If you are going to drop serious coin on a car, don’t expect to get much of it back. Unless you’ve got one of those hot cars that appreciate at an insane rate, and then your return isn’t based on how much money you put into your whip, but how long it takes you to […]
The third-generation Chevrolet Caprice (1977-1990) is an interesting piece of automotive history, and its Bill Mitchell-designed two-door coupe version isn’t bad-looking on the street in 2025. Riding on the GM B-body platform means body-on-frame rebuildability and parts swap options with the Buick LeSabre / Estate, Chevy Impala, Olds 88 / Custom Cruiser, Pontiac Bonneville / […]
This next car is a Florida built custom that combines the chassis from an 80s Caprice, front end styling from a Viper, and rear end styling from the legendary El Camino. Everything is better once Camino’d…but this car seems oddly familiar. How are there two of these? Find this 1989 Chevrolet El Capricamino offered for […]
The fourth generation Chevrolet Caprice was sold from 1991 to 1996 as the last hurrah for the Caprice name that was first launched in 1964. The Caprice Wagon shares most of its parts with the Buick Roadmaster Wagon (and Oldsmoboat Vista Crusher) but was never available with faux wooden sides. Today’s Caprice has been given […]
Production of the third generation Chevrolet spanned a remarkable number of years starting in 1977 during the presidency of Gerald Ford, surviving through Carter, Regan and only getting replaced during the reign of George HW Bush in 1990. The full-sized B-Body is a favorite of hot rodders, car customizers, and hoons of all sorts…and there […]
Customizing your car to an extreme is the automotive equivalent of shaving your head. It can be really good or really bad…but not much middle ground. It can be really cool – The Rock, Demi as GI Jane- or a huge mistake –Britney Spears, Ed Norton. Naturally, the next question I have for the peanut […]
Ed, this is not the car I ordered. I distinctly ordered the Antarctic blue super sports wagon with the CB and the optional rally fun pack. Oh wait. This isn’t a shade of pea green and it isn’t the family truckster…this is a sport wagon. Or at least Chevy’s version of the Sport Wagon (that […]
I feel like I’ve missed out by never owning a car that was painted flat black. I’ve owned cars with faded black paint, but that isn’t quite the same. I’m talking about rattle can flat black that only looks good in cloudy weather. I feel like I’ve missed out on dirty looks from my neighbors […]
Everyone knows about the legendary GM body-on-frame wagons equipped with a version of the Vette LT1 V8 known as the Buick Roadmaster/Chevy Caprice-Impala/Olds CustomCruiser built from 1994-1996…but did you know that GM made an LT1 powered wagon version available known as the 1A2 package? Of the 846 versions of these “special police package wagons” built in the few years of production, I doubt many survive. Survive this one has, and since this is a 94, that is a Camaro steering wheel and digital speedo in front of that heavy duty cop seat with locking center console. The only thing this car needs to to get its rear fender skirts welded back in the panels. Find this 1994 Chevrolet Caprice Wagon 1A2 offered for $6,999 in West Allis, WI via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!
This next car is a painful reminder of the fragility of the human spirit. But more importantly, it is a steel/fiberglass memorial to the fact that we should never give up on our aspirations. It sits forlornly like a moss covered monument to all the dreams we had as a kid — I wanted to be Batman when I was 9, who didn’t?!!? But here it sits, like a giant full scale version of those little models we built as kids where the Testors glue would fog the glass and painting was a skill a kid didn’t have the patience, budget, or manual dexterity to match the photo on the box. Don’t give up Mr Wayne!! You’ve got this! You are so close, the box only contains those little injection molding rails and a few spare decals — this thing deserves a spot on your dresser, right next to that hockey trophy, it just needs another $15,000 and another 100 days of hard labor. Find this 1989 Batmobile Gotham Cruiser offered for $57,000 buy-it-now or make-offer located in Gotham…errr….Suisun City, CA via ebay.