Parts-bin special vehicles.

[Bob Kazamakis]

Did not know about this. Not bad.

It’s literally just badges and wheels (presumably interior). Looks like LED tail lights too. China didn’t get a v8 though

 

[Bub]

Z28

So I'm wondering if that was the story with some shop vehicles that were donated to my high school auto class. There was this same truck with a 454 with 15 miles on it. Donated from gm.

Also gm donated a 93 lt1 with 25 miles on it. My teacher called me 5 years ago to see if I wanted to buy it but there's no Vin so it woulda been useless.

Hmmm.. Gmmm

Fuckin GM nut huggers always talking in rpo codes

 

[m_dogg]

China didn’t get a v8 though

Fuck that then haha

 

[v6buicks]

Ford Focus and Volvo C30

Weird right? Of course the bodies are very different, but they share platforms. Ever notice that the Focus has a goofy Swedish bolt pattern now? In Europe you can even get the ST with a Volvo 5 cyl. Funky.

 

[Lead Pipe]

This was always one of my favorites.

The Saab Trailblazer SS

And the Saab WRX

 

[DEEZUZ]

What the fuck. Lmao

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

The saabaru was always rad. Now no thanks. I remember being at the body shop and the owner suggesting a Wrx front end swap on a kids saabaru because literally parts no longer existed. They made soooo few.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I should get a park avenue grille and rear badges,

 

[CMNTMXR57]

I mean, ANYTHING GM from the early 70's up until the 90's is plain and simple answer here.

The epitome was probably by the mid 80's;

Chevrolet Monte Carlo;

Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 2-door;

Buick Regal;

Pontiac Grand Prix;

Same car underneath, slight variation in engine options, but basically it was "change some trim, slap different front and end caps on them, send them out the door... No one will catch this..."

Other examples from that era;
- Chevy Caprice/Impala, Pontiac Bonneville/Parisenne/Catalina, Buick LeSabre/Electra/Park Avenues in RWD layouts then in 1987 with the flip to FWD, the Bonneville, 88/98, Lesabre's

- Chevrolet Celebrity, Pontiac 6000, Buick Century, Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera

- Chevrolet Cavalier, Pontiac J2000/Sunbird/Sunfire, Oldsmobile Omega, Cadillac Cimmarron

- Pontiac Grand Am, Buick Somerset Regal, Oldsmobile Calais

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Eh most older GM cars at least had different bodies. New cars are literally grilles and badges.

 

[DEEZUZ]

Fuck I was waiting for lane. Shits bout to get wrecked

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Ok,

1985 Chevrolet Celebrity;

1985 Pontiac 6000;

1985 Buick Century;

1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera;

 

[CMNTMXR57]

1985 Chevrolet Caprice;

1985 Pontiac Bonneville/Parisienne/Catalina;

1985 Oldsmobile Delta 88;

1985 Buick LeSabre;

 

[Intel]

^ And they all sucked.. Somebody ran a cutlass ciera in 24 hours of lemons and won the IOE trophy

 

[Intel]

1985 Oldsmobile Delta 88;

My first car.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

1985 Chevrolet Cavalier;

1985 Pontiac J2000/Sunbird

1985 Cadillac Cimarron;

 

[CMNTMXR57]

1985 Pontiac Grand Am;

1985 Buick Somerset Regal;

1985 Oldsmobile Calais;

 

[CMNTMXR57]

And I'm gonna tread here...

1985 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z;

1985 Pontiac Trans Am;

 

[Yaj Yak]

[MENTION=7801]cmntmxr57[/MENTION] you're kinda just posting different flavors of the same vehicles... which i guess this thread kinda got into but we all know tahoes and yukons were the same.

i originally started it down the path of [MENTION=7923]DEEZUZ[/MENTION] having a 2019 silverado which to me, is a 2018.

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

Thank god pontiac and oldsmobile are dead

:flame suit on:

 

[Yaj Yak]

The saabaru was always rad. Now no thanks. I remember being at the body shop and the owner suggesting a Wrx front end swap on a kids saabaru because literally parts no longer existed. They made soooo few.

when saab went under i was at the body shop and we had 3 saabs in at the time... their owners were basically out their cars... one "needed" a frame rail and the bodyshop owner wound up buying it and hobbling it back together.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Thank god pontiac and oldsmobile are dead

:flame suit on:

right?

lincoln should be put out of it's misery too, luckily mercury got put down long enough ago.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

[MENTION=7801]cmntmxr57[/MENTION] you're kinda just posting different flavors of the same vehicles... which i guess this thread kinda got into but we all know tahoes and yukons were the same.

i originally started it down the path of [MENTION=7923]DEEZUZ[/MENTION] having a 2019 silverado which to me, is a 2018.

Which is what I've always considered them to be "parts-bin". Same parts, different badge. Yes, the SUV's are guilty of this too, really all generations, especially from GMT400 up. I remember with my 2500HD, removing all the cheap looking Chevrolet GMT800 bits and putting Yukon Denali parts in, like Dash trim, door trim pieces, etc... Heck, when looking for parts for the Suburban, I could make it an Escalade. I DO actually have a Yukon instrument cluster for it that I could quickly pop in.

 

[Intel]

Any small Ford car from when they had partial ownership of Mazda.

Mazda3 -> Focus
Mazda 2 - > Fiesta
Mazda 323 -> ford tracer/escort/contour
Nissan Quest -> Mercury Villager (Changed the VG30 engine to be non interference and ended up having to replace a bunch due to oiling issues)

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

right?

lincoln should be put out of it's misery too, luckily mercury got put down long enough ago.

Agreeeee

Lincoln ftl

Mercury is like the most forgettable brand ever..maybe even more forgettable than oldsmobile

....maybe