PennSilverTaco's "Perfect 5-Lug Regular Cab" Build, Aspergers, and General BS MegaThread!

No A/C, no intermittent wipers, and an AM radio...

An elderly woman special ordered this new back in 1985, and managed to put only 4,000 miles on it in that time. You will see in the pictures that the car has a Delco stereo cassette (which the owner says came with the car when he bought it), but the window sticker says it had an AM radio, so somebody probably added the tape deck sometime between 1985 and 2006...

 

I got into a fender bender with one when I was young, was not a fun situation. My Dad bought the Pontiac version, maybe a Phoenix if memory serves. I begged and pleaded with him not to buy it because l was afraid it would be complete garbage, unfortunately I was correct and he had to ditch it after a year or two.

 

The original owner only managed to put 4,000 miles on the car in twenty years, but the current owner actually drove it, and it now has almost 78K miles (still very low for 37-year old car)!

 

The car originally had a 2-speaker AM radio, but this Delco AM/FM cassette was installed prior to the current owner acquire the car; My dad's 1993 S-10 Blazer has this same radio...

 

2.5L Iron Duke

 

This one's too nice to do that to!

 

I'd put a 3800 Series II in it and build a sleeper!

 

My dad had a 84 in light blue, drove that many a time. His had an AM only radio, the weird part is it was mounted sideways in that year. Wonder if the steering still works right in this one..

Correct, the Phoenix was the Pontiac counterpart.

 

Some pics I missed...

 

I still fondly remember my dad's 84. Thing went to 175K and the head gasket went. Still sounded mint though.

 

LOL, you know the answer to this...

Remember "Kermit", the '71 VW Bus?