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gcm · 06-09-2022, 08:53 AM

Hi guys you are always a wealth of knowledge and help me out and I have an opinion question for you guys. I have limited space and so I need to figure out which of two vehicles I should get. If I had the space I’d get both but I don’t so have to pick one. The first choice is a 1988 Caprice Wagon with a Chevy 350 that’s is rebuilt and not original to the car it was a 307. The body is good and all the electrical works. And I don’t care about the engine because it would get a gm lt4 if I get that. Or a 1991 dodge half ton short bed v6, and it will get a hellcat engine. And my goal is to turn either car into a cruiser and autocross vehicle. So which do you think would be harder to find later? And cooler to customize?

Thanks for your input in advance

Just call me Sean · 06-09-2022, 11:30 AM

I like the wagon.

gcm · 06-09-2022, 11:35 AM

See me too something about distorting a super car or a C8 corvette in a wagon (a total mom car) that makes it way more fun lol

KW5413 · 06-11-2022, 02:31 PM

As a go-fast cruiser, you will be happier with the wagon.

**Getter-Done** · 06-11-2022, 02:52 PM

The Caprice for sure

LONGHAIR · 06-11-2022, 05:27 PM

I'm 100% willing to bet that it was a 305. The 307 (although still a turd) was eliminated long before that wagon ever drew a breath.

My choice would be the wagon as well.

**kwmech** · 06-11-2022, 06:42 PM

I vote for the wagon also

Greasey Harley · 06-11-2022, 07:17 PM

I like trucks.
I know a guy that swapped a hot rodded Cummins I to a short bed regular cab 2wd dodge, that thing is a hoot.
Save the Dodge.

Caprice wagon? That thing would make an awesome derby car, maybe bump-to-pass

68Gold/white · 06-11-2022, 07:20 PM

Do you have a need for a pickup???

**Grumpy old man** · 06-11-2022, 07:37 PM

I'd say neither one is autocross material .

**FleetsidePaul** · 06-12-2022, 03:21 AM

The longroofs are getting harder to find, It took me a long time to find mine. My vote is for the wagon, I have no idea what autocross even is.

**Grumpy old man** · 06-12-2022, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

The longroofs are getting harder to find, It took me a long time to find mine. My vote is for the wagon, I have no idea what autocross even is.

A timed event around cones placed in a large parking lot for the average joe to race their daily driver want to be racecar mazda miata / Honda civic / that terminally ends with a slipping clutch / blistered tires and a tow truck ride home

Soupsdad · 06-12-2022, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

I'd say neither one is autocross material .

I went to the Good Guys show a couple of years ago. You'd be AMAZED what some of those folks ran in the autocross.
I vote for the wagon.

**FleetsidePaul** · 06-12-2022, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

A timed event around cones placed in a large parking lot for the average joe to race their daily driver want to be racecar mazda miata / Honda civic / that terminally ends with a slipping clutch / blistered tires and a tow truck ride home

Honda Civics' and Miata's? That's probably why I never heard of it.

I did buy a Miata once..... For my daughter.

It wasn't a bad car. She beat the snot out of it and it kept on going and going.

**special-K** · 06-12-2022, 11:10 AM

Does it have to be one or the other? Can't you just go out and get something better for all that? I drove a friend's regular cab 5spd Sonoma with some suspension work and that thing was like driving a go cart compared to my trucks. I'd like one like that.

If that's too mild, the same friend built another Sonoma. Not a Syclone but AWD w/LS power. It's not S-series 4wd. He used some other GM vehicle awd system. It sits low.

06-09-2022, 08:53 AM	#1
gcm Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Calgary, AB Posts: 220	Need your opinion please! Hi guys you are always a wealth of knowledge and help me out and I have an opinion question for you guys. I have limited space and so I need to figure out which of two vehicles I should get. If I had the space I’d get both but I don’t so have to pick one. The first choice is a 1988 Caprice Wagon with a Chevy 350 that’s is rebuilt and not original to the car it was a 307. The body is good and all the electrical works. And I don’t care about the engine because it would get a gm lt4 if I get that. Or a 1991 dodge half ton short bed v6, and it will get a hellcat engine. And my goal is to turn either car into a cruiser and autocross vehicle. So which do you think would be harder to find later? And cooler to customize? Thanks for your input in advance

06-09-2022, 11:35 AM	#3
gcm Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Calgary, AB Posts: 220	Re: Need your opinion please! See me too something about distorting a super car or a C8 corvette in a wagon (a total mom car) that makes it way more fun lol

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KW5413 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2021 Location: Rowlett, TX Posts: 494	Re: Need your opinion please! As a go-fast cruiser, you will be happier with the wagon.

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68Gold/white Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ark City, Kansas Posts: 3,272	Re: Need your opinion please! Do you have a need for a pickup???

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