Yesterday Lohnes showed off a 1960 Edsel that had been converted into a sedan delivery…or a Ford that had been converted into an Edsel…or some kind of Ford product held together by at least $25,000 worth of House of Kolor paints and wheels that were raided off of the 1993 cover of Sport Truck. It’s a period piece, but his claim was that it was the most 1990s car in the world. Nah, sorry, boss…but I’ve got an ace in the hole for you. You see, the 1990s had several defining traits: monochromatic paints, clever touches, and a lot of smoothness. This is also where you start to see the Pro Touring…er, sorry, g-Machine movement kick off as handling became just as important as power. And there is the whole idea of being quite comfortable in the car as you’re enjoying yourself out and about. Air conditioning and seats that beat the hell out of the furniture at the house were all in. Usually, they were in some sort of Chevy or GMC truck, but in the case of this 1994 Chevrolet Caprice, every last trick in the book was thrown in for good measure. Don’t believe me? Here’s the listing verbatim:
“Body Modifications:
– Shaved emblems on hood and trunk
– Roof third brake light made to resemble a 1958 Chevy
– 1996 Caprice rear quarter windows
– Custom made side mirrors with turn signals
– Custom rear and front bumpers with billet inserts
– Billet Grill
– Custom Exhaust exciting through rear quarter panel,fully rapped in stainless
– Disk brakes
– Rear moved back 1” to center of wheel opening
– Two Caprice stacked to give 3D affect on rear quarter panels
– Sequencel tail lights
– Electric retractable license plate
– Shaved door handles with remote and “Override System”
– Rear spoiler
– 17” Billet Specialty Wheels with B.F. Good Rich tires
– 1967 Corvette hood scoop widened and pickle forked in the front
– Fog lights on lower front bumper
– Custom white side marker lights
– Roof raised 1/4” to match front and rear windows and wheel openings & tail light lenses
Paint:
Mercedes silver on lower
Jade Idolon upper (DuPont Chromalusion
Custom graphics on door with drop shadows and fine line Apple green paint
Motor
Corvette LT1 with aluminum heads, slightly modified with six speed transmission. HPC coated headers. Balanced custom driveshaft. 411 Posi traction rear end with disc brakes. Custom booster and master cylinder. Light green pearl paint on motor. Silicone hoses. Camaro hydraulic clutch. Magnesium valve covers 12,000 miles on motor and transmission & rear end.
64,000 miles on original car.
Suspension
– Poly graphite bushings on front and rear suspension
– Beltek drop springs and drop spindles
– Rear end trailing arms made 1” longer and box for strength
– large front and rear sway bars
Interior :
Italian black leather perforated in the center. Embroidered SS emblems on head rest
and “Caprice” on seats. Apple green piping. New black carpet. Left a pillar has gauge pod with oil and temperature gauges. Dash door handles and various other pieces Hydrodipped Green &
Black slash design. Custom fiberglass center console with cup holder. Hurst six speed shifter. Custom gas brake and clutch pedals.
Options:
Air conditioning, Cruise, tilt wheel, full of lights, headlight covers painted with saying silver body paint color on inside of cover to allow light to shine through not showing in Photos power seats power door locks power windows delay wipers digital dash rear door safety locks electrical wiring harness has been updated to a 1996 impala including computer chips. Excellent gas mileage with six speed with two overdrives. Gas filler cap located in trunk. Fully lined trunk with spare tire and cover.”
See what I mean? It couldn’t be any more 1990s if it drove by thumping Sneaker Pimps down a street lined with imported palm trees at sunset.
This is even more ’90s than that van personally owned by Kurt Cobain.
All these mods on the car and uses the stock IC? At least put in a Z28 cluster. I like but a little out of reach.
O bids says it all
Take a zero off the price, and you might get a decent bidding war started.
Just goes to prove that when you customize a vehicle to your tastes it may not appeal to others. That’s and the rediculouse minimum bid have resulted in zero bids. Lots of interesting touches and cool modifications.
I’m a B body fan. (more the boxes than the whales) but 24K???? They’ll be lucky to get half that.
ugh …
the 90’s paint …
along with the bright green stitching on the interior
its gonna be a hard sell
manual trans scores points
10K maybe
I love B-Bodies, but this one is too over the top for my taste. I wish the seller luck.