1995 Caprice wagon from Indianapolis

Whats going on? Names Paul 25 yr old paint and bodyman/semi mechanic, I live north of Indy, not new to wagons but new to owning one, my mom and grandpa are wagon junkies, just picked up a showroom condition 95 Caprice from a 84 yr old man. Plans are for some billet wheels, air ride, roof rack and rear wiper shave, Impala SS grill (already ordered), full exhaust, and some kinda air intake. What do I need to lookout for on my wagon, its bone stock, 97K miles?? I do have full maintance records the old owner kept up on, and I mean EVERYTHING ever down to the car. I'll post pics later at work now

Also looking for a reese hitch for it and looking for C91 hubcaps (If there really called hubcaps you know what I'm looking for )
I'll have some MENT condition OEM wire wheel hubcaps for sale/trade soon (if anybody is looking for something like that)

Pics, or you're lying.

Welcome aboard dude. I'm looking forward to your detailed writeups of how exactly you did everything, with lots of pictures.

Welcome to the "Clan of the Longroof" and are you going to the Indy 500 this weekend?This is a friendly and informative group who love their wagons and a good laugh.If you have a problem just ask and you will get help quickly along with a little humor.
Take Care
Flasheroo

Welcome aboard! What kind of hitch are you looking for? Class 1 or Class 3? I just removed a Class 1 from a wagon and have no plans for it. It's a bit scaly but in good shape otherwise.

welcome show ue pics

Welcome! Can't wait to see the pics and hear about your progress....you are in the right place

Chris

Welcome....so, I'm assuming you bought this car from Columbus....
https://gmlongroof.4umer.com/cars-for-sale-f8/95-med-garnet-red-metallic-caprice-wagon-t1189.htm#11427

Nice ride if so, and yes post pics....I looked that wagon over pretty well, it's a gem....it was just way over priced for me.

Ya thats the wagon, it was a lil overpriced, but I'll never find another one that clean, and cared for. Funny you guys already knew about it. Guess wagon guys have a eye for that stuff, I thought it was to good to be true till I seen the car. I'd looked at 10 other wagons that were beat up,rusty, hacked up, trashed, and most of the people had no history on the car.

I was on it....he was only like 2 miles from me. I'd seen it around town for years, I couldn't believe it when he listed it for sale. The only problem I found with the car was the clarion tape deck and the scratches on the inside of tailgate where he used it for a "truck". Post some pics for everyone else to see....

Indy95LT1 wrote:

Now THAT is a picture!!!!!

phastlt1 wrote:

I was on it....he was only like 2 miles from me. I'd seen it around town for years, I couldn't believe it when he listed it for sale. The only problem I found with the car was the clarion tape deck and the scratches on the inside of tailgate where he used it for a "truck". Post some pics for everyone else to see....

There's what pics I've got so far, shes not real clean in the pics, need to give her a full detail. Its the way I picked it up other than the cheesy sticker I put on the window last week, and the crap on the floormats, the burnout pic is from the first night I had it, I was the DD for my buddies bachelor party was gonna drive his big chevy van, but we had to take the wagon instead 7 people piled in for a night around indy, they bet me the wagon was to big and didnt have enough motor to do a burnout. Well................ They all think the wagon is the coolest car ever now,Drunk buddies and the stories to tell.

DBeaSSt wrote:

Welcome aboard! What kind of hitch are you looking for? Class 1 or Class 3? I just removed a Class 1 from a wagon and have no plans for it. It's a bit scaly but in good shape otherwise.

Not sure what the diffenence is, I'm needing to pull a 5x8 enclosed motorcycle trailor, 2 inch ball. A 2 inch receiver would work great, like whats on a 1/2 ton or bigger pickup truck. I havent done any homework on this yet, been outta town since friday, I'm just guessing a factory hitch will fit the best if I can find one, thought Id ask about it.

And for the reply about the Indy 500 Nope didnt go but did give away two tickets in turn two, to a guy at work, they were a door prize I won at a A/C class I just went to. Now if they were Goodguys tickets or Nationals tickets I would have been there in a heartbeat

Mmmm burnout pic...

I want to do a nice big smoky one like that in my wagon sometime.

Those poor new michilen tires, or at least one of them.....lol....

One? No posi? Bah!


I can spin both. (And have, but only once for any extended period of time, but only enough to lay a set of skidmarks in the school parking lot before I left for the year... hehehe)

Welcome to the forum!

Love the pics! Burnout pics are the best We need to start a burnout thread in the pics section! I know I will add a couple down the road! Lol

brokecello wrote:

Love the pics! Burnout pics are the best We need to start a burnout thread in the pics section! I know I will add a couple down the road! Lol

That is a cool pic. I like the idea of a burnout thread but knowing my luck can we put it in the transmission and drivetrain section?

welcome aboard, nice clean wagon you got there. barely broken in even....

+1 on the burnout thread . The day before I sold the 1A2, I left one all the way down my street (about 1000 feet lol).

I still need to lay a GOOD one. The only one I did was meh at best.

Sprocket wrote:

welcome aboard, nice clean wagon you got there. barely broken in even....

+1 on the burnout thread . The day before I sold the 1A2, I left one all the way down my street (about 1000 feet lol).

Since I'm a noob can you guys break down the abbreviations I see all over this site? Like I know 9C1 is a police package (I think), 1A2? OCC? CC? Theres other ones I've seen but cant think of offhand

1A2 is a police package wagon.
OCC/CC = Olds Custom Cruiser/Custom Cruiser
DCM - Dark Cherry Metallic
LAB/MAB = Light/Medium Adriatic Blue

Uhh... there's more, but yeah.

Stingroo wrote:

1A2 is a police package wagon.
OCC/CC = Olds Custom Cruiser/Custom Cruiser
DCM - Dark Cherry Metallic
LAB/MAB = Light/Medium Adriatic Blue

Uhh... there's more, but yeah.

Hey Thanks, I had guessed some of them, but hey I learn something new everyday, dont know, if you dont ask.............

Some more terms here too...

http://www.longroof.info/pdf/commonterms.pdf

Oh, well there you go. That pretty much covers it. lol

Might need to edit Fred's location, though.

brokecello wrote:

Some more terms here too...

http://www.longroof.info/pdf/commonterms.pdf

Awesome thanks

Welcome aboard!