Fan Clutch froze up-$20 part
Transmission replaced at 196K
Engine Replaced at 180K.
I absolutely love this car, it was the first car I ever bought, and I will never sell it. It has performed trouble free service since I got it on September 10, 2001. Even though it has been beat up over the years, the body is still solid, and rides like a dream, and maneuvers quickly, if sometimes a bit sensitive. The engine had been replaced at 180K from what the owner told me, and he replace it with a 355, which, with dual exhaust, gets up and goes, much better than it ever would have with the 170hp 400 it originally had. I have driven it cross country twice, incident free, besides the fan clutch seizing in Oklahoma, on my way to Minnesota. She also gets 18 mpg on the freeway!
I am so jealous... my first car was a 1971 Caprice hardtop sedan. Ocean Blue with Navy Vinyl top. 402 big block engine. 7 mpg city/7mpg hiway. I LOVED that car. Unfortunately, it was very rusty from the beginning and eventually was too unsafe to drive. Her name was Betsy. I still miss her very much. Enjoy your Caprice.
7 mpg? WOW! Now days that car would only cost you what to drive it all week to work? = = $100?? WHEW!
Yeah, 7 mpg is pretty pathetic, but there are boneheads who infest this site who will insist that the car is better just because it is old.
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