a 305. You guys planning on upgrading anytime soon. Looking forward for the completion.

I was talking with Pat last year about wanting to build a Caprice wagon! Looks like you guys are taking viewer requests! 😄 Now you gotta build some power into that thing!!

We got a new one in 79. That car took a beating, and just wouldn't stop. I'd love to get one to hot rod up, but I got enough projects already.

Well this brings back memories, after our first sone was born (1985) wife and I bought a 1985 Caprice wagon fully loaded with a 305 4bbl, man I loved that car, we put over 200,000 on it and it was running just fine when we sold it 10 years later. Of course I was fanatical about maintenance but even still, what a great car. Loving this episode obviously.

Just did a 93 wagon put impala ss grille wheels and paint wa9800 dark cherry metallic omg I love it. Got my eyes on a 87 wagon just not financially ready to pull the trigger on it.

Hi guys l usually don’t watch your shows, but when l saw that you your doing a square body chev station wagon, l just had to watch,l owned a 78 caprice classic car and it was the best travelling car from state to state l ever owned, l did some mods to the suspension and brakes and kept it for 10 years, just a great family car.😎

OMG IVE BEEN WANTING THOSE WHEELS FOR MY 84 COUPE ❤❤❤❤

I love these kinds of builds but I WOULD HAVE PUT A POSI IN THE DIFF WHILE IT WAS APART .

I think the square-body’s look much better. Good project.

You’re building a cruiser and you’re not too concerned about having air conditioning? Come on Wexler this is a huge car and will be like sitting in a hot oven when you’re driving in warm weather.

Wow we had one of those!!! Where in the 'Hell did ,"You guys find that??! I thought those were 'Next to 'Impossible to find

Not to concerned about AC, if you lived in the Sandhills of North Carolina that would be a big priority!

I had a1984 Chevrolet Caprice, but mine was a 4-door sedan.

Awesome. ThAwesome.

Jimmy King's intro reminds me of the Techno-Viking!

If that Chevy had an am radio stock and cruise and a/c and a matching gold-ish interior it’s entirely likely this is the wagon from my childhood. Caprice wagons were relatively rare without wood siding and ours was something of a unicorn. Curious if y’all have the build sheet.

So easy to work on those b body .

For a family hauler, you've got to reinstall the AC and have that working.

Anytime I do ball joints, i just buy new upper and lower control arms. Cuz bushings are wear items and gets replaced with ball joint service.

Funny back in the day. We would asked to get dropped at the end of the street and we would walk the rest of the way to school. We didn't want to get caught in them things. You know kids are. Now they are getting expensive and hard to find for less than 10k lol

Need to cut out that back seat and put in LS with a G50 transaxle. That would be cool.

When he sprayed the rear axle, is there a good chance that the rust underneath the paint/coating will continue and "push through" the coating?

What are you guys going to do for engine power? Thanks for the excellent video!

You forgot to give the "Vista Cruiser" a notable mention 😉

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I am losing faith, that I will make it through one of these episodes

Not a hydro-boost brake system.

Would you guys ever use dry ice to clean up the engine bay?

That windshield is tinted dark. lol

You guys must get an airconditing pump

I'm distracted by the thought of how funny that guy's hair would look if the wind blew it backwards...

I would have at least swapped in a posi and disc brakes for the rearend

No swap to a limited-slip in the rear?

You left an open diff in the axle??

With an aftermarket 4barrel you might get 180hp out of it.

its got olds taillights

19:19 isn’t that an open differential?

These boys are goofy.

A big people mover without AC???

That car definitely needs a BIG BLOCK

Where can I buy a Dino?

So what happened to Rock Auto.

Actually, a lot of truck parts were exchangeable with the full-size car (Impala/Caprice) during that time period. Police cars, for the most part. A word of caution. Always gently (without power) test parts in the shop before putting them into service. For example. You were talking about putting truck rims on that car. Which again at the time were 5 × 5". HOWEVER. some Impala/Caprice rims came from the factory riveted. As such, light machining of the brake caliper (about 3/16") would be required on a Silverado/Sierra. In order to achieve proper clearance. Thanks for the great video! 👍

I don't know it looks good to me. I am in rust belt Canada most of these car's are rusting away. My Dad had 1991 Chevy Caprice classic come with 305 till he swap a 350. It was a sleeper car but I didn't know at the time. It was scrapped 02 after getting T boned.

Show us the horsepower, son.

No Air? Are you serious? Guess you guys wont be driving it Call it a Caprice Sweat Mobile

Watching this video with peladophobia, I sure do hope there's no bald people...

Quite ghastly of a build. If I was to build a grocery gitter I would start with classic Vista Cruiser. Clark Grizzzzwall says What's up.

No locker???

No upgrade on the rear axle so is this a grandma rebuild for drug store running with her hair rollers in that’s a little boring at least you are saving so someone will drive it

Please don't ruin it like the Hurst Olds or the mid 70's Caprice coupe

All the worn out stuff you are taking off and all the crud and rust, but your car looks to have a brand new fuel tank. What’s that all about?

Do what you want…you lost me at lowering the vehicle.

Spray painting over rust is BAD!

What happened to the Power Nation this is the most boring build I have ever seen. Hosts have no personality at all, the generic music brings up my lunch!!! Bring back the old hosts

Wonder where the 305 from Engine Power is going?