Sold my '88 Cutlass T-top....and replaced it with two more vehicles...ahaha!

I like the other wheels better, but hey, it aint my car. Glad you like em. I had one of these for about a week, until I found out that the guy who sold it to me (used car lot ) didn't have the title

I second the lament about it being wrong wheel drive. These cars with rear wheel drive and the proper number of cylinders would have been awesome! Of course, it's still hard to beat the 30+ MPGs of the 3800.

All together I love it. Makes selling the GXP a little easier pill to swallow.

 

Exactly right. It was the first time in years I hadn't had a driveable Pontiac in the stable. I'm a Pocho guy.

Oh, hard to see it but the car has personalized plates. WYDTRK. Wide Track Pontiac! Laird is letting me keep the plates. Very cool and Pontiac-ish! :banana:

 

It's not a Citation...it's an X-11!!

 

Well now we know what to get you for X-Mas......now we just have to find one

 

WOW Awesome!!

 

....early christmas.......
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Johnny-Ligh...st_Vehicles&hash=item5d36e83021#ht_782wt_1161

 

What the............??? How'd I miss this thread???
OK...it seems like yesterday that you were going to sell the Cutlass....put an ad on CL but then chickened out. Killed the ad. Couldn't do it.
Now.....it's GONE. SOLD!!
And now you have 2 MORE cars! Man! I wish I was still a car dealer and lived next door to you.
You go through more cars than Cal Worthington!

 

I got up Saturday morning....way early...and went out to Taylor Muffler with Laird. The Cutlass now has a new cat, 2 1/2 inch pipes, turbo mufflers and chrome tips exiting out behind both rear wheels in Cutlass/Regal fashion. Looks and sounds FANTASTIC. Will post pics soon.

We got done around 11am and Laird let me drive it back to Round Rock with the T-tops off. Ouch. It sounded SO GOOD and was a gorgeous morning. I got home and got to watch it drive away again....burbling this time...DOH.

BUT I'm glad Laird got it. He's REALLY loving it and is working like mad on it.

I just got this e-mail this morning...

Hey Mike!

So Exhaust is DONE. The Radio is in progress (stock Delco but with a working cassette).

I need to get the following done:

1) Belts - Need to call Tron to take it in.
2) Trans lockout wire - ordered. When in I will call the AAmco dude.
3) T Top Covers - Ordered.
4) Spoiler Gaskets - Ordered.
5) Trunk Pop - Need to wire, but have the parts.
6) Door Rust - Need to take it to Neil. You said he gave a $500 quote to repair and install the gaskets? While there I will have him tune it.
7) Re- Do the tint on the doors.

What am I forgetting...??

Here are things I'd like to do:

1) Replace the shift with dual gate or lightening rods
2) Go through the sticky locks then get key fob remote lock.
3) Maybe a security device like a starter kill?
4) Think about a re- Paint sometime?
5) Replace the rear end with a Monte Rear end?
6) Replace the trans? You said the stock was weak...
7) install 22"

Anything else?

 

Oh and I did make it to the salvage yard too. Found some small trim pieces the Bonny needed, and also nabbed a factory Pontiac CD player with the EQ on it. That Bonny had the cassette with EQ, and I know Misty would want a CD player. Amazingly my $25 salvage yard CD radio works like new. All the bulbs are good and it even plays burned CD's. Was in a '97 Bonny. I installed it in the yard parking lot. Very cool, and looks totally correct and original.

The passenger door mirror was loose on the Bonny, so I took the door panel off and was able to tighten it up, but man those door panels are a PAIN to get off. Lots to remove and in the way, but happily I did not break anything. Misty is in the Bonny today for the first time. Hope she likes it. I know she'll like the mileage compared to the Denali.

The Citation X-11 needs a shifter cable. It snapped. The bad thing is the car has a 5-spd swap, so the only cable that will work is a 82-86 J-car cable (Cavalier/Cimmaron/Skyhawk/ect) Not a single one in the local yard, much less one with a stick. Doh.

Projects!

-Mike

 

Not sure I'd like those Lighting Rods though.....Dual Gate - YES!

 

Well Misty is liking the new-to-us Bonneville. Just got this e-mail below. Red Oak is a Dallas suburb, about 2 1/2 hours from Austin, and she has a 32-mile daily commute to work. Gotta love those 3800 V6 engines!

"My gas light just came on this morning….since I filled up in RED OAK!! Drove home and to work all week haven’t put gas in my car since I left there Sunday. I think I like the gas mileage this car gets!"

 

oh those mpg's

Well, the 3800's in Pontiac's must work better than the 3800's in Buick's. I drive my Mom's Buick from time to time, and it gets horrendous mileage. Course, I'm heavy footed.

 

This is my seventh 3.8-powered GM car (previous 95-96 Bonneville's, '01 Grand Prix, '01 Firebird, '87 Olds 98, '95 Park Ave Ultra). All got really good mileage. The SC in the Park Ave got lower 20's, and the '87 Olds was the older version of this motor, not as much power or mpg. The others were all upper20's or even 30 on the highway.

All have been good engines though...as long as, on the newer cars, you swap out the plastic intake about every 60K miles. That's a must-do, but cheap now.

Wish GM still made this engine!

-Mike

 

What happens with the intake - stress cracks from vibration?

 

It's plastic, and the EGR is mounted there. Warps and can develops cracks, and sometimes the intake gaskets leak too. The newer ones are reinforced where the issues tend to happen, but I still swap them around 60K miles, regardless. It's the one weak point in these engines. Change it, and they run forever. I've seen them pass 300K miles.