My grandfather was driving the the car when the transmission went out on him in the city, so he had to drive the car home in first gear.
The car has sat ever since. but also the brakes went out, and the exhaust rotted away. But we are going to get the car out on the road again.
That has ben the most reliable car that my family has owned. This old beast has sat since 1995, and it still starts right up. In fact this car got me to love big G.M. cars. I am a big fan of Buicks, Oldsmobiles and Cadillacs.
Man, I think you could have any shade-tree mechanic throw a junkyard Turbo 350 automatic in that thing for well under $500. Shouldn't let a good car sit like that.
That car will be cheap to fix and will last forever. I've had 2 '85 Delta 88's (same car as yours, but not as fancy) and they ran forever, withstand a lot of abuse, and both I put over 200k miles on each of them. Parts for these things are cheap and plentiful and its getting hard to find one in good shape.. I'd say it's a keeper.
Note: A Comments RSS Feed 
is available. New comments appear in the Members Area before the main site