my new pontiac wagon!

I bought the incredibly awesome vehicle we settled on 3k. 95k miles interior and exterior are mint guy bought it from the original owner couple years ago but has too many vehicles so has to sell has new headliner and everything is mint I bring it home next Saturday now to sell my 93 roadmaster anybody looking for a wagon practically new condition let me know anyways here's some pics of the beauty.   .   Kids love the new wagon!   .       .     .     .   So happy the owner saw me slightly shaking I've always wanted a Pontiac so so hard to find though.

Nice looking wagon,great find!

Whoa I see an oil cap on a valve cover and not up front.   Looks like you found one of the very few NON Olds-307-powered models.    With a Chevy 305 in it that will be a FANTASTIC car!  

Nice score!!

Nice score and what does your 93 look like, condition wise and mileage. Price?

1993 is in very great great shape inside and out has 163000 miles woodgrain and paint is beautiful has a 350 with lots of options tan leather great car I just wanted a box more my preference

Nice. Those are quite the rarity.
Will it be joining Wagonfest this year or are you bringing the caprice?
Was this the one that was on ebay a while back?

I love a vaccum fuel economy gauge too. Haha! Had one in my '79 Bonneville.

Now go find some Rally II Wheels for that car!

Excellent! Welcome to the Pontiac club. You've got my steering wheel - same color and everything......

Very nice,second the Rally II comment.

Put them on this car. Love it!

Those look really nice wow my favorite things about the car are the steering wheel and the hood ornament but I love everything about it! Will definitely look into rally wheels. the vacuum fuel gauge is so cool the car is a head turner now I might change my mind about which one I bring to wagonfest not sure yet though.

Congrat's on your new Pontiac, and Welcome a new Boxy owner!!!!! Looks great.

Thanks I have an 86 caprice wagon and have had an 1988 occ, so not new love these vehicles.

My Pontiac is for Sale if anyone is interested needs intake gaskets, egr valve, and an engine I put new brakes, new tires, new windshield, new starter, and new plugs and wires in it looking for $675 don't have the time or money to put into it anymore. Body is sold interior and exterior are in excellent condition.

Still runs just stalls every now and then so you can drive it home

Sorry to hear about this,GLWS. Im sure someone can take it to the next level.

I wish I had the room for it Dan, it's a sweet looking wagon. For anyone interested in it, I've seen it at local shows and it is as nice as he says. Clean inside and out.

I;ll take it,.
PM sent

Wow,that was fast...any plans for modifying it?

Andebe wrote:

Wow,that was fast...any plans for modifying it?

yeah man,. lower it 6 inches,. satin black,. red wheels with white walls,.812 chevy with 12-71,.

2 surf boards on the roof,. move the head lights to the front bumper,. mercedes one blade wiper,.8 inch top shop,.
you know just the usual stuff,.

Why does this car have Hydroboost? Was it originally a diesel or was it converted?

What? No Hula girl on the dash?

Just saw that you're selling Dan, sorry to hear. It'll look good in orange.

GM put hydroboost in a lot of the mid '80s box wagons. My dad had that set up in his '86 Buick, and '86 Pontiac, both gas motors.

That I did not know.

You can retrofit relatively easily, too.

A bit late, but what a great find

Dutch Pete wrote:

A bit late, but what a great find

No,. not really,...

phantom 309 wrote:

Dutch Pete wrote:

A bit late, but what a great find

No,. not really,...

and that is, why?

Car is now in ontario,..

Motor blew up after 100 miles from where i picked it up 2 weeks behind schedule,.

Tightening down the rockers, adding new oil,. and painting the valve covers red,. did not "fix" anything,.just prolonged the inevitable,.

The blowby is incredible, internal pressure on the engine was forcing oil out of every pore,.

The low oil pressure and "ticking" were problems associated with running a 305 engine with a bad camshaft,. the oil contaminated with fine cast iron particles basically extrude hones all the bearings,.

