Hi from Florida

Hello All,

I just bought my first RMW on Saturday. Here is the info on it:
1996
Wagon
144K
2 owner, garage kept till 2 months ago
Very clean, 99% perfect interior
perfect paint
the wood sides have some patch work and could use some work
Ice cold air and very hot heat
Very well maintained
Beige with tan leather

I have owned 2 other wagons which i loved and they were both Pontiac Parisienne's one 83 and one 86. While they were very nice, they don't compare to the RMW. I belive this car is a rare find because of the hundred or so I looked at its by far the cleanest for under 7k dollars, I paid alot less for it. I sold my 95 Pontiac Trans-Am to buy it because my $ year old daughter got too big for the back and everytime my family went out we took my wifes car because the T/A is too small. So I figured I will fix that and went back to my first love, the wagon. This car is incredible inside and out, my wife and my daughter love the room and comfort. When I figure out how to post pics I will post some. I just wanted to introduce myself and my wagon.
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Hope you can post some pics soon! Where in FL?

Welcome to the forums.

WELCOME , TO THE FORUM !

A big welcome to you Albert and your young family.With this wagon another 2 or 3 kids will fit with ease and still
plenty of room for all their stuff.Wait until your little girl is old enough to ride in the third seat,woohoo is that going
to be a blast.
Welcome Again
Jim Gordon

Stingroo wrote:

Hope you can post some pics soon! Where in FL?

Welcome to the forums.

Port Saint Lucie


Albert, same format here as the "other" board.......

Go here:

https://gmlongroof.4umer.com/t55-read-this-first-how-to-post-pics-now-with-pics


Robert

PS Welcome here too!!

PSL! Sweet! He's right up the road from me here in Stuart.

He was looking for a "Band O' Brothers" to hang with. Y'All got anything down yonder he might be able to attend?

I know of one show that happens in Jensen Beach, but I haven't been in awhile and I don't even know if it still goes on. There's another guy in Hobe Sound who owns a wagon too, he lived down the street from me. He went by "Papa Smurf".


There are a few of us. lol

You have a cargo cover. I am jealous.

I also have the cargo net, lol. The only option that I dont have is a CD player, kinda weird to check all the boxes but no cd player. It is in great shape for the most part.

Thanks for the help and kind words

I'm jealous. I have neither. I don't know (or care, really) what radio it had in it before though.

Then again, you've got a RM and I've got a Caprice so eh.

I'll be back down that way in a few weeks for Spring Break. I'm stoked. I'll see if I can dig up any info about the Jensen show.

Stingroo wrote:

I'm jealous. I have neither. I don't know (or care, really) what radio it had in it before though.

Then again, you've got a RM and I've got a Caprice so eh.

I'll be back down that way in a few weeks for Spring Break. I'm stoked. I'll see if I can dig up any info about the Jensen show.

that would be great, thanks

GWEEDS GANGSTERS CLASSIC CAR NIGHT Every Tuesday night at the Treasure Coast Mall, US Highway 1 & Jensen Beach Blvd. in Jensen Beach Florida ... The Largest Weekly Car Night In Florida....

GWEEDS GANGSTERS CLASSIC CAR NIGHT AT TRADITION TOWN SQUARE Every second Saturday at the town square in Tradition Florida. Come early 4-9pm.

AFTER FIVE LIVE! CRUISE IN Every second Friday of the month at the Port Saint Lucie Civic Center. 5:30-9pm All cars welcome.

There's a few. Not sure if any of them are still active. Check it out maybe? I'd love to go to a couple while I'm down there.

Hey Albert I noticed your interior lights arnt on or did you pull the fuse?My 95 RMW interior lights and mirror controls had the fuse pulled when I bought it.They work now
but I have to replace the fuse panel due to excessive heat damage.Thats a beautiful
car and if you need any detailing help just ask.We have a couple of fanatics here that
actually wash their wagons before and after junkyard visits.Mike you know who I am
talking about?
Welcome Again
Jim Gordon

Flasheroo wrote:

We have a couple of fanatics here that
actually wash their wagons before and after junkyard visits.Mike you know who I am
talking about?

Bahahaha.

Say what you will about Mike and his funny detailing practices, his threads do make excellent reads and he finds amazing parts down there. Mike makes me want to move to Texas every time he posts just about.

Welcome to the forum. Your car looks good.

NICE CAR! Welcome! 96 is my favorite year....I may be biased.

Weird to see a Limited without a tow package and a CD player. The lack of the heavy-duty cooling option makes servicing things on the front of the engine a LOT easier!

Guess it was ordered by older folks who never planned to tow and didn't like those "new fangled" CD things. Ha!

In case you don't know the factory CD player is plug-and-play, and was used from 95-early 2000's in many Buicks, so if you want to have CD's but retain the stock look just hit your local salvage yard. My car also didn't have the CD option and it was one of the first upgrades I did. $25 from a '96 LeSabre at Pick-N-Pull and I had my CD's back.

As to the cleaning comments thrown about me, I have no idea what they are all talking about.... My Roady is daily driven in all kinds of weather and is also my trip car, and it's not that clean...but yes I do wash my cars before road trips, even to the salvage yards. I like to travel in a clean car...and they won't let me live it down.

Welcome to the group, hope you post often and keep the pics coming!

-Mike

Do you really see CD players in salvage yards? At the pick and pay here, there are no CD players, no wheels, and no hitches. The only radios are the base units, and they have no knobs.

I once saw someone taking all the wheels in the GM section of the yard. He was collecting all the good wheels in the row and piling them up by the main street. There were piles of wheels at the beginning of three or four rows. I guess he was going to take all the piles of wheels to the counter. I've also seen a pair of guys checking the dashboards of all the new arrivals. I can't compete with professionals.

Yep I've bought stereos and wheels at PNP. There is an early 80's Bonneville with Rally II's on it in the San Anotonio yard I keep thinking about nabbing for the old GTO.

It's all luck though!

Welcome to the forum. There are a few of us down in Palm Beach County as well, though mostly on the south end of the county.

Mark your calendar for the last weekend in March, for the big show at Daytona. CHeck out the thread under Wagonfest FL.

Any questions, etc. feel free to post or PM me. I'm only an hour south of you.

Oh yeah. They're dragging me into Daytona, you should come too! $30 and you park on the infield.

Welcome to the madness..............

Nice car,you will love the family adventures this will provide.

So the car beside it looks like it is a Camaro,judging by the wheels,so that can't be the one you sold, and .having a passion for T/A's What is the juice on the 74/5 hiding in the garage?

Thanks for posting,Lorne.

good eyes Lorne!! Didn't notice the tails on that mid 70s bird in the garage.

We also have a few good yards down here in West Palm. LMK if you wanna hit one.

Good to see you kept a couple of the F-bodies, too.

Good luck with your new AGW. A couple easy mods and it'll be just as quick as the bird you just sold.