Don't make me go get a 4th B****

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Ok here is the story... I saw the car in a yard on the way home from work... I saw it sitting there with $700 OBO.... It was there for at least a month... I had remembered being up to that house with a friend or at least close by... I decided to go have a chat with my friend about it and he knew exactly what I was talking about... It was his cousins house... He had actually been meaning to stop by and talk to me about the car... He said that he just wanted the car out of the yard... Later my friend and his cousin dropped by the house and he asked if I wanted the car.... I said yes... He had it here in less than 1 hour... LMAO( where do you want it were the words I heard )... we asked him what he wanted.. He said $100.. I said no problem...

Its pretty rough, and has 250K on it... But its a Florida car, and the underside of the car is clean... Free of rust... The engine has the typical oil leaks that a high milage 3800 would have...

So its a 1991 SSE, with the newer Antilock brake system, and the Maxifuse relay center... It does have the GX3 trans which still works( amazingly ).... It has the FE2 suspension, with the ELC and amazingly that too still functions as it should... The Compass and DIC are still functional as well( that freaked me out ).... The seats still operate, with the exception that the Recliner motors are shot... Other than that they move in all directions... And the Lower, mid and upper lumbars as well as the headrests also function... The Power Locks work, the windows work, Couple of the motors are weak...

The Pwr mirrors don't work, the switches on the drivers side doors for the DIC are bad, all of the others are fine, even the hood switch... They cut the factory wiring harness for the stereo, so I will need to fix that, they installed a diffrent steering collum, and I don't think it has the steering wheel control adapter... The ECC is dead, the blower motor is stuck on...

In any event there is a lot that needs to be done, I want to strip out the interior and make sure all of the wiring is ok, and replace the carpet... May do the headliner while I'm at it...

My biggest concern was seeing if the motor was indeed locked.... It turns out that it wasn't... The starter has some bad fields or shot brushes in it.... Its weak..... From what I understand his stepson pulled the Bonnie into the yard and it never started again...

I found a couple of things the first day.... The battery was totally dead... and the car was about 5 quarts overfilled with oil( smoked like a candle on steroids )...

Next day, I put the 1000amp batter on the charger and borrowed the 950 from my 91 LE.... Installed it and the compass and DIC lit up with the other lights... I hit the key and it was sluggish like crazy... Finally it did start and stall a few times... Then it started to run.... I had to keep the revs up a bit and mash the throttle a couple of times to keep it going... After a few minutes it was able to idle on its own.... But it was hella crappy... The plugs were fouled...

Yesterday I replaced the plugs, and tried the fully charged battery, and it started pretty good... I let it run a while and get up to temp.... I did fine... But was about out of fuel... That little gas tank with the Low Fuel in the DIC let me know it was hungry for more... So I poured my gas for the lawn mower in there 2.8 gallons I think... Just enough for the Low fuel to go out for a few minutes...

I also got the seat backs to the driveable position.... Finally.... I drove the car around the yard and mashe it a time or 2.... Did I say I was amazed that the tranny still worked...?

I parked it on the driveway to notice that the water was running out( water pump totally shot )...

Man O man is this car going to be fun...

After the ELC test I back the car off the driveway a bit so that the ELC would thing the rear was too low as there was more weight on it... And sure engough the back end went up.... I pulled it back on the driveway and sure enough, after half a minute or so the rear started to drop...

So some things work and others dont... Who knew...

So what do you asll think of my $100 project car...

And I am contemplating using an L27 Longblock ( 1993-1995 )

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Yeah the third Bonneville just kind of happened... I was in the right place at the right time... And He was ready to send it to the crusher... Not many 91 SSE'* made... They are few and far between...

I actually thought it was a 90 before I looked under the hood... I didn't see the Bosch/Teves brake system used from 88-90 in the bonnies and was confused... I looked on the drivers die at the framerail and poof there was the PMV... I told my friend this isn't a 90 its a 91... I think 3 Bonnevilles is more than enough.... 2 was enough... The 3rd is the toy

And yes, I'sa redneck boss

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Yeah Jim... I know what you mean... and if it had be dirt cheap I most likely would have gotten it... There is just something about the Old 88-91 SSE that I love dearly... I am glad that the underpinnings of the car are in good shape... almost 15 years and the body is still together... Honestly, I don't think GM builds them the was they did with the 87-91 Models.... Amazing how many 89-91 Bonnies I still see on the road..

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It wasn't what I expected... It even has the cloth interior... But once I found out it was a 91, I was in awe.... I think there were only 500 SE'* and 500 SSE'* made that year... The rest of the almost 50,000 were LE'*( the reason we see so many )... So I figured 91 was the one I was after... And there it was...

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