When did you last see one of these? And it looks like it has a sunroof. 1982 Pontiac 6000 le - cars & trucks - by owner - vehicle automotive... (craigslist.org)
If it is really at 40 some thousand miles that Iron Duke is just warming up. Shame it is so dog slow that you may get run over in modern traffic or lose your hearing to the g-d awful clatter but it will run forever if you change the oil. My 86 base 6000 4 cyl lasted over 180,000 miles with regular maintenance and the usual water pump/alternator replacements but the head was never taken off. Car actually rusted out before engine/trans gave me serious trouble.
Skimpy photos and descriptions, but on first brush looks pretty nice. That looks like a Rusty Jones plug in the door sill. That might explain a no rust car in Wisconsin. I had an ‘83 Celebrity that I really liked. That was a nice model line of cars.
Had the Iron Duke 4 in a '88 Olds Ciera 4-door we had bought used in difficult 'tight money' period. God, I hated that car.........
Same. Had a 1986 Buick 2-door with the Tech IV Iron Duke and wow... what a dog. I mean it ran reliably but getting out of its own way wasn't exactly an easy thing. Once the Nixon-era speed limit rules went away in 1995 the car became much more of a hazard as 55MPH was the easiest speed it could do, getting to 70-75MPH wasn't impossible but the car definitely didn't like it.
I had an aunt who had an '86 Century with an Iron Dog. She was happy with it because she never went more than 20 miles from home. But, it was broadsided by a broad in a lifted GMC pickup about four months after she bought it.
And, of course, there must be an airing of all the nicknames mechanics like me have for the 2.5L four: Iron Dog Iron Duck Iron Dork (and a similar-sounding one that has the same meaning) Boat Anchor Scrap to my Lou And others I can't think of right now
Back when I class raced, there was a modified that ran an Iron Duke. I wish I could find some of my pictures of it, it absolutely screamed. It was like a '32 Austin Bantam body with that four cylinder in it and it would fly in the quarter mile.
You reduce the weight, it'll scoot your chosen vehicle. The Iron Duke's problem was weight vs. power produced. A Ford 2.3 OHC makes about 80-85 SAE net HP, yet it can actually scoot a Ranger P/U or a Fox chassis car pretty well. Until you kick the A/C on....
