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Perfect for shotguns, dead underaged hookers, cocaine, and stereo equipment.Don’t worry we’re going to offer some tricks those guys did not do with our mini Ford truck, which will be based on the controversial two-seater Escort EXP. This part is open to the cabin, and under the bed. The floorpan is right out of the wagon, so behind the seat there is still the footwell for the rear passengers. the Elky is built basically as a Malibu Wagon frame and chassis with a different body on it.

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Rear windows have been known to have leak issues so check for water damage around the rear window. Body tends to rust around the wheel well openings.

Other spots are where the frame comes down from the firewall to meet the side rails. Most common rust spots are on the frame right in front of where the lower trailing arms mount. This is a cookie-cutter G-body, not a classic A-body like a 1970. I bought my 85 super clean, loaded with all the options, 95k on the clock for $2800. Unless its pretty cherry, or a choochoo custom, $4995 is insane. Any of the other GM trannys will fit as well, inlcuding 4, 5, and 6 speed manuals, but they are different lengths and output shaft configurations. The stock driveshaft will even fit without modifying it.

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The THM trannys use a TV cable to the tranny and the TH350 uses a vacuum modulator instead. You just slide the tranny crossmember back a couple holes and you're good to bolt it in. A TH350 or THM200-4r will bolt right in place since they were also offered in the A/G bodies. In 78 there is a small chance that you have a THM200C tranny.

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There is only one direct bolt in upgrade and that is an 8.5 from a Grand National, or Regal turbo. Your first order of business before upping the power is to ditch the 7.5' rear axle. Nothing like a Caddy 500 in an intermediate car.

Over the years the same frame was used for all of the GM lines (except cadillac) so the holes are most likely already drilled for Buick, Olds, Pontiac engines. Swap on some B-body spindles with 12' brakes from an F-body and you're in business. Not much changed other than in about 1981 the A-body became front wheel drive, so they made up the G-body designation to carry over the remaining RWD intermediates.Īftermarket support is insane and cheap. Starting in 78 they were on the A/G-body platform. When you see a G-body driving around with a droopy rear 's got a rusty frame. There are folks (or at least one guy) who make an aftermarket rear frame section or sections for them, though. Like mentioned before, the frames on these cars (all g-bodies) rusted out in the back where crud slings up off the wheels into the frame. If that one really has a 6' square rust hole going on that you can see, you can count on rust, in general, being a problem for the remaining life of the car. All the mechanicals can be dealt with, and cheap. Rust is the only real 'deal breaker' issue as far as I'm concerned. My father and I replaced the engine with a V8 (283) on the cheap and it was a very reliable and, I dare say, fun car for a high school kid. Apparently at least some (maybe all?) of this body style came with factory installed air shocks in the rear. When the 'metric' transmission started to go, it got replaced with a TH350. Had been wrecked and had frame repair at some point in the past. I drove an '80 El Camino as my first car for several years (and then my brother drove it when I went to college).