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PostSubject: New Member from France   New Member from France Icon_minitimeFri Jun 05, 2015 7:04 am

Hi everyone,

My name is Romain, I live in France.

Last week-end I purchased a 1984 Caprice Estate Wagon from Nederland with 97000 miles.
The way back home was a great trip, nearly 800 trouble free miles.

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The wagon has some interesting options such as

- HD suspensions
- Superlift
- 4 electric windows
- 6 ways driver seat
- A/c

It was sold new in Germany, and it's canadian built.
It has a non CCC 305 engine which is all stock from air cleaner to exhaust.
I'm looking for informations about canadian 305. is it also rated at 150hp ?

At first it was a hearse ! Well... no, it was a flower-car.
Tailgate is custom-made, and the cargo area was a bit customize (I'm looking for the floor parts to put it back to original).

Unfortunately the middle bench seat is not matching the original fern gray cloth. it's blue.
I'm also looking for seatbelts, they are missing on the backseat.
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PostSubject: Re: New Member from France   New Member from France Icon_minitimeFri Jun 05, 2015 8:31 am

WELCOME!! Talk about a "global platform".... Made in Canada, sold to Germany, bought from the Netherlands, and is now registered in France..
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PostSubject: Re: New Member from France   New Member from France Icon_minitimeFri Jun 05, 2015 8:37 am

Welcome Romain

We have many European members, I think you may be the first from France.  Looks like you picked yourself up a very nice wagon.  There are good members here with lots of knowledge and experience.  They can help you out with any problem.  We also have a resident parts guy who can help you getting parts you may need (Fred Kiehl).  There is also a section on the forum for "boxy" wagons, which is what your type is called.

You may want to try Compnine Vin Decoder (vehicle identification decoder)  http://www.compnine.com/vid.php

It tells you everything about your wagon, options etc.

Tom

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PostSubject: Re: New Member from France   New Member from France Icon_minitimeFri Jun 05, 2015 10:20 am

Welcome Romain. If you spend enough time reading back through the old threads you should get your questions answered. Nice to know our wagons are loved every where.
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PostSubject: Re: New Member from France   New Member from France Icon_minitimeFri Jun 05, 2015 11:51 am

Thank you all !

Andebe, your wagon are appreciated here... but not only, I also have a Chevy Monte Carlo & a Buick Park Avenue Smile

silverfox103, thank you for your input ! I have the build sheet and the purchase order. This wagon is really well documented.

Superior Finish : "global" is not to large Very Happy
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PostSubject: Re: New Member from France   New Member from France Icon_minitimeFri Jun 05, 2015 12:05 pm

What year Park Ave Romain?

Tom
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PostSubject: Re: New Member from France   New Member from France Icon_minitimeFri Jun 05, 2015 2:30 pm

silverfox103 wrote:
What year Park Ave Romain?

Tom

It's a blue 1992 with tan leather interior.
Less than 60.000 miles on it Very Happy
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PostSubject: Re: New Member from France   New Member from France Icon_minitimeFri Jun 05, 2015 3:50 pm

Bienvenue.

If you need help w/ some posts or sourcing parts, feel free to PM me. Je parle français.
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PostSubject: Re: New Member from France   New Member from France Icon_minitimeFri Jun 05, 2015 4:01 pm

Bonjour,


Now that I have exhausted the extent of my French (I know a little more than that but just), I understand you speak English...

Welcome from Ohio.
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PostSubject: Re: New Member from France   New Member from France Icon_minitimeFri Jun 05, 2015 5:06 pm

jasonlachapelle wrote:
Bienvenue.

If you need help w/ some posts or sourcing parts, feel free to PM me.  Je parle français.
Thank you Jason Cool

stewzer55 wrote:
Bonjour,


Now that I have exhausted the extent of my French (I know a little more than that but just), I understand you speak English...  

Welcome from Ohio.
Thank you !
My 72 Monte comes from Ohio !
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PostSubject: Re: New Member from France   New Member from France Icon_minitimeFri Jun 05, 2015 7:51 pm

I miss that era Monte Carlo.... Is that Rover yours too?
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PostSubject: Re: New Member from France   New Member from France Icon_minitimeFri Jun 05, 2015 10:32 pm

Digging the Monte!
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PostSubject: Re: New Member from France   New Member from France Icon_minitimeSat Jun 06, 2015 11:53 am

The Monte appears to have better ground clearance than the Range Rover Sport, interesting.
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PostSubject: Re: New Member from France   New Member from France Icon_minitimeSun Jun 07, 2015 6:43 am

Superior Finish wrote:
I miss that era Monte Carlo.... Is that Rover yours too?
No it's not, 3 cars is far enough for me and I only drive american cars Cool

stewzer55 wrote:
The Monte appears to have better ground clearance than the Range Rover Sport, interesting.
Almost no off-road capability for the Range Rover... sad.
The Monte is stock height, only a set of black Cragar Soft8 on it with 295 on the rear. (I keep the original rallys on the shelf).
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