Unfortunantly i wasn't informed that the engine was finished,. just that it was stalling sometimes,.

definitely wasn't in any shape to make any sort of a trip,.

from the wood grain down,. the body has been worked on and then covered with a thick coat of chipguard,. which doesn't show in any of the pictures,.


It'll make a good derby car,......

communication is not strong suit for some folks.

it is what it is,.

Dang.

Sooooooo no 12-71 then? Too soon?

That's a shame for both you and the car, especially since its one of the more rarer wagons of the 80s decade.

I guess...let us know if you plan on stripping parts before it goes the derby car route.

that sucks nick. you probably spent more money just trying to get it home

bigbluey88 wrote:

My Pontiac is for Sale if anyone is interested needs intake gaskets, egr valve, and an engine I put new brakes, new tires, new windshield, new starter, and new plugs and wires in it looking for $675 don't have the time or money to put into it anymore.  Body is sold interior and exterior are in excellent condition.

"needs new intake gaskets, egr valve and an engine"? i don't understand... at all.








sorry to hear nick. sh*t happens, just sucks hard when it does.

so is it rotted out too or just shotty paint work?

mtrhead79 wrote:

that sucks nick. you probably spent more money just trying to get it home

yes i did,. and with all the stress it caused me and my family,, its festering inside me,..

and i don't handle things like this very well,.

especially when i find out it was offered for for its true value of $400 on another forum.,.and the extra time it took to get a title, forcing me to make another trip to get it,.

I,m annoyed everytime i look at it.

Been there,done that,Nick. I found the more I saw my mistake,it only amplified the bad ideas in my head. Do yourself a favor get rid of it and move on. I know its easier said than done,but trust me.Those bad ideas start sounding pretty good after awhile....Just my humble opinion.

Nice car,bigbluey88, good find!


@Phantom
dayum.
Just Dayum.

Felt the same way about a 91 OCC I bought, was total crap from day one. I ended up unloading it dirt cheap just to get it out of my sight which I regret now considering all the good parts I could have got out of that thing.

Can u believe in June I spent 3000 on it, definitely going to think twice and bring a mechanic with Me next time I buy a wagon for all of the stress it definitely wasn't even close to worth it.  I'm sorry that you didn't get what expected Nick I'm no expert unfortunately being relatively new with these cars I wasn't sure 100% what was wrong said that too just hope that you and your family were able to do what you felt was best and hope there is no hard feelings. it could always be worse you could of paid 3k and put 1k into it like I did.  Lesson learned the really hard way for me, something my family and I certainl u can't afford ever ever again.

bigbluey88 wrote:

C just hope that you and your family were able to do what you felt was best and hope there is no hard feelings.  

give up that hope. I could care less

Do what we thought was best?

in retrospect i would have lost less money to have had a wrecker come by and pick it up,.

I,ve been planning on making a gruesome video of the destruction of the car.

Any good idea's people?

What's done is done it's been months let's move on

85

Burn the wagon burner. Or blow it up. Tannerite maybe?

Fast forward the video to 2:09 for the action. Hillbillys, guns, and explosives = interesting videos.

Sure yea destroy a perfectly good car that just needs an engine.....

MalibuSSwagon wrote:

Sure yea destroy a perfectly good car that just needs an engine.....

You could own it if you so desire to rescue it,.

Here's a crazy idea... how about giving the buyer his money back? Since it caused you so much aggravation, I'm sure the buyer would welcome the gesture. It wouldn't make up for his time or expenses, but it would go a long way for your peace of mind.

jayoldschool wrote:

Here's a crazy idea... how about giving the buyer his money back?  Since it caused you so much aggravation, I'm sure the buyer would welcome the gesture.  It wouldn't make up for his time or expenses, but it would go a long way for your peace of mind.

Something tells me that ship has sailed...

Nick dont you help build those ice roads? Maybe a nice watery grave with Gordon Lightfoots,"Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"playing in the background....

I'd like to grab it but towing a dead car from Canada is not in the cards right now. Maybe in the spring when the C10 has it's new engine and is road worthy again, I might just tackle a long distance trip with it.

Why the edits?