Caprice engine swap?

[Adam]

Because I'm not looking for a Toyota Camry within a 50 mile radius (easy). I'm looking for a clean and cheap and interesting 20 year old car which suffered cash for clunkers (hard).

Does that make the search engine work less well? The only thing I have heard about it is you swear at it a lot.

[kevm14]

Search Tempest somehow doesn't find stuff. I don't get it.

That's a problem because I need to search like 75 local Craigslist sites at once.

[Bob]

http://columbia.craigslist.org/cto/5392329114.html Looks fairly clean outside, but no interior pics.

[kevm14]

http://columbia.craigslist.org/cto/5392329114.html Looks fairly clean outside, but no interior pics.

It's hard to fault the dent in the front bumper.

It does look clean. It's got to have a ton of miles. Otherwise, that is a pretty good find.

Looks like it is only a little closer than Charleston.

[kevm14]

I think it was hit and repaired.

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Look at the hood on the driver and passenger side near the headlights. Not quite right.

[kevm14]

It's sold!!

[Bob]

It's sold!!

That was fast!

[Bob]

A bit rough around the edges, but the Ultra package is impressive.

http://charlotte.craigslist.org/cto/5390987698.html

The option list is almost $14,000 worth of extra cost equipment available for this already well-equipped yacht. These options include: an Ultra Luxury package containing: heated and cooled front seats, Dynamic Laser Cruise Control (which will automatically slow you down if you get too close to the car up front), power seats with memory, heat and massage for the rear seats, rear air conditioner with air filtration, rear radio controls, laminated water repellent side glass, power door closers (if you don't close the door hard enough, it will suck it closed the rest of the way), Mark Levinson Audio System (He designs home audio systems that start at $100,000), Intuitive Parking Assist (beeps when you are getting too close to something or someone while parking) and a power rear sunshade and manual side shades. (by the way, this is not a complete list)

Full article:
http://www.knology.net/~gizmo/LS430/details.html

[Bob]

The best part of the Ultra Luxury Package, however, is the back seat. Pull the center armrest down and you are greeted with a control panel that contains a number of interesting features. Let's start with the power rear seats. As the cushion moves forward, the seatback reclines. There is a two position memory for each rear seat (not to mention the front passenger seat.) There is also a heat button and a massage button for each rear seat. The panel contains a complete climate control system for the rear passenger area that is separate from the front system and has its own filtration system. Finally, the rear console has radio controls for volume and station selection. Inside the armrest is a small glove compartment and two cup holders. Behind the armrest, there is a door that leads to a beverage cooler that has enough room to hold a six-pack. There is a power-operated sun shade that pops up from the package shelf to shade the rear window. This shade automatically retracts as soon as the driver puts the car in reverse. The rear doors also have shades that are manually operated and cover the door glass with a separate shade for the vent window.

[kevm14]

VSC light is on.
Exhaust leak, not that loud, but present.

MILES 272,000

